Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling a compressor for air suspension of electric vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 控制电动汽车空气悬架的压缩机
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Application No.: US14255808Application Date: 2014-04-17
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Publication No.: US09272595B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Bradley W. Hayes , Daniel Joseph Marioni
- Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agent J. Richard Soderberg
- Main IPC: B60G17/018
- IPC: B60G17/018 ; B60G17/015 ; F04B49/06 ; B60G17/019

Abstract:
A method of controlling a compressor for an air suspension of an electric vehicle includes: determining a state of a reservoir in the electric vehicle, the reservoir coupled to drive air springs of a suspension system; determining whether the electric vehicle is connected to an external source of electric energy for charging an energy storage of the electric vehicle; in response to determining that the electric vehicle is connected to the external source, applying a first value as a threshold for whether to replenish the reservoir by a compressor; and in response to determining that the electric vehicle is not connected to the external source, applying a second value, different from the first value, as the threshold for whether to replenish the reservoir by the compressor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150298520A1 CONTROLLING A COMPRESSOR FOR AIR SUSPENSION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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