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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190328 | Electropneumatic control arrangement for an automatic vehicle level control system An electropneumatic control arrangement for an automatic vehicle level control system, particularly of a commercial vehicle, includes at least; a solenoid valve unit having at least two electropneumatic solenoid valves, a compressed air inlet for infeeding compresse... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190327 | Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program The invention relates to a device for controlling the suspension of the body shell of a motor vehicle. The inventive device comprises a calculator (CSS) which can calculate a control value (ER) for an actuator (M) of a shock absorber (AM) of the suspension (S) as a ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185269 | Active suspension system for a vehicle and method of operating the same An active suspension system and method for controlling the height of a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, the active suspension system receives information from one or more input sources, including both internal and external vehicle inputs, and uses that informati... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175770 | Height sensing system for a vehicular suspension assembly A system is provided for determining a distance between a vehicular suspension assembly and the ground, wherein the suspension assembly has a first member. The system comprises a first transceiver coupled to the first member for emitting a first interrogation signal... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165749 | Control system for adjustable damping force damper A control system for an adjustable damping force damper of a suspension apparatus of a vehicle, includes a lateral acceleration detecting unit detecting a lateral acceleration of the vehicle at a gravity point thereof, a yaw rate detecting unit detecting a yaw rate ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165750 | Vehicle motion control device and method The objective of the present invention is to provide a vehicle motion control device capable of controlling the driving force distribution to the wheels with superior stability and response while effectively utilizing the tire grip. Specifically, the present inventi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160775 | Wheel attitude control method and wheel attitude control device A wheel attitude control method of the invention comprises the steps of: chronologically obtaining acceleration data in a radial direction of a tire at a center position of a tire tread and at an off-center position spaced apart from the center position toward a sho... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160774 | Vehicular actuator system An actuator system for determining a relative height differential between a housing of an actuator assembly and a body of the actuator assembly for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a suspension wherein the housing is coupled to a first portion of the suspensio... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155835 | Vehicle chassis height adjustment method and system A method and system for adjusting a relative leveled height of a sprung mass of a vehicle to an unsprung mass of the vehicle. The method also includes receiving an input from an operator for incrementally/decrementally changing the height of the sprung mass. A syste... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8135514 | Automotive systems and methods of operating vehicles Automotive systems and methods for operating vehicles are provided. In an embodiment, when a speed sensor senses that the vehicle speed is above a first speed threshold and an ambient light sensor senses that an ambient light intensity is below a first intensity thr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121756 | Device and method for driving dynamics control in a vehicle Disclosed is a device for influencing the driving dynamics of a vehicle with an electronic brake system. The device includes a brake actuator for adjusting a brake torque at least one wheel brake of the vehicle. The brake torque can be determined in a torque distrib... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121757 | Bicycle user interface system and method of operation thereof A bicycle is disclosed having a control system with a user interface and an active suspension system. The control system includes a one or more sensors arranged to measure and transmit a signal indicative of the terrain over which the bicycle is being ridden. The ac... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116938 | Vehicle state estimating apparatus, suspension control apparatus and suspension system A first observer gain of an actual damping force estimating observer 21 calculates a dynamic characteristic compensating signal, and a second observer gain of an actual vehicle model state amount estimating observer 23 calculates a vehicle model compen... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112198 | Loading and unloading stabilization in an active suspension system An active suspension system includes a relative slow-responding force bias eliminator (such as a pneumatic actuator) and a relatively fast-responding actuator (such as an electromagnetic actuator) that together support a plant (such as a truck seat or vehicle cabin)... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112199 | Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program The invention relates to a device for controlling the suspension of the body shell of a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the device comprises: a means for measuring the travel (DEB(A)) and travel speed (VDEB(A)) of the ri... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108103 | Nonlinear frequency dependent filtering for vehicle ride/stability control A system and method for facilitating ride and stability control of a vehicle. The system includes a plurality of suspension displacement sensors, with each of the plurality of suspension displacement sensors positioned proximate to a suspension element of the vehicl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108102 | Sprung mass velocity estimating apparatus A sprung mass velocity estimating apparatus used in a four-wheeled vehicle to estimate a sprung mass velocity of a point of a vehicle body corresponding to each wheel of the vehicle, includes a state quantity detecting unit which detects a state quantity of the vehi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103408 | Suspension system for vehicle In a system including four electromagnetic absorbers for respective four vehicle wheels, motor coils of two respective electromagnetic absorbers disposed corresponding to two diagonally located wheels are connected forming a closed loop including the coils. A genera... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103409 | Vehicle height control apparatus using data communication between braking controller and suspension controller and control method thereof A vehicle height control apparatus includes a suspension controller for controlling vehicle height, a lateral acceleration sensor, a braking controller determining a road surface condition on the basis of a difference between a lateral acceleration measured by the l... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095268 | Active suspending An apparatus includes a force bias element coupled to a plant in a vehicle. The force bias element has a first bandwidth. An active suspension includes a linear electromagnetic actuator located within an interior of the force bias element. The linear electromagnetic... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086371 | Control device for a wheel suspension system In a control device for controlling a variable element of a wheel suspension system, the variable suspension element associated with one of the wheels is controlled at least according to an output of a sensor associated with a different one of the wheels. The output... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078360 | Control apparatus of a variable damping force damper A control apparatus of a variable damping force damper comprises first and second low-pass filters for cutting off high frequency components of a target current of the damper, where the first and second low-pass filters have different response characteristics. The c... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065055 | Shock absorber for controlling damping force characteristics Disclosed herein is a shock absorber capable of controlling damping force characteristics. The shock absorber includes a cylinder filled with an operating fluid, a piston valve disposed inside the cylinder to divide an interior of the cylinder into a first chamber a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065054 | Vehicle active suspension system The invention relates to a vehicle active suspension system. There is a need for an active suspension system which can alert an operator to certain conditions. The suspension system includes an actuator for moving a second vehicle part relative to a first vehicle pa... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060277 | Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program The invention relates to a device for controlling the suspension of the body shell of a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the device comprises: a sensor for sensing wheel travel in relation to the body shell for each wheel... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055408 | High bandwidth control of magnetic ride control system A semi-active suspension system that employs magnetically controlled dampers. The semi-active suspension system includes a plurality of sensors that measure vehicle parameters in response to disturbances on the vehicle and provide sensor signals to a central control... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050818 | Roll stiffness control apparatus of vehicle A roll stiffness control apparatus of a vehicle, which includes a controller that estimates a remaining capacity of front wheels to generate a lateral force and a remaining capacity of rear wheels to generate a lateral force, and that sets a roll stiffness distribut... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050821 | Apparatus and method for regulating hybrid active damping state estimator The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for regulating state variable estimators used in a hybrid active damping system for a vehicle powertrain. The state estimator provides variable estimates for operating states, such as real-time torque v... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050820 | Vehicle When a vehicle turns, a body and a left and a right wheel are inclined inward of a turning circle. Consequently forces are exerted to an operator in an up-down direction, which leads to reducing discomfort felt by the operator. In addition, since a gravity center of... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050819 | Alignment changing control device and fuel consumption management device A toe angle changing control ECU for controlling a toe angle of wheels of a vehicle. The toe angle changing control ECU includes: a straight traveling state judging section for judging whether or not the vehicle is in a; a memory for storing the toe angle of the whe... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041479 | Vehicle suspension system A suspension system including: (a) a suspension spring; (b) a shock absorber; and (c) a generator for generating a displacement force forcing sprung and unsprung members of a vehicle to be displaced toward or away from each other. The generator includes (c-1) an ela... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032282 | Damping characteristics control apparatus for a vehicle suspension A damping characteristics control apparatus is provided for a vehicle suspension having a shock absorber mounted between a sprung member and an unsprung member for each wheel. Damping force of the shock absorber is controlled on the basis of damping coefficient obta... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032281 | Vehicle control system with advanced tire monitoring A control system (11) for a vehicle (10) includes vehicle dynamics sensors (35-47) providing a vehicle dynamics signal. Tire monitoring system sensors (20) in each wheel generate tire signals including temperature, pressure and acc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024086 | Determining a relative movement of a chassis and a body of a wheeled vehicle For determination of a relative movement of a chassis and a body of a wheeled vehicle, which is movably joined to the chassis, three linear accelerations of the wheeled vehicle, which extend perpendicular to each other, respectively, as well as at least two rotation... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024087 | Method and system for determining a cornering angle of a tyre during the running of a vehicle A method and a system for determining a cornering angle of a tire fitted on a vehicle during a running of the vehicle on a rolling surface includes the steps of determining the lateral acceleration of a portion of the tire tread spaced apart from the equatorial plan... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010252 | Trailer oscillation detection and compensation method for a vehicle and trailer combination A system and method of controlling a vehicle with a trailer comprises determining the presence of a trailer, generating an oscillation signal indicative of trailer swaying relative to the vehicle, generating an initial weighted dynamic control signal for a vehicle d... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005591 | Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program The invention relates to a device for controlling the suspension of the body shell of a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the device comprises: a means for measuring the travel speed (VDEB) of a front wheel in relation to ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7983814 | Method for operating an actuator, especially an electric actuator in a stabilizer arrangement Method for operating an adjustable stabilizer arrangement including an actuator, which applies actuator torque to stabilizer sections as a function of a command variable to influence the rolling movement of a motor vehicle body, where sensors are used to detect the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983813 | Active suspending A method for actively suspending a real plant in a vehicle includes modifying a control signal on the basis of a difference between a property of the real plant, as indicated by the response of the real plant to the control signal, and a property of a nominal plant.... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962261 | Vehicle suspension There is provided a vehicle suspension. More specifically, in one or more embodiments, there is provided an apparatus including an actuator system having a combination of actuators including a linear electromagnetic actuator and a rotary electromagnetic actuator, wh... | 06/14/2011 |
