ACTIVE SHIMMY MITIGATION
First Claim
1. A system for mitigating shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel being rotatable about an axis, the wheel being steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis, the system comprising:
- a shimmy detection device that detects whether an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel occurs;
a brake that applies a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis; and
a controller that controls the brake to selectively apply the braking load to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel.
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Abstract
A system mitigates shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle. The wheel is rotatable about an axis and is steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis. The system includes a shimmy detection device that detects whether an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel occurs. The system also includes a brake that applies a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis. Furthermore, the system includes a controller that controls the brake to selectively apply the braking load to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for mitigating shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel being rotatable about an axis, the wheel being steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis, the system comprising:
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a shimmy detection device that detects whether an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel occurs; a brake that applies a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis; and a controller that controls the brake to selectively apply the braking load to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of reducing shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel being rotatable about an axis, the wheel being steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis, the method comprising:
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detecting an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel; and selectively applying a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis and to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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