Patents Examined by Karin L. Ferriterr
  • Patent number: 4685689
    Abstract: Judgement of a rough road is made when detecting the number of upward and downward movements exceeding the set range of the vehicle height within a predetermined period of time by the vehicle height sensors or when detecting the upward and downward acceleration exceeding the set value within a predetermined period of time by an acceleration sensor. Since a high vehicle height is automatically set as a target vehicle height to control the vehicle height toward the same high vehicle height by the control unit, the minimum ground height of the body is raised to reduce a contact of the body with the surface of the road, thereby improving drivability of a vehicle on a rough road and decreasing damage of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shozo Takizawa, Minoru Tatemoto, Akio Furumura, Tadashi Sugawara, Shigeo Kariya, Kazuo Hiroshima