Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Damper control
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Application No.: US16476014Application Date: 2018-01-05
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Publication No.: US11529837B2Publication Date: 2022-12-20
- Inventor: Will Hoult
- Applicant: McLaren Automotive Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Woking
- Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited
- Current Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Woking
- Agency: Dergosits & Noah LLP
- Priority: GB1700149 20170105
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/050020 WO 20180105
- International Announcement: WO2018/127701 WO 20180712
- Main IPC: B60G17/08
- IPC: B60G17/08 ; B60G17/018 ; B60G17/019 ; B60G21/06

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a plurality of wheel assemblies each having a rotation axis; at least one suspension linkage, each suspension linkage coupling a respective wheel assembly to the vehicle body to permit motion of the rotation axis of each respective wheel assembly relative to the vehicle body; a damper coupled to a respective suspension linkage to constrain the motion of the associated wheel assembly by applying a damper reaction force to the suspension linkage, the damper being configured to be responsive to a damper force control output to vary the damper reaction force being applied to the suspension linkage; at least one vehicle sensor configured to provide vehicle condition data; and a damper control unit configured to generate the damper force control output that causes the damper to generate respective damper reaction forces to act against the suspension linkage to control the motion of the wheel assembly towards a set position for the wheel assembly relative to the vehicle body, adjust the set position based on a change in the vehicle condition data, and calculate the set position based on variations in the vehicle condition data over time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190381850A1 DAMPER CONTROL Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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