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7627408 Method for measuring vertical acceleration and velocity of semi-active suspension system  
The present invention relates to a method for measuring a vertical acceleration and a velocity of a semi-active suspension system. Particularly, the present invention provides a method for...
7621538 Air spring assembly with localized signal processing, system and method utilizing same, as well as operating module therefor  
An operating module for localized signal processing at a corner of a vehicle includes a housing, a valve assembly or a sensor, and a signal processing device. The operating module can be used in...
7617031 Series arranged air compressors system  
A series arranged air compressors system includes a first air compressor and a second air compressor pneumatically connected in series in an open, closed or partially closed state of operation. The...
7617032 Control system for adjustable damping force  
Upon searching control parameter used to adjust damping force of a damper from a map in accordance with damper speed and target damping force decided based on moving condition of the vehicle, the...
7611153 Electronic controlled suspension apparatus and vehicle height control method thereof  
The present invention relates to an electronic controlled suspension apparatus capable of stopping vehicle height control when a vehicle turns and performing the vehicle height control when the...
7613557 Vehicle control system  
A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle having a body, a pair of front wheels, and a pair of rear wheels, including a body-height adjusting device which adjusts four body heights each of...
7610131 Roll angle control device for remote-controlled two-wheeled vehicle  
A rolling angle control device 21 is disposed to provide the rolling angle control device for a remote-controlled two-wheeled vehicle so as to facilitate the control of the vehicle by an operator...
7599779 Acceleration estimation device and vehicle  
In an acceleration estimation device for estimating acceleration of a vehicle, a Karman filter for constant speed estimates x-direction acceleration offset and z-direction acceleration offset when...
7593797 Control system for adjustable damping force damper  
A control system for a adjustable damping force damper includes a damper and a spring provided on a suspension apparatus of a vehicle, a sprung speed sensor for detecting speed of an upper member...
7590478 Method for controlling the quantity of air in a self-contained air supply system for a chassis  
In order to simplify air flow control in a self-contained air supply system, an average control speed is calculated on the basis of a defined movement of the air springs ( 3, 4 ) and compared with...
7580361 Network system, information processor and electronic apparatus  
In the present network system, a printer 10 periodically transmits an update request at different timings respectively to an apparatus management PC 30 and to a directory service 50 which are...
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...
7571044 Vehicle and suspension system for negotiating low traction situations  
A method for controlling a vehicle having a suspension is provided. The method comprises, during longitudinal oscillations of the vehicle, adjusting a suspension member to vary a normal force...
7533890 Damping adjusting/controlling system for wireless adjustment of shock-absorbers for vehicle  
A damping adjusting/controlling system is provided for a vehicle having two front shock-absorbers and two rear shock-absorbers. Each shock-absorber includes a piston rod having a central rod...
7536245 Vehicle state analyzing system, vehicle, and vehicle state management system  
A vehicle is provided with an optimum suspension/chassis state and run for a first period of time under a predetermined condition, for storing information related to outputs of force sensors, as a...
7529601 Vehicle integrated-control apparatus and vehicle integrated-control method  
One of the manager control units among multiple control units includes a first coordination portion that coordinates a control target value derived based on an instruction from a driver or a first...
7526665 Electrically controlled suspension system  
An electronically controlled suspension system according to the present invention comprises a sensor unit for extracting and providing a vertical acceleration component of a vehicle body of a...
7516965 Variable rear wheel toe angle control system for a vehicle  
A variable rear wheel toe angle control system for a vehicle that can appropriately control a rear wheel toe angle without detecting a turning movement of the vehicle. Because the rear wheel toe...
7512520 Method for logging the performance of a vehicle suspension system  
A method for logging the performance of a vehicle suspension system including the steps of measuring the dynamic effect of an impulsive load with an electronic weighing system, wherein the...
7489995 Vehicle motion stability control apparatus  
An angular velocity detection device is provided for detecting an angular velocity about a single axis tilted in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle to a normal axis thereof. An actual motion...
7483775 Method and apparatus for controlling semi-active suspension components  
A vehicle comprises a semi-active suspension including controllably adjustable suspension dampers. Open loop and closed loop damper commands are determined for each damper and, depending upon...
7472002 Method of estimating vehicle weight by determining vertical oscillation frequency  
A method of estimating at least a portion of the weight of a vehicle and its load by use of an on-board accelerometer is disclosed.
7469175 Arrangement and method for calculating the chassis height at a vehicle  
Method and device for calculating chassis height of a vehicle that has at least three air-suspended wheel axles ( 2, 3, 4 ). The device includes a control unit and two level sensors ( 9, 10 ). The...
7467035 Vehicle control system with redundant storage of vehicle control parameters  
A control system for electronically controlled vehicle dynamics control systems and ride control systems includes a system ECU and a diagnostics ECU, each having a memory with vehicle parameters...
7454275 Method of measuring the compression of a shock absorber, and an airplane undercarriage constituting an application thereof  
An airplane undercarriage including a shock absorber having first and second portions that are movable relative to each other. The undercarriage further including a first wave transceiver assembly...
7444223 Skid and roll-over protection system and method for vehicles  
A system ( 10 ) for preventing skidding or roll-over of a road vehicle includes a wheel vibratory sensor arrangement ( 14 ) for each wheel ( 12 ) configured to measure vibrational motion of the...
7444215 Moving apparatus and method of self-direction testing and self-direction correction thereof  
A moving apparatus has a body, and has at least a pair of wheels, a control unit, a direction measuring unit and at least a pair of encoders installed on the body. The direction measuring unit...
7434816 Surface vehicle vertical trajectory planning  
An active suspension system for a vehicle including elements for developing and executing a trajectory plan responsive to the path on which the vehicle is traveling. The system may include a...
7424326 Method and computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system  
A method and a computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system are described. Previous approaches for synthesizing such interfering pulses have proven to be...
7418331 Method for indicating a faulty strut and vehicle using same  
Operating a vehicle with a faulty strut can cause serious consequences. The present disclosure includes a method of detecting a fault within a strut during operation of a vehicle. Pressure within...
7418324 Active suspension for a marine platform  
A look-ahead detection system (LADS) that actively controls the suspension of at least some of the seats in a watercraft to drastically reduce the shock and/or vibrations experienced by passengers...
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...
7406371 Suspension control system  
In a suspension control system, accelerations detected by acceleration sensors are differentiated by a differentiator to calculate acceleration derivative values. Based on these values, a target...
7398143 Active vibration absorber and method  
An active vibration absorber is provided for absorbing vibrations in a member. An inertial mass is mounted on the member with a stiffness between the member and the mass. A force actuator...
7389994 Vehicle leveling system  
A vehicle leveling system including at least one level sensor, a controller and an output. The sensor measures how level the vehicle is relative to horizontal. Optionally, it does so dynamically,...
7383108 Vertical acceleration sensing vehicle brake system  
A vertical acceleration compensator is employed in the braking system of a vehicle wheel that undergoes vertical motion relative to the vehicle frame. The vertical acceleration compensator senses...
7376501 Vehicle height adjustment system  
In order to prevent a vehicle from running with an inappropriate vehicle height, a vehicle height restoring speed controller determines whether the vehicle is starting or not. When the vehicle is...
7360492 Railway car with overload detector  
The invention provides an overload detector with a simplified system configuration to be applied to a railway car having a connecting bogie. A connecting bogie 52 (two axle bogie) having front...
7356395 Inter-device communication system  
An inter-device communication system for a wiper control apparatus that includes a rain detection device and a wiper driving device includes communication circuits having a transmission line for...
7353097 Control network for vehicle dynamics and ride control systems having distributed electronic control units  
An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The...
7340334 Control device of variable damping force damper  
A control device of a variable damping force damper for controlling a damping force of a damper used in a vehicle suspension system comprises: relative displacement detection means for detecting a...
7334801 Automated vehicle suspension system  
An automated vehicle suspension system includes an elongated and linear drive axle having opposed end portions pivotally connected to a selected portion of a vehicle and laterally extending...
7333862 Position control device of moving body, stage device using the position control device, and position control method of moving body  
A position control device of a moving body, by which position control device a moving body can be driven in a translational manner with high precision where the moving body is not rotated in a...
7333882 Suspension control apparatus  
In a suspension control system a sky-hook command signal (B) obtained from velocity data obtained by integrating a sprung mass acceleration (αu) from a sprung mass acceleration sensor ( 9 u ) and...
7321816 Model free semi-active vehicle suspension system  
A method for controlling a shock absorber system of a vehicle that includes a plurality of controlled shock absorbers linearizes the system. The method includes transforming original control inputs...
7316406 Vehicle height adjusting apparatus  
A wireless remote control radio-transmits a vehicle height adjusting signal tagged with a remote control identification code in order to improve vehicle height adjustment operability in a vehicle...
7299117 Methods for evaluating dynamic characteristics of vehicle dampers at low velocities  
The ability of a damper to attenuate smooth road shake in a vehicle is tested using a test fixture that is controlled by inputting data for periodic low amplitude periodic excitations having a...
7299120 Method for reducing juddering vibrations  
Juddering vibrations are reduced in a motor vehicle drive train that is loadable by a drive device comprising an internal combustion engine, a clutch device and a transmission device, by performing...
7289893 Method for evaluating instantaneous frequency of mechanical excitation exerted on a motor vehicle wheel  
A method for evaluating instantaneous frequency of a mechanical excitation exerted on a motor vehicle wheel by the uneven surface of a road, based on measurements of observable parameters such as...
7286919 Method and apparatus for controlling damping of a vehicle suspension  
A method and algorithm for semi-active suspension damper control is described. The algorithm controls the damper setting to limit vehicle body movement in terms of body modal velocities of heave,...