IP Library Granted Patent US 10,286,744
Granted Patent B2
US 10,286,744 · App. 15/644,057 · Granted May 14, 2019

Vehicle height adjustment device

Inventors: Yusuke Kondo (Nagoya, JP); Atsuto Ogino (Chiryu, JP)
Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,286,744
App. No.
15/644,057
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle height adjustment device includes: a pressure tank capable of storing air in a compression state; a plurality of vehicle height adjustment units that are provided in correspondence with wheels of a vehicle and individually adjust vehicle heights at the respective wheels by supplying the air from the pressure tank or returning the air to the pressure tank; an information acquisition unit that acquires turn route information during travel of the vehicle; and a control unit that raises the vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn outer side more than the vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn inner side such that the vehicle takes a tilt posture on the basis of the turn route information when the vehicle turns.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle height adjustment device comprising:

a pressure tank capable of storing air in a compression state;

a plurality of vehicle height adjustment units that are provided in correspondence with wheels of a vehicle and individually adjust vehicle heights at the wheels by supplying the air from the pressure tank or returning the air to the pressure tank;

an information acquisition unit that acquires turn route information during travel of the vehicle; and

a control unit that raises a vehicle height at a vehicle height adjustment unit of the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units on a turn outer side more than a vehicle height at a vehicle height adjustment unit of the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units on a turn inner side such that the vehicle takes a tilt posture on a basis of the turn route information when the vehicle turns.

2. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquisition unit acquires a turn start position and a turn end position of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquisition unit acquires the turn route information by using map information.

4. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit raises a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn outer side, among the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units, more than a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn inner side, such that the vehicle takes the tilt posture.

5. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit raises a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn outer side, among the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units, more than a standard vehicle height at a time of a non-turn, and maintains a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn inner side as the standard vehicle height at the time of the non-turn such that vehicle takes the tilt posture.

6. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit ends vehicle height adjustment of the vehicle during a turn in a case where the vehicle reaches the tilt posture, and maintains the tilt posture according to the vehicle height.

7. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit ends vehicle height adjustment of the vehicle during a turn in a case where a predetermined period elapses after the vehicle height adjustment starts, and maintains the tilt posture according to the vehicle height.

8. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit ends vehicle height adjustment of the vehicle during a turn in a case where the vehicle moves a predetermined distance after the vehicle height adjustment starts, and maintains the tilt posture according to the vehicle height.

9. A vehicle height adjustment device comprising:

a plurality of vehicle height adjustment units that are provided in correspondence with wheels of a vehicle and individually adjust vehicle heights at the respective wheels;

an information acquisition unit that acquires current position information of the vehicle;

a storage unit that stores a position on a map where the vehicle turns and a tilt posture of the vehicle in the position in association with each other; and

a control unit that acquires the tilt posture corresponding to the current position information from the storage unit when the vehicle turns, and raises a vehicle height at a vehicle height adjustment unit of the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units on a turn outer side more than a vehicle height at a vehicle height adjustment unit of the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units on a turn inner side such that the vehicle takes the tilt posture.

10. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit raises a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn outer side, among the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units, more than a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn inner side, such that the vehicle takes the tilt posture.

11. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit raises a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn outer side, among the plurality of vehicle height adjustment units, more than a standard vehicle height at a time of a non-turn, and maintains a vehicle height at the vehicle height adjustment unit on a turn inner side as the standard vehicle height at the time of the non-turn such that vehicle takes the tilt posture.

12. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit ends vehicle height adjustment of the vehicle during a turn in a case where the vehicle reaches the tilt posture, and maintains the tilt posture according to the vehicle height.

13. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit ends vehicle height adjustment of the vehicle during a turn in a case where a predetermined period elapses after the vehicle height adjustment starts, and maintains the tilt posture according to the vehicle height.

14. The vehicle height adjustment device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit ends vehicle height adjustment of the vehicle during a turn in a case where the vehicle moves a predetermined distance after the vehicle height adjustment starts, and maintains the tilt posture according to the vehicle height.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2017
From: KONDO, YUSUKE; OGINO, ATSUTO
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-147583 · Jul 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180029432A1 · Feb 1, 2018