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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1991
Benjamin I Bachrach, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joel A Levitt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John E Nametz, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle suspension system having active and passive modes, comprising fluid providing means for providing a pressurized fluid, a cylinder, having at least two chambers, protection valve means having first and second states, for coupling the fluid providing means to the cylinder in the first state and uncoupling the fluid providing means from the cylinder in the second state, and by-pass valve means, having at least first and second states, being fluidly coupled to the cylinder and the protection valve means, for providing fluid communication therethrough between the chambers in the second state and not providing fluid communication therethrough between the chambers in the first state, and wherein the protection valve means is in the first state when the suspension system is in the active mode and the protection valve means and the by-pass valve means are in the second state when in the passive mode.