Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1993-04-16
1994-06-28
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
36442405, 188299, B60G 1708
Patent
active
053240693
ABSTRACT:
A suspension control system for a suspension supporting a mass body on a support base via a parallel combination of a shock absorber having a variable damping coefficient and a spring. The control system cyclically measures absolute velocity (Z) of the mass body along a moving path of expansion and contraction of the shock absorber, relative velocity (Y) of the mass body in reference to the support base along the moving path, and acceleration (Z) of the mass body along the moving path. A control unit of the control system controls the damping coefficient according to a ratio (Z/Y) of the absolute velocity to the relative velocity with cyclic readjustment thereof so that at least either the damping coefficient is greater relative to the ratio when the acceleration is rich in low frequency components or a frequency of the cyclic readjustment of the damping coefficient is lower when the acceleration is rich in high frequency components.
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English Peter
Focarino Margaret A.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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