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Active vibration damping system for a vehicle

US5617315A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
5References
28Claims
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Filing dateAug 25, 1993
Grant dateApr 1, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K2210/3225
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vibration damping system for a vehicle has a vibration sensor which detects vibration of solid elements on the vehicle and vibration of air inside the vehicle. A first vibrator supports a power unit relative to the vehicle body and directly vibrates the vehicle body. A second vibrator directly vibrates air inside the vehicle body. A drive control unit performs calculation on the basis of a detecting signal from the vibration sensor and controls the first and the second vibrators on the basis of the result of the calculation so that the vibration of the solid element and the vibration of air inside the vehicle body are damped. The vibrator control ratio of the first and second vibrators is changed according to the condition of a predetermined factor of the vehicle.

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