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Granted Patent B2
US 10,384,508 · App. 15/448,950 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Vehicle-height control system

Inventors: Hideki Ohashi (Chiryu, JP); Katsuyuki Sano (Miyoshi, JP); Jun Tokumitsu (Toyota, JP); Ryo Kanda (Nissin, JP); Shogo Tanaka (Toyota, JP); Masaaki Oishi (Takahama, JP); Ken Ogue (Okazaki, JP); Masakazu Ohashi (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,384,508
App. No.
15/448,950
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle-height control system is configured to control a vehicle height for a wheel. The vehicle-height control system includes: a vehicle-height control actuator provided so as to correspond to the wheel; a pressure-medium supply and discharge device configured to supply and discharge a pressure medium to and from the vehicle-height control actuator; and a vehicle height controller configured to control the vehicle height for the wheel by controlling the pressure-medium supply and discharge device based on an inside temperature and an outside-air temperature to control at least one of supply and discharge of the pressure medium to and from the vehicle-height control actuator. The inside temperature is a temperature in the vehicle-height control system.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle-height control system configured to control a vehicle height for a wheel, the vehicle-height control system comprising:

a vehicle-height control actuator provided so as to correspond to the wheel;

a pressure-medium supply and discharge device configured to supply and discharge a pressure medium to and from the vehicle-height control actuator; and

a vehicle height controller configured to control the vehicle height for the wheel by controlling the pressure-medium supply and discharge device based on an inside temperature and an outside-air temperature to control at least one of supply and discharge of the pressure medium to and from the vehicle-height control actuator, the inside temperature being a temperature in the vehicle-height control system,

wherein the vehicle height controller is configured to determine, based on an operating state of an engine, whether the inside temperature is greater than the outside-air temperature by a set value.

2. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle height controller is configured to control the pressure-medium supply and discharge device such that an actual value of the vehicle height for the wheel is brought closer to a target vehicle height, and the vehicle height controller comprises a target-vehicle-height determiner configured to determine the target vehicle height which is a target vehicle height in a case where a temperature difference is large, to a value greater than the target vehicle height which is a target vehicle height in a case where the temperature difference is small, and the temperature difference is a value obtained by subtracting the outside-air temperature from the inside temperature.

3. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 2 , wherein the target-vehicle-height determiner comprises a control-purpose-target-vehicle-height determiner configured to determine a control-purpose target vehicle height as the target vehicle height by adding a correction value determined based on the temperature difference, to a true target vehicle height determined based on a state of a vehicle.

4. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 3 , wherein the target-vehicle-height determiner comprises a correction value determiner configured to determine the correction value which is a value in a case where the temperature difference is large, to a value greater than the correction value which is a value in a case where the temperature difference is small.

5. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle height controller comprises a down controller configured to lower the vehicle height for the wheel by controlling the pressure-medium supply and discharge device based on the inside temperature to control discharge of the pressure medium from the vehicle-height control actuator.

6. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle height controller is configured to determine, based on the operating state of the engine and a vehicle speed, whether the inside temperature is greater than the outside-air temperature by the set value.

7. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle height controller is configured to determine whether the inside temperature is greater than the outside-air temperature by the set value in a case where an engine rotation speed is greater than a set rotation speed, and a torque is greater than a set torque during running of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle-height control system according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle height controller is configured to determine whether the inside temperature is greater than the outside-air temperature by the set value in a case where an idling duration is longer than a set length of time in a state in which the vehicle is stopped.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2017
From: OHASHI, HIDEKI; SANO, KATSUYUKI; TOKUMITSU, JUN; KANDA, RYO; TANAKA, SHOGO; OISHI, MASAAKI; OGUE, KEN; OHASHI, MASAKAZU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-049198 · Mar 14, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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