Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1986-09-24
1987-12-22
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
B60G 1126
Patent
active
047142723
ABSTRACT:
A suspension controller is provided to effectively absorb a sporadic shock by appropriately altering a suspension characteristic. Especially, when a sporadic shock is detected, which is caused by riding-through a dip or riding-over a bump of the front wheels, the suspension controller of the invention can alter the rear suspension characteristic before the rear wheels ride through the dip or over the bump. The suspension controller of the invention particularly includes restoration means for restoring the altered suspension characteristic when a predetermined delay time interval has elapsed from a time point at which a vehicle height data was determined to be out of a predetermined range by determination means, and for starting the recount of the predetermined delay time interval if the vehicle height data is again determined to be out of the predetermined range by the determination means before the predetermined delay time interval elapses from the first determination.
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Buma Shuuichi
Itou Masami
Ohashi Kaoru
Onuma Toshio
Love John J.
Rice Kenneth R.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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