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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Kazuyuki Mizuno, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masaki Kanatani, Okazaki, JP;
Hidenori Kajino, Toyota, JP;
Motohiko Honma, Toyota, JP;
Kazuyuki Mizuno, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masaki Kanatani, Okazaki, JP;
Hidenori Kajino, Toyota, JP;
Motohiko Honma, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle suspension system for a vehicle, including: (a) a plurality of suspension cylinders each disposed between a chassis-side member and a corresponding one of a plurality of wheel-side members; (b) a controller cylinder including a housing and at least one piston slidably mounted in the housing, such that the housing and the at least one piston cooperate to define a plurality of chambers each having a volume that is variable upon slide movement of the at least one piston relative to the housing; (c) individual conduits each communicating a corresponding one of the plurality of chambers of the controller cylinder and a chamber of a corresponding one of the plurality of suspension cylinders; and (d) a suspension-cylinder operation facilitator operable to facilitate an operation of each of the plurality of suspension cylinders for permitting displacement of each of the plurality of wheel-side members relative to the chassis-side member after the at least one piston of the controller cylinder has reached its stroke end.