Apparatus for controlling damping coefficient of vehicular shock absorber
US5398184A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60G2800/22
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the damping coefficient of shock absorbers which are associated with the road wheels of the vehicle, produces control signals using one or more of a bouncing rate, a pitching rate and a rolling rate value which is filtered out of a plurality of outputs provided by a plurality of acceleration sensors which are each located in proximity of a shock absorber. The control signal can be modified using the outputs of weight sensors which are used to derive the relative velocities of the road wheels with respect to the vehicle body.
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