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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Gregory Paul Kiselis, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Michael Alwyn Brown, Summerfield, NC (US);
Gregory Paul Kiselis, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Michael Alwyn Brown, Summerfield, NC (US);
Volvo Group North America, LLC, Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle and a method for improving the roll characteristics of a vehicle. The vehicle includes an axle, a sprung mass, a first control arm, a second control arm, a third control arm, a first pivotable joint, a second pivotable joint, a third pivotable joint, and a fourth pivotable joint. The torsional stiffness of the first control arm, the second control arm, the first pivotable joint, the second pivotable joint, the third pivotable joint, and the fourth pivotable joint are substantially equal to or greater than the torsional stiffness of the axle, whereby the axle bends and twists during a sprung mass roll event in order to limit an amount of roll.
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