| US 7,540,505 B2 | ||
| Stabilizer system | ||
| Atsushi Ogawa, Toyota (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/498,525 PCT Filed Feb. 04, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/01144 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 14, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/066356, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 14, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-029738 (JP), filed on Feb. 06, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0077696 A1, Apr. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60G 17/005 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—5.502 [280/124.152; 280/5.511] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A stabilizer system, comprising:
a stabilizer bar;
a stabilizer control portion which corresponds to the stabilizer bar and is controllable, based on a running condition of
a vehicle, to control an elastic force of the stabilizer bar; and
a control-rule changing portion which changes a control rule when the stabilizer system is brought into an unusual, special
state, wherein:
the control-rule changing portion comprises a force-related changing portion, and
the stabilizer system is brought into said unusual special state when a force exerted to the stabilizer bar has exceeded a
pre-set value that is unusually great and corresponds to an allowable stress of the stabilizer bar.
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