Patents by Inventor Naoshige SHIMIZU

Naoshige SHIMIZU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090037051
    Abstract: An active suspension system has a plurality of actuators which are respectively installed between a wheel and a vehicle body and individually produce a control force, and a control unit which controls an attitude change of a vehicle by controlling the each control force of the plurality of actuators. The control unit sets first and second virtual control lines which extend along a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle and a width direction of the vehicle respectively and are changed so that the first and second virtual control lines follow expected pitching and rolling that would occur to the vehicle, and then controls the vehicle attitude so that the vehicle attitude is brought closer to the virtual control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Naoshige SHIMIZU, Hitoshi Ono