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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuo Sasaki, Atsugi, JP;
Toshiro Hirai, Atsugi, JP;
Assignees:
Unisia Jecs Corporation, , US;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442405 ; 280707 ; 280840 ;
Abstract
In an apparatus and method for controlling a damping force characteristic of a vehicular shock absorber, a vertical sprung mass velocity signal V.sub.n is determined on the basis of a vertical G sensor output signal as a control signal. A control gain when a control unit changes a damping force characteristic of either an extension stroke side or a compression stroke side of a piston member of the shock absorber according to the control signal is increased as a moving average of peak values of the vertical sprung mass velocity signal V.sub.n is reduced.