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Device and method for controlled damping of a vehicle

US8423244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Uwe Proemm · Munich, DE
Alexander Meske · Birkenfeld, DE
Martin Froehlich · Linkenheim-Hochstetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2011
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60G2600/70
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for controlled damping of a vehicle stores a set of controller parameters R1 to Rn for controlling the damping of the unloaded vehicle as a function of the dynamic driving situation thereof 1 to n, detect a loading condition b of the vehicle, adapt the set of controller parameters R1 to Rn as a function of the detected loading condition b to a set of controlled parameters R1b to Rnb, and dams the vehicle as a function of the set of controller parameters R1b to Rnb as a function of the dynamic driving situation thereon 1 to n.

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