Vehicle suspension system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Toyohira, Takafumi Kato, Atsuhiko Yoneda
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension system (3) is provided that allows attention eliciting information such as rumble strips, bumps and road markers to be conveyed to the vehicle operator substantially without detracting from the performance of the vehicle suspension system. A control unit (10) determines if a prescribed warning condition exists according to vehicle information and/or road surface information acquired by an information acquiring unit, and performs a warning control including an extending and retracting movement of the actuator interposed between an sprung member (8) and an unsprung member (9) of the vehicle at a prescribed frequency when the warning condition is determined.
Claims9
A vehicle suspension system, comprising;
- an actuator interposed between a sprung member and an unsprung member of a vehicle to cause a relative displacement by applying a drive force;
- an information acquiring unit for acquiring vehicle information on a condition of the vehicle and/or road surface information on a condition of a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling;
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- a control unit for determining if a prescribed warning condition exists according to the vehicle information and/or the road surface information acquired by the information acquiring unit, and performing a warning control including an extending and retracting movement of the actuator at a prescribed frequency when the warning condition is determined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.