Wabco Standard Gmbh

Wabco Gmbh

Dieter Zimpel

Johann Lucas

Hartmut Geiger

Uwe Lentz

Reinhard Gocz

Berend Kleen

A pressure fluid operated ride leveler which adjusts the actual level of a vehicle body relative to a vehicle axle to a desired level, includes a pressure fluid source and a pressure fluid sink, pressure fluid chambers which support the vehicle body, and a pressure fluid conduit connecting the pressure fluid chambers to either the pressure fluid source or the pressure fluid sink. First and second controllable valve mechanisms are disposed in the pressure fluid conduit. The second valve mechanism is, e.g., a controllable throttling valve, capable of reducing the diameter of the pressure fluid conduit. Both the first and second valve mechanisms are actuated by a control unit. The control unit actuates the first valve mechanism to connect the chambers to the pressure fluid source or the pressure fluid sink based on the difference between the actual level of the vehicle body and the desired level. When the difference between the actual level and the desired level becomes less than a predetermined value, the control unit actuates the second valve mechanism, thereby reducing the diameter of the pressure fluid conduit and slowing down the delivery or withdrawal of pressure fluid. In this way, overshoot of the desired level is avoided and the number of adjustment steps is reduced.

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Neustadt, Germany

Dieter Zimpel