Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension controller and suspension apparatus
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Application No.: US15466155Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US10369858B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Takumi Morita , Hiroaki Kurihara , Masaki Sugimoto
- Applicant: Showa Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Gyoda-Shi
- Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Gyoda-Shi
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Priority: JP2016-066912 20160329
- Main IPC: B60G17/015
- IPC: B60G17/015 ; B60G17/018 ; B60G17/019 ; B60G17/08 ; B60G17/00

Abstract:
A suspension controller includes a target current setting unit, a current limitation setting unit, a current outputting unit, a current detector, and an estimated temperature calculator. The target current setting unit sets a target current value. The current limitation setting unit sets a current limitation value. The current outputting unit supplies a solenoid with a current that is based on the target current value, the current limitation value, and a power supply voltage. The solenoid controls a damping force of a suspension. The current detector detects a current value of the current supplied to the solenoid. The estimated temperature calculator calculates an estimated temperature of the solenoid based on the current value detected by the current detector so that the current limitation setting unit changes the current limitation value based on the estimated temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170282668A1 SUSPENSION CONTROLLER AND SUSPENSION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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