# US 11,299,000 B2 · Electrically powered suspension system

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- Number: US 11,299,000 B2
- Document ID: US11299000B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/845,211
- Filed: 2020-04-10
- Published: 2020-10-15
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2019-04-12
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Satoshi Ohno; Atsuhiko Yoneda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299000B2

## CPC

- B60G 17/0157: {non-fluid unit, e.g. electric motor}
- B60G 17/0162: {mainly during a motion involving steering operation, e.g. cornering, overtaking (B60G17/0164 takes precedence)}
- B60G 17/0165: to an external condition, e.g. rough road surface, side wind
- B60G 17/06: Characteristics of dampers {, e.g. mechanical dampers}(B60G17/015 takes precedence)
- B60G 2202/42: Electric actuator
- B60G 2400/0523: Yaw rate
- B60G 2400/102: vertical
- B60G 2400/204: Vehicle speed
- B60G 2400/252: vertical
- B60G 2400/30: Propulsion unit conditions
- B60G 2400/71: of suspension unit
- B60G 2400/90: Other conditions or factors
- B60G 2500/10: Damping action or damper
- B60G 2600/182: Active control means
- B60G 2800/162: Reducing road induced vibrations
- B60G: VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; {cycle suspensions B62K25/00})

## Abstract

An electrically powered suspension system 11 achieves vibration control of a vehicle without disturbing a vehicle behavior and impairing riding comfort even if an electric motor 31 of an electromagnetic actuator 13 generates excessive heat, wherein the electromagnetic actuator 13 includes the electric motor 31 generating a driving force for vibration damping and extension/contraction; a target damping force setting part 51 setting a target damping force; a target extension/contraction setting part 53 setting a target extension/contraction force; and a drive controller 49 performing the drive control of the electric motor 31 using a drive force based on the target damping force and target extension/contraction force by limiting the motor current not to exceed a current threshold that is an addition of a damping current threshold and extension/contraction current threshold, which thresholds are separately configured considering a priority of riding comfort and steering stability.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrically powered suspension system comprising:
an electromagnetic actuator including an electric motor generating a driving force used for vibration damping and extension/contraction;
a target current calculator calculating respectively a target damping current for generating a target driving force used for the vibration damping and a target extension/contraction current for generating a target driving force used for the extension/contraction; and
a drive control unit performing a drive control of the electric motor using a drive current based on the target damping current and the target extension/contraction current,
wherein
the drive control unit performs the drive control of the electric motor using the drive current for the electric motor, the drive current being limited so as not to exceed a preconfigured current limitation threshold;
the current limitation threshold includes an damping current limitation threshold for the target damping current and an extension/contraction current limitation threshold for the target extension/contraction current; and
the damping current limitation threshold and the extension/contraction current limitation threshold are configured separately from each other.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 1,
wherein the extension/contraction current limitation threshold is set to a value smaller than the damping current limitation threshold.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 1,
wherein the damping current limitation threshold and the extension/contraction current limitation threshold each is determined on a basis of a current correlation value correlating with the drive current of the electric motor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 1,
further comprising an information acquisition part that acquires information on a temperature of the drive control unit,
wherein
the damping current limitation threshold and the extension/contraction current limitation threshold each is determined on a basis of the temperature of the drive control unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 1,
further comprising an information acquisition part that acquires information on a temperature of the electric motor,
wherein
the damping current limitation threshold and the extension/contraction current limitation threshold each is configured on a basis of the temperature of the electric motor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electrically powered suspension system according to claim 1,
wherein the damping current limitation threshold and the extension/contraction current limitation threshold each is separately configured in consideration of at least a priority on riding comfort and driving stability of the vehicle.