Patent ID: 7360777
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle suspension system for a vehicle having a chassis and axles that carry wheels, said system comprising: a plurality of suspension cylinders each disposed between a chassis-side member connected to the chassis and a corresponding one of a plurality of wheel-side members connected to the axles carrying the wheels; a controller cylinder including a housing and at least one piston slidably mounted in said housing, such that said housing and said at least one piston cooperate to define a plurality of chambers each having a volume that is variable upon slide movement of said at least one piston relative to said housing; individual conduits each communicating a corresponding one of said plurality of chambers of said controller cylinder and a chamber of a corresponding one of said plurality of suspension cylinders; and a suspension-cylinder operation facilitator operable to facilitate an operation of each of said plurality of suspension cylinders for permitting displacement of each of the plurality of wheel-side members relative to the chassis-side member after said at least one piston of said controller cylinder has reached a stroke end thereof.