US 12,459,325 B2
Traction-dependent variation of wheel-to-surface normal force
Anesh Mistry, Coventry (GB); Dennis Lausecker, Coventry (GB); Sam Brown, Coventry (GB); Syed Asad Ali, Coventry (GB); Luke Birch, Coventry (GB); William Burdock, Coventry (GB); and James Kelly, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 18/254,403
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/083089
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/112466, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2018688 (GB), filed on Nov. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109385 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/00 (2006.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/0195 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0165 (2013.01) [B60G 17/0195 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60G 2400/208 (2013.01); B60G 2400/41 (2013.01); B60G 2400/91 (2013.01); B60G 2800/214 (2013.01); B60W 2300/185 (2013.01); B60W 2520/26 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2520/30 (2013.01); B60W 2710/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for controlling an active suspension system of a vehicle, the control system comprising at least one controller, wherein the control system is configured to:
obtain information indicative of relative traction levels between different wheels of the vehicle, including identification of a wheel of the vehicle having a relative highest traction compared to the other wheels of the vehicle and identification of a wheel of the vehicle having a relative lowest traction compared to the other wheels of the vehicle; and
in dependence on the information, control the active suspension system to increase normal force through the wheel of the vehicle having the relative highest traction, and decrease normal force through the wheel of the vehicle having the relative lowest traction.