William F Suter

US Patent:

20210139007, May 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/679417

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Joshua Guerra - Farmington Hills MI, US
Donald Bradfield - Ferndale MI, US
Ashrit Das - Canton MI, US
Bradford Fillion - Clawson MI, US
William Gregory Suter - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60T 8/1755
B60W 40/114
G05D 1/08
G05D 1/02
B60W 10/18
B60W 10/20

Abstract:

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to input a current trajectory and a planned path for a vehicle to a state observer algorithm to obtain a target yaw rate, compare the target yaw rate to an actual yaw rate to determine one of an oversteer or an understeer condition, and apply brakes on one or more but less than all wheels of the vehicle based on determining the understeer or oversteer condition.

US Patent:

20160046166, Feb 18, 2016

Filed:

Oct 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/928071

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Benjamin BULAT - Plymouth MI, US
William Gregory SUTER - Farmington Hills MI, US
Albert Chenouda SALIB - Troy MI, US
David Michael RUSSELL - Ann Arbor MI, US
Uwe HOFFMANN - Leverkusen, DE
Marc SUERMANN - Duisburg, DE
Darrell Erick BUTLER - Macomb MI, US
Louis Joseph JAMAIL - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60G 17/018
B60G 17/019

Abstract:

An active vehicle suspension system includes an active damping mechanism operatively coupled to a vehicle wheel and configured for controlling a damping force applied to the wheel responsive to a control signal. A controller is operatively coupled to the damping mechanism and configured for generating a control signal to the damping mechanism responsive to velocity of the wheel in a downward vertical direction. At least one of a timer threshold and velocity threshold, used to determine whether a vehicle wheel has encountered a depression in a road surface, may be varied on a basis of a speed of the vehicle. A damping mechanism for a rear wheel of a vehicle may be controlled on a basis of how a damping mechanism for a front wheel is controlled.