Patent classifications
B60G17/01933
Vibration device, angular velocity sensor, electronic device, and vehicle
A vibration device includes a vibration element that has a plurality of terminals, a base that has a plurality of electrical connection terminals, and a board that has a wiring portion which electrically connects the plurality of electrical connection terminal and the plurality of terminals to each other, and that supports the vibration element with respect to the base. The board has a base fixing portion fixed to the base, a vibration element mounting portion on which the vibration element is mounted, and at least one beam portion which couples the base fixing portion and the vibration element mounting portion to each other. At least the one beam portion has a first portion which extends in a first direction and a second portion which extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
CAB SUSPENSION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE
Vehicle cab suspension control systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the cab suspension control systems can include front cab-to-frame mounts that include controllable elastomer-based isolators that can provide real time variable damping to improve ride quality and/or road holding and reduce cab roll in response to, for example, input from one or more cab and/or frame mounted accelerometers, position sensors, etc. Embodiments of the control systems described herein can utilize a single vehicle controller (e.g., an ECU) to control all of the cab suspension components (e.g., semi-active damping technologies, air spring technologies, etc.) employed on a vehicle to provide a single suspension control solution that can provide improved ride performance, road holding, etc.
Method for operating an electronically controllable air spring system in a vehicle and an electronically controllable air spring system
A method for operating an electronically controllable air spring system having air springs includes ascertaining a vehicle velocity of a vehicle and performing a procedure of monitoring a loading procedure and/or a procedure of monitoring an unloading procedure if the vehicle velocity indicates that the vehicle is at a standstill. The method further includes suppressing a level control procedure via the air spring system for a determined time period if at least one pressure difference that is allocated to the air springs exceeds the respective loading pressure limit difference or undercuts the unloading pressure difference and/or a loading criterion or an unloading criterion are met.
Electromagnetic suspension apparatus
An object of the present invention is to obtain an electromagnetic suspension apparatus capable of meeting a request to improve ride comfort irrespective of a magnitude of a spring constant preset in a spring member. The electromagnetic suspension apparatus includes an electromagnetic actuator that generates a driving force related to vibration damping of the vehicle body, an information acquisition unit that acquires information on a stroke position of the electromagnetic actuator, and an ECU that calculates a target driving force of the electromagnetic actuator and controls a driving force of the electromagnetic actuator using the calculated target driving force. When the stroke position acquired by the information acquisition unit is in a neutral range including a neutral position, the ECU corrects the target driving force so as to reduce a spring force related to the spring member as compared with when the stroke position is in a non-neutral range.
WHEEL SENSOR MODULE
A disclosed vehicle wheel sensor module includes a housing having a mount portion for attachment to a vehicle suspension assembly, a wheel speed sensor supported within the housing, a ride height sensor including a lever movable responsive to movement of a vehicle suspension component and a single connector providing electrical communication with the wheel speed sensor and the ride height sensor.
Vehicle attitude control device
A vehicle attitude control device includes a controller including a low-pass filter. The controller calculates a manipulated variable of the actuator that allows the roll of the vehicle to be suppressed. The controller processes the roll angle acceleration with the low-pass filter, integrates the roll angle acceleration in which a high-frequency component has been removed by the low-pass filter, and converts a roll angle velocity obtained by the integration, into the manipulated variable. The low-pass filter has a first vehicle speed-cutoff frequency characteristic in which a cutoff frequency becomes higher with increase in the vehicle speed, and the first vehicle speed-cutoff frequency characteristic is designed such that a peak frequency in roll vibration coincides with a local minimum roll frequency in wheelbase filtering, the roll vibration being amplified by a dead time and a phase delay in control by the controller.
Cab suspension systems and associated methods of manufacture and use
Vehicle cab suspension control systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the cab suspension control systems can include front cab-to-frame mounts that include controllable elastomer-based isolators that can provide real time variable damping to improve ride quality and/or road holding and reduce cab roll in response to, for example, input from one or more cab and/or frame mounted accelerometers, position sensors, etc. Embodiments of the control systems described herein can utilize a single vehicle controller (e.g., an ECU) to control all of the cab suspension components (e.g., semi-active damping technologies, air spring technologies, etc.) employed on a vehicle to provide a single suspension control solution that can provide improved ride performance, road holding, etc.
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ADJUST VEHICLE SUSPENSION DAMPING
Methods and apparatus to adjust vehicle suspension damping are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a sensor interface to obtain wheel position information and vehicle speed information from sensors associated with wheels of a vehicle and obtain throttle position information. The apparatus further includes a parameter analyzer to determine a compression damping command based on the wheel position information, the vehicle speed information, and the throttle position information and an instruction generator to adjust a damping system of the vehicle based on the compression damping command.
ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM
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 and a driver actuatable input. The driver actuatable input may be positioned to be actuatable by the driver in the absence of requiring a removal of either of the hands of the driver from a steering device of the vehicle.
Cab suspension systems and associated methods of manufacture and use
Vehicle cab suspension control systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the cab suspension control systems can include front cab-to-frame mounts that include controllable elastomer-based isolators that can provide real time variable damping to improve ride quality and/or road holding and reduce cab roll in response to, for example, input from one or more cab and/or frame mounted accelerometers, position sensors, etc. Embodiments of the control systems described herein can utilize a single vehicle controller (e.g., an ECU) to control all of the cab suspension components (e.g., semi-active damping technologies, air spring technologies, etc.) employed on a vehicle to provide a single suspension control solution that can provide improved ride performance, road holding, etc.