Control of a suspension component of a vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorMichael Redeker
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Abstract
A method for controlling a suspension component of a vehicle, in which a control unit of the suspension component continuously generates a plurality of control requirements according to a generation clock frequency, each requirement comprising a control value, for an actuator of the suspension component. A bus system of the vehicle continuously transmits to the actuator the control requirements generated by the control unit according to a transmission clock frequency. The actuator calculates a target output value for the suspension component from the control value of each transmitted control requirement and an actual output value of the suspension component, and adjusts the suspension component corresponding to the calculated target output value.
Claims10
A method for controlling a suspension component of a vehicle, comprising:
- a control unit of the suspension component continuously generates a plurality of control requirements according to a generation clock frequency, each requirement having a control value, for an actuator of the suspension component;
- a bus system of the vehicle continuously transmits to the actuator the control requirements generated by the control unit according to a transmission clock frequency;
- the actuator calculates a target output value for the suspension component from the control value of each transmitted control requirement and an actual output value of the suspension component, and adjusts the suspension component corresponding to the calculated target output value;
- and in which
- the actuator calculates at least one intermediate output value between two control requirements transmitted in direct succession.
A suspension component of a vehicle, comprising:
- a control unit that can be connected to a bus system of the vehicle, said control unit being configured to continually generate a plurality of control requirements, each of which including a control value, according to a generation clock frequency, and having an actuator that can be connected to the bus system of the vehicle, said actuator being configured to calculate, from the control value of each control requirement transmitted by the bus system and an actual output value of the suspension component, a target output value for the suspension component, and to adjust the suspension component corresponding to the calculated target output value, in which the actuator is configured to calculate at least one intermediate output value between two control requirements transmitted in direct succession.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.