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Control device for a suspension such as hydropneumatic suspension for a motor vehicle

US5919240A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1997
Grant dateJul 6, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G21/06
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control device for a suspension such as a hydropneumatic suspension for a motor vehicle, including three actuators (E1, E2, E3) capable of supplying a liquid to or removing a liquid from three independent suspension lines. The actuators are driven by a computer (18) in accordance with a predetermined principle, which takes into consideration the position of the car body as well as first, second and third derivatives with respect to time of the parameters representative of the position.

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