Active camber control
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsRobert Patrick Marble, Nate Maye-Bloom, Brian K. Saylor
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Abstract
A method of actively controlling camber offset of a suspension for a vehicle includes, with a system controller, receiving, via a plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle and in communication with the system controller, data related to a target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle, defining the target camber angle based on the data related to the target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle, actuating an active camber offset mechanism of the suspension for the vehicle, and adjusting, with the active camber offset mechanism, a camber angle of the suspension to the target camber angle.
Claims20
A method of actively controlling camber offset of a suspension for a vehicle, comprising, with a system controller:
- receiving, via a plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle and in communication with the system controller, data related to a target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle, including:
- receiving, via a human machine interface (HMI) in communication with the system controller, a selection, by an operator of the vehicle, of a dynamic camber control mode;
- and
- receiving, via the plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle, data related to a measured ride height offset for the vehicle;
- defining the target camber angle based on the data related to the target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle and the measured ride height offset for the vehicle;
- actuating an active camber offset mechanism of the suspension for the vehicle;
- and
- adjusting, with the active camber offset mechanism, a camber angle of the suspension to the target camber angle.
A system for actively controlling camber offset of a suspension for a vehicle, comprising, a system controller adapted to:
- receive, via a plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle and in communication with the system controller, data related to a target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle, including:
- receive, via a human machine interface (HMI) in communication with the system controller, a selection, by an operator of the vehicle, of a dynamic camber control mode;
- and
- receive, via the plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle, data related to a measured ride height offset for the vehicle;
- define the target camber angle based on the data related to the target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle and the measured ride height offset for the vehicle;
- actuate an active camber offset mechanism of the suspension for the vehicle;
- and
- adjust, with the active camber offset mechanism, a camber angle of the suspension to the target camber angle.
A vehicle having a system for actively controlling camber offset of a suspension, including a system controller adapted to:
- receive, via a plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle and in communication with the system controller, data related to a target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle, including:
- receive, via a human machine interface (HMI) in communication with the system controller, a selection, by an operator of the vehicle, of a dynamic camber control mode;
- and
- receive, via the plurality of sensing devices within the vehicle, data related to a measured ride height offset for the vehicle;
- define the target camber angle based on the data related to the target camber angle for the suspension of the vehicle and the measured ride height offset for the vehicle;
- actuate an active camber offset mechanism of the suspension for the vehicle;
- and
- adjust, with the active camber offset mechanism, the camber of the suspension to the target camber angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.