Shock apparatus, method and system for all vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US09707817B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-18

    申请号:US15136001

    申请日:2016-04-22

    Abstract: Adjustable air suspension shocks with rotatable damper assemblies, apparatus, systems and method for motor vehicles, such as automobiles, vans, trucks, off the road vehicles, motorcycles, the like. Deflating interior air springs/airbags (bladders) allows for pistons on shock absorbers to expand outward separating lower front and rear frame portions which effectively lowers the motor vehicle to the ground surface and for the driver to have a firmer ride. Inflating the airbags (bladders) allows for the pistons on the shock absorbers in the devices to retract so that devices have a more shock absorbing effect giving the driver and passenger(s) a smoother ride, which also raises the motor vehicles above the ground surface. A sleeve attached to the air shock allows for a damper assembly to rotate relative to the air shock so that it can be installed within mounting brackets where the axial mounting openings need not be perpendicular to one another.

    DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SENSOR BASED ON MAGNETIC SIGNAL TRIANGULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20170160071A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-08

    申请号:US15382875

    申请日:2016-12-19

    Inventor: Lutz May

    Abstract: The subject invention reveals a distance measuring device comprising: a sensing module, a target module, and an evaluating module, wherein the sensing module and the target module are mountable so as to execute a movement with respect to each other along a movement trajectory, wherein the target module comprises a magnetic field generating element having a magnetic pole axis, wherein the sensing module comprises a first magnetic field sensing array being arranged distant to the movement trajectory. The sensing module and the target module can advantageously be situated within the pressurizable chamber of an air spring which is defined by (contained within) a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate, and a flexible member of the air spring.

    Gas spring end members as well as gas spring assemblies including same
    107.
    发明授权
    Gas spring end members as well as gas spring assemblies including same 有权
    气弹簧端部件以及包括其的气弹簧组件

    公开(公告)号:US09527358B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-27

    申请号:US14707286

    申请日:2015-05-08

    Abstract: A gas spring end member has an end member axis and is dimensioned for securement to an associated flexible spring member. The gas spring end member includes an end member wall with a base wall portion disposed transverse to the end member axis. An outer wall portion extends axially from along the base wall portion. A mounting wall portion is dimensioned to receivingly engage an associated end of the associated flexible spring member. An end wall portion extends peripherally about the end member axis and operatively connects the outer wall portion and the mounting wall portion to at least partially define an end member volume. An inner wall portion separates the end member volume into an end member reservoir disposed outward of the inner wall portion and an end member chamber disposed inward of the inner wall portion. Gas spring assemblies and suspensions systems are also included.

    Abstract translation: 气体弹簧端部件具有端部构件轴线,并且其尺寸用于固定到相关联的柔性弹簧构件。 气体弹簧端部件包括具有横向于端部件轴线设置的底壁部分的端部件壁。 外壁部分从底壁部分轴向延伸。 安装壁部分的尺寸被设计成可容纳地接合相关联的柔性弹簧构件的相关联的端部。 端壁部分围绕端部构件轴线周向延伸并且可操作地连接外壁部分和安装壁部分以至少部分地限定端部构件体积。 内壁部将端部部件容积分离成设置在内壁部的外侧的端部部件容纳部和设置在内壁部的内侧的端部部件室。 还包括气弹簧组件和悬架系统。

    Systems and methods for automated air suspension pressure drop
    108.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for automated air suspension pressure drop 有权
    自动空气悬架压降的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09278601B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-08

    申请号:US14948158

    申请日:2015-11-20

    Abstract: Various systems and methods for automated air suspension pressure drop are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for decreasing air pressure in an air spring is provided, comprising: providing a trailer, the trailer comprising: a first axle and a second axle, wherein at least one of the first axle and the second axle is operatively connected to at least one air spring; providing a strain gauge operatively connected to the trailer, wherein the strain gauge is configured to identify a lateral bending strain in the trailer; identifying the presence of the lateral bending strain in the trailer, wherein the lateral bending strain is about an axis substantially normal to the trailer's plane of travel; communicating the presence of the lateral bending strain in the trailer to a control unit operatively connected to the at least one air spring; and decreasing the air pressure in the at least one air spring.

    Abstract translation: 公开了用于自动空气悬架压降的各种系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,提供了一种用于降低空气弹簧中的空气压力的方法,包括:提供拖车,所述拖车包括:第一轴和第二轴,其中所述第一轴和所述第二轴中的至少一个可操作地连接 至少一个空气弹簧; 提供可操作地连接到所述拖车的应变仪,其中所述应变计配置成识别所述拖车中的横向弯曲应变; 识别所述拖车中的横向弯曲应变的存在,其中所述横向弯曲应变大致基本上垂直于所述拖车的行进平面的轴线; 将所述拖车中的横向弯曲应变的存在传递到可操作地连接到所述至少一个空气弹簧的控制单元; 并且减小所述至少一个空气弹簧中的空气压力。

    Controlling a compressor for air suspension of electric vehicle
    109.
    发明授权
    Controlling a compressor for air suspension of electric vehicle 有权
    控制电动汽车空气悬架的压缩机

    公开(公告)号:US09272595B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-01

    申请号:US14255808

    申请日:2014-04-17

    Abstract: A method of controlling a compressor for an air suspension of an electric vehicle includes: determining a state of a reservoir in the electric vehicle, the reservoir coupled to drive air springs of a suspension system; determining whether the electric vehicle is connected to an external source of electric energy for charging an energy storage of the electric vehicle; in response to determining that the electric vehicle is connected to the external source, applying a first value as a threshold for whether to replenish the reservoir by a compressor; and in response to determining that the electric vehicle is not connected to the external source, applying a second value, different from the first value, as the threshold for whether to replenish the reservoir by the compressor.

    Abstract translation: 一种控制电动车辆的空气悬架的压缩机的方法包括:确定电动车辆中的储存器的状态,联接到驱动悬架系统的空气弹簧的储存器; 确定所述电动车辆是否连接到用于对所述电动车辆的能量存储进行充电的外部电能源; 响应于确定所述电动车辆连接到所述外部源,施加第一值作为是否由压缩机补充所述储存器的阈值; 并且响应于确定电动车辆未连接到外部源,施加与第一值不同的第二值作为是否由压缩机补充储存器的阈值。

    BED HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
    110.
    发明申请
    BED HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE 有权
    车辆高度调节系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150352994A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-10

    申请号:US14761848

    申请日:2013-12-19

    Abstract: A bed height adjustment system for adjusting height of a bed of a vehicle includes: an air spring supporting the bed; a valve unit connected to an air tank and configured to adjust height of the air spring by supplying and discharging air; a relay provided with a dump-signal line and a return-signal line each connected to the valve unit; a pressure switch configured to be switched between an ON state and an OFF state based on whether air is supplied from the valve unit; and an indicator that becomes illuminated state when powered when the pressure switch is in the ON state and becomes non-illuminated state when the pressure switch is in the OFF state.

    Abstract translation: 用于调节车辆床高的床高调节系统包括:支撑床的空气弹簧; 连接到空气罐并构造成通过供应和排出空气来调节空气弹簧的高度的阀单元; 具有倾倒信号线和返回信号线的继电器,每个连接到所述阀单元; 压力开关,其构造成基于是否从所述阀单元供应空气而在ON状态和OFF状态之间切换; 以及当压力开关处于ON状态时被供电时的指示器,当压力开关处于OFF状态时变为非照亮状态的指示器。

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