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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1998
Mitsuo Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Unisia Jecs Corporation, Atsugi, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a suspension system include sensing a behavior of a motor vehicle, producing a control signal in accordance with the behavior sensed, carrying out normal control of a damping-force characteristic of a shock absorber in accordance with the control signal produced and based on a predetermined damping-force characteristic curve, determining a brake operating state, determining a frictional coefficient of a road surface, determining a frequency input from the road surface, and reducing variations in a load of a wheel by controlling the damping-force characteristic of the shock absorber in accordance with the brake operating state, frictional coefficient, frequency determined.