公开(公告)号：US20190299735A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US15941738

申请日：2018-03-30

Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Corey Zwegers

IPC: B60G13/14 ,  B60G17/015 ,  F16H25/22 ,  H02K7/06

Abstract: A damper assembly to harvest energy from road deflections including a housing with a first shell, a second shell affixed to the first shell and to a vehicle body, a generator assembly with a first generator nested in the first shell, and a second generator nested in the second shell, a ball screw crossing the housing and with a first terminal portion that protrudes from the first shell and affixed to a wheel assembly of the vehicle, a second terminal portion that protrudes from the second shell, and a central portion extending between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion, wherein the central portion actuates the first generator to provide a first electrical current when the wheel assembly is displaced in a first direction and the second generator to provide a second electrical current when the wheel assembly is displaced in a second direction.

公开(公告)号：US10119985B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-06

申请号：US14920404

申请日：2015-10-22

Applicant: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.

Inventor： Corey Zwegers

IPC: G01M17/00 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G01P3/488 ,  G01P3/486

Abstract: A smart sensor system and method for a vehicle are described. The smart sensor includes at least one sensing element installed on a suspension of the vehicle and coupled with a wheel of the vehicle, and a digital signal processing circuitry configured to receive signal from the at least one sensing element in the form of a digital signal, correlate the digital signal to an air gap data, and determine a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, a suspension condition, a tire condition, a brake condition, a wheel condition, and a road condition.