Vehicle stability system: using active tilting mechanism as a counter measure to natural tilt

A vehicle stability system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors for determining and communicating vehicle conditions;
• and
• a processing unit communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors, the processing unit configured to:
• determine when a vehicle is turning,
• determine a natural tilt force of the vehicle as it is turning, and
• generate an output signal that causes a designated side of the vehicle to either lift or lower so that the natural tilt force is approximately at a right angle with a horizontal line of the vehicle.

A vehicle comprising:

• a steering wheel to permit the vehicle to turn in a particular turn direction D;
• a height adjustment mechanism for lowering and lifting a designated side of the vehicle in response to movement of the steering wheel;
• a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the height adjustment mechanism, wherein turning of the steering wheel causes the height adjustment mechanism to either raise or lower a designated side of the vehicle;
• and
• a dynamic stability control system communicatively coupled to the height adjustment mechanism, the vehicle stability system configured to adjust the height adjustment mechanism to compensate for a natural tilt of the vehicle during a turning maneuver so that a natural tilt force of the vehicle is approximately at a right angle with a horizontal plane of the vehicle.

A vehicle control system that actively tilts a vehicle chassis in response to a natural tilt force, comprising:

• a plurality of sensors;
• a tilt control processing unit that processes information from the plurality of sensors, calculates the natural tilt force, and issues commands based on the calculation;
• and
• a lifting mechanism that responds to the commands by the tilt control processing unit by asymmetrically lifting or lowering the vehicle chassis until the vehicle is perpendicular to the natural tilt force.