US 12,391,088 B2
Instant suspension mode differentiation
Jacob Malinowski, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); David Steven Mayes Houser, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Maxwell Koff, Newport Beach, CA (US); and Dante Ashok Leo Khandelwal, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/433,367, filed on Dec. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198752 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B60K 23/04 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/018 (2013.01) [B60K 23/04 (2013.01); B60K 26/021 (2013.01); B60T 2220/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B62D 6/007 (2013.01); B62D 6/008 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating an instruction to change from a first damper stiffness setting to a second damper stiffness setting, wherein the first damper stiffness setting comprises a first baseline current value and the second damper stiffness setting comprises a second baseline current value greater than the first baseline current value; and
in response to the instruction:
applying a current to an active damper during an initial period, wherein the current comprises an elevated change in current to the first baseline current value; and
reducing the current applied to the active damper to the second baseline current value during a subsequent period after the initial period.