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Electrically controlled suspension system

US7526665B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 2006
Grant dateApr 28, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2800/702
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electronically controlled suspension system according to the present invention comprises a sensor unit for extracting and providing a vertical acceleration component of a vehicle body of a vehicle; a signal processing unit for calculating a vertical velocity of the vehicle body using the vertical acceleration component provided by the sensor unit; a control gain determining unit having a control gain set according to the amplitude of the vertical acceleration component, and detecting the amplitude of the vertical acceleration component provided by the sensor unit and extracting a control gain corresponding to the detected amplitude; a control command value calculating unit for calculating a control command value using the control gain provided by the control gain determining unit and the vertical velocity of the vehicle body provided by the signal processing unit; and a damper driving unit for driving the variable damper based in the control command value.According to the present invention described above, a control command value for use in controlling a damping force of a damper is calculated using a nonlinear control gain according to a signal outputted from a speed or vertica…

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