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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Mark R. Jolly, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lane R. Miller, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Mark a Norris, Apex, NC (US);
Mark R. Jolly, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lane R. Miller, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Mark A Norris, Apex, NC (US);
LORD Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
The land vehicle includes a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, the land engagers for engaging land and propelling the land vehicle across land. The land vehicle includes a controllable suspension system, the controllable suspension system for controlling suspension movements between the body and the land engagers. The land vehicle includes a computer system and suspension sensors located proximate the land engagers for measuring suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between the body and the land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs. The land vehicle includes controllable force suspension members located proximate the land engagers and the suspension sensors, the controllable force suspension members applying suspension travel forces between the body and the land engagers to control the suspension movements. The land vehicle computer system includes a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling the controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and the suspension movements between the body and the land engagers, and a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring sensors and assessing a health and a usage of the vehicle and its suspension components.