Patent classifications
B60G2400/98
Active roll stabilizer
An active roll stabilizer includes a divided torsion bar (1) having torsion bar parts (2, 3) which are arranged one behind the other along a torsion bar axis. An actuator (4) for transmitting torsional torques to the torsion bar (1) is provided. An electric motor (7) and a transmission (6) connected to the electric motor (7) are arranged in an actuator housing (5). The actuator housing (5) is connected to the one torsion bar part (2) for conjoint rotation and the transmission (6) is connected, on the output side, to the other torsion bar part (3) for conjoint rotation. A motor housing (11) of the electric motor (7) is connected, by means of only one of the two axial ends of said motor housing, to the actuator housing (5) for conjoint rotation.
SUSPENSION CONTROL APPARATUS
A suspension control apparatus that includes a vehicle behavior detection unit, a damping force adjustable shock absorber, and a controller. The damping force adjustable shock absorber includes a cylinder in which the electric rheological fluid is encapsulated, a piston, a piston rod extending to an outside of the cylinder, and an electrode configured to apply electric field to the electric rheological fluid. The controller includes a target voltage value setting unit configured to obtain a target voltage value to be applied to the electrode based on the detection result obtained by the vehicle behavior detection unit, a current detection unit configured to detect a current value exhibited when the target voltage value obtained by the target voltage value setting unit is applied, and a voltage value correction unit configured to correct the target voltage value based on the detected current value or a function of the detected current value.
Dynamically adjustable body mounts for a motor vehicle
A vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body supported by the chassis. At least one dynamically adjustable body mount connects the vehicle body to the chassis. The at least one dynamically adjustable body mount includes a selectively adjustable parameter. One or more vehicle sensors is associated with the vehicle. The one or more vehicle sensors is operable to detect one or more vehicle parameters. A control system is operatively connected to the at least one dynamically adjustable body mount and the one or more vehicle sensors. The control system is operable to alter the selectively adjustable parameter of the at least one dynamically adjustable body mount to substantially isolate the body from road and vehicle induced vibration in response to at least one of the one or more vehicle parameters and the one or more road surface parameters.
ACTIVE ROLL STABILIZER
Disclosed herein is an active roll stabilizer. The active roll stabilizer includes a pair of stabilizer bars installed between left and right wheels of a vehicle and an actuator which connects the pair of stabilizer bars and transmits a rotational force to the pair of stabilizer bars, wherein the actuator includes a motor configured to generate the rotational force, a housing coupled to a portion between the pair of stabilizer bars and having the motor disposed inside the housing, a damping part disposed on an extension line of a rotational shaft of the motor inside the housing and configured to absorb vibrations generated at the motor and the pair of stabilizer bars, and a torque measurement sensing part configured to measure a torque transmitted by the rotational force inside the damping part.
LEANING VEHICLE
A leaning vehicle includes: a body frame; a right wheel and a left wheel; a linkage mechanism including arms rotatably supported on the body frame; a left-right tilt angle control mechanism configured to control a tilt angle of the body frame in a left direction or in the right direction by adjusting a rotation of the arms with respect to the body frame; and a control section. The control section controls the left-right tilt angle control mechanism to change the tilt angle of the body frame in the left direction or in the right direction in accordance with an input to the leaning vehicle from a rider while the leaning vehicle is stopped.
DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE BODY MOUNTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body supported by the chassis. At least one dynamically adjustable body mount connects the vehicle body to the chassis. The at least one dynamically adjustable body mount includes a selectively adjustable parameter. One or more vehicle sensors is associated with the vehicle. The one or more vehicle sensors is operable to detect one or more vehicle parameters. A control system is operatively connected to the at least one dynamically adjustable body mount and the one or more vehicle sensors. The control system is operable to alter the selectively adjustable parameter of the at least one dynamically adjustable body mount to substantially isolate the body from road and vehicle induced vibration in response to at least one of the one or more vehicle parameters and the one or more road surface parameters.
ANTI-ROLL BAR TORQUE ESTIMATION
Aspects relate to a control system and method for a vehicle suspension system in a vehicle. The control system (100, 200) is configured to: receive a disturbance angle (316) of a roll bar of the vehicle suspension system, the disturbance angle indicative of a determined relative angular displacement between ends of the roll bar caused by the vehicle interacting with a driving surface; receive a displacement value (322) of an actuator motor of the actuator of the vehicle suspension system, the displacement value of the actuator motor indicative of a sensed displacement of the actuator motor caused by the vehicle interacting with the driving surface; determine, in dependence on the disturbance angle of the roll bar and the displacement value of the actuator motor, a torque estimation (332), the torque estimation representing an expected torque provided by the actuator motor to a roll bar connected to the actuator motor; and output the torque estimation to a further vehicle system.
Method for operating a motor vehicle in order to detect an overload on a roll stabilizer
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in order to detect an overload on a roll stabilizer which is supported so that it can rotate on a vehicle body and includes two stabilizer parts that can be rotated relative to each other by a torsional angle () via a rotary drive arranged between these parts. In order to detect an impairment to the driving safety of the vehicle in a timely manner, a ratio of the torsional angle () to a variable which is equivalent to an applied torque (M) of the rotary drive is ascertained, and an overload is determined if the ratio lies outside of a specified tolerance range.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING TORQUE
A method for measuring torque includes low-pass filtering of a signal supplied by a torque sensor, an analog signal supplied by the torque sensor being first digitized and then processed and forwarded as a digital signal having low-pass characteristics.