Method and system for operating a motor vehicle

US8523192B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Yvonne Baeumchen · Cologne, DE
• Michael Seemann · Laufenbürg, DE
• Marc Suermann · Duisburg, DE
• Markus Schommer · Saarburg, DE
• Uwe Hoffmann · Leverkusen, DE
• Russ Lee Norton · Brownstown Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2400/252
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for operating a motor vehicle is described. In one example, spring rates for suspension springs and damping rates for shock absorbers are adjusted in response to vertical acceleration, longitudinal angular acceleration, and lateral angular acceleration of a vehicle body in the absence of accelerometers. The system and method may improve vehicle driving dynamics and lower system cost as compared to other systems.