SUSPENSION CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A suspension control apparatus, comprising:
- damping-force adjustable shock absorbers provided between a vehicle body of a vehicle and wheels, each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers having a damping-force characteristic adjustable between a soft side and a hard side; and
a controller for variably controlling the damping-force characteristic of each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers,wherein the controller performs at least one control of;
compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among the plurality of wheels, to the hard side in an early stage of a compression stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in a latter stage of the compression stroke;
extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic of the at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on the side of the at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among the plurality of wheels, to the soft side in an early stage of an extension stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the extension stroke;
compression-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be reduced among the plurality of wheels, to the soft side in the early stage of the compression stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in the latter stage of the compression stroke; and
extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of the at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on the side of the at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be reduced among the plurality of wheels, to the hard side in the early stage of the extension stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in the latter stage of the extension stroke.
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Abstract
A suspension control apparatus selectively performs at least one of: compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is increased, for setting a damping-force characteristic of at least one of damping-force variable dampers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among a plurality of wheels, to a hard side in an early stage of a compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to a soft side in a latter stage of the compression stroke; extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in an early stage of an extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the extension stroke; compression-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force variable dampers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be reduced, to the soft side in the early stage of the compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in the latter stage of the compression stroke; and extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in the early stage of the extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in the latter stage of the extension stroke.
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12 Claims
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1. A suspension control apparatus, comprising:
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damping-force adjustable shock absorbers provided between a vehicle body of a vehicle and wheels, each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers having a damping-force characteristic adjustable between a soft side and a hard side; and a controller for variably controlling the damping-force characteristic of each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, wherein the controller performs at least one control of; compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among the plurality of wheels, to the hard side in an early stage of a compression stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in a latter stage of the compression stroke; extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic of the at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on the side of the at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be increased among the plurality of wheels, to the soft side in an early stage of an extension stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the extension stroke; compression-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on a side of at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be reduced among the plurality of wheels, to the soft side in the early stage of the compression stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in the latter stage of the compression stroke; and extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of the at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers, which is provided on the side of the at least one wheel whose wheel load is to be reduced among the plurality of wheels, to the hard side in the early stage of the extension stroke and then switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in the latter stage of the extension stroke. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
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damping-force adjustable shock absorbers provided between a vehicle body of a vehicle and wheels, each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers having a damping-force characteristic adjustable between a soft side and a hard side; a controller for variably controlling the damping-force characteristic of each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers; a braking device provided to each of the wheels of the vehicle; and braking-force controller for controlling a braking force of the braking device, wherein the controller performs at least one of; compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers for at least one of the wheels, to which the braking force is applied by the braking-force controller, to the hard side in an early stage of a compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in a latter stage of the compression stroke; and extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is increased, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers for at least one of the wheels, to which the braking force is applied by the braking-force controller, to the soft side in an early stage of an extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the extension stroke.
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12. A vehicle control apparatus, comprising:
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damping-force adjustable shock absorbers provided between a vehicle body of a vehicle and wheels, each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers having a damping-force characteristic adjustable between a soft side and a hard side; a controller for variably controlling the damping-force characteristic of each of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers; a braking device provided to each of the wheels of the vehicle; and braking-force controller for controlling a braking force of the braking device, wherein the controller performs at least one of; compression-stroke control performed when a wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers for at least one of the wheels, which is free from application of the braking force when the braking-force controller applies the braking force to any of the wheels, to the soft side in an early stage of a compression stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the hard side in a latter stage of the compression stroke; and extension-stroke control performed when the wheel load is reduced, for setting the damping-force characteristic of at least one of the damping-force adjustable shock absorbers for at least one of the wheels, which is free from application of the braking force when the braking-force controller applies the braking force to any of the wheels, to the hard side in an early stage of an extension stroke and switching the damping-force characteristic to the soft side in a latter stage of the extension stroke.
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