Patent ID: 9026309
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B60G,B62K

Abstract:
1. A variable-geometry suspension apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising a resiliently compressible member, an actuator, an intermediate structure, and a support structure, wherein: the resiliently compressible member is mounted to the support structure for compression under the weight of a mass suspendable by the apparatus; the compressible member is mounted with at least one end of the compressible member displaceable in a displacement direction having a component perpendicular to the direction of compression, so that such displacement varies the geometry of the suspension apparatus and thereby varies the compression of the compressible member; the intermediate structure is coupled to the at least one end of the compressible member; and the actuator is arranged to engage and move the intermediate structure to displace the at least one end of the compressible member in the displacement direction and thereby vary the geometry and the compression.