Vehicle suspension apparatus capable of adjusting vehicle height
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motor Corporation
InventorsSang Hoon Lee, Chang Sin Lee, Youn Hyung Cho
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Abstract
A suspension apparatus may include an internal cylinder having fixing grooves, an intermediate cylinder rotatably provided around the internal cylinder to allow a shock-absorber to be moved up and down, and having connection holes, an external cylinder rotatably provided around the intermediate cylinder and having locking pins to be inserted into the fixing grooves through the connection holes such that the locking pins are decoupled from the fixing grooves, but remain inserted into the connection holes, and a driving device connected to the external cylinder to rotate the intermediate cylinder to allow the shock-absorber to be moved up and down, adjusting a height of a vehicle body.
Claims8
A vehicle suspension apparatus for adjusting a vehicle height, the suspension apparatus comprising:
- an internal cylinder disposed on a side of a wheel and circumferentially having a plurality of fixing grooves;
- an intermediate cylinder rotatably provided around the internal cylinder to allow a shock-absorber to be moved up and down during rotation, the intermediate cylinder circumferentially having a plurality of connection holes corresponding to the fixing grooves;
- an external cylinder rotatably provided around the intermediate cylinder and having a plurality of locking pins to be inserted into the fixing grooves of the internal cylinder through the connection holes of the intermediate cylinder, and wherein the locking pins inserted into the fixing grooves through the connection holes are decoupled from the fixing grooves, but continue inserted into the connection holes during rotation of the external cylinder;
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- a driving device connected to the external cylinder to, during an operation of the driving device, rotate the intermediate cylinder to allow the shock-absorber to be moved up and down, adjusting a height of a vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.