US 12,447,791 B2
Method and apparatus for responding to road surface discontinuities
Gert-Jan Alexander Vente, North Andover, MA (US); and Matthew Jo Taylor, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to ClearMotion, Inc., Billerica, MA (US)
Filed by ClearMotion, Inc., Billerica, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,130.
Application 18/343,130 is a continuation of application No. 17/285,174, granted, now 11,724,555, previously published as PCT/US2019/057006, filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,811, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100900 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0165 (2013.01) [B60G 17/08 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/61 (2013.01); B60G 2400/821 (2013.01); B60G 2500/32 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A method of controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle with four wheels associated with four corners of the vehicle, comprising:
a) with a first suspension assembly, applying:
a first force with a first magnitude, to at least partially support a first corner of the vehicle,
a second force with a second magnitude, to at least partially support a second corner of the vehicle, wherein the second corner is adjacent to the first corner;
b) obtaining information that a first wheel associated with the first corner has or is about to become airborne while traversing a pothole;
c) at least partly based on the information, using an active suspension actuator associated with the second corner to increase the second magnitude of the second force.