US 12,187,088 B2
Vehicle suspension tuning system and method
Justin Smith, Wittman, AZ (US)
Assigned to Shock Therapy Suspension, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Shock Therapy Suspension, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,717.
Application 18/171,717 is a continuation of application No. 16/809,752, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,584,182.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/814,103, filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202252 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01); B60G 21/055 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0162 (2013.01) [B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/01908 (2013.01); B60G 17/01933 (2013.01); B60G 21/0553 (2013.01); B60G 2204/62 (2013.01); B60G 2400/10 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/41 (2013.01); B60G 2400/822 (2013.01); B60G 2500/10 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A vehicle suspension tuning system comprising:
an ECU coupled to a vehicle;
at least one controllable suspension system component coupled to the vehicle and coupled to the ECU, wherein the ECU is programmed to send at least one tuning signal to the at least one controllable suspension system component for tuning the at least one controllable suspension system component to a tuned setting, wherein the at least one controllable suspension system component is automatically adjusted in response to the at least one tuning signal, and wherein the at least one controllable suspension system component is a controllable shock, wherein a spring stiffness of the controllable shock is tuned in response to the at least one tuning signal, and/or a controllable sway bar, wherein a sway bar stiffness of the controllable sway bar is tuned in response to the at least one tuning signal; and
at least one road condition sensor coupled to the ECU, wherein the ECU is further programmed to make near real time tuning adjustments to the at least one controllable suspension system component in response to signals received from the at least one road condition sensor, wherein the ECU tunes the at least one controllable suspension system component to the tuned setting, in response to signals received from the at least one road condition sensor, during operation of the vehicle, and wherein the tuned setting comprises a damping rate setting, a damping rate setting range, a spring stiffness setting, a spring stiffness setting range, a sway bar stiffness setting, a sway bar stiffness setting range and/or a combination thereof.