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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1974
Monroe Belgium N.V., Sint-Truiden, BE;
Abstract
A leveling system for controlling the relative attitude between the sprung and unsprung portions of the vehicle, which includes at least one leveling strut comprising a cylinder connected at one end to one of the vehicle portions, a valved piston reciprocally mounted within the cylinder, a piston rod connected to the piston and projecting from one end of the cylinder and adapted for connection to the other end of the vehicle portions, a quantity of damping fluid within the cylinder for damping reciprocal movement of the piston, means defining a gas chamber containing a quantity of gas, a partition for separating the gas from the damping fluid, and means for varying the pressure of the gas in order to control the relative attitude between the sprung and unsprung portions of the vehicle.