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Granted Patent B2
US 12,409,699 · App. 18/888,524 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Stabilizer control device

Inventor: Takashi Saito (Fuji, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60G21/026
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Patent No.
US 12,409,699
App. No.
18/888,524
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a stabilizer control device. In the stabilizer control device, a control unit is configured to operate an actuator of an active stabilizer of a vehicle and tilt a vehicle body of the vehicle to a right side or a left side when a user gets in and out of the vehicle.

Claims (10)

1. A stabilizer control device comprising

a control unit configured to operate an actuator of an active stabilizer of a vehicle and tilt a vehicle body of the vehicle to a right side or a left side when a user gets in and out of the vehicle;

a receiving unit configured to receive a user operation for tilting the vehicle body to the right side or the left side, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the user operation is received by the receiving unit, tilt the vehicle body to a side specified by the user operation; and

a detection unit configured to detect the user around the vehicle, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the user is detected on the right side or the left side of the vehicle by the detection unit, tilt the vehicle body to a side corresponding to a side where the user is detected,

wherein the control unit is configured to, when users are detected on both sides of the vehicle by the detection unit, determine a side having a higher priority level out of the right side and the left side of the vehicle, and tilt the vehicle body to a side corresponding to the determined side having the higher priority level.

2. A stabilizer control device comprising

a control unit configured to operate an actuator of an active stabilizer of a vehicle and tilt a vehicle body of the vehicle to a right side or a left side when a user gets in and out of the vehicle; and

a receiving unit configured to receive a user operation for tilting the vehicle body to the right side or the left side, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the user operation is received by the receiving unit, tilt the vehicle body to a side specified by the user operation; and

a detection unit configured to detect the user around the vehicle, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the user is detected on the right side or the left side of the vehicle by the detection unit, tilt the vehicle body to a side corresponding to a side where the user is detected,

wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case of tilting the vehicle body in response to detection of the user by the detection unit, reduce a tilt speed of the vehicle body as compared with a case of tilting the vehicle body in response to reception of the user operation by the receiving unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2024
From: SAITO, TAKASHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 068622/0357 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-214507 · Dec 20, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250206097A1 · Jun 26, 2025
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