Transient unloading of impeded vehicle wheels
OwnerAnesh MISTRY, Luke BIRCH +5inventors
InventorsAnesh MISTRY, Luke BIRCH, Sam BROWN, Dennis LAUSECKER, Syed Asad ALI, William BURDOCK, James KELLY
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Abstract
A control system (300) for controlling an active suspension system (104) of a vehicle (100), the vehicle having one or more leading wheels (FL, FR) and one or more trailing wheels (RL, RR), the control system comprising one or more controller (301), wherein the control system is configured to: determine (708) that vehicle movement is impeded at a leading wheel (FR) of the vehicle; and in dependence on the determination, transmit (712) a transient force request to the active suspension system to transiently unload the leading wheel.
Claims20
A control system for controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle, the vehicle having one or more leading wheels and one or more trailing wheels, the control system comprising one or more controller, wherein the control system is configured to:
- determine that vehicle movement is impeded at a leading wheel of the vehicle;
- and
- in dependence on the determination, transmit a transient force request to the active suspension system to transiently unload the leading wheel.
A method of controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining that vehicle movement is impeded at a leading wheel of the vehicle;
- and in dependence on the determination, transmitting a transient force request to the active suspension system to transiently unload the leading wheel.
A control system for controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to:
- determine a transient suspension unloading request indicating a selected lateral side of the vehicle;
- and
- in dependence on the determination, transmit a transient force request to the active suspension system to cause transient unloading of a wheel of the vehicle at the selected lateral side of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.