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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1985
Seita Kanai, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An automotive suspension system comprises a wheel support for supporting a wheel, and a wheel supporting member for connecting the wheel support to the vehicle body. The wheel supporting member includes front and rear resilient bushings spaced from each other by a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and the direction of the toe of the wheel is adapted to be changed according to the deformation of the front and rear bushings. The load-deformation characteristics of the front and rear bushings are selected so that the ratio of the amount of deformation of the front bushing for a given load to that of the rear bushing for the same load changes according to the magnitude of the side force acting on the wheel, thereby changing the steering characteristics according to the magnitude of the side force.