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Suspension control apparatus
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1991-02-20
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Granted: 1992-11-10
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Expires: 2011-02-20
Abstract
Abstract A suspension control apparatus for a vehicle having at least one shock absorber with a controllable damping force. The suspension control apparatus includes a roll angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity about a roll axis of the vehicle, and control means for determining a bumpy-road driving state of the vehicle when an accumulation time exceeds a predetermined accumulation time. The control means adjusts the damping force of the shock absorber during the bumpy road driving state. The accumulation time represents the amount of time the angular velocity exceeds a predetermined angular velocity range during a first predetermined time period.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiichiro Okuda
- 👤 Masuo Takigawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-05 23:07
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60G; B60G17/00; B60G17/015; B60G17/016; B60G17/0165; B60G2400/00; B60G2400/20; B60G2400/204; B60G2400/25; B60G2400/252; B60G2400/80; B60G2400/82; B60G2400/821; B60G2401/00; B60G2401/17; B60G2401/176; B60G2500/00; B60G2500/10; B60G2500/102; B60G2600/00; B60G2600/08; B60G2600/28; B60G2600/76; B60G2800/00; B60G2800/01; B60G2800/012; B60G2800/014; B60G2800/70; B60G2800/702
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A suspension control apparatus for a vehicle comprising: at least one shock absorber means having a controllable damping force; a roll angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity about a roll axis of said vehicle; control means for determining a bumpy-road driving state of said vehicle when an accumulation time exceeds a predetermined accumulation time and adjusting said damping force during said bumpy road driving state; said accumulation time representing an amount of time said angular velocity exceeds a predetermined angular velocity range during a first predetermined time period.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A suspension control apparatus for a vehicle comprising: at least one shock absorber means having a controllable damping force; a roll angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity about a roll axis of said vehicle; control means for determining a bumpy-road driving state of said vehicle when an accumulation time exceeds a predetermined accumulation time and adjusting said damping force during said bumpy road driving state; said accumulation time representing an amount of time said angular velocity exceeds a predetermined angular velocity range during a first predetermined time period.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said control means maintains said adjusted damping force for a second predetermined time period after said bumpy-road driving state has ended.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus as in claim 2, further comprising: a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a speed of said vehicle; wherein said second predetermined time period is determined based on said vehicle speed.
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