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Granted Patent B2
US 11,618,293 · App. 16/830,525 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Electrically powered suspension system including an electromagnetic actuator, information acquirer, and drive force arithmetic part

Inventors: Satoshi Ohno (Wako, JP); Takafumi Kato (Wako, JP); Tomoya Toyohira (Wako, JP); Atsuhiko Yoneda (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60G17/018B60G17/0157B60G17/0165B60G17/06B60G2400/20B60G2500/10B60G2600/182B60G2600/26B60G2800/162
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Patent No.
US 11,618,293
App. No.
16/830,525
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Included are an electromagnetic actuator which includes an electric motor configured to generate drive forces for a damping operation and a telescopic operation; an information acquirer which acquires a stroke velocity of the electromagnetic actuator; a drive force arithmetic part which includes a damping force calculator configured to calculate a target damping force and a telescopic force calculator configured to calculate a target telescopic force, and which obtains a target drive force based on the target damping force and the target telescopic force; and a drive controller which controls drive of the electric motor using the target drive force. The drive force arithmetic part includes an adjuster which performs an adjustment to reduce a telescopic control amount for the target telescopic force based on the stroke velocity acquired by the information acquirer.

Claims (34)

1. An electrically powered suspension system comprising:

an electromagnetic actuator which is provided between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle, and which includes an electric motor configured to generate drive forces for a damping operation and a telescopic operation;

an information acquirer which acquires information about a stroke velocity of the electromagnetic actuator;

a drive force arithmetic part which includes

a damping force calculator configured to calculate a target damping force serving as a target value of the damping operation of the electromagnetic actuator, and

a telescopic force calculator configured to calculate a target telescopic force serving as a target value of the telescopic operation of the electromagnetic actuator, and

which obtains a target drive force based on the target damping force calculated by the damping force calculator and the target telescopic force calculated by the telescopic force calculator; and

a drive controller which controls drive of the electric motor using the target drive force obtained by the drive force arithmetic part, wherein

the drive force arithmetic part includes an adjuster which performs an adjustment to reduce a telescopic control amount for the target telescopic force based on the stroke velocity acquired by the information acquirer, and

the adjuster included in the drive force arithmetic part performs an adjustment to increase a degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount corresponding to an increase in the stroke velocity acquired by the information acquirer.

2. The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjuster included in the drive force arithmetic part performs an adjustment to hold the degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount when the stroke velocity exceeds a predetermined velocity threshold.

3. An electrically powered suspension system comprising:

an electromagnetic actuator which is provided between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle, and which includes an electric motor configured to generate drive forces for a damping operation and a telescopic operation;

an information acquirer which acquires information about a stroke velocity of the electromagnetic actuator;

a drive force arithmetic part which includes

a damping force calculator configured to calculate a target damping force serving as a target value of the damping operation of the electromagnetic actuator, and

a telescopic force calculator configured to calculate a target telescopic force serving as a target value of the telescopic operation of the electromagnetic actuator, and

which obtains a target drive force based on the target damping force calculated by the damping force calculator and the target telescopic force calculated by the telescopic force calculator; and

a drive controller which controls drive of the electric motor using the target drive force obtained by the drive force arithmetic part, wherein

the drive force arithmetic part includes an adjuster which performs an adjustment to reduce a telescopic control amount for the target telescopic force based on the stroke velocity acquired by the information acquirer, and

in the adjuster included in the drive force arithmetic part, a characteristic of a degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount during an increase in the stroke velocity and a characteristic of the degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount during a decrease in the stroke velocity are set to mutually-different modes.

4. An electrically powered suspension system comprising:

an electromagnetic actuator which is provided between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle, and which includes an electric motor configured to generate drive forces for a damping operation and a telescopic operation;

an information acquirer which acquires information about a stroke velocity of the electromagnetic actuator;

a drive force arithmetic part which includes

a damping force calculator configured to calculate a target damping force serving as a target value of the damping operation of the electromagnetic actuator, and

a telescopic force calculator configured to calculate a target telescopic force serving as a target value of the telescopic operation of the electromagnetic actuator, and

which obtains a target drive force based on the target damping force calculated by the damping force calculator and the target telescopic force calculated by the telescopic force calculator; and

a drive controller which controls drive of the electric motor using the target drive force obtained by the drive force arithmetic part, wherein

the drive force arithmetic part includes an adjuster which performs an adjustment to reduce a telescopic control amount for the target telescopic force based on the stroke velocity acquired by the information acquirer, and

in the adjuster included in the drive force arithmetic part, a response characteristic of an adjustment to increase a degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount and a response characteristic of an adjustment to decrease the degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount are set to mutually-different modes.

5. The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 4 , wherein

in the adjuster included in the drive force arithmetic part, the response characteristic of the adjustment to decrease the degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount is set to be delayed in comparison with the response characteristic of the adjustment to increase the degree of reduction in the telescopic control amount with respect to time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: OHNO, SATOSHI; KATO, TAKAFUMI; TOYOHIRA, TOMOYA; YONEDA, ATSUHIKO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052242/0755 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-061139 · Mar 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200307338A1 · Oct 1, 2020
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