Electromechanical apparatuses for controlling vehicle suspension settings. Described herein are electromechanical apparatuses for controlling wheel alignment (e.g., camber, castor and/or toe). In particular, described herein are camber adjusting apparatuses for electromechanically adjusting camber or camber and toe that may be retrofitted onto existing vehicle suspensions.

A vibration damping control apparatus for a vehicle executes preview vibration damping control while obtaining, from preview reference data, a road surface displacement related value relating to a vertical displacement of a road surface at a predicted passage position of a wheel of the vehicle. In the preview reference data, relationships are established among the road surface displacement related value obtained when a measurement vehicle actually traveled on the road surface, position information representing the position of a wheel of the measurement vehicle when the road surface displacement related value was obtained, and speed information representing the speed of the measurement vehicle when the road surface displacement related value was obtained or representing a speed range in which the speed of the measurement vehicle is contained.

Axle adjustment system of a commercial vehicle includes a frame element with a first guide region that includes first guide openings where the first region is attached to an axle and displaces a steering element in an adjustment direction, and an alignable eccentric element with an opening, the arrangement of which relative to the first guide region determines the displacement of the steering element, and a second guide region that includes a second guide opening via which the eccentric element and the frame element are in engagement with one another and in which a pin-like element engages the pin-like element being movable in the second guide opening, when the eccentric element is aligned.

A modular vehicle engine component actuator comprising a first module including a motor, a printed circuit board, and a motor shaft. A second module includes a gear train and an output shaft. The first module is coupled to the second module in a relationship with the motor shaft extending into the second module and into coupling relationship with the gear train in the second module. The first and second modules define respective first and second openings and interior cavities in communication with each other. The first and second modules are coupled together in a relationship with the printed circuit board positioned between the motor in the first module and the gear train in the second module. The motor shaft extends through a hole in the printed circuit board and into coupling relationship with the gear train in the second module.

A method for operating a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has an active wheel suspension, by which each wheel can be subjected individually to vertical forces and/or lifting movements. An actual excitation of the vehicle body of the motor vehicle is determined and the determined actual excitation is compared to a stored reference excitation, and if the determined actual excitation is less than the stored reference excitation, the active wheel suspension is activated to create a vertical rolling movement of the vehicle body.

A device for adjusting camber and/or toe of a vehicle wheel of a motor vehicle includes a wheel carrier at which the vehicle wheel is rotatably mounted in a wheel bearing and which includes a wheel-side carrier part, an axle-side guide part and wheel-side and axle-side rotary parts arranged there between. The rotary parts are supported at a common bearing point for rotation relative to one another about a rotation axis about which the wheel-side rotary part is pivotable for toe or camber adjustment of the vehicle wheel about a wobble point. The wheel-side carrier part supports a brake caliper which interacts with a brake disc of the vehicle wheel. The wheel-side carrier part is supported upon the wheel-side rotary part via a pivot bearing.

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a device (100) for connecting a wheel to a vehicle (620) comprising: an input shaft (620) able to be kinematically connected to an engine of a vehicle and having a rotation axis (C); an oscillating support (120) able to be hinged to a vehicle frame (T) along a predetermined horizontal hinge axis (B) parallel to and distanced from the rotation axis (C) of the input shaft (620); an auxiliary shaft (125) rotatably associated to the oscillating support (120) according to a rotation axis (A) parallel to and distanced from the hinge axis (B); a wheel-bearing hub (110) rotatably associated to the oscillating support (120) according to a rotation axis (A) parallel to and distanced from the hinge axis (B); first transmission means (625) able to transmit the motion from the input shaft (620) to the auxiliary shaft (125); second transmission means (130) able to transmit the motion of the auxiliary shaft (125) to the wheel-bearing hub (110).

An electromechanical actuator having an electric motor which comprises a rotor shaft (5) and a motor housing (2). A bearing plate (6) is supported inside the motor housing (2) for holding the rotor shaft (5). A cover (3) is arranged in front of the motor housing (2) and the bearing plate (6) and is connected to a stabilizer half (4). A component carrier (8) is arranged on and fixed to the bearing plate (6) for supporting electric and/or electronic components.

A roll vibration damping control system includes an electronic control unit configured to: compute a sum of a product of a roll moment of inertia and a roll angular acceleration of a vehicle body, a product of a roll damping coefficient and a first-order integral of the roll angular acceleration, and a product of an equivalent roll stiffness of the vehicle and a second-order integral of the roll angular acceleration, as a controlled roll moment to be applied to the vehicle body; compute a roll moment around a center of gravity of a sprung mass as a correction roll moment, the roll moment being generated by lateral force on wheels due to roll motion; and compute a target roll moment based on a value obtained by correcting the controlled roll moment with the correction roll moment.

System, method, and assembly for controlling a vehicle. In one example, the system includes a first suspension system and a first controller. The first controller is configured to receive an input signal representing vehicle operating parameters. The first controller is also configured to receive a first target displacement determined by a second controller for a second suspension system of the vehicle. The first controller is further configured to determine a second target displacement for the first suspension system of the vehicle based on the first target displacement and the input signal. The first controller is also configured to set a height of the first suspension system based on the second target displacement.