Claims
- 1. A camber varying device for a motor vehicle having a wheel comprising:
- a wheel supporting member for supporting a wheel rotatably thereon;
- lower and upper coupling members interconnecting said wheel supporting member and a body of a motor vehicle; and
- an actuator means for producing a driving force to vary the camber of the wheel;
- said upper coupling member comprising an upper arm extending transversely of said motor vehicle body and a link having one end pivotally supported on said motor vehicle body for swinging movement in the transverse direction of the vehicle and the other end coupled to said actuator means, said upper arm being connected to an intermediate portion of said link and thereby transversely movable in response to the swinging movement of said link.
- 2. A camber varying device according to claim 1, wherein said other end of said link is disposed below said upper arm.
- 3. A camber varying device according to claim 1, wherein said link comprises a bifurcated member pivotally connected at bifurcated ends thereof to said motor vehicle body and a support shaft supported on an intermediate portion of the bifurcated member;
- an inner end of said upper arm is pivotally connected to the support shaft; and
- said actuator is connected to an opposite end of said bifurcated member.
- 4. A camber varying device according to claim 3, wherein said other end of said link is disposed below said upper arm.
- 5. A camber varying device according to claim 3, wherein said bifurcated member is substantially V-shaped.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 290,851 filed Dec. 28, 1988 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,971,348 as a file-wrapper continuation of prior application Ser. No. 051,846 filed on May 18, 1987 (now abandoned).
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Divisions (1)
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