Yamaha Lateral Harmonic Dampers
I don't know if you guys know about this yet. It's 7 years old in Japan but it seems like it's just recently catching on.
It is widely known that chassis performance is an important factor that functions along with suspension performance to determine the handling stability and the comfort of the ride in an automobile. For this reason, the various auto makers have invested great efforts in optimizing chassis rigidity as an important component of chassis performance. Amidst these efforts, a new project was undertaken at Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. to develop a "performance damper" the aim of which was to greatly improve chassis performance in a way that went beyond mere optimization of chassis rigidity by adding appropriate amounts of cushioning effect at certain points. After the basic concept of the performance damper was proven valid in actual road tests in the autumn of 2000, development efforts to put it in applicable form and improve its performance were carried out at a rapid pace. It then made its appearance as a world's-first technology on the Toyota Crown Athlete VX (2001 limited edition of 300 units). Finally, in April of this year it appeared for the first time in the world on a full-scale production model, the sports grade version of the Toyota Corolla to be shipped to the domestic Japanese, European and North American markets. The performance damper has a simple structure and is easily mounted on a chassis, and not only does it improve handling stability and ride comfort, it also reduces vibration noise. What's more, these effects are so marked that any driver can feel the difference in normal driving, not just in extreme driving at the hands of trained test drivers. Many domestic and foreign car makers have evaluated the performance damper very highly and expectations are high that it will become a common structural element of cars from now on I agree with Yamaha that this is probably the future especially on luxury vehicles. I haven't found a specific application for an RX7 yet but here are some picture of the concept on other vehicles. http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/hiraya...9-s.JPG?240180 http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/hiraya...d-s.JPG?240180 http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/hiraya...d-s.JPG?240180 http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/hiraya...9-s.JPG?240180 Click here for full resolution pictures. Some Nismo action: http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/...0e7ef441b8.jpg So file this in your memory and maybe some day it will be useful. |
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