Kinetic Technology, an overview.

Conventional suspension systems exhibit a significant compromise between ride comfort (bounce and single wheel stiffness), vehicle handling (roll stiffness) and wheel loading during articulation (articulation stiffness). These systems do not allow for decoupled roll and bounce damping modes, further hindering the ability to tune a well balanced, safe and capable suspension system for all driving conditions both on and off road.
Kinetics suspension systems are unique in that they can provide reduced articulation stiffness, increased roll stiffness, high levels of comfort and mode decoupled roll and bounce damping all in a passive system. All these parameters are independently tunable. Kinetic systems are not active, they typically require no motors, pumps or computers. Nonetheless can readily be provisioned to provide load levelling and ride height adjustment and can also be adapted to include active or semi active control features to enhance their inherent passive functionality.

Kinetic suspension systems have been applied and proven in a diverse range of vehicles, from passenger cars, light SUVs, full size SUVs and motorsport applications through to military 4wds and heavy trucks, Kinetic continues to develop further technologies for a wider range of market applications.

Kinetic Subaru Impreza (green) showing increased roll stiffness & reduced articulation stiffness providing enhanced handling on all road surfaces.
* inherent in X system, optional on H2 & RFS systems
**inherent in X system, optional on H2 system
*~ inherent in X & H2 systems

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