Apparatus and method for controlling damping force characteristic of vehicular shock absorber
US5810384A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/87386
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling damping force characteristics of respective vehicular shock absorbers in which vehicular vertical behavior(s) at the position(s) of the vehicular body which are forward by a predetermined distance from a tread of rear left and right road wheels are determined, the positions including front left and right road wheel sides, and corresponding vertical behavior signals are derived. Control signals for front left and right and rear left and right road wheel side shock absorbers are formed on the basis of respective processed signals having frequency-dependent characteristics formed from the vehicular behavior signal(s). The damping force characteristics of front left and right road wheel side shock absorbers are controlled on the basis of the control signals formed on the basis of the processed signal based on the front left and right road wheel vehicular behavior signals. Those of rear left and right road wheel side shock absorbers are controlled on the basis of the control signals formed on the basis of the processed signals based on the front position vehicular vertical behavior signal at the position forward from the tread between the rear lef…
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