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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seita Kanai, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Hirochika, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280707 ; 280 / ;
Abstract
In a suspension system for a vehicle, each of front and rear suspensions for respectively supporting the front and rear wheels is connected to the vehicle body by way of an adjustable-height supporting member which supports the vehicle body to be variable in height, and at the same time, the front and rear suspensions are arranged so that the rate of change of the roll center height due to bump/rebound is larger in the rear suspension than in the front suspension. The adjustable-height supporting member is controlled to change the vehicle height according to the vehicle speed to be higher during low speed travel than during high speed travel.