Abstract:
A method for a vehicle comprising at least one wheel suspension with at least one damper, wherein the at least one damper is such that it can adjust its damping resistance between a first damping mode and at least a second damping mode, wherein the second damping mode presents a larger damping resistance than a damping resistance of the first damping mode. The method comprises the steps: S1) identifying if the vehicle is in a first situation during driving of said vehicle which may lead to a subsequent impact force (F) on the at least one wheel suspension which is of a magnitude such that the at least one damper, when in its first damping mode, will reach a position where no further damping can be performed; and, if this is the case, S2) adjusting the damping resistance from the first damping mode to the at least second damping mode.
Abstract:
A suspension control system includes a suspension device (2) that connects a sprung member (5) and an unsprung member (6) of a vehicle, an actuator (3) operable to adjust frictional force along a stroke direction of the suspension device (2), and a control device (4) configured to control the actuator (3), based on a velocity direction of the sprung member (5) parallel to the stroke direction of the suspension device (2), and a stroke velocity direction of the suspension device (2), so as to adjust suspension frictional force as the frictional force along the stroke direction of the suspension device (2). The control device (4) is configured to adjust a magnitude of the suspension frictional force, so that it becomes substantially equal to a required frictional force determined based on a value obtained by exponentiating the velocity of the sprung member (5), and a value obtained by exponentiating the stroke velocity of the suspension device (2).
Abstract:
A suspension apparatus includes: a cylinder (21) connected to one of a sprung member and an unsprung member, an interior space of the cylinder (21) being partitioned into a piston upper chamber (39) and a piston lower chamber (40); a piston (22) connected to the other of the sprung member and the unsprung member; an expansion side friction member (44) configured to damp a movement of the piston (22), a force of the expansion side friction member (44) for damping the movement of a piston (22) being increased by exerting a pressure of the piston upper chamber (39) on the expansion side friction member (44); and a contraction side friction member (45) configured to damp the movement of the piston (23), a force of the contraction side friction member (45) for damping the movement of the piston (22) being increased by exerting a pressure of the piston lower chamber (40) on the contraction side friction member (45).
Abstract:
A viscous coupling (10) includes a case body (12) for forming a working chamber (16) which contains the viscous fluid, a shaft (20) inserted into the case body (12) in such a manner that the shaft is relatively rotatable with respect to the case body (12), a plurality of inner plates (30) coupled to the shaft (20), and a plurality of outer plates (50), coupled to the case body (12), which are arranged in the working chamber (16) in such a manner as to be spaced apart from the inner plates (30) with a pitch in an axial direction of the shaft (20). The pitch between each of the inner plates (30) and each of the outer plates (50) is adjustable by deforming either of the inner plates (30) and the outer plates (50) in response to the rotation speed of the shaft (20) or the case body (12).
Abstract:
A lift truck 100 has an inertial damper 150 coupled between the base frame 116 and a A-frame holding a suspended wheel. The damper has a slider plate 170 frictionally engaged by friction pads 161, 169 on outer plate 160 and friction pads 181, 189 on the other outer plate 180. The outer plates 160, 180 are spring biased against slider plate 170 by belville washers 162, 182 or a coil spring 210.