Patent ID: 7896360

Claim:
A stabilizer system for a vehicle including a suspension arm interconnecting a wheel and a body of the vehicle, said stabilizer system comprising: (a) a stabilizer bar including (a-1) a torsion bar portion, and (a-2) an arm portion that extends from said torsion bar portion in a direction not parallel to said torsion bar portion; (b) an actuator configured to rotate said stabilizer bar about an axis of said torsion bar portion; and (c) a link rod interconnecting the suspension arm and one of opposite ends of said arm portion that is remote from said torsion bar portion, wherein said stabilizer bar generates a stabilizing force which is dependent on a reaction that is generated as a result of torsion of said torsion bar portion, and which forces the wheel and the body in a selected one of a direction toward each other and a direction away from each other, wherein said actuator allows said stabilizer bar to generate the stabilizing force whose magnitude is changeable by operation of said actuator, and wherein said link rod is inclined with respect to the suspension arm to which said link rod is connected, such that an angle defined by said link rod and the suspension arm is not 90°, and such that an axial force as a component of the stabilizing force acts on the suspension arm in an understeer-tendency increasing direction that causes at least one of a toe angle and a camber angle of the wheel to be changed in a manner increasing an understeer tendency as a cornering characteristic of the vehicle.