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Damper control device

US9963006B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMar 13, 2014
Grant dateMay 8, 2018
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60G2800/162
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A damper control device controls a damping force of each damper interposed between a vehicle body and a corresponding one of a plurality of vehicle wheels of a vehicle. The damper control device includes: a good wavy road control calculation unit that obtains, for each damper, a good wavy road control instruction suitable for a good wavy road representing a wavy road surface; a bad wavy road control calculation unit that obtains, for each damper, a bad wavy road control instruction suitable for a bad wavy road that has more concavities and convexities than the good wavy road; and a final instruction calculation unit that obtains a final control instruction for each damper based on the good wavy road control instruction and on the bad wavy road control instruction.

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