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8123240 Control system for leaning vehicle  
A leaning vehicle has a frame that pivots relative to a pivotable frame member about a pivot axis. A torque exerted on a steering assembly in a first direction causes the frame to pivot relative to...
8121758 System for determining torque and tire forces using integrated sensing system  
A vehicle (10) includes a control system (18) that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines an axle torque, and longitudinal forces at each tire in response to the axle...
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...
8036791 Vehicular damping force control device  
A suspension ECU 13 calculates a target characteristic changing coefficient a_new for changing a target characteristic, which is represented by a quadratic function, by use of the maximum actual...
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...
7962262 Vehicle steering apparatus  
A first computing section stores a plurality of types of variable transmission ratio characteristics prescribed in correspondence with different modes in the form of maps. With reference to one of...
7954827 Steering system  
A steering controller for an electric power steering device 110 includes a base signal computing part 51 for computing a base signal DT in accordance with at least the steering torque; a damper...
7896360 Vehicle stabilizer system  
A vehicle stabilizer system including: (a) a stabilizer bar (28) including (a-1) a torsion bar portion (90), and (a-2) an arm portion (92) that extends from the torsion bar portion in a direction...
7802800 Motor vehicle with leaning system controlled by load sensor and method therefor  
A vehicle with lean control has a frame with a steering assembly. An arm assembly is connected to the frame. A pair of first and second shock absorbers is mounted between the frame and the arm...
7788006 Rollover stability system including allowance for the steering angle  
In a rollover stability method for a vehicle in a situation which is critical with respect to the driving dynamics, a critical rollover situation is detected by analyzing a control variable and the...
7766344 Device for changing distance between wheel and vehicle body, and system including the device  
An adjuster device includes (a) a shaft held by a vehicle body; (b) an arm extending from the shaft in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the shaft; (c) an actuator causing one of...
7747359 Vehicle state determination integrity  
A vehicle includes a semi-active suspension including suspension dampers controllably adjustable in accordance with electronic stability control commands and ride and handling commands. Vehicle...
7715963 Stabilizer control apparatus  
In a stabilizer control apparatus for controlling a torsional rigidity of a stabilizer of a vehicle, an actual lateral acceleration and a calculated lateral acceleration are obtained. Then,...
7706941 Method and system for coordinating a vehicle stability control system with a suspension damper control sub-system  
A method and system for coordinating a vehicle stability control system with a suspension damper control sub-system includes a plurality of dampers, each of which are controlled directly by the...
7698035 Steering control apparatus  
A steering control apparatus is provided, including a steering wheel, steered wheels, a direction varying actuator to operate the steering control wheels, a steering reaction actuator to apply...
7698034 Integrating active front steering and vehicle stability brake control  
An integrated vehicle control system includes a first control system having a maximum authority to selectively operate a first vehicle sub-system and a second control system to selectively operate...
7684911 Suspension control calibration integrity  
A vehicle includes a semi-active suspension including suspension dampers controllably adjustable in accordance with electronic stability control commands and ride and handling commands. Vehicle...
7676309 Motor-driven power steering apparatus  
A motor-driven power steering apparatus is provided with a self-aligning torque computing means for computing a self-aligning torque based on of a steering angle and a vehicle speed, a friction...
7600762 Suspension control device  
A suspension control device includes a wheel grip state estimation device for estimating grip state of vehicle wheels based on variations of aligning torque of wheels to be steered, a vehicle...
7571039 Vehicle yaw/roll stability control with semi-active suspension  
A rollover avoidance system for changing the damping characteristics of suspension dampers at each wheel of a vehicle so as to mitigate the potential for vehicle rollover. The system includes a...
7383112 Method and system for adaptively compensating open loop front-wheel steering control  
An active front-wheel vehicle steering control system that employs open-loop control that includes an adaptive compensation sub-system that compensate for changes in vehicle dynamic parameters. The...
7311315 Apparatus for controlling stiffness of anti-roll bar for vehicle  
An apparatus for controlling stiffness of an anti-roll bar for a vehicle includes an anti-roll bar provided with piezoelectric ceramics, the anti-roll bar interconnecting both lower arms of a...
7234707 Integrated control unit for an active roll control system for a vehicle suspension system  
An Active Roll Control System for a motor vehicle that utilizes small valves to control large flows. Flow is supplied by a hydraulic pump which is powered in some fashion by the motor vehicle. Flow...
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...
7195249 Method of controlling actuator assembly  
The present invention provides a method of controlling an actuator assembly for suspension systems. The actuator assembly control method of the present invention is possible to control the actuator...
7191047 Motor vehicle control using a dynamic feedforward approach  
A control system manages yaw-plane motion, while simultaneously comprehending and managing roll motion. The system reduces excessive maneuver-induced roll motion by properly shaping yaw-plane...
7130729 Adaptive compensation of rear-wheel steering control using vehicle dynamics parameter estimation  
An active rear-wheel vehicle steering control system that employs both open-loop and closed-loop control, where the open-loop and closed-loop control include adaptive compensation sub-systems that...
7020552 Rollover control method and system thereof  
A rollover control method and a system thereof for accurately predicting the occurrence of a rollover and protecting passengers therefrom.
6968921 Roll-over controller  
A steering system for a vehicle includes at least one wheel that pivots to define a steering angle, wherein the steering angle is defined, at least in part, by an input from the operator, and at...
6968262 Steering angle correction device  
Steering angle is determined by the combined use of a potentiometer and a rotary encoder, and the correction of the error in the determination of the steering angle based on the time-dependent...
6843538 Device for controlling over-rolling of vehicle body  
A device for controlling an over-rolling of a vehicle estimates a first parameter indicative of a rolling amount of the vehicle body, and a second parameter indicative of a change rate of the...
6801840 Steering control system for vehicle  
A angle sensor 103 identifies a angle phase of a rotatable member based on a kind of an identified pattern of the angle phase to detect an angular position of a steering shaft driven by a motor 6....
6719313 Steering controlled anti-roll automobile suspension  
An anti-roll suspension system for a vehicle, including a steer able axle assembly mounting a pair of laterally spaced wheels on a vehicle chassis, a spring assembly supporting the chassis on each...
6697726 Rolling control apparatus and method of vehicle  
A rolling control apparatus and method for controlling rolling of a vehicle controls braking force applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The apparatus and method set a target roll angle of...
6691017 Vehicle behavior control device  
A vehicle behavior control device includes a turning limit state detecting device for detecting a turning limit state of a vehicle and an engine output control device for performing a torque-down...
6658334 Static steering angle reducing algorithm for four wheel steering systems  
A method for controlling the rear steering angle of a vehicle includes calibrating a static vehicle speed threshold, detecting an actual vehicle speed below the calibrated static vehicle speed...
6651999 Module with an angle sensor technology, contactless energy transmission and contactless information transmission  
A module having an angle-sensor mechanism, an energy-transmission device and an information-transmission device comprises at least two circuit boards (1, 2). One circuit board (1) forms the stator...
6505108 Damper based vehicle yaw control  
Controllable dampers are used to improve vehicle responses and stability during severe vehicle handling maneuvers. A total handling damping value for the vehicle is derived, preferably from the...
6453226 Integrated control of active tire steer and brakes  
An integrated active steering and braking control system for providing one or more corrective yaw moments to a vehicle in response to a plurality of signals indicative of operational and...
6386553 Vehicle wheel suspension arrangement  
An arrangement for the suspension of a wheel of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The wheel is connected to a propulsion device for driving the vehicle and a braking device for braking each...
6314355 Steering angle detecting mechanism  
A steering angle detecting mechanism of this invention comprises: a plurality of photocouplers for detecting a steering angle of a steering wheel; a timer circuit for setting time; a first power...
6295493 Vehicle roll rigidity control device  
A vehicle roll rigidity control device comprises a control unit and an actuator which can adjust an attenuation force installed between the vehicle front wheel and body. The control unit reduces...
6264212 Vehicle suspension system  
A vehicle suspension system (1) which provides roll control comprises a pair of hydraulic actuators (2, 3) mounted at wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle chassis, each hydraulic actuator (2, 3)...
6236119 Device for determining the angular position of the steering wheel in a motor vehicle  
A device for determining the angular position of the steering wheel in a motor vehicle uses a steering angle sensor and an electronic evaluation device for determining the angular position. The...
6206154 Axle pivoting controller and hydraulic cylinder for industrial vehicles  
A hydraulic apparatus is used in an industrial vehicle. The apparatus has a hydraulic cylinder interposed between a vehicle frame and an axle swingably coupled to the frame. A passage connects a...
6139120 Roll control device of vehicles with braking estimated and trimmed by separate parameters  
A roll control device for a four-wheeled vehicle obtains a first parameter including a component indicative of a dynamic aspect of a rolling of a vehicle body such as a time derivative of the roll...
6097999 Vehicle suspension control system and method  
In a vehicle with four corner suspensions, wherein during a transient turning maneuver, a body of the vehicle tends to compress two of the corner suspensions on a first side of the vehicle and...
6023220 Vehicle having a scanning system  
A vehicle having a scanning system for zero contact scanning of one or several mutually spaced road areas and having an analyzing system connected behind the scanning system. The analyzing unit is...
5948027 Method for enhancing vehicle stability  
A method of enhancing vehicle stability and response in a vehicle having an active roll control system with front and rear suspensions each including an anti-roll bar, and the control system...
5941334 Yaw moment control apparatus for vehicle  
A left hydraulic pump connected to a left wheel and a right hydraulic pump connected to a right wheel of a vehicle are connected by a first oil passage and a second oil passage to constitute a...
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