Patent ID: 6467783
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
A motor vehicle having a system for controlling the camber of at least one pair of front or rear wheels of the vehicle running on a bend, said vehicle comprising:a body; front and rear axles each having a pair of hub carriers, each hub carrier carrying one wheel of said pair of front or rear wheels of the vehicle; and for each wheel of at least one of said front and rear axles, a suspension means for linking a corresponding one of said hub carriers to said body, each of said suspension means having a pair of suspension arms including an upper arm and a lower arm, each of said upper and lower arms having an outboard end articulated to said corresponding one of said hub carriers and an inboard end articulated to a pivot transfer lever, the inboard end of said upper arm being articulated at a first point of said pivot transfer lever and the inboard end of said lower arm being articulated at a second point of said pivot transfer lever located below said first point, said pivot transfer lever being mounted on said body by an articulation device defining an axis of rotation which extends in a longitudinal and vertical plane of the vehicle at a level below said second point of the pivot transfer lever, said pivot transfer lever being capable of pivoting about said axis of rotation in such a way as to incline the wheel carried by said corresponding one of said hub carriers toward a right or left side of the vehicle depending on whether the vehicle is running on a bend to the right or to the left.