Wheel assembly suspending
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorAmar G. Bose
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension system includes a wheel damper in combination with a nonlinear active dynamically controlled system for vehicle suspension.
Claims35
In a vehicle having a sprung mass and an unsprung mass including a wheel and a wheel support member, suspension apparatus comprising,
- a nonlinear active dynamically controlled suspension system intercoupling said sprung mass and said unsprung mass,
- a wheel damper,
- and a wheel damper supporting structure connecting said wheel damper to said wheel support member constructed and arranged to prevent transfer of force between said unsprung mass and said sprung mass through said wheel damper.
In a vehicle having a sprung mass and an unsprung mass including a wheel and a wheel support member, suspension apparatus comprising,
- a nonlinear active dynamically controlled suspension system intercoupling said sprung mass and said unsprung mass,
- and a wheel damper connected to said wheel support member,
- wherein said wheel damper includes a damping mass and a damping spring connecting said damping mass to said wheel support member,
- a mechanical resistance in parallel with said damping spring,
- said damping mass being relatively movable with respect to said wheel support member.
In a vehicle having a sprung mass and an unsprung mass including a wheel and a wheel support member, suspension apparatus comprising,
- a nonlinear active dynamically controlled suspension system intercoupling said sprung mass and said unsprung mass,
- and a wheel damper connected to said wheel support member, wherein said suspension apparatus is free of a damping element in parallel with said nonlinear active dynamically controlled suspension system.
In a vehicle having a sprung mass and an unsprung mass including a wheel and a wheel support member, suspension apparatus comprising,
- a nonlinear active controlled suspension system intercoupling said sprung mass and said unsprung mass,
- a wheel damper,
- and a wheel damper supporting structure connecting said wheel damper to said wheel support member constructed and arranged to prevent transfer of force between said unsprung mass and said sprung mass through said wheel damper.
In a vehicle having a sprung mass and an unsprung mass including a wheel and a wheel support member, suspension apparatus comprising,
- a nonlinear active dynamically controlled suspension system intercoupling said sprung mass and said unsprung mass,
- and a wheel damper connected to said wheel support member, wherein said wheel damper includes at least a damping mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.