Continental Automotive Systems Corporation

Daniel Gregory Goodrich

Matthew Conrad Tuhro

Matthew E Letizio

Patrick Alan Crane

Harald Schaumburg

Bryan S Coullard

Vesa Bilhelm Luomaranta

Frank Wolters

Gerald Geck

Timothy John Hayden

Vesa Vihelm Luomaranta

Ryan Wayne Alaspa

Joseph Cholag

Felix Hägele

Klaus Wenger

Adam Roger Pagot

Merri Kay Benham

Felix HÄGELE

Matthew Letizio

Bryan Coullard

A yoga block system that is comprised of a plurality of props wherein the props are configured to be releasably secured in order to facilitate creation of a multitude of configured props having various shapes and sizes. The prop of the present invention is provided in various shapes and sizes. At least one surface of the prop includes a magnet secured therein. The magnet can be secured so as to be in one of three positions; flush, recessed or extended. The magnets of the props are aligned in a pattern so as to facilitate releasable securing of a first prop to a second prop. The prop can further be configured with a peg extending outward from a surface thereof wherein the peg is operable to be inserted into a hole formed in a surface of a prop that is designed to be releasably secured thereto.

Yoga block system

A method of calculation a vehicle load comprising calculating a first vehicle load value based at least on air pressures in air springs and height data of suspension of a vehicle axle, determining a second vehicle load value based on a change of track width of the vehicle axle, and calculating the vehicle load based on the first vehicle load value and the second vehicle load value.

High accuracy vehicle load management

An air suspension system includes an air supply system block including one or more air spring valves, where the one or more air spring valves are disposed within the air supply system block, the air supply system block having a valve block housing. The system further includes the air supply system block pneumatically coupled with one or more air springs, and at least one reservoir coupled with the air supply system block, at least one motor and pump disposed within the air supply system block. The air suspension further includes fast down leveling valves disposed within the air supply system block.

CAirS with integrated fast down leveling valves

An air suspension system which includes the ability to adjust the working air volume, pressure, and spring rate of one or more air springs to reduce or eliminate various types of vehicle oscillations. Switchable or variable volume air spring assemblies have the ability to change air spring volumes, which results in changes in air spring rates, and therefore changes in normal loads applied to each wheel. Changes in wheel normal loads change wheel traction (slip) and vehicle dynamics (pitch, roll, yaw displacement, rate and acceleration). The spring rate of one or more of the air spring assemblies is adjusted automatically when a vehicle oscillation is detected. This vehicle oscillation is calculated from the raw vehicle signals, or another vehicle module may detect the oscillation and send a command to the air suspension module to change the spring rates. This changes the natural frequency of the vehicle, dampening the oscillation.

Vehicle oscillation control by switchable air volume suspension

An air suspension system which includes a Dynamic Load Transfer (DLT) function. DLT is a process of transferring vehicle load, or varying normal loads applied to each wheel of the vehicle, using switchable volume or variable volume air spring assemblies. Switchable or variable volume air spring assemblies have the ability to change air spring volumes, which results in changes in air spring rates, which result in changes in normal loads applied to each wheel. Changes in wheel normal loads change wheel traction (slip) and vehicle dynamics (pitch, roll, yaw displacement, rate and acceleration). Each air spring assembly may have multiple volume air chambers that are switched 'on' and 'off,' a variable volume air chamber, or the air spring assembly may be coupled with other air springs, or air chambers, that are switched or varied.

Dynamic load transfer by switchable air volume suspension

An electronic parking brake support system for a vehicle includes an electric parking brake having at least one brake member associated with a wheel of the vehicle. The system also includes a service brake system constructed and arranged to control service brakes of the vehicle. The service brake system includes at least one circuit constructed and arranged to determine an occurrence of a failure or degradation condition of the service brake system and, in response to the detected condition, to send a request signal to the electric parking brake instructing the electric parking brake to activate the at least one brake member.

Electronic brake support system for use when service brake system has failed or is degraded

A method of controlling a transmission park control system for a vehicle comprises receiving a shift request from a transmission controller, wherein the shift request is not completed by the transmission and reporting the shift request from the transmission controller to the transmission park control system. Various vehicle sensors are monitored to detect motion of the vehicle. Detected motion and the shift request are compared to determine that a transmission park control brake action is desired. A brake system is requested to apply one of an electronic parking brake and/or a vehicle service brake to bring the vehicle velocity to zero and hold the vehicle velocity at zero.

Transmission park control with integrated brake function

A control system to generate a yaw torque of an all-wheel drive vehicle comprises a brake control module. The brake control moduledetermines the desired powertrain torquefor the vehiclebased upon a plurality of factors including available torque from the powertrain. The brake control moduledetermines a first torqueand a second torque, wherein the first torqueand the second torqueare combined to provide the total desired yaw torqueof the vehicle. The first torqueis generated between wheels of the vehicleby applying torquefrom the powertrainto different wheelsof the vehicleand the second torqueis generated by applying different braking torque from a braking systemof the vehicle

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Cedarville, MI, United States of America

Daniel Gregory Goodrich