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US 12,280,825 B1Granted
Method and system for controlling a vehicle suspension for reduced rolling resistance
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorMark J Skynar
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Abstract
A system and method of operating a vehicle includes determining a condition of the vehicle, changing a camber of at least one tire in response to the condition and changing a contact patch from a first portion of the at least one tire from a first portion to a second portion. The first portion has different rolling characteristics from the first portion.
Claims16
A method of operating a vehicle having at least four tires comprising:
- generating a selection signal at a user interface, said selection signal corresponding to one of a plurality of conditions, each condition of the plurality of conditions corresponding to a different camber;
- changing the camber of the at least four tires in response to the the selection signal;
- and
- changing a contact patch from a first portion of the at least four tires to a second portion, said second portion having different rolling characteristics from the first portion.
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A system for operating a vehicle having at least four tires comprising:
- a user interface comprising a plurality of selectable condition settings, said user interface generating a selection signal corresponding to one of the plurality of selectable condition settings, each selectable condition of the plurality of selectable condition settings corresponding to a different camber;
- a controller determining a camber based on the selection signal;
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- a camber actuator coupled to the controller changing the camber of the at least four tires so that a contact patch changes from a first portion of a tread to a second portion based on the camber, said first portion having different rolling characteristics than the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.