ROLL RIGIDITY CONTROLLING APPARATUS

• US 20100102521A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.), Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.), Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyajima, Takayuki, HIDAKA, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US12/606,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20100102521A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/5.508
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 17/0165 to an external condition, e.g. rough road surface, side wind
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 21/0553 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2400/82 Ground surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2400/824 Travel path sensing; Track monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2800/0122 Roll rigidity ratio; Warping
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2800/0194 transversal with regard to vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2800/9122 ARS - Anti-Roll System Control

Abstract

A roll rigidity controlling apparatus includes a positional information obtaining means for obtaining a positional information of a vehicle, a gradient information obtaining means for obtaining a gradient information relating to a gradient of a road existing ahead of the vehicle, and a roll rigidity distribution changing means for changing a roll rigidity distribution ratio between a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle on the basis of the positional information obtained by the positional information obtaining means and the gradient information obtained by the gradient information obtaining means before the vehicle reaches a point at which the gradient of the road changes.

Claims

1. A roll rigidity controlling apparatus comprising:

a positional information obtaining means for obtaining a positional information of a vehicle;

a gradient information obtaining means for obtaining a gradient information relating to a gradient of a road existing ahead of the vehicle; and

a roll rigidity distribution changing means for changing a roll rigidity distribution ratio between a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle on the basis of the positional information obtained by the positional information obtaining means and the gradient information obtained by the gradient information obtaining means before the vehicle reaches a point at which the gradient of the road changes.

2. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a front roll-rigidity adjusting means for adjusting a roll rigidity of a front wheel and a rear-roll rigidity adjusting means for adjusting a roll rigidity of a rear wheel, wherein the roll rigidity distribution changing means changes at least one of the roll rigidity of the front roll-rigidity changing means and the roll rigidity of the rear-roll rigidity changing means.

3. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein each of the front roll-rigidity adjusting means and the rear-roll rigidity adjusting means includes a stabilizer unit having a torsion bar, which adjusts a torsional rigidity by means of a rigidity adjusting mechanism, and two arms, which are integrally provided at both end portions of the torsion bar, respectively, the stabilizer unit is supported by the vehicle so that the torsion bar extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle, and wherein the two arms support a right wheel and a left wheel, respectively.

4. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a traveling speed obtaining means for obtaining a traveling speed information of the vehicle, wherein the roll rigidity distribution changing means corrects an adjustment amount of the rigidity on the basis of the traveling speed information, which is obtained by the traveling speed obtaining means.

5. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 2 further comprising a traveling speed obtaining means for obtaining a traveling speed information of the vehicle, wherein the roll rigidity distribution changing means corrects an adjustment amount of the rigidity on the basis of the traveling speed information, which is obtained by the traveling speed obtaining means.

6. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising a traveling speed obtaining means for obtaining a traveling speed information of the vehicle, wherein the roll rigidity distribution changing means corrects an adjustment amount of the rigidity on the basis of the traveling speed information, which is obtained by the traveling speed obtaining means.

7. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the positional information obtaining means includes a GPS-type navigation unit for obtaining the positional information on the basis of received signals, which are outputted from plural satellites, and the gradient information obtaining means obtains the gradient information of a road set on a map information on the basis of the positional information.

8. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the positional information obtaining means includes a GPS-type navigation unit for obtaining the positional information on the basis of received signals, which are outputted from plural satellites, and the gradient information obtaining means obtains the gradient information of a road set on a map information on the basis of the positional information.

9. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the positional information obtaining means includes a GPS-type navigation unit for obtaining the positional information on the basis of received signals, which are outputted from plural satellites, and the gradient information obtaining means obtains the gradient information of a road set on a map information on the basis of the positional information.

10. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the positional information obtaining means includes a GPS-type navigation unit for obtaining the positional information on the basis of received signals, which are outputted from plural satellites, and the gradient information obtaining means obtains the gradient information of a road set on a map information on the basis of the positional information.

11. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the positional information obtaining means includes a GPS-type navigation unit for obtaining the positional information on the basis of received signals, which are outputted from plural satellites, and the gradient information obtaining means obtains the gradient information of a road set on a map information on the basis of the positional information.

12. The roll rigidity controlling apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the positional information obtaining means includes a GPS-type navigation unit for obtaining the positional information on the basis of received signals, which are outputted from plural satellites, and the gradient information obtaining means obtains the gradient information of a road set on a map information on the basis of the positional information.