IP Library Granted Patent US 11,052,717
Granted Patent B2
US 11,052,717 · App. 16/478,000 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Suspension system

Inventor: Yuki Yoshida (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO LTD.
B60G17/015B60G17/052B60G2202/152B60G2400/252B60G2400/50B60G2500/30B60G2600/26
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Patent No.
US 11,052,717
App. No.
16/478,000
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a suspension system capable of adjusting a vehicle height in a short time. The suspension system includes a front wheel-side suspension and a rear wheel-side suspension each provided between a vehicle body and an axle and configured to adjust a vehicle height according to supply and discharge of hydraulic fluid, a pressurization device configured to pressurize the hydraulic fluid, and a first tank and a second tank configured to store therein the hydraulic fluid pressurized by the pressurization device. When the suspension system lowers the vehicle height by each of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension, any one of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension discharges the hydraulic fluid to the first tank, and the other of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension discharges the hydraulic fluid into the second tank by the pressurization device.

Claims (10)

1. A suspension system comprising:

a front wheel-side suspension and a rear wheel-side suspension each provided between a vehicle body and an axle and configured to adjust a vehicle height according to supply and discharge of hydraulic fluid;

a pressurization device configured to pressurize the hydraulic fluid; and

a first tank and a second tank configured to store therein the hydraulic fluid pressurized by this pressurization device,

wherein, when the vehicle height is lowered by each of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension, any one of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension discharges the hydraulic fluid to the first tank, and the other of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension discharges the hydraulic fluid into the second tank by the pressurization device.

2. The suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension system is configured to supply the hydraulic fluid in the first tank to the second tank with use of the pressurization device.

3. The suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein the suspension system lowers the vehicle height on the front wheel side and the vehicle height on the rear wheel side at the same time.

4. The suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the vehicle height is raised by each of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension, the hydraulic fluid in the second tank is supplied to any one of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension, and the hydraulic fluid in the second tank is supplied to the other of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension after being pressurized by the pressurization device.

5. The suspension system according to claim 4 , wherein the suspension system raises the vehicle height on the front wheel side and the vehicle height on the rear wheel side at the same time.

6. The suspension system according to claim 2 , wherein the suspension system lowers the vehicle height on the front wheel side and the vehicle height on the rear wheel side at the same time.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057434/0478 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 26, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057265/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2019
From: YOSHIDA, YUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049753/0279 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-012304 · Jan 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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