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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jin Hee Lee, Pyeongtaek-Si, KR;
Baek Hee Lee, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle suspension, may include a variable damper provided between a vehicle body and a wheel, a sensor that measures a vehicle body vertical acceleration and a wheel vertical acceleration, and a controller that estimates a road surface roughness based on the vehicle body vertical acceleration and the wheel vertical acceleration, predicts a road surface grade based on the estimated road surface roughness, and adjusts damping force of the variable damper corresponding to the predicted road surface grade.