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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900938 | Suspension system for vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle including: a stabilizer apparatus configured to change a stabilizer force by an operation of an actuator, a pair of hydraulic shock absorbers configured to change damping coefficients thereof, and a control device which is configure... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7735837 | Active anti-roll device Active anti-roll device to be fitted to a wheel set (4) of a motor vehicle (1), the said wheel set including two wheel supports (8b, 9b) coupled, with mobility in a so-called vertical direction (Z), to a frame (2) of ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726665 | Suspension system A suspension system for an agricultural or construction industry vehicle is described. The suspension system comprises two hydraulic cylinders, which support a frame in relation to an axle of the vehicle, the hydraulic cylinders each having a piston-side chamber and... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722055 | Failsafe valve for active roll control A roll control device includes at least one actuator having first and second chambers. A pump is in fluid communication with the first and second chambers and is configured to transfer fluid between them. A motor is connected to the pump and is in communication with... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7699322 | Stabilizer arrangement for a motor vehicle A stabilizer arrangement for a motor vehicle has a stabilizer (1), which is connected to the vehicle chassis and which is connected to a spring-mounted wheel carrier part on each side of the vehicle by a piston-cylinder unit (4; 4′) each. Each of the... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7644933 | Vehicle suspension system and method A suspension system adaptable for cross-flow operation includes a plurality of gas springs, a transfer passage in communication between the gas springs, and a transfer valve for selectively permitting gas flow along the transfer passage. A control system selectively... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7543823 | Vehicle stabilizer system A stabilizer system for a vehicle including: a stabilizer bar connected to left and right wheels at respective opposite ends thereof; an actuator which has an electric motor and which changes elastic force to be exhibited by the stabilizer bar, as a result of contro... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540505 | Stabilizer system A stabilizer system including stabilizer control portions which change respective elastic forces of front-wheel-side and rear-wheel-side stabilizer bars. When an abnormality occurs to one of the stabilizer control portions, the other control portion is controlled ac... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7494131 | Assembly for a chassis stabilizing system An assembly including a fluid pressure actuator, which has a guide part and an active part movable relative thereto, and a fluid pressure source which is in communication with the fluid pressure actuator in order to supply the latter with fluid which is under pressu... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7440844 | Vehicle rollover detection and mitigation using rollover index A method and apparatus for determining likelihood of rollover of a vehicle and/or mitigating rollover of the vehicle is responsive to measured vehicle lateral acceleration and a measured one of vehicle roll rate and vehicle suspension displacements to derive estimat... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7418325 | Suspension system for vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle includes a roll control device, which includes an actuator, for controlling roll, and a control device including a target control value determining portion determining target control value of the actuator and an operation control po... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416188 | Vehicle and a method for control thereof A vehicle having a chassis (1) and at least two mutually separated wheels arranged on a first side of the chassis and two mutually separated wheels on the opposite, second side of the chassis where the wheels on the first side are rotatable about axes that ar... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412314 | Soil trip vehicle rollover detection method Impending rollover events are detected by recognizing a plow phase increase in lateral acceleration, coupled with a significant trip phase roll rate. The plow phase increase is recognized by modeling a typical soil trip lateral acceleration characteristic and comput... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7373227 | Integrated sensing system A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the sensor signal compensation unit receives at least one of the plurality... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369927 | Active rollover protection utilizing steering angle rate map An apparatus and method for protecting against rollover in a vehicle. The method and apparatus determine a rollover tendency of the vehicle based on the lateral acceleration, the vehicle speed and the change rate of the steering angle. A database of empiric data is ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364142 | Spring strut unit for suspension systems of motor vehicles Spring strut unit for suspension systems of motor vehicles with a fastening connection on the body side and another fastening connection on the wheel side; with a helical spring supported between the body and the wheel; and with a vibration damper installed between ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360771 | Roll control actuator with rotary mechanism A roll control actuator for a stabilizer bar includes an outer housing that is fixed to a first bar portion and a paddle member that is fixed to a second bar portion. The roll control actuator includes multiple fluid chambers with different fluid volumes. A control ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360777 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension system for a vehicle, including: (a) a plurality of suspension cylinders each disposed between a chassis-side member and a corresponding one of a plurality of wheel-side members; (b) a controller cylinder including a housing and at least one pis... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354048 | Stabilizer control unit A stabilizer control apparatus operating to contort stabilizer bars ensures the stability of a vehicle, even in the event that one of the front and rear stabilizer bars of the vehicle is stuck in a contorted state. The stabilizer control apparatus includes fr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338057 | Rear-axle suspension for motor vehicles involving the use of longitudinal and transverse links Rear axle suspension system for motor vehicles, in which the wheel carriers on both sides are coupled to the body of the vehicle by at least one longitudinal link (9, 10), one transverse link (12) and a further transverse link (15, 16). In order... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334667 | Selective actuation device Selective actuation device (1) including an actuator (5) operating on an actuation mechanism (2). The mechanism (2) is equipped with at least one shaft (7) connected to a pusher element (8) to actuate a first operating group... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337047 | Vehicle behavior control device The inventive vehicle behavior control device employs a novel control strategy, suppressing deterioration of a vehicle behavior which would be induced during control processes, and being useful especially for correcting or inhibiting excessive deterioration of a veh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322580 | Stabilizer control device A stabilizer control device includes a pair of stabilizer bar positioned between right, left wheels of a vehicle, an electric motor, an actuator positioned between said pair of the stabilizer bar, the actuator comprising the electric motor, and a control means for c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318594 | Active roll stabilization system An active roll stabilization system of a vehicle having an axle with at least two wheels, wherein the axle is provided with a roll stabilizer that is actuated by means of a hydraulic device. The hydraulic device is actuated and controlled by at least one pressure co... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311314 | Vehicular suspension system A vehicular suspension system having a fluid circuit including two fluid cylinders provided on respective front-wheel and rear-wheel sides, and two fluid passage systems one of which connects one of two fluid chambers of the fluid cylinder on the front-wheel side to... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293780 | Vehicle roll control system A vehicle roll control system for a vehicle has a hydraulic actuator attached to a torsion bar. The system includes first and second pressure control valves fluidly connected in series between a pressure source and a reservoir, and a directional valve fluidly connec... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290772 | Stabilizer control device for vehicle A stabilizer control device for vehicle includes a pair of stabilizer bars (31, 32) provided between a left wheel and a right wheel of a vehicle, and an actuator including a reduction mechanism (RD) connecting between said pair of stabilizer bars (31, 32 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287759 | Stabilizer device The piston 10 is constituted so as to rotate relative to the first cylinder 8 while moving relative to the first cylinder 8 in the axial direction when fluid is supplied to and discharged from the interior of the first cylinder 8, and the... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284764 | Sprayer strut suspension A chassis suspension for agricultural equipment, the chassis suspension comprising: an axle having a substantially upright journal adapted for upright axial constraint of an inner journal therein; an inner journal extending into the upright journal, the inner journa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281723 | Sprayer strut suspension A chassis suspension for agricultural equipment, the chassis suspension comprising: an axle having a substantially upright journal adapted for upright axial constraint of an inner journal therein; an inner journal extending into the upright journal, the inner journa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277787 | System and method for desensitizing the activation criteria of a rollover control system A method of densensitizing includes determining a relative roll angle, determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, and when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, setting a roll signal for control to the relative roll angle, reducing control effo... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261303 | System and method for preventing rollover A system and method for preventing a vehicle rollover is disclosed. The system includes a vehicle suspension unit and a programmable control unit. The vehicle suspension unit is located proximate to each of the vehicle road wheels for maintaining a predefined vehicl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255185 | Driver of electric automobile There is provided a driving device of an electric car, exactly selecting drive wheels of the electric car in accordance with road circumstances. In the electric car having four or more wheels, all wheels (1 to 4) have driving motors (5 to 8 | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240906 | Hydro-pneumatic suspension system A hydro-pneumatic suspension system for a vehicle includes hydraulic struts selectively interconnected, in on-road and off-road configurations, to obviate the need for conventional shocks and springs. In the on-road configuration, the hydraulic struts are linked cro... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239952 | Reduced order parameter identification for vehicle rollover control system A system that detects a lateral acceleration and roll rate of the vehicle and estimates a mass distribution parameter. The system then generates a tuned mass distribution parameter that is based on the the lateral acceleration, the roll rate, and the mass distributi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239949 | Integrated sensing system A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the sensor signal compensation unit receives at least one of the plurality... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226056 | Electro-magnetic vehicle roll control system A system is disclosed for controlling the roll of a motor vehicle. The system comprises a selective lock connected between an unsprung portion of the vehicle and a sprung portion of the vehicle. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210551 | Method for operating a level control system of a motor vehicle The invention is directed to a method for operating a level control system of a motor vehicle which includes: a control apparatus, sensors for the direct or indirect determination of the distance of the vehicle chassis to the axles of the vehicle wheels; and, actuat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210544 | Control of a transporter based on attitude A transporter for transporting a load over a surface. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting the load. The support platform is characterized by a fore-aft axis, a lateral axis, and an orientation with respect to the surface, the orientation refer... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207574 | Stabilizer bar with variable torsional stiffness A stabilizer bar for controlling the roll of an automotive vehicle has left and right sections, each provided with a torsion rod and a torque arm. The torsion rods are aligned along a transverse axis and attached to a structural component of the vehicle, while the t... | 04/24/2007 |
