I have been researching active suspension over the past few months and realized no one has made a variable leverage ratio design. It looks like several academic papers have been published saying it should work in theory, but as far as I can tell it has never been done.
I was imagining a bell crank where the shock location could move along an arc towards/away from the pivot point in order to not change ride height. I am by no means a suspension expert but was thinking this would change damping and spring rate at the same time and could have other actuators to compensate for ride height and travel if needed.
Has anyone heard of this take on active suspension or what do you think would be some of the pros/cons of this?
I was imagining a bell crank where the shock location could move along an arc towards/away from the pivot point in order to not change ride height. I am by no means a suspension expert but was thinking this would change damping and spring rate at the same time and could have other actuators to compensate for ride height and travel if needed.
Has anyone heard of this take on active suspension or what do you think would be some of the pros/cons of this?
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