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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ahmed Mohamed, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Michael Russell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Russ Lee Norton, Brownstown Charter Township, MI (US);
Timothy Panagis, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Christopher James Dean, Hyland Park, AU;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Example methods and systems for optimizing vehicle ride performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a calculator to calculate a vertical velocity of a vehicle wheel and a comparer to perform a comparison of the vertical velocity to a threshold. The example apparatus includes a damping force manager to determine a damping force to be generated by a vehicle suspension system based on the comparison and a communicator to transmit a request including the damping force to be generated to the vehicle suspension system.