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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1990
Takeshi Edahiro, Horishima, JP;
Shin Takehara, Horishima, JP;
Toshiki Morita, Horishima, JP;
Hiroyoshi Kumada, Horishima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A suspension apparatus of a vehicle has a cylinder unit interposed between a sprang weight and an unsprung weight, which changes a ride height of the vehicle body by supplying or discharging an operating liquid through a supply/discharge control valve. The supply/discharge control valve is controlled on the basis of a predetermined condition so as to control a posture of the vehicle body. There are further provided a rebound detecting means for detecting a rebound of each of the wheels and a pressure detecting means for detecting a pressure in the cylinder unit. When the rebound is detected by the rebound detecting sensor to be above a given value, if the pressure detected by the pressure detecting means is continued at a magnitude above a given value for a given period of time, it is judged that the supply/discharge control valve is in trouble.