Vehicle suspension system
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsKenichi Watanabe, Shin Takehara, Hiroo Shimoe, Haruyuki Taniguchi
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AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsKenichi Watanabe, Shin Takehara, Hiroo Shimoe, Haruyuki Taniguchi
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The suspension system of the present invention comprises support means installed between a wheel and the vehicle body exerting suspension force which can be changed irrespective of relative displacement between the wheel and the vehicle body. According to low frequency components of a parameter which respresents changing condition of the relative displacement, the support means is controlled to exert a suspension force in such a way that the relative displacement can be suppressed. Such parameters include the relative displacement and the rate of the change thereof. According to the present invention, suspension characteristics can be maintained to maintain riding qualities and rolling and pitching properties in a preferable condition throughout all running conditions.
A vehicle suspension system for plural vehicle wheels comprising support means disposed between each wheel and a vehicle body exerting suspension force which can be changed irrespective of relative displacement between the wheel and the vehicle body, a separate sensing means for each wheel for detecting one of the parameters representing changing condition of the relative displacement between the wheel and the vehicle body, control means for controlling the respective support means when supplied with a signal from the respective sensing means, by extracting low frequency components therefrom and, according these components, controlling the support means to exert the suspension force in such a way that said relative displacement can be suppressed, wherein each support means includes a fluid actuator having a fluid cylinder disposed between the respective wheel and the vehicle body, the system further including a fluid reservoir, pumping means for supplying pressurized fluid from the reservoir to the respective fluid cylinders, and a separate valve means interposed between the pump means and the respective cylinders for controlling fluid flow applied to and discharged from the respective cylinders, and wherein said control means controls each of said valve means so that pressurized fluid is applied to and discharged from each of said cylinders to exert suspension forces from each fluid actuator according to each of said displacements.
A vehicle suspension system comprising hydraulic actuator means disposed between a wheel and a vehicle body exerting suspension force which can be changed irrespective of any relative displacement between the wheel and the vehicle body, sensing means for detecting relative displacement between the wheel and the vehicle body, control means for controlling the hydraulic actuator means which includes low pass filter means to extract low frequency components from the detected relative displacement by the sensing means and, according to these components, controls the hydraulic actuator means to exert the suspension force in such a way that said relative displacement can be suppressed, said hydraulic actuator means having fluid pumping means and valve means disposed between said actuator and said fluid pumping means.
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