Active vehicle suspension system

US9702349B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ClearMotion, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Zackary Martin Anderson · Cambridge, US
• Shakeel Avadhany · Cambridge, US
• Matthew D. Cole · Boston, US
• Robert Driscoll · Derry, US
• John Giarratana · Whitman, US
• Marco Giovanardi · Melrose, US
• Vladimir Gorelik · Medford, US
• Jonathan R. Leehey · Wayland, US
• William G. Near · Boston, US
• Patrick W. Neil · Randolph, US
• Colin Patrick O'Shea · Cambridge, US
• Tyson David Sawyer · Mason, US
• Johannes Schneider · Kirchlengern, DE
• Clive Tucker · Boston, US
• Ross J. Wendell · Medford, US
• Richard Anthony Zuckerman · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2800/012
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of on-demand energy delivery to an active suspension system comprising an actuator body, hydraulic pump, electric motor, plurality of sensors, energy storage facility, and controller is provided. The method comprises disposing an active suspension system in a vehicle between a wheel mount and a vehicle body, detecting a wheel event requiring control of the active suspension; and sourcing energy from the energy storage facility and delivering it to the electric motor in response to the wheel event.