Telescoping multi-section lockable link for a vehicle suspension stabilizer bar

A system for controlling suspension articulation in a vehicle having a vehicle body arranged along a first axis, and first and second road wheels, each mounted on a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and configured to maintain contact with a road surface, the system comprising:

• a stabilizer bar mounted to the vehicle body;
• a first telescoping multiple-section link connecting the stabilizer bar to the first road wheel;
• a second telescoping multiple-section link connecting the stabilizer bar to the second road wheel, wherein:
• each of the first and the second telescoping multiple-section links is configured to selectively operate in a first mode and a second mode;
• in the first mode, telescoping of each of the first and the second multiple-section links is locked to operatively connect the first road wheel to the second road wheel via the stabilizer bar;
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• in the second mode, the telescoping of each of the first and the second multiple-section links is unlocked to operatively disconnect the first road wheel and the second road wheel from the stabilizer bar;
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• an electronic controller programmed to select between the first mode and the second mode of operation of the first and the second telescoping multiple-section links;
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• wherein each of the first and the second telescoping multiple-section links includes:
• a first, a second, and a third section, wherein the first section is configured to selectively extend into and retract from the second section and the second section is configured to selectively extend into and retract from the third section;
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• a sensor arranged internally to the respective telescoping multiple-section link, facing the corresponding first section, and configured to detect a length of the corresponding link.

A telescoping multiple-section stabilizer bar link comprising:

• a first section, second section, and third section, wherein the first section is configured to selectively extend into and retract from the second section and the second section is configured to selectively extend into and retract from the third section;
• a reservoir configured to supply a fluid to vary a length of the multiple-section stabilizer bar link via telescoping of the first, second, and third sections;
• a sensor arranged internally to the respective telescoping multiple-section link, facing the corresponding first section, and configured to detect the length of the stabilizer bar link;
• wherein:
• the telescoping multiple-section stabilizer bar link is configured to selectively operate in a first mode and a second mode;
• in the first mode, extension and retraction of the first, second, and third sections is locked;
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• in the second mode, the extension and retraction of the first, second, and third sections is unlocked.