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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael W Soltis, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280707 ; 100141 ; 280771 ; 280 / ; 280D / ;
Abstract
An operating system for a multistable suspension unit having a plurality of predetermined operating states includes a suspension control unit which selects a preferred suspension unit operating state based upon input parameters including vehicle speed and linear acceleration and predicted lateral acceleration. The system includes a sensor for determining steering center position and steering system excursion angle and angular velocity.