14yr old invents new suspension design, GM interested...

[Crumpacker]

Cool idea.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/teen-impres...142803905.html

Brandon Fillmore, 14, came up with his design for a science fair. It places an air-pressured spring at each wheel of the vehicle. As the car leans, the outside springs pump up, levelling out the body of the car so it won't roll over.

[rpoz27]

Citroen did that in the 70's with hydraulics...it sucked.

[kbrewmr2]

fuel injection back in the 50s and 60s also sucked...

I can see this working better in the days of comptuer controls

[Rob Liebbe]

Simply reducing or eliminating body roll will not prevent rollover. Spiking the wheel rate on a loaded corner may in fact induce a tripping mechanism. Toyota has used a brake spike while in a hard turn to induce vehicle tip-up for many years. I'd like to see a video explanation by the kid. Also, GM already has the ability to do this on certian vehicles equipped with the magnetic fluid shocks. Just spike the voltage to the shock and it will lock up.