Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1985-06-13
1988-03-29
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
B60G 1708
Patent
active
047338830
ABSTRACT:
A suspension control system can precisely control the damping characteristics of vehicular suspension for successfully and satisfactorily providing anti-dive and anti-rebound feature. The suspension control system is adapted to detect vehicle deceleration on the basis of a variation of a vehicle speed and to compare the vehicle speed with a predetermined vehicle speed criteria across which damping characteristics of the vehicular suspension vary between a harder suspension mode and a softer suspension mode. The vehicle speed criteria is variable depending upon vehicle deceleration so that the criteria becomes higher when the magnitude of deceleration is greater than a predetermined level. By hardening the suspension at an earlier timing during relatively abrupt deceleration of the vehicle, the magnitude of nose dive is reduced and the magnitude of rebounding motion after nose-dive can be reduced. This assures riding comfort by reducing the magnitude of pitching behavior of the vehicle front end. On the other hand, by providing later timing for hardening the suspension while deceleration of the vehicle is relatively low, softer damping characteristics can be maintained for a longer period to assure riding comfort by successfully absorbing bounding and rebounding shock from the road surface.
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patent: 3603612 (1971-09-01), Hill
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patent: 4506909 (1985-03-01), Nakashima
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Akatsu Yohsuke
Kuroki Junsuke
Sugasawa Fukashi
Ferriter Karin L.
Love John J.
Nissan Motor Company Limited
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