VEHICLE SUSPENSION HAVING AUTOMATIC CORRECTIVE STEERING

摘要

The rear suspension system for a motor vehicle having a pair of wheels mounted at the outer ends of a rigid axle housing and a pair of suspension arms arranged to position the axle housing with respect to the vehicle frame. The first arm has a fixed pivot on the frame while the second arm is supported from the frame by a bell crank shaped shackle. A control device is constructed to pivot the bell crank and cause the second arm to move longitudinally whereby the axle housing is angularly displaced to assume a corrective steering position. The control device contains an inertia element and is constructed to move the axle housing to an understeer position in response to a centrifugal force.