Suspension system for vehicle
First Claim
1. A suspension system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an electromagnetic actuator including;
(A) a sprung-side unit supported by a sprung portion;
(B) an unsprung-side unit which is supported by an unsprung portion and which moves relative to the sprung-side unit in association with a relative movement of the sprung portion and the unsprung portion toward and away from each other;
(C) a screw mechanism including a threaded rod and a nut which are screwed with each other and one of which is provided on the sprung-side unit while the other of which is provided on the unsprung-side unit, such that one of the threaded rod and the nut rotates relative to the other of the threaded rod and the nut in accordance with a relative movement of the sprung-side unit and the unsprung-side unit;
(D) an electromagnetic motor configured to give, the one of the threaded rod and the nut, a first force with respect to relative rotation of the threaded rod and nut, the actuator being configured to generate, based on the first force of the electromagnetic motor, an actuator force that is a second force with respect to the relative movement of the sprung-side unit and the unsprung-side unit;
a connecting mechanism which includes a support spring for permitting the unsprung-side unit to be floatingly supported as a floating unit by a unit-floatingly support portion that is the unsprung portion by which the unsprung-side unit is supported, the connecting mechanism being configured to connect, owing to an elastic force of the support spring, the unsprung-side unit and the unsprung portion to each other while permitting a relative movement thereof; and
a controller configured to control the actuator force of the actuator by controlling an operation of the electromagnetic motor,wherein the controller includes;
a sprung-vibration-damping control portion configured to execute a sprung-vibration damping control for generating, as one component of the actuator force, a third force having a magnitude in accordance with a moving speed of the sprung portion, so as to damp a vibration of the sprung portion; and
a relative-vibration-damping control portion configured to execute a relative-vibration damping control for generating, as one component of the actuator force, a fourth force having a magnitude in accordance with a relative moving speed of the unsprung-side unit and the unsprung portion, so as to damp a vibration of the unsprung-side unit which is caused by the structure in which the unsprung-side unit is supported by the support spring.
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Abstract
A suspension system for a vehicle, including: an electromagnetic actuator configured to generate an actuator force and including a sprung-side unit supported by a sprung portion, an unsprung-side unit supported by an unsprung portion, a screw mechanism, and an electromagnetic motor; a connecting mechanism including a support spring for permitting one of the sprung-side and unsprung-side units to be floatingly supported as a floating unit by a unit-floatingly support portion that is one of the sprung and unsprung portions by which the floating unit is supported; and a controller including a sprung-vibration-damping control portion and a relative-vibration-damping control portion that is configured to execute a relative-vibration damping control for damping a vibration of the floating unit caused by the structure in which the floating unit is floatingly supported by the support spring.
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14 Claims
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1. A suspension system for a vehicle, comprising:
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an electromagnetic actuator including; (A) a sprung-side unit supported by a sprung portion; (B) an unsprung-side unit which is supported by an unsprung portion and which moves relative to the sprung-side unit in association with a relative movement of the sprung portion and the unsprung portion toward and away from each other; (C) a screw mechanism including a threaded rod and a nut which are screwed with each other and one of which is provided on the sprung-side unit while the other of which is provided on the unsprung-side unit, such that one of the threaded rod and the nut rotates relative to the other of the threaded rod and the nut in accordance with a relative movement of the sprung-side unit and the unsprung-side unit; (D) an electromagnetic motor configured to give, the one of the threaded rod and the nut, a first force with respect to relative rotation of the threaded rod and nut, the actuator being configured to generate, based on the first force of the electromagnetic motor, an actuator force that is a second force with respect to the relative movement of the sprung-side unit and the unsprung-side unit; a connecting mechanism which includes a support spring for permitting the unsprung-side unit to be floatingly supported as a floating unit by a unit-floatingly support portion that is the unsprung portion by which the unsprung-side unit is supported, the connecting mechanism being configured to connect, owing to an elastic force of the support spring, the unsprung-side unit and the unsprung portion to each other while permitting a relative movement thereof; and a controller configured to control the actuator force of the actuator by controlling an operation of the electromagnetic motor, wherein the controller includes; a sprung-vibration-damping control portion configured to execute a sprung-vibration damping control for generating, as one component of the actuator force, a third force having a magnitude in accordance with a moving speed of the sprung portion, so as to damp a vibration of the sprung portion; and a relative-vibration-damping control portion configured to execute a relative-vibration damping control for generating, as one component of the actuator force, a fourth force having a magnitude in accordance with a relative moving speed of the unsprung-side unit and the unsprung portion, so as to damp a vibration of the unsprung-side unit which is caused by the structure in which the unsprung-side unit is supported by the support spring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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