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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Ryusuke Hirao, Kamagaya, JP;
Toru Uchino, Yokohama, JP;
Ryusuke Hirao, Kamagaya, JP;
Toru Uchino, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle attitude controller capable of improving turning operability, steering stability, and ride quality of a vehicle. In a normal-operation region, a pitch control unit for calculating a target pitch rate in accordance with a roll rate performs control in priority to a roll suppression section. In this case, a target damping force calculated in the pitch control unit is weighed to control a damping-force characteristic of the dampers so that a pitch rate becomes equal to the target pitch rate. In a critical region in which a road-surface gripping state of the vehicle tires is bad, the roll suppression section performs control in priority to the pitch control unit so as to weigh a target damping force calculated in the roll suppression section. As a result, the damping-force characteristic of the dampers is controlled so as to increase the amount of roll suppression control.