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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Inoue, Asigarakami-gun, JP;
Hajime Kamimae, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsuhiko Morita, Susono, JP;
Hiroyoshi Kojima, Nishio, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280707 ; 188299 ; 364424046 ;
Abstract
A damping force control system for an automotive vehicle having a semiactive damper mechanism provided between an unsprung mass and a sprung mass of the vehicle, wherein vertical velocity of the sprung mass is detected so that switchover of the semiactive damper mechanism from a low damping state to a high damping state is permitted upon lapse of a predetermined time after it has been detected that an absolute value of the detected vertical velocity of the sprung mass exceeded a preselected magnitude of approximate zero.