Patent ID: 8103408

Claim:
A suspension system for a vehicle comprising: four electromagnetic absorbers which respectively correspond to four wheels of the vehicle and each of which includes: (A) a sprung-side member coupled to a sprung portion; (B) an unsprung-side member coupled to an unsprung portion and operable to move relative to the sprung-side member in association with a relative movement of the sprung portion and the unsprung portion; and (C) a damping-force generating device including a coil and a magnet that move relative to each other in association with a relative movement of the sprung-side member and the unsprung-side member and operable to generate a damping force with respect to the relative movement of the sprung-side member and the unsprung-side member depending on an electromotive force generated by a relative movement of the coil and magnet; and a coil connecting device configured to electrically connect the coils of the damping-force generating devices of the respective four electromagnetic absorbers so as to form two closed loops which respectively correspond to two wheel pairs each consisting of diagonally located two of the four wheels and each of which includes two coils, of the respective damping-force generating devices of two of the four electromagnetic absorbers, which two electromagnetic absorbers are provided for a corresponding one of the two wheel pairs, wherein the coil connecting device includes: two first connection paths which electrically connect first ends of the respective two coils in each of the respective two closed loops and which are joined to each other; and two second connection paths which electrically connect second ends of the respective two coils in each of the respective two closed loops and which are joined to each other, each of the second ends being opposite to a corresponding one of the first ends.