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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Livonia, MI (US);
Dimitar P. Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Davor Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric Hongtei Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Uwe Hoffmann, Leverkusen, DE;
Simon Baales, Cologne, DE;
Michael Seeman, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling an active suspension is disclosed. The method includes steps of determining a dimension of a road abnormality ahead of the vehicle; comparing the dimension with a vehicle dimension; responsive to the comparison, classifying the abnormality as one type of a plurality of predetermined types; responsive to a dimension of the abnormality, further classifying the abnormality as having a severity of one type of a plurality of predetermined types; and controlling the suspension responsive to the abnormality type and severity type.