Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1986-10-01
1987-09-15
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
364424, B60G 900
Patent
active
046934944
ABSTRACT:
A suspension controller for improving the riding comfort, particularly for preventing bumping of bound stoppers or rebound stoppers against the vehicle body includes: a vehicle height detection means for detecting a vehicle height at a front wheel and for generating a vehicle height signal according to the distance; a conversion means for converting the detected vehicle height signal into a corresponding converted height signal, wherein the converted height signal increases more sharply than the actual vehicle height signal when the actual vehicle height signal is greater then a preset value and decreases sharply when the vehicle height signal is less than another preset value; a control means for generating a suspension characteristic alteration signal depending on the converted height signal; and a suspension characteristic alteration means for altering characteristics of suspensions of the vehicle in response to the suspension characteristic alteration signal.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4468739 (1984-08-01), Woods et al.
patent: 4589676 (1986-05-01), Meloche et al.
patent: 4639014 (1987-01-01), Tanaka et al.
Buma Shuuichi
Itou Masami
Ohashi Kaoru
Onuma Toshio
Love John J.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
Weaver Ross
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