LIQUID SPRING VEHICULAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL APPARATUS

摘要

A vehicular suspension system (10) incorporates, at each wheel, a liquid spring (12) which internally utilizes a compressible liquid to generate spring and damping forces that yieldingly resist vertical wheel deflection relative to the vehicle frame (14). The spring and damping characteristics of each liquid spring (12) are adjusted by a computer (16) during vehicle operation in response to sensed variations in various liquid spring and vehicle operating parameters.