Individual wheel suspension with automatic camber adaptation

An individual wheel suspension for a vehicle, the suspension comprising:

• an upper link coupling a vehicle wheel to a body of the vehicle;
• a lower link coupling the vehicle wheel to the body of the vehicle;
• detecting means including a single acting piston-cylinder arrangement, for detecting relative movement between the body and the upper link;
• actuating means in fluid communication with the detecting means and structured to adjust a camber of the vehicle wheel responsive to a relative movement detected by the detecting means;
• and
• an elastic spring element connecting the upper link to the detecting means.

A suspension system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

• first and second vehicle wheels coupled to a body of the vehicle;
• first detecting means for detecting relative movement between the vehicle body and the first wheel;
• second detecting means for detecting relative movement between the vehicle body and the second wheel;
• and
• a single passive, hydraulic double-acting piston-cylinder operatively coupled to the first and second vehicle wheels for adjusting a camber of both of the vehicle wheels responsive to a relative movement detected by at least one of the first and second detecting means,
• wherein each of the first and second wheels is coupled to the vehicle body by an upper link and a lower link, wherein the upper link coupling the first wheel to the body is connected to the first detecting means by first spring, and wherein the upper link coupling the second wheel to the body is connected to the second detecting means by a second spring.