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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2023
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Johannes Edren, Belmont, CA (US);

James W. Fash, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Ahditya Melkote, Foster City, CA (US);

Sharath Kumar Thirupathyswamy, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/015 (2006.01); B60G 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0152 (2013.01); B60G 17/0424 (2013.01); B60G 2202/154 (2013.01); B60G 2204/80 (2013.01); B60G 2400/5122 (2013.01); B60G 2500/2062 (2013.01); B60G 2600/1875 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure describes techniques for determining a state of a pressurized chamber of a suspension of a vehicle, wherein the pressurized chamber comprises a hydraulic fluid chamber and a gas chamber separated by a piston. The state is determined by varying a pressure in the hydraulic fluid chamber and determining a knee point in a change of pressure in the hydraulic fluid chamber. The knee point indicates that the separator has been bottomed out. The pressure in the knee point may be used to determine a state of the suspension system.


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