Land vehicles and systems with controllable suspension systems
First Claim
1. A land vehicle, said land vehicle having a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, said land engagers for engaging land and propelling said land vehicle across land, said land vehicle includinga controllable suspension system, said controllable suspension system for controlling a plurality of suspension movements between said body and said land engagers,a computer system with computer readable medium;
- a plurality of suspension sensors located proximal to said land engagers for measuring a plurality of suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between said body and said land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs;
a plurality of controllable force suspension members located proximal said land engagers and said suspension sensors, said controllable force suspension members for applying a plurality of controllable suspension travel forces between said body and said land engagers to control said suspension movements;
a body motion sensor, said body motion sensor for outputting a plurality of vehicle body motion measurement outputs;
a vehicle databus interfacing with said computer system, said vehicle databus communicating a plurality of vehicle data communication signals;
wherein said computer system receives said suspension sensor measurement outputs and said vehicle body motion measurement outputs and said computer readable medium including a first program instruction with said computer system executing a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling said controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and said suspension movements between said body and said land engagers, and said computer readable medium including a second program instruction with said computer system executing a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring said outputs and assessing a health and a usage of a vehicle component.
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Abstract
The land vehicle includes a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, the land engagers for engaging land and propelling the land vehicle across land. The land vehicle includes a controllable suspension system, the controllable suspension system for controlling suspension movements between the body and the land engagers. The land vehicle includes a computer system and suspension sensors located proximate the land engagers for measuring suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between the body and the land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs. The land vehicle includes controllable force suspension members located proximate the land engagers and the suspension sensors, the controllable force suspension members applying suspension travel forces between the body and the land engagers to control the suspension movements. The land vehicle computer system includes a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling the controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and the suspension movements between the body and the land engagers, and a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring sensors and assessing a health and a usage of the vehicle and its suspension components.
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18 Claims
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1. A land vehicle, said land vehicle having a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, said land engagers for engaging land and propelling said land vehicle across land, said land vehicle including
a controllable suspension system, said controllable suspension system for controlling a plurality of suspension movements between said body and said land engagers, a computer system with computer readable medium; -
a plurality of suspension sensors located proximal to said land engagers for measuring a plurality of suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between said body and said land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs; a plurality of controllable force suspension members located proximal said land engagers and said suspension sensors, said controllable force suspension members for applying a plurality of controllable suspension travel forces between said body and said land engagers to control said suspension movements; a body motion sensor, said body motion sensor for outputting a plurality of vehicle body motion measurement outputs; a vehicle databus interfacing with said computer system, said vehicle databus communicating a plurality of vehicle data communication signals; wherein said computer system receives said suspension sensor measurement outputs and said vehicle body motion measurement outputs and said computer readable medium including a first program instruction with said computer system executing a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling said controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and said suspension movements between said body and said land engagers, and said computer readable medium including a second program instruction with said computer system executing a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring said outputs and assessing a health and a usage of a vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A land vehicle system, for a land vehicle having a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, said land engagers for engaging land and propelling said land vehicle across land, said land vehicle system including
a controllable suspension system, said controllable suspension system for controlling a plurality of suspension movements between said body and said land engagers, a computer system with computer readable medium; -
a plurality of suspension sensors located proximal to said land engagers for measuring a plurality of suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between said body and said land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs; a plurality of controllable force suspension members located proximal said land engagers and said suspension sensors, said controllable force suspension members for applying a plurality of controllable suspension travel forces between said body and said land engagers to control said suspension movements; a body motion sensor, said body motion sensor for outputting a plurality of vehicle body motion measurement outputs; wherein said computer system receives said suspension sensor measurement outputs and said vehicle body motion measurement outputs and executes a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling said controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and said suspension movements between said body and said land engagers, and said computer system executing a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring said outputs and assessing a health usage of a vehicle suspension component. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system as claimed in 10, wherein said controllable suspension system algorithm is modified in response to a health/usage of a sensed vehicle component.
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