摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling damping force characteristics of shock absorbers independently of one another, the damping force coefficient for each shock absorber being controlled on the basis of so-called "sky hook" theory with respective sprung mass vertical velocities and relative velocities between the sprung mass and unsprung mass taken into consideration. The relative velocity detecting sensors are only installed on portions of the vehicle related to front left and right tire wheels. The road surface velocities on the front left and right tire wheels are calculated and the road surface velocities on the rear left and right tire wheels are calculated on the basis of the calculated front left and right wheel road surface velocities, a vehicular wheel base length, and a vehicle speed. Then, relative velocities between the sprung mass and unsprung mass related to the rear left and right tire wheels are calculated on the basis of the calculated rear left and right tire wheel road surface velocities and sprung mass vertical velocities related to the vicinities of the rear left and right tire wheels.
摘要:
The invention relates to an active wheel supporting system for vehicles having a scanning device which registers surface unevenness in a roadway, and active wheel support assemblies which are controlled by the scanning device so that the wheels are actively adjusted to the registered surface unevenness. To avoid acceleration of the vehicle body, wheel support assemblies are coupled in each case to counter-masses which carry out movements opposite to the wheel movements relative to the vehicle body. The reaction forces exerted on the body by the wheel movements are thus compensated by reaction forces directed in the opposite direction due to the simultaneous movement of the counter-masses.
摘要:
A system and method for generating a signal which indicates whether a motor vehicle containing such a system is operating on a rough road surface. The generated signal is based on the signals output by a sensor that measures the air-mass flow rate through the air-intake manifold of an internal-combustion engine. The system and method use the differences in the signals output by the sensor when on a smooth road surface and a rough road surface to generate the signal indicative of a rough road surface. The rough road indication signal can be applied, inter alia, to engine misfire detection, anti-lock braking control, and vehicle chassis regulation.
摘要:
An adaptive active suspension system for a wheeled vehicle in which a powered actuator supplies a force between an unsprung wheel assembly and the vehicle body. The actuator is controlled by a signal from a feedback control system whose dynamic properties are determined by control gain values stored in a memory. The stored control gain values are calculated to simultaneously reduce vehicle body acceleration, tire deflection and suspension displacement (stroke). A road profile estimator provides an indication of predicted road roughness and, as road roughness varies, the effective stiffness of the suspension system is adaptively altered while maintaining a substantially constant ratio between tire deflection and suspension stroke. To reduce the computational burden on the system, the control gains are pre-computed for a range of varying road conditions and stored in memory. The current control gains in effect may be updated on a substantially continuous basis or, to further reduce the amount of computing required, may be altered only when the current estimate of road roughness departs from a predetermined range of values.
摘要:
A damping force control device for a suspension system of a vehicle includes a shock absorber having a fluid chamber therein and provided at each wheel side of the vehicle, an orifice device for supplying an amount of fluid into the fluid chamber, and a control device for controlling the opening of the orifice device based on the vertical speed above the shock absorber.
摘要:
A vehicular suspension control apparatus includes a selector valve for changing at least one of spring rigidity or damper rigidity of a suspension which is installed between a wheel and a body of a vehicle and extensibly and retractably supports the vehicle body on the wheel, a forward road surface sensor attached to the vehicle body and adapted to detect an irregularity of a road surface located in front of the vehicle body at a predetermined distance from the mounting position of the sensor when the vehicle body is in a predetermined attitude, a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed, and a controller for calculating a point of time when the wheel reaches the irregularity of the road surface, in accordance with the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor, when the irregularity of the road surface is detected by the forward road surface sensor, and delivering a command signal for lowering at least one of the spring rigidity and the damper rigidity of the suspension to the selector valve by not later than the calculated time point.
摘要:
A suspension control system for a motor vehicle, includes a vertical accelerating detector for detecting a vertical acceleration of a vehicle body; a damping force changing device for switching suspension damping forces for the front and rear wheels of the vehicle body at least in three steps; a vertical acceleration differential value measuring device for measuring a differential value of an output signal of the vertical acceleration detector; and a damping force hold determining device for setting, according to an output of the vertical acceleration differential value measuring device, damping forces for the front and rear wheels to soft level simultaneously or setting damping forces for the rear wheels only to soft level and maintaining the damping forces.
摘要:
An active suspension apparatus is provided for a vehicle which includes an actuator being extensible and retractable and provided between a vehicle body and a wheel so that the force of the vehicle body to support the wheel is adjustable, a sprung G sensor or a vehicle height sensor for detecting a vibration input to the vehicle body, and a control valve and a controller for controlling the supporting force of the actuator in accordance with the vibration input detected by the sprung G sensor or the vehicle height sensor, and thereby restraining the stroke of the actuator. The suspension apparatus further comprises a forward road surface sensor for detecting the size of irregularities of a road surface in front of the vehicle, and the control valve and the controller are adapted to execute normal control such that the equivalent spring constant of the actuator is adjusted to a first spring constant when a surface irregularity of a size larger than a predetermined size is detected by the forward road surface sensor, and to execute inverse spring control such that the equivalent spring constant of the actuator is adjusted to a second spring constant lower than the first spring constant, and thereby lengthening the stroke of the wheel, when no surface irregularity of a size larger than the predetermined size is detected by the forward road surface sensor. As a result, the ride is greatly improved when the vehicle runs on a smooth road.
摘要:
In a suspension system for a vehicle comprising a shock absorber of which damping force characteristics can be changed into four or more characteristics, detecting means detect the oscillation frequency range of the sprung member of the vehicle and a bumpy road. From the four or more damping force characteristics of the shock absorber, the number of characteristics on the higher level side are limited to two or so when the sprung member is in a low frequency oscillation range, that of the characteristics on the lower level side are limited to two or so when the sprung member is in a high frequency oscillation range, and that of the characteristics on the medium level side are limited to two or so when a road is bumpy. The damping force characteristic of the shock absorber is selected and changed on the basis of a given control rule only within the limited damping force characteristics. Thus, it is possible to prevent noise and oscillation from being caused by the large change of the damping force characteristic. Furthermore, there can be obtained comfortableness to ride in and stability on a high level.
摘要:
A suspension control system for controlling a suspension having a shock absorber provided for each wheel of a vehicle includes a damping force change rate detector which detects a damping force change rate indicating a rate of change of a damping force of the shock absorber, and a damping force controller which alters the setting of the damping force on the basis of a relationship between the damping force change rate and an adjustment reference value. The system also includes a road surface condition detector which detects a condition of a road surface on which the vehicle is running on the basis of a change of the damping force of the shock absorber. Further, the system includes a damping force adjustment correcting unit which corrects the adjustment reference value by learning the adjustment reference value on the basis of a parameter related to the damping force of the shock absorber which reflects the condition of the road surface.