Suspension of motorcycle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuhiko Ono, Hiroyuki Kaneta, Yoshiaki Nedachi
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Abstract
An ECU controls the damping force at the time of the expansion movement and contraction movement of the front fork. When detecting at least that the motorcycle is in a state of making a stop and the brake hydraulic sensor shows an output of more than or equal to a predetermined value, the ECU carries out a damping force reducing control for minimizing the damping force of the front fork. The ECU takes the following sequential steps of: sensing a start of an expansion movement of the front suspension after starting the damping force reducing control, sensing a termination of the expansion movement of the front suspension, and terminating the damping force reducing control.
Claims17
A suspension of a motorcycle comprising:
- a front suspension for axially supporting a front wheel;
- a spring for giving a reactive force to an expansion movement and a contraction movement of the front suspension;
- a damping force generator for giving a damping force to the expansion movement and contraction movement of the front suspension;
- a front wheel brake device for giving a braking force to the front wheel;
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- a brake sensor for sensing an operation state of the front wheel brake device,
- wherein the front suspension is so configured that a control device controls the damping force at the time of the expansion movement and contraction movement, and
- when detecting at least that the motorcycle is in a state of making a stop and the brake sensor shows an output of more than or equal to a predetermined value, the control device carries out a damping force reducing control for reducing the damping force of the front suspension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.