Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active shimmy mitigation
- Patent Title (中): 积极缓和减肥
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Application No.: US12856909Application Date: 2010-08-16
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Publication No.: US08831854B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Douglas W. Killian , Amanda J. French , Loren M. Trotter
- Applicant: Douglas W. Killian , Amanda J. French , Loren M. Trotter
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
- Current Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agent Ralph E. Smith
- Main IPC: B60T8/173
- IPC: B60T8/173 ; B60T8/1755

Abstract:
A system mitigates shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle. The wheel is rotatable about an axis and is steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis. The system includes a shimmy detection device that detects whether an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel occurs. The system also includes a brake that applies a braking load to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the axis. Furthermore, the system includes a controller that controls the brake to selectively apply the braking load to reduce the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120041660A1 ACTIVE SHIMMY MITIGATION Public/Granted day:2012-02-16
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