A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping profile.

A method for ascertaining the steering angle of a one-track vehicle, in which: with a frame sensor system attached at a first location on the frame of the vehicle, the first frame accelerations occurring there and first frame rotation rates of the two-wheeler are each ascertained in three first spatial directions, with a steering system sensor system attached at a second location of the steering system of the vehicle, the steering system accelerations of the two-wheeler occurring there are ascertained in three second spatial directions, based on the ascertained first frame accelerations and first frame rotation rates, second frame accelerations at the location of the second steering system sensor system in the three first spatial directions are calculated based on a mathematical relationship, and based on the calculated second frame accelerations and the ascertained steering system accelerations, the steering angle of the vehicle is ascertained.

A vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit generates a control signal for controlling behavior of a vehicle body on a basis of a first acceleration detection signal and a second acceleration detection signal, the first acceleration detection signal including information relating to an acceleration acting on the vehicle body, the first acceleration detection signal having an alternating current waveform corresponding to the acceleration, the second acceleration detection signal including information relating to the acceleration, the second acceleration detection signal having an output waveform, an alternating current component corresponding to the acceleration being superimposed on a direct current component in the output waveform.

A vehicle suspension system is described. The suspension system comprises a first and second suspension dampening component, the second suspension component comprising an air spring. A compact Electronic Suspension Control System is included, and utilizes an integrated ride height sensor system, including a sensor and ride height arm coupled is to the ride height sensor, an air management manifold and solenoids, and a plurality of pneumatic inputs and outputs coupled to the air management manifold, in order to control the pneumatic conditions of the air spring. The system also includes a pneumatic pump and processor for activating the solenoids and pump in response to sensed conditions, or users inputs, in order to dynamically change suspension settings.

A multi-degree-of-freedom active damping mechanism control method, system and a damping mechanism are provided. A skyhook active damping control algorithm is used for controlling an electric cylinder output force in a vertical damping direction, and an adaptive control algorithm with an adaptive rate is used for correcting a load moment of inertia in pitch and roll damping directions. At the same time, a predictive model is established according to a task space linearization equation near an equilibrium point, and states of the system at N future moments are predicted in advance at each moment to achieve optimal control under complex constraints and reduce the influence of system delay. At the same time, the three control methods may further improve the active damping effect of the damping device by combining road information obtained by a visual sensor in real time.

An automatic tilting vehicle is provided that includes left and right front wheels supported by knuckles, a steerable rear wheel, a vehicle tilting device, and a control unit. The vehicle tilting device includes a swing member, a tilt actuator for swing the swing member, and a pair of tie rods pivotally attached to the swing member and the knuckles. The control unit calculates a target lateral acceleration of the vehicle, estimates a lateral acceleration of the vehicle caused by the gyro moments of the wheels and calculates a target tilt angle of the vehicle based on a sum of the target lateral acceleration and the lateral acceleration caused by the gyro moments.

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.

A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping profile.

An air spring (100) for a vehicle is provided. The air spring comprises a first mounting element (110) for being fixed to a vehicle's chassis (210), a second mounting element (120) for being fixed to a movable part (220) of a vehicle being movable with respect to the chassis, a bellow (130) extending from the first mounting element to the second mounting element and including an air volume (140), and a sensor arrangement (150) being arranged within the air volume. The sensor arrangement is adapted for sensing at least one of a road condition, a vehicle condition and a pay load condition.

A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping profile.