Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle suspension system and method of operating same
- Patent Title (中): 车辆悬挂系统及其操作方法
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Application No.: US12046955Application Date: 2008-03-12
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Publication No.: US07957865B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Graham R Brookes , Joseph A Bounds , Gregory A Holbrook
- Applicant: Graham R Brookes , Joseph A Bounds , Gregory A Holbrook
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: Driveright Holdings, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Driveright Holdings, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; B60G17/04 ; B60G17/15 ; B60G21/05

Abstract:
A suspension system for use on a vehicle having two or more rear axles. The suspension system includes a plurality of gas springs and plurality of height sensors capable of outputting signals having a relation to distances between the respective ends of the respective first and second rear axles and the sprung mass of the vehicle. A control system adapted to selectively inflate or deflate respective ones of the plurality of gas springs to thereby adjust a leveled orientation of the sprung mass. The control system includes a controller that is adapted to determine a rear axle vertical offset and a rear axle articulation offset. The controller is adapted to determine whether conditions are appropriate for adjusting the suspension system by comparing the rear axle vertical offset and/or the rear axle articulation offset to a corresponding vertical offset threshold and/or an articulation offset threshold. A method is also included.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080228352A1 VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Public/Granted day:2008-09-18
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