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Patent No.:

US 9643599 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

May. 13, 2013

Vehicle control device, and vehicle control method

Applicant:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Hironobu Kikuchi, Isehara, JP;

Assignee:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;

Attorney:

Global IP Counselors, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas G Black

Assistant Examiner:

Demetra Smith-Stewart

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60G 17/0195 (2006.01); B60G 17/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60G 17/0185 (2006.01); B60W 30/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60G 17/018 (2013.01); B60G 17/0182 (2013.01); B60G 17/0185 (2013.01); B60G 17/0195 (2013.01); B60G 17/06 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/41 (2013.01); B60G 2400/64 (2013.01); B60G 2600/08 (2013.01); B60G 2600/084 (2013.01); B60G 2600/604 (2013.01); B60G 2800/70 (2013.01); B60G 2800/802 (2013.01); B60G 2800/916 (2013.01); B60W 2030/206 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/223 (2013.01); B60W 2710/226 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control device includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor detects wheel speed. The controller estimates sprung mass state based on detected information in a prescribed frequency range. The controller controls a variable-damping force shock absorber to bring the estimated sprung mass state to a target sprung mass state. The controller estimates wheel rim braking/drive torque acting on a wheel. The controller determines the estimation accuracy of the sprung mass state has deteriorated when a rate of change of a stationary component extracted from components of wheel rim braking/drive torque acting on a wheel is detected to equal or exceed a prescribed value. The controller controls the variable-damping force shock absorber to a more limited extent than when the estimation accuracy has not deteriorated.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kikuchi, Hironobu. (2017). Vehicle control device, and vehicle control method (U.S. Patent No. 9643599). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9643599

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