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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Adachi, Sagamihara, JP;
Makoto Shioya, Tokyo, JP;
Motohisa Funabashi, Sagamihara, JP;
Seiji Suda, Mito, JP;
Shotaro Naito, Katsuta, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442405 ; 280707 ; 280703 ;
Abstract
A suspension control apparatus for a vehicle comprises a measuring unit for measuring relative motion between sprung mass and unsprung mass at each of wheels, a decision unit for discriminatively determining occurrence and convergence of at least one of rolling or pitching and bouncing or unsprung mass vibration on the basis of measurement data available from the measuring unit, and a control unit for controlling at least one of damping coefficient and spring constant in the suspension characteristics on the basis of the result of decision made by the decision unit.