Ride height control actuator

A vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle body;
• a road wheel configured to maintain contact with a road surface;
• a suspension corner connecting the road wheel to the vehicle body and configured to maintain contact between the road wheel and the road surface;
• a pump configured to supply a pressurized fluid;
• and
• an actuator arranged at the suspension corner and configured to receive the pressurized fluid from the pump, and selectively extend and contract in response to a volume of the pressurized fluid received from the pump, to thereby selectively increase and reduce a height of the vehicle body relative to the road surface at the suspension corner;
• wherein the actuator includes:
• a first housing, a second housing fixed to the first housing, and a piston configured to translate relative to each of the first housing and the second housing;
• a locking device configured to selectively restrain the piston in a predetermined position relative to each of the first housing and the second housing, to thereby lock a predetermined height of the vehicle body relative to the road surface at the suspension corner, and release the piston;
• and
• an actuation mechanism configured to activate the locking device to thereby restrain the piston in the predetermined position.