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EP0162818A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Device for the control of the suspension shock-absorbers particularly for motor vehicles

Assignee: Fiat Auto SpA
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Filing: 1985-05-08
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-05-08
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Abstract

Abstract The device comprises sensor means (61) of the motor vehicle conditions connected to processing means (3) of the signals supplied by said sensor means (6) said processing means (3) being connected to actuator means (4, 5) of the response variations of the shock-absorbers.

Inventors

  • 👤 Corrado Egidi
  • 👤 Carlo Rossi
  • 👤 Paolo Filippa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 22:12
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01M; G01M17/00; G01M17/007; G01M17/04; B; B60; B60G; B60G17/00; B60G17/015; B60G17/018; B60G17/06; B60G17/08; B60G2400/00; B60G2400/10; B60G2400/102; B60G2400/104; B60G2400/106; B60G2400/20; B60G2400/204; B60G2400/90; B60G2400/91; B60G2500/00; B60G2500/10; B60G2600/00; B60G2600/22; B60G2600/26; B60G2600/60

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 51 words
Device for the control of the suspension shock-absorbers, particularly for motor vehicles, characterized in that it comprises sensor means of the motor vehicle conditions connected to processing means of the signals supplied by said sensor means, said processing means being connected to actuator means of the response variations of the shock-absorbers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 51 words
Device for the control of the suspension shock-absorbers, particularly for motor vehicles, characterized in that it comprises sensor means of the motor vehicle conditions connected to processing means of the signals supplied by said sensor means, said processing means being connected to actuator means of the response variations of the shock-absorbers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
Device, according to claim I, characterized in that the sensor means of the motor vehicle conditions are detectors of frequency and amplitude oscillation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing means are represented by an electronic control unit 3.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
Device, according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuator means are valves 5 or other devices able to operate in a relatively short time.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 45 words
Device, according to claim 1 and 3, characterized in that the electronic control unit 3 is constituted by an amplifier 7 connected to a unit 8 comprising a band-pass filter and a frequency/tension converter connected to a threshold discriminator 9 connected to a selector 10.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 33 words
Device, according to claim 1 and 2, in which only the oscillations in resonance with the oscillation frequencies of the vehicle body and/or wheels are taken into account for modifying the shock-absorber calibration.

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