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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2006
Takuma Suzuki, Ichikawa, JP;
Tadashi Tamasho, Fujisawa, JP;
Yutaka Mikuriya, Yokosuka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
To control a camber angle to an adequate value by the use of a lateral force acting on a wheel, without causing a displacement of a tire ground contact point. A suspension device includes a link mechanism replaceable by a first virtual linkwhich, when a lateral force acts at a tire ground contact point, inclines a wheel in a camber angle direction with respect to a vehicle body so as to increase the lateral force, and a second virtual linkwhich is connected virtually and rotatably between the first virtual linkand the vehicle bodyand which is arranged to allow the wheelto move in the up-and-down direction with respect to the vehicle bodyin accordance with a load variation of the wheel in the up-and-down direction. A rotation center A in the camber angle direction and a rotation center B in the up-and-down direction, of the wheel with respect to the vehicle body are arranged so that a lateral movement amount of the tire ground contact point due to a change in the position of the first virtual linkis canceled by a lateral movement amount of the tire ground contact point due to a change in the position of the second virtual link