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In a suspension control system, accelerations detected by acceleration sensors are differentiated by a differentiator to calculate acceleration derivative values. Based on these values, a target electrical current calculating section calculates a target electrical current that is supplied to an actuator which controls a damping force of a damper. Before a rolling or pitch angle occurs in the vehicle, the change of the rolling or pitch angle is predicted to control the damping force of the damper, thereby improving the response of rolling angle and pitch angle control to achieve, simultaneously, an accurate posture control and a satisfactory riding comfort. Because the target electrical current calculating section corrects the target electrical current of the actuator based on a damper speed obtained by differentiating a damper displacement, even when a large input is applied to the damper due to an unevenness of the road surface, a proper posture control is performed.

A suspension system for an agricultural or construction industry vehicle is described. The suspension system comprises two hydraulic cylinders, which support a frame in relation to an axle of the vehicle, the hydraulic cylinders each having a piston-side chamber and a piston rod-side chamber and each of the chambers of the hydraulic cylinders being connectable to one another via connecting lines provided with a switch valve, a first supply line, which can be connected via a switch valve to the piston-side connecting line of the first hydraulic cylinder, a second supply line, which can be connected via a switch valve to the piston-side connecting line of the second hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic accumulator, in each case connectable to the supply lines via proportionally adjustable orifices, a hydraulic source, a hydraulic tank, a control valve device, and an electronic control unit. In order to prevent the activation of a suspension state in critical vehicle states, means for the detection and compensation of load states of the vehicle are provided in the suspension system.

A control apparatus of a variable damping force damper used to suspend a vehicle body of a vehicle is configured to set a target control quantity of the variable damping force damper based on a plurality of dynamic state quantities of the vehicle, wherein the plurality of dynamic state quantities include a vertical dynamic state quantity of the vehicle.

The invention relates to a call-giving device and to a method for giving an elevator call. In the method a gesture to be performed in an area detecting a touch on the call-giving device is detected.

A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a road wheel, and a suspension corner connecting the road wheel to the vehicle body. The suspension corner includes a suspension arm connected to the road wheel and to the vehicle body, and also includes a suspension force decoupling system disposed on an axis extending between the suspension arm and the vehicle body. The suspension force decoupling system includes an actuator having an actuator mass arranged on the axis that is configured to output an actuator force in opposite directions along the axis in response to an actuator control signal. The system also includes a compliant element connected along the axis to the actuator mass and one of the body and the suspension arm, and providing a predetermined level of mechanical compliance. A controller determines and generates the actuator force in response to a threshold acceleration of the vehicle body.

A suspension system including: (a) a vibration obtaining device configured to obtain vertical vibration of each of at least one of a sprung portion and an unsprung portion of a vehicle; (b) a processing device configured to subject the obtained vibration to a phase advance processing, and having a plurality of characteristics different from each other with respect to a degree by which a phase of the obtained vibration is advanced; (c) a characteristic selector configured to select one of the plurality of characteristics, based on frequency of the obtained vibration of each of at least one of the sprung and unsprung portions, whereby the obtained vibration is subjected to the phase advance processing that is performed in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of characteristics of the processing device; and (d) a suspension controller configured to control a suspension disposed between the sprung and unsprung portions, based on the vibration subjected to the phase advance processing.

A suspension device S interposed between a sprung member B and an unsprung member W of a vehicle, comprising an actuator A, a hydraulic damper D, and a direction changing mechanism T for changing a linear motion of the actuator A into a linear motion in an opposite direction and transmitting the opposite linear motion to the hydraulic damper D. When a high-frequency vibration acts on the unsprung member, the drawback that the vibration is apt to be transmitted to the sprung member B under the influence of moment of inertia of the actuator A is remedied and it is possible to improve the ride comfort in the vehicle.

A shock absorber includes a suction passage permitting flow only from a reservoir toward a compression-side chamber, a rectification passage permitting flow only from the compression-side chamber toward an extension-side chamber, and a variable valve permitting flow only from the extension-side chamber toward the reservoir. A large chamber as a compression-side pressure chamber communicating with the compression-side chamber and an outer periphery chamber as an extension-side pressure chamber communicating with the extension-side chamber are partitioned in the shock absorber by a free piston that moves slidably within a bottom member serving as a housing. A compression-side pressure-receiving area of the free piston is larger than an extension-side pressure-receiving area. Therefore, even in the uniflow shock absorber with the extension-side chamber and the compression-side chamber at equal pressures during the contraction operation, the damping force is reduced under conditions in which high frequency is input since the free piston moves downward.

A suspension system for an agricultural or construction industry vehicle is described. The suspension system comprises two hydraulic cylinders which support a frame in relation to an axle of the vehicle, the hydraulic cylinders being hydraulically connected to one another in a cross connection, so that a piston-side chamber of the one hydraulic cylinder is connected to the piston rod-side chamber of the other hydraulic cylinder and vice versa, in each case one hydraulic accumulator assigned to a hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic source, a hydraulic tank, a control valve device, an electronic control init, electrically switchable switch valves which are arranged in the cross connection between the hydraulic accumulators and the hydraulic cylinders, and a first and second supply line, which supply lines connect the control vale device to the cross connection. In order to prevent the activation of a suspension state in critical vehicle states, means for the detection and compensation of load states of the vehicle are provided in the suspension system.

A control system for hybrid vehicles to properly select an operating mode during autonomous operation is provided. An operating mode of the hybrid vehicle is selected from a hybrid mode and an electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to: determine an existence of a passenger in a vehicle compartment; select the electric vehicle mode in a case that the hybrid vehicle is operated autonomously while carrying the passenger; and select the hybrid mode in a case that the hybrid vehicle is operated autonomously without carrying the passenger.

A run flat tire where: the ratio of the cross-sectional height on the inner side in the radial direction to the cross-sectional height on the outer side in the radial direction, having the maximum tire width in a state inflated to an air pressure as a boundary; the inclination angle of the outer wall in the upper region of the side wall portion; the curving form of the tread surface; the position of the carcass folded over end; the height of the bead filler; the relationship between the thickness of the outer side rubber taken on a line normal to the rim line and the maximum thickness of the outer side rubber in an upper region of the bead portion; and the relationship of the thickness of the inner side rubber and the thickness of the outer side rubber taken on a line normal to the rim line are stipulated.

A method is provided for operating a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle which has a combustion engine, at least one electrical machine, and at least one electrical accumulator, the electrical machine and the electrical accumulator belonging to an electrical system of the motor vehicle. The following steps are provided for implementing the method: subdividing the operation of the electrical machine into adjacent subranges of a) transient compensation operation, b) boost and/or recuperation operation, and c) operation for maintaining the vehicle electrical system; assigning torque limits and/or power output limits of the electrical machine in at least two subranges; and, releasing and/or influencing the particular torque limits and/or power output limits of the subranges as a function of the current state of the electrical accumulator and/or of the electrical machine and/or of the vehicle electrical system.

A clutch controller that improves riding comfort when a clutch is engaged. A target torque obtaining section obtains torque that is supposed to be transmitted from a drive-side member of the clutch to a downstream mechanism in a torque transmission path as target transmission torque, the downstream mechanism including a driven-side member of the clutch. An clutch actuator control section actuates a clutch actuator based on the target transmission torque. The target torque obtaining section estimates torque to be transmitted from the drive-side member to the downstream mechanism after the drive-side member and the driven-side member are completely engaged, and obtains the estimated torque as the target transmission torque.