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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideto Hirahara, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Kano, Yokohama, JP;
Minori Higuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Haruyuki Hosoya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Isuzu Motors Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ; B60G / ; B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 2402 ; 280-55 ; 280678 ; 280683 ; 28012416 ;
Abstract
A start-assist system for a vehicle using air actuators attached to one of rear axles, behaving as a drive axle, is provided to increase the load to the drive axle and the traction when the vehicle starts to run. A control device supplies air to the air actuators when the unladen vehicle is stopped, but discharges air from the air actuators, while keeping residual air in them, when the laden vehicle is stopped or when the vehicle runs at a speed over a predetermined speed. Thus the air actuators are protected from collapsing.