| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | SUSPENSION CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS | US13071824 | 2011-03-25 | US20110241299A1 | 2011-10-06 | Naofumi HARADA; Yoichi KUMEMURA; Tatsuya GANKAI |
| A suspension control apparatus selectively performs at least one of: compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is increased, for setting a damping-force characteristic of at least one of damping-force variable dampers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among a plurality of wheels, to a hard side in an early stage of a compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to a soft side in a latter stage of the compression stroke; extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in an early stage of an extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the extension stroke; compression-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force variable dampers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be reduced, to the soft side in the early stage of the compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in the latter stage of the compression stroke; and extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in the early stage of the extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in the latter stage of the extension stroke. | ||||||
| 102 | Wheel control device and control device | US11663511 | 2005-12-27 | US07991532B2 | 2011-08-02 | Nobuaki Miki; Munehisa Horiguchi; Takafumi Miyake; Susumu Okawa |
| The present invention provides a novel method for generating braking force in a wheel. In a vehicle having wheels, a wheel control device for controlling the wheels is provided with an actuator for performing an operation to vary a slip angle of the wheels, and a controller for controlling the actuator to increase the braking force of the wheels by increasing the slip angle absolute value of the wheels such that a lateral force is generated in the wheels relative to a ground contact surface of the wheels. | ||||||
| 103 | Device and Method for Driving Dynamics Control in a Vehicle | US11795845 | 2006-07-27 | US20110054736A1 | 2011-03-03 | Bernhard Giers; Robert Schmidt; Thomas Sticher; Thorsten Ullrich |
| Disclosed is a device for influencing the driving dynamics of a vehicle with an electronic brake system. The device includes a brake actuator for adjusting a brake torque at least one wheel brake of the vehicle. The brake torque can be determined in a torque distributing device according to a yaw torque requirement. A first control unit can be activated in the presence of a critical driving condition as is used to determine a first yaw torque requirement due to driving dynamics control. A management device (12) has a second control unit, which can be activated in the presence of a subcritical driving condition, and a second yaw torque requirement (R:D_GM) can be determined by the second control unit due to driving dynamics control, and the second yaw torque requirement (R:D_GM) can be sent to the torque distributing device (20), and an activated state of the first control unit a signal (I:EBS_Status; R: D_GM; R:[S1, S2, . . . ]) can be sent from the electronic brake system (2) to the management device (12), which causes deactivation of the second control unit. | ||||||
| 104 | MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE | US12377083 | 2008-01-25 | US20100174453A1 | 2010-07-08 | Yasuo Takahara; Haruo Arakawa; Takayuki Takeshita; Chihiro Nitta |
| A motion control system is applied to a vehicle, which has front wheel side suspensions with an anti-dive geometry and rear wheel side suspensions with an anti-lift geometry. When abrupt steering operation is started from a straight-ahead driving state of the vehicle in a non-operating period of a brake pedal of the vehicle, a controller controls a hydraulic unit such that a brake force is applied to a radially outer one of front left and right wheels, which is located on an outer side in a radial direction of an arc of turn of the vehicle upon starting the steering operation, and also to a radially inner one of rear left and right wheels, which is located on an inner side in the radial direction of the arc of the turn for a predetermined short time period. | ||||||
| 105 | Optimization of Vehicle Stability and Steering During a Regenerative Braking Event | US12248083 | 2008-10-09 | US20100094511A1 | 2010-04-15 | Eric E. Krueger; Matthew M. Karaba; Kevin S. Kidston |
| A method of optimizing steering and stability performance of a vehicle includes measuring a set of inertial data during a regenerative braking event (RBE), calculating a set of vehicle performance data using the inertial data, and comparing the performance data to calibrated threshold data to determine a maximum regenerative braking torque (RBT). The maximum RBT is automatically applied during the active RBE. The vehicle includes a chassis, an electric motor/generator for applying an RBT, a frictional braking system, chassis inertial sensors for measuring a set of chassis inertial data, and a controller having an algorithm for calculating a set of vehicle performance data using the chassis inertial data. The controller determines the maximum RBT by comparing the vehicle performance data to corresponding threshold data. The chassis inertial sensors can include accelerometers, a yaw rate sensor, a steering rate sensor, speed sensors, and/or a braking input sensor. | ||||||
| 106 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES | US12499616 | 2009-07-08 | US20090276131A1 | 2009-11-05 | Alfred S. Braunberger; Beau M. Braunberger |
| A method of and system for detecting absolute acceleration along various axes relative to a desired movement vector while moving relative to a gravity source includes steps of determining a vertical acceleration, perpendicular to the desired movement vector and substantially anti-parallel to a gravitational acceleration due to the gravity source; determining a longitudinal acceleration, parallel to the desired movement vector and to output at vertical acceleration signal and a longitudinal acceleration signal; determining an inclination of the desired movement vector relative to the gravitational acceleration; and processing the vertical acceleration signal, the longitudinal acceleration signals and the inclination signal to produce al absolute vertical acceleration signal and an absolute longitudinal acceleration signal. | ||||||
| 107 | Vehicle control system | US11627074 | 2007-01-25 | US07613557B2 | 2009-11-03 | Ikuhide Iyoda |
| A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle having a body, a pair of front wheels, and a pair of rear wheels, including a body-height adjusting device which adjusts four body heights each of which is defined as a relative-position relationship between corresponding one wheel of the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels, and the body; and a brake-operation-force control device which controls respective operation forces of a pair of front-wheel brakes and a pair of rear-wheel brakes that restrain respective rotations of the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels. The brake-operation-force control device includes an operation-force lowering portion which lowers, when the body-height adjusting device is adjusting at least one of the four body heights, the respective operation forces of at least one pair of brakes of the pair of front-wheel brakes and the pair of rear-wheel brakes, as compared with the respective operation forces when the body-height adjusting device is not adjusting any of the four body heights. | ||||||
| 108 | System for Regulating the Position of the Chassis of a Motor Vehicle | US12224266 | 2007-02-26 | US20090157257A1 | 2009-06-18 | Klaus Voigtlaender; Lars von Jakubowski |
| A system for regulating the position of a chassis of a motor vehicle has actuators which are to be set via actuating signals of a regulating and control unit, the position of the chassis or a part of the chassis being recorded via a gap sensor, and an adjustment is carried out via the actuators in case the measured sensor signals of the gap sensor deviate from specified setpoint values. On the vehicle's underside, at least three displacement measuring sensor device are located at positions that are at a distance from one another, each sensor device having a gap sensor that works in a contactless manner, via which at least two displacement measurements are able to be carried out in different directions. | ||||||
| 109 | ROAD SURFACE CONDITION DETECTION SYSTEM, ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, AND SENSOR UNIT THEREFOR | US11908282 | 2005-03-10 | US20090012688A1 | 2009-01-08 | Yutaka Hattori; Yasuo Hatano |
| A road surface condition detection system capable of quickly and accurately detecting road surface conditions during vehicle running, an active suspension system and an anti-lock brake system using the road surface condition detection system, and a sensor unit for the road surface condition detection system are provided. A sensor unit, provided on a rotor of a rotation mechanism section of a wheel, has an acceleration sensor for detecting an acceleration occurring in the rotational direction of the wheel as the wheel rotates. A signal of the detected acceleration is received by a monitor device, the received signal is compared to a variation pattern of an acceleration signal for each road surface condition, the pattern being previously stored in a storage section to identify a road surface condition, and information of the identified condition is output. Drive control of the active suspension system and the anti-lock brake system is made based on the information of the road surface conditions. | ||||||
| 110 | Method of adjusting a motor vehicle electronic stability program | US11746840 | 2007-05-10 | US07418333B2 | 2008-08-26 | Christophe Bouchard; Richard Sautereau |
| The invention relates to a method of adjusting an electronic stability program (ESP) for a motor vehicle. This method comprises various steps, including in particular: establishing the curve of the consumption values (Cesp) as a function of time, said curve being representative of the differences (dCM) of the measured yaw angles and the setpoint yaw angles (dCM=LM−LC) versus the measured triggering threshold values (St), modifying the nominal threshold values (Sv) by a percentage that is proportional to the consumption values (Cesp). | ||||||
| 111 | Stability control apparatus and load measuring instrument for wheel supporting rolling bearing unit | US10570263 | 2004-09-03 | US07359787B2 | 2008-04-15 | Koichiro Ono; Takeshi Takizawa; Tomoyuki Yanagisawa |
| A stability control apparatus, includes: a grip detector that changes an output based on a grip force applied in a direction hindering a slippage of a wheel, acting on a contact face between the wheel supported by a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit and the road surface, the wheel supporting rolling bearing unit for supporting freely rotatably the wheel to a vehicle body; and a controller that performs a control for keeping a running stability of the vehicle in response to an input of a detection signal of the grip detector. | ||||||
| 112 | Method for coordinating a vehicle dynamics control system with an active normal force adjustment system | US10875472 | 2004-06-23 | US07308351B2 | 2007-12-11 | Michael Knoop; Martin Kieren; Andreas Schumann |
| A vehicle dynamics control system for a motor vehicle having an active normal force adjustment system with which the normal force acting on a wheel may be adjusted is described. For coordinating the vehicle dynamics control system with the active normal force adjustment system, information about a change in the normal force is to be supplied to a control unit of the vehicle dynamics control system and may be taken into account in the vehicle dynamic control. | ||||||
| 113 | Electronic control system for vehicle and control method thereof | US11716391 | 2007-03-09 | US20070265748A1 | 2007-11-15 | Bon Gyeong Koo |
| The present invention relates to an electronic control system for a vehicle and a control method thereof, wherein communication is made between a main controller and at least one local controller to control a brake apparatus and a suspension apparatus in consideration of information of the controllers, thereby further improving and activating unique features of the respective controllers as well as simplifying the system. An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic control system for a vehicle having a main controller for receiving vehicle information and creating and outputting a brake control signal and a suspension control signal for a vehicle; at least one local controller for controlling a damper of each wheel according to the suspension control signal outputted from the main controller; and an interface unit for performing data communication between the main controller and the local controller. | ||||||
| 114 | Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles | US11243364 | 2005-10-03 | US07239953B2 | 2007-07-03 | Alfred S. Braunberger; Beau M. Braunberger |
| A method of and system for detecting absolute acceleration along various axes relative to a desired movement vector while moving relative to a gravity source includes steps of determining a vertical acceleration, perpendicular to the desired movement vector and substantially anti-parallel to a gravitational acceleration due to the gravity source; determining a longitudinal acceleration, parallel to the desired movement vector and to output at vertical acceleration signal and a longitudinal acceleration signal; determining an inclination of the desired movement vector relative to the gravitational acceleration; and processing the vertical acceleration signal, the longitudinal acceleration signal, and the inclination signal to produce an absolute vertical acceleration signal and an absolute longitudinal acceleration signal. | ||||||
| 115 | Enhanced system for yaw stability control system to include roll stability control function | US11258578 | 2005-10-25 | US07136730B2 | 2006-11-14 | Jianbo Lu; Todd Allen Brown; Joseph Carr Meyers |
| A yaw stability control system (18) is enhanced to include roll stability control function for an automotive vehicle and includes a plurality of sensors (28–39) sensing the dynamic conditions of the vehicle. The sensors may include a speed sensor (20), a lateral acceleration sensor (32), a yaw rate sensor (28) and a longitudinal acceleration sensor (36). The controller (26) is coupled to the speed sensor (20), the lateral acceleration sensor (32), the yaw rate sensor (28) and a longitudinal acceleration sensor (36). The controller (26) generates both a yaw stability feedback control signal and a roll stability feedback control signal. The priority of achieving yaw stability control or roll stability control is determined through priority determination logic. If a potential rollover event is detected, the roll stability control will take the priority. The controller for roll stability control function determines a roll angle of the vehicle from the lateral acceleration sensor signal and calculates the feedback control signal based on the roll angle. | ||||||
| 116 | Vehicle stability system using active tilting mechanism | US10120586 | 2002-04-11 | US07063334B2 | 2006-06-20 | Howard Tak Su Lim |
| The present invention is a vehicle stability system that affords safe turn with higher speed as well as maximum brake performance and resists rollover by using one or more electrical and mechanical modes to shift the center of gravity of the vehicle into a more stable position in the event of a turn condition. A preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes an active tilt control to tilt the vehicle in the opposite direction to the vehicle's natural inclination to tilt. A second preferred embodiment utilizes a shifting weight, that is a ballast or any heavy part of the vehicle to move the center of gravity toward to side of the vehicle tending to lift up during a tilt condition. The first and second preferred embodiments can be used alone or in combination to create a more dynamic stable condition for the vehicle in turn mode. | ||||||
| 117 | Method for monitoring chassis functions and chassis components | US10525493 | 2003-08-22 | US20060116799A1 | 2006-06-01 | Rudiger Mahlo |
| To monitor chassis functions and chassis components of a motor vehicle and/or to detect wear, wear trends, component defects or declining functions, information provided by control systems mounted in the vehicle and/or obtained by way of additional sensors is evaluated. Evaluations relating to vehicle dynamics are carried out on the basis of said information, with reproducible vehicle or driving conditions, and taken into account in order to statistically evaluate specific features, which directly or indirectly reflect chassis functions and/or the condition of chassis components, and to subsequently identify defects or malfunctions. | ||||||
| 118 | Control system for a vehicle | US11065447 | 2005-02-25 | US07032981B2 | 2006-04-25 | Gerhard Frey; Harro Heilmann; Klaus-Dieter Holloh; Eilert Martens; Christian Quinger; Andrewas Schwarzhaupt; Gernot Spiegelberg; Armin Sulzmann |
| A control system for a vehicle having an electronically actuated drive train includes a coordination level which is assigned to a system control device, and in which setpoint values are generated from state variables (ZG) of the vehicle and from driver's requests. Actuation signals for actuating actuators are generated from the latter. An execution level, which is subordinate to the coordination level, has actuators for executing the actuation signals. An axle electronic module for activating at least one brake actuator which is assigned to the chassis is arranged in the region of the steerable vehicle axle. The axle electronic module is connected to the coordination level in order to receive transmittal setpoint values, and determines actuation signals for actuating the respective axle actuator from the setpoint values. The axle electronic module is connected to an electronically actuated steering system for transmitting the actuation signals. | ||||||
| 119 | Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles | US11243364 | 2005-10-03 | US20060074540A1 | 2006-04-06 | Alfred Braunberger; Beau Braunberger |
| A method of and system for detecting absolute acceleration along various axes relative to a desired movement vector while moving relative to a gravity source includes steps of determining a vertical acceleration, perpendicular to the desired movement vector and substantially anti-parallel to a gravitational acceleration due to the gravity source; determining a longitudinal acceleration, parallel to the desired movement vector and to output at vertical acceleration signal and a longitudinal acceleration signal; determining an inclination of the desired movement vector relative to the gravitational acceleration; and processing the vertical acceleration signal, the longitudinal acceleration signal, and the inclination signal to produce an absolute vertical acceleration signal and an absolute longitudinal acceleration signal. | ||||||
| 120 | Method of operating an anti-lock braking system | US10853531 | 2004-05-25 | US06973381B2 | 2005-12-06 | Andrew Kingston |
| The invention relates to an anti-lock braking system as well as to a method of operating the anti-lock braking system. As a function of the motional state of at least one wheel control commands are generated for at least one actuator (12) of the anti-lock braking system. During generation of the control commands a quantity characteristic of the vertical tyre force is taken into account. | ||||||
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