Title:
VARIABLE SHOCK ABSORBER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5830542
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To obtain good running condition by a method wherein the height condition of a vehicle upon excessive loading or the like is detected by the height value signal of the vehicle to increase the damping force of a shock absorber. CONSTITUTION:When an exciting current is supplied to a coil 50 and a plunger 52 is attracted and moved to the left against a spring 54, a variable orifice 40 is closed by a valve 52a and, under this condition, the communicating sectional area of a shock absorber becomes a small area determined by orifices 30, 32 or the same 33, 34, thereby enabling to vary and adjust the damping force temporarily. Accordingly, feeling upon riding on a vehicle and the steering stability of the vehicle may be improved by a method wherein the exciting current is supplied to the solenoid coil 50 by the height value signal of the vehicle when a predetermined height condition of the vehicle or the height of the vehicle is reduced to a value less than a predetermined value.
Inventors:
OOHASHI KAORU
NOGAMI TAKAHIRO
TOYODA SHIYUUHEI
OOBUCHI MASAHARU
NOGAMI TAKAHIRO
TOYODA SHIYUUHEI
OOBUCHI MASAHARU
Application Number:
JP11558081A
Publication Date:
February 23, 1983
Filing Date:
July 23, 1981
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD
International Classes:
F16F9/50; B60G17/00; B60G17/015; B60G17/08; (IPC1-7): F16F9/50
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenji Yoshida