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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1991
Kunitaka Furuya, Saitama, JP;
Kazuo Matsuura, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for stabilizing the attitude of an automobile having an automobile body and lefthand and right-hand road wheels which are rotatably supported on the automobile body, includes cylinder means independently disposed between the road wheels and the automobile body and having respective fluid chambers, the cylinder means being operable depending on fluid pressures in the fluid chambers, a communication pipe mechanism connectable for bringing the fluid chambers of the cylinder means into fluid communication with each other, valve means disposed in the communication pipe mechanism, for pressurizing a fluid in the communication pipe mechanism and controlling the direction of flow of the fluid in the communication pipe mechanism, detecting means including at least an automobile speed sensor for detecting the speed of travel of the automobile and a steering reactive force sensor for detecting a steering reactive force, and control means responsive to detected signals from the detecting means responsive to detected signals from the detecting means for controlling the valve means to transfer the fluid from the fluid chambers of the cylinder means which are located on a radially inner side of a turning circle when the automobile makes a turn into the fluid chambers of the cylinder means which are located on a radially outer side of the turning circle, thereby to stabilize the attitude of the automobile.