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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 37/00 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes: a wire that is mounted on a vehicle body to which an external force is applied according to a running state during running of the vehicle, and applies a tension to the vehicle body; an actuator to adjust the tension of the wire to change a rigidity of the vehicle body; and a controller to output a control signal to the actuator. The controller determines the running state, outputs to the actuator a control signal designating a tension according to the determined running state, and controls distortion of the vehicle body.