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Granted Patent B2
US 10,974,564 · App. 16/374,296 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Vehicle damping control

Inventors: David Michael Russell (Ann Arbor, MI); Charles Gavin McGee (Brighton, MI); Ben Bulat (Plymouth, MI); Russ Lee Norton (Brownstown Township, MI); John Keller (Farmington Hills, MI); Darrell Erick Butler (Macomb, MI)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
B60G17/018B60G17/01908B60G17/01933B60G17/06B60G2400/10B60G2400/20B60G2600/182
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Patent No.
US 10,974,564
App. No.
16/374,296
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for damping control for a vehicle includes a parameter component and a damping adjustment component. The parameter component is configured to determine one or more driving parameters of a vehicle. The one or more driving parameters include a velocity of the vehicle. The damping adjustment component is configured to adjust damping of suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the one or more driving parameters. The damping adjustment component is also configured to adjust damping of suspension at a zero velocity for a threshold time period in response to transitioning from a non-zero velocity to the zero velocity.

Claims (41)

1. A method comprising:

determining driving parameters of a vehicle, the driving parameters comprising a brake pressure of the vehicle and a velocity of the vehicle;

during a deceleration of the vehicle, determining whether the brake pressure exceeds a threshold value; and

in response to the brake pressure exceeding the threshold value, adjusting damping of suspension of the vehicle when the vehicle has a zero velocity.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the vehicle transitioning from a non-zero velocity to a zero velocity, adjusting damping of the suspension of the vehicle for a threshold time period with the vehicle remains at the zero velocity.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting damping of the suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the driving parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deactivating adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle after the vehicle has been at the zero velocity for a threshold time period.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the driving parameters further comprises a pitch rate of the vehicle, and wherein the method further comprises, during the deceleration of the vehicle, determining whether one or more of:

a deceleration rate of the vehicle exceeds a deceleration threshold; or

the pitch rate of the vehicle exceeds a pitch rate threshold; and

adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle in response to the deceleration rate exceeding the deceleration threshold and/or the pitch rate exceeding the pitch rate threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle comprises independently controlling damping of suspension for each wheel based on the driving parameters.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle comprises providing an instruction or current to dampers at one or more wheels of the vehicle to control an amount of damping.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the driving parameters further comprise road surface information, sideways velocity, and longitudinal velocity.

9. A system comprising:

vehicle sensors for sensing driving parameters of a vehicle, the driving parameters comprising a brake pressure of the vehicle and a velocity of the vehicle;

a suspension of a vehicle; and

a processor that is programmable to execute instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable storage media, the instructions comprising:

receiving the driving parameters from the vehicle sensors;

during a deceleration of the vehicle, determining whether the brake pressure exceeds a threshold value; and

in response to the brake pressure exceeding the threshold value, adjusting damping of the suspension of the vehicle when the vehicle has a zero velocity.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further comprise deactivating adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle after the vehicle has been at the zero velocity for a threshold time period.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the driving parameters further comprises a pitch rate of the vehicle, and wherein the instructions further comprise, during the deceleration of the vehicle, determining whether one or more of:

a deceleration rate of the vehicle exceeds a deceleration threshold; or

the pitch rate of the vehicle exceeds a pitch rate threshold; and

adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle in response to the deceleration rate exceeding the deceleration threshold and/or the pitch rate exceeding the pitch rate threshold.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle comprises independently controlling damping of suspension for each wheel based on the driving parameters.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle comprises providing an instruction or current to dampers at one or more wheels of the vehicle to control an amount of damping.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the driving parameters further comprise road surface information, sideways velocity, and longitudinal velocity.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further comprise adjusting damping of the suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the driving parameters.

16. Non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine driving parameters of a vehicle, the driving parameters comprising a brake pressure of the vehicle and a velocity of the vehicle;

during a deceleration of the vehicle, determine whether the brake pressure exceeds a threshold value; and

in response to the brake pressure exceeding the threshold value, adjust damping of suspension of the vehicle when the vehicle has a zero velocity.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to, in response to the vehicle transitioning from a non-zero velocity to a zero velocity, adjust damping of the suspension of the vehicle for a threshold time period with the vehicle remains at the zero velocity.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to adjust damping of the suspension of the vehicle during driving based on the driving parameters.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to deactivate adjusting the damping of the suspension of the vehicle after the vehicle has been at the zero velocity for a threshold time period.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the driving parameters further comprises a pitch rate of the vehicle, and wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to, during the deceleration of the vehicle, determine whether one or more of:

a deceleration rate of the vehicle exceeds a deceleration threshold; or

the pitch rate of the vehicle exceeds a pitch rate threshold; and

adjust the damping of the suspension of the vehicle in response to the deceleration rate exceeding the deceleration threshold and/or the pitch rate exceeding the pitch rate threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: RUSSELL, DAVID MICHAEL; MCGEE, CHARLES GAVIN; BULAT, BEN; NORTON, RUSS LEE; KELLER, JOHN; BUTLER, DARRELL ERICK
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 15345231 · Nov 7, 2016
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