Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle height adjusting device
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Application No.: US17137369Application Date: 2020-12-30
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Publication No.: US11807060B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Takumi Kawata
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP
- Priority: JP 20018919 2020.02.06
- Main IPC: B60G17/015
- IPC: B60G17/015 ; B60G11/27

Abstract:
A vehicle height adjusting device includes a vehicle height adjusting unit, a prediction unit, and a vehicle height control unit. The vehicle height adjusting unit adjusts a vehicle height to one of a first state and a second state. In the first state, the vehicle height is set to a predetermined height, and in the second state, the vehicle height is set lower than the first state. The prediction unit predicts whether a drive battery (lower portion) of a vehicle interferes with a road surface in the second state. The vehicle height control unit controls the vehicle height adjusting unit to set the vehicle height to one of the first state and the second state. When the prediction unit predicts an interference between the drive battery of the vehicle and the road surface, the vehicle height adjusting unit restricts a transition from the first state to the second state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210245568A1 VEHICLE HEIGHT ADJUSTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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