Abstract:
A vehicle stabilizer system including: (a) a stabilizer bar (28) including (a-1) a torsion bar portion(90) , and (a-2) an arm portion(92) that extends from the torsion bar portion in a direction not parallel to the torsion bar portion; (b) an actuator (32) configured to rotate the stabilizer bar about an axis of the torsion bar portion; and (c) a link rod (34) interconnecting the suspension arm (78) and one of opposite ends of the arm portion that is remote from the torsion bar portion. The stabilizer bar generates a stabilizing force which is dependent on a reaction that is generated as a result of torsion of the torsion bar portion, and which forces the wheel (12) and the body in a selected one of a direction toward each other and a direction away from each other. The actuator allows the stabilizer bar to generate the stabilizing force whose magnitude is changeable by operation of the actuator. The link rod is inclined with respect to the suspension arm to which the link rod is connected, such that an angle defined by the link rod and the suspension arm is not 90° .
Abstract:
In some embodiments, a memory cell includes a transistor gate spaced from a channel region by gate dielectric; a source region on one side of the channel region; and a drain region on an opposing side of the channel region from the source region. The channel region has phase change material adjacent the drain region. In some embodiments, the phase change material may be adjacent both the source region and the drain region. Some embodiments include methods of programming a memory cell that has phase change material adjacent a drain region. An inversion layer is formed within the channel region adjacent the gate dielectric, with the inversion layer having a pinch-off region within the phase change material adjacent the drain region. Hot carriers (for instance, electrons) within the pinch-off region are utilized to change a phase within the phase change material.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und ein System zur Erzeugung von Signalen zur Beeinflussung der Bewegung eines in seinen Bewegungsabläufen steuerbaren oder regelbaren Fahrzeugaufbaus eines Kraftfahrzeuges, wobei sensorisch die Bewegung des Fahrzeugaufbaus relativ zu wenigstens drei Rädern des Kraftfahrzeuges und die vertikale Beschleunigung des Fahrzeugaufbaus ermittelt wird, die den ermittelten Sensorwerten entsprechenden Sensorsignale werden einem Dämpferregler zugeführt und der Dämpferregler wenigstens ein Steuersignal zur Ansteuerung von Aktuatoren, insbesondere semi-aktiven oder aktiven Dämpfern, liefert, mittels denen die Bewegung des Fahrzeugaufbaus beeinflusst werden kann. Es ist vorgesehen, dass mittels des Dämpferreglers aus den Sensorsignalen unter Berücksichtigung von momentanen und/oder erwarteten Zuständen in Abhängigkeit von wählbaren Anforderungen an die Bewegung des Fahrzeugaufbaus und Fahrsicherheitsanforderungen mittels zustandsabhängiger Regelalgorithmen das wenigstens eine Steuersignal zur Ansteuerung der Aktuatoren ermittelt wird.
Abstract:
A stabilizer system for a vehicle, including: (a) a stabilizer bar (28) including (a-1) a torsion bar portion (90), and (a-2) an arm portion (92) that extends from the torsion bar portion toward a wheel (12) of the vehicle; and (b) an actuator (32) including (b-1) a motor (40), and (b-2) a speed reducer (42) that reduces a speed of the motor while transmitting a force of the motor to the torsion bar portion of the stabilizer bar. The stabilizer bar generates a stabilizing force which is dependent on a reaction generated as a result of torsion of the torsion bar portion, and which forces the wheel and the vehicle body in a direction toward each other or a direction away from each other. The actuator allows the stabilizer bar to generate the stabilizing force whose magnitude is dependent on a magnitude of the motor force and is changeable depending on an amount of rotation of the torsion bar portion. The actuator includes an actuator-efficiency changing mechanism changing a negative efficiency of the actuator, depending on a direction of the force of the motor.
Abstract:
In order to suppress a vehicle body behavior component as a component of vehicle body behavior, a correction value is calculated for only a shock absorber, in which (i) the direction of the actual movement in the vertical direction and (ii) the direction of the movement, in the vertical direction when the Vehicle body behavior based on the vehicle body behavior component is assumed are parallel to each other in a sprung portion, out of plural shock absorbers disposed to vehicle wheels, a reference damping force determined on the basis of a predetermined control rule is corrected, and a target damping force of the respective shock absorbers is determined.
Abstract:
A warning system for a vehicle having an air suspension system can include an indicator, an event data recorder, and a controller. The controller can be configured to determine a load on a front axle and a rear axle when the vehicle is in a static condition and compare the determined load on the front and rear axles to a predetermined load threshold for each of the front and rear axles. A warning signal can be provided to the indicator indicative of at least one of the determined loads exceeding the corresponding predetermined load threshold upon the controller determining one of the determined loads exceeds the corresponding predetermined load threshold. Data indicative of at least one of the determined loads exceeding the corresponding predetermined threshold can be communicated to the event data recorder.
Abstract:
A vehicle suspension control for a vehicle having each wheel (11) supported from the chassis of the vehicle trough a fluid operated extension element (13, 19), the control comprising a controller (27), a plurality of sensors (21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32), a fluid flow controller (29), a first sensor (2 1) adapted to sense the relative position between the wheel (11) and the chassis and provide a first output to the controller, a second sensor (23) adapted to sense the pressure of the fluid in each extension element (13, 19) and provide a second output to the controller (27) adapted to receive the output from each of the sensors (21, 23) at each wheel, process the outputs and provide a wheel output to the fluid flow controller (29) for each wheel, the force applied by the extension elements (13, 19) between the chassis and wheels will maintain the attitude of the chassis substantially constant relative to a plane.