Vehicle stabilizer system
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShuuichi Buma, Jaesung Cho, Daisuke Yamada
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Abstract
A stabilizer system for a vehicle including: a stabilizer bar connected to left and right wheels at respective opposite ends thereof, an actuator which has an electric motor and which changes elastic force to be exhibited by the stabilizer bar, as a result of control of an operation of the electric motor; and a control device which controls the operation of the electric motor, wherein the control device includes an operation-mode changing portion which changes an operation mode of the electric motor that depends on a motor-phase-connecting formation and a power-supply status of the electric motor, on the basis of at least one of a vehicle running state and road surface condition.
Claims15
A stabilizer system for a vehicle comprising:
- a stabilizer bar connected to left and right wheels at respective opposite ends thereof,
- an actuator which has an electric motor and which changes elastic force to be exhibited by the stabilizer bar, as a result of control of an operation of the electric motor;
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- a control device which controls the operation of the electric motor,
- wherein the control device includes an operation-mode changing portion which changes an operation mode of the electric motor that depends on a motor-phase-connecting formation and a power-supply status of the electric motor, on the basis of at least one of a vehicle running state and road surface condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.