Method and system for floating a vehicle

US6186257A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems Limited · US

Inventors

• David K. Platner · Shelby, US
• Kurt A. Burmeister · Rochester Hills, US
• Ragnar Ledesma · Sterling Heights, US
• Steven R. Miller · Clarkston, US
• Mark P. Reynolds · Birmingham, US
• Monte Williams · Royal Oak, US
• Thomas Fergus Hughes · Eastbourne, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2800/916
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for floating an upper vehicle part from a lower vehicle frame includes a primary floating device, coupled to either the upper vehicle part or the lower vehicle frame, floats the upper vehicle part freely separate from the lower vehicle frame. A plurality of sensors sense appropriate road inputs. An electronic control unit, coupled to the primary floating device and the plurality of sensors, receives the road inputs and generates control signals for controlling the primary floating device in order to minimize movement of the upper vehicle part with respect to the lower vehicle frame.