US 12,138,979 B2
Vehicle suspension control system
Stefan Kojchev, Coventry (GB); Robert Neilson, Coventry (GB); James Robertson, Coventry (GB); and Phil Guest, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 18/042,318
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/073058
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/038231, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2013059 (GB), filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311606 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/0195 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0165 (2013.01) [B60G 17/0195 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/824 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. The control system for an adjustable suspension of a vehicle, the adjustable suspension being operable in at least two different configurations, the control system comprising one or more controllers configured to:
receive route data indicative of an expected route of the vehicle;
receive map data comprising road type information for a road section of the expected route; and
output a switch signal to instruct the adjustable suspension to switch between the two different configurations in dependence on the expected route and the road type information, before the vehicle reaches the road section,
wherein the control system is configured to estimate a stable stretch of road indicative of a length of road wherein, after an initial switching between the two configurations, the suspension can remain in the switched-to configuration, and to output the switch signal in dependence on the estimated stable stretch of road.