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US5020781A
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Controls for a semiactive chassis
Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH
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Filing: 1990-06-19
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Granted: 1991-06-04
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Expires: 2010-06-19
Abstract
Abstract The invention concerns controls for a semiactive chassis on a motor vehicle that is provided with variable or power-regulated vibration attenuators. The results of various sensor measurements are supplied to a regulator that controls the settings in the vibration attenuators on the sky-hook principle.
Inventors
- 👤 Zhen Huang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60G; B60G17/00; B60G17/015; B60G17/018; B60G2400/00; B60G2400/10; B60G2400/102; B60G2400/20; B60G2400/206; B60G2400/50; B60G2400/51; B60G2400/512; B60G2500/00; B60G2500/10; B60G2600/00; B60G2600/16; B60G2600/18; B60G2600/184; B60G2600/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A control arrangement for a semi-active chassis in a motor vehicle with variable vibration dampers having a bypass valve comprising: vehicle wheel means; vehicle body means supported by said wheel means, said wheel means and said body means having each a velocity in traveling over a surface; a relative velocity sensor positioned between said wheel means and said body means for generating a velocity difference signal corresponding to the difference between the velocity of said wheel means and the velocity of said body means; regulator means connected to said relative velocity sensor for receiving said velocity difference signal; an acceleration sensor on said body means for sensing accelerations of said body means and applying a corresponding acceleration signal to said regulator means; signal filter means connected between said acceleration sensor and said regulator means; vibration damper means with a bypass valve located between said wheel means and said body means; said regulator means having an output connected to said vibration damper for controlling opening and closing of said bypass valve dependent on said acceleration signal and said velocity difference signal to reduce vibrations transmitted from said wheel means to said body means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A control arrangement for a semi-active chassis in a motor vehicle with variable vibration dampers having a bypass valve comprising: vehicle wheel means; vehicle body means supported by said wheel means, said wheel means and said body means having each a velocity in traveling over a surface; a relative velocity sensor positioned between said wheel means and said body means for generating a velocity difference signal corresponding to the difference between the velocity of said wheel means and the velocity of said body means; regulator means connected to said relative velocity sensor for receiving said velocity difference signal; an acceleration sensor on said body means for sensing accelerations of said body means and applying a corresponding acceleration signal to said regulator means; signal filter means connected between said acceleration sensor and said regulator means; vibration damper means with a bypass valve located between said wheel means and said body means; said regulator means having an output connected to said vibration damper for controlling opening and closing of said bypass valve dependent on said acceleration signal and said velocity difference signal to reduce vibrations transmitted from said wheel means to said body means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
238 words
A control arrangement for a semi-active chassis in a motor vehicle with variable vibration dampers having a bypass valve comprising: vehicle wheel means; vehicle body means supported by said wheel means, said wheel means and said body means having each a velocity in traveling over a surface; a relative velocity sensor positioned between said wheel means and said body means for generating a velocity difference signal corresponding to the difference between the velocity of said wheel means and the velocity of said body means; regulator means connected to said relative velocity sensor for receiving said velocity difference signal; an acceleration sensor on said body means for sensing accelerations of said body means and supplying a corresponding acceleration signal to said regulator means; signal filter means connected between said acceleration sensor and said regulator means; vibration damper means with a bypass valve located between said wheel means and said body means; said regulator means having an output connected to said vibration damper for controlling opening and closing of said bypass valve dependent on said acceleration signal and said velocity difference signal to reduce vibrations transmitted from said wheel means to said body means, said bypass valve being closed when a a (V a -V R )>0 and opened when a a (V a -V R )<0, whereby a a is the body means acceleration, V a is the body means speed, and V R is the wheel means speed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
238 words
A control arrangement for a semi-active chassis in a motor vehicle with variable vibration dampers having a bypass valve comprising: vehicle wheel means; vehicle body means supported by said wheel means, said wheel means and said body means having each a velocity in traveling over a surface; a relative velocity sensor positioned between said wheel means and said body means for generating a velocity difference signal corresponding to the difference between the velocity of said wheel means and the velocity of said body means; regulator means connected to said relative velocity sensor for receiving said velocity difference signal; an acceleration sensor on said body means for sensing accelerations of said body means and supplying a corresponding acceleration signal to said regulator means; signal filter means connected between said acceleration sensor and said regulator means; vibration damper means with a bypass valve located between said wheel means and said body means; said regulator means having an output connected to said vibration damper for controlling opening and closing of said bypass valve dependent on said acceleration signal and said velocity difference signal to reduce vibrations transmitted from said wheel means to said body means, said bypass valve being closed when a a (V a -V R )>0 and opened when a a (V a -V R )<0, whereby a a is the body means acceleration, V a is the body means speed, and V R is the wheel means speed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A control arrangement as defined in claim 2, wherein said velocity difference signal, said acceleration signal, and said output of said regulator means are all electrical signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A control arrangement as defined in claim 2, wherein said vibration damper has a proportional valve; a force sensor located between said vehicle wheel means and said vehicle body means and supplying an electrical output signal to an input of said regulator means for additional control of said bypass valve.
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