Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Jabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 5701245
    Abstract: A suspension control system of the present invention varies a damping force according to a velocity ratio of a mass-body velocity to a relative velocity, while ensuring both a comfortable drive and stable cruising. In the suspension control system, a CPU calculates a mass-body velocity Zd and a relative velocity Yd based on detection signals from sensors and determines a velocity ratio Zd/Yd (steps S110 and S120). A small skyhook damping coefficient is set for a small vehicle speed V to reduce a damping force according to the velocity ratio Zd/Yd (step S130). In the process of varying the damping force, a stepping motor used for the variation in damping force is driven at a low driving frequency for a small vehicle speed V (step S180).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Jabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Ogawa, Takaaki Enomoto, Masato Kawai, Minoru Kato, Kunihito Sato