A suspension system for a vehicle is provided. A linear regenerative suspension system that converts mechanical energy into storable electrical energy is also provided. The system utilizes pistons, one on each side of the vehicle, engaged with a vehicle body at a distal end and having a fluid chamber at the proximal end. The system further has a central chamber having a rod freely laterally moving therein. A fluid communicates between the central chamber and each piston fluid chamber. Upon nonlinear forces applied to the vehicle, the rod is urged in one direction or another. This urging applies force to the fluid in the central chamber, and in turn, to the piston in the corresponding side of the vehicle, urging the piston up and in turn urging the vehicle body up.

Disclosed are fault-tolerant permanent-magnet vernier cylindrical electric motors with an electromagnetic suspension and a fault-tolerant vector control method for a short circuit of two adjacent phases. The fault-tolerant permanent-magnet vernier cylindrical electric motor with an electromagnetic suspension and the fault-tolerant vector control method for a short circuit of two adjacent phases suppress motor thrust ripples caused by a fault of two adjacent phases of an electric motor. The dynamic performance and the steady-state performance thereof are consistent with those under a normal state, and the switching frequency of a voltage source inverter is constant.

A motion control system that can detect a change in a an operating characteristic and send a stabilizing command to an actuator system based on the change is described. A motion control component in the system includes a first component with an electropermanent magnet having a coil, differing first and second permanent magnet materials, and differing first and second states. The motion control component includes a second component configured to magnetically interact with the first component to define a damping characteristic that affects motion between the first component and the second component and a controller configured to supply a current pulse to the electropermanent magnet to switch the electropermanent magnet between the first and second states. The electropermanent magnet retains the respective first or second state after cessation of the current pulse.

Disclosed are fault-tolerant permanent-magnet vernier cylindrical electric motors with an electromagnetic suspension and a fault-tolerant vector control method for a short circuit of two adjacent phases. The fault-tolerant permanent-magnet vernier cylindrical electric motor with an electromagnetic suspension and the fault-tolerant vector control method for a short circuit of two adjacent phases suppress motor thrust ripples caused by a fault of two adjacent phases of an electric motor. The dynamic performance and the steady-state performance thereof are consistent with those under a normal state, and the switching frequency of a voltage source inverter is constant.

A suspension includes inner magnets coupled to an inner cylindrical member and outer magnets coupled to an outer cylindrical member that circumscribes the inner cylindrical member. The inner magnets are stacked on top of one another in an axial direction and include a first set having a first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having a second polarity. The outer magnets are stacked on top of one another in the axial direction and include a first set having the first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having the second polarity. Each inner magnet in the first set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the second set and each inner magnet in the second set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the first set to provide an attractive electromagnetic field between the magnets that passively absorbs axial displacement between the inner and outer cylindrical members.

Provided is a hybrid electromagnetic suspension capable of self-powering and a control method thereof. The hybrid electromagnetic suspension includes an integrated structure of linear motor and cylinder block of equivalent hydraulic damper, a suspension spring, a connecting pipeline, a hydraulic rectifier bridge, an accumulator, a hydraulic motor and a rotary motor. The upper and lower chambers of the working cylinder, the lower chamber of working cylinder and oil storage cylinder are connected through the hydraulic rectifier bridge and the pipeline. The control has three modes including passive mode, semi-active mode and active mode. The ECU detects the road level according to the received sensor signal, and switches to the corresponding mode to control the suspension according to obtained road level, so as to obtain the optimal suspension performance under each road level. In the device of the invention, the linear motor and the equivalent hydraulic damper recover the vibration energy together in the case of good road condition; the linear motor and the equivalent hydraulic damper attenuate the suspension vibration together in the case of poor road surface, and at the same time the equivalent hydraulic damper also recovers the vibration energy, thus the self-powering can be realized.

The present invention provides one or more carrier devices capable of varying contact damping with pressured displacement. The device is configured to be installed on mechanical force-receiving structures that have rolling wheels, rolling balls or slidably displaceable terminal block structure, carrying devices and transportation devices for humans or objects. When receiving pressure smaller than a set value, the device provides low contact damping and is thus easy to move. On the other hand, when receiving pressure greater than the set value, it provides high contact damping so as to prevent slip and thereby ensure safe placement. In addition, when receiving pressure smaller than the set value, the device has its pre-stressed structure generate modulation to displacement corresponding to the size of the pressure it receives for the purpose of shock absorbency.

A suspension includes inner magnets coupled to an inner cylindrical member and outer magnets coupled to an outer cylindrical member that circumscribes the inner cylindrical member. The inner magnets are stacked on top of one another in an axial direction and include a first set having a first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having a second polarity. The outer magnets are stacked on top of one another in the axial direction and include a first set having the first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having the second polarity. Each inner magnet in the first set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the second set and each inner magnet in the second set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the first set to provide an attractive electromagnetic field between the magnets that passively absorbs axial displacement between the inner and outer cylindrical members.

A magnetic system for an automobile having a body portion and a base portion with a first and second set of electromagnets placed on the base station and the body portion respectively and wherein the body portion is adapted to raise off the base portion when sufficient electricity is supplied to the first and second set of electromagnets. A plurality of slider mechanisms operationally attached to the automobile, each having a groove portion running in the vertical direction, allow the body portion to be raised off the base station.

An energy conversion assembly including an input shaft coupled to a first annular gear through a first direction limiting device configured to allow rotation of the first annular gear in a first direction and substantially inhibit rotation of the first annular gear in a second direction. The input shaft may be coupled to a second annular gear through a second direction limiting device configured to allow rotation of the second annular gear in the second direction and substantially inhibit rotation of the second annular gear in the first direction. The assembly may include a first transmitting gear engaged with the first annular gear, a second transmitting gear engaged with the second annular gear, a conversion gear operatively coupled to the second transmitting gear, and a transmitting shaft coupled to the first transmitting gear and the conversion gear.