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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaaki Oishi, Takahama, JP;
Masakazu Ohashi, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Uehara, Anjo, JP;
Satoshi Kimura, Anjo, JP;
Taichi Mizuno, Anjo, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An air suspension system is provided with air spring devices, a pressure accumulation tank, a compressor device that supplies compressed air at least to the pressure accumulation tank, and that includes an electric motor, a pump device, and a dryer, and a control device that performs a vehicle height increase control, a vehicle height decrease control, an air suction control, and a regeneration air discharge control. The control device performs a heat accumulation control, by actuating the pump device with the communication between the compressor device and the air spring devices being blocked, supplying the compressed air discharged through the dryer to the pump device to be circulated, and accumulating heat of compression of the compressed air in the dryer, to regenerate the dryer.