EP2393676A1 - Procédé et dispositif de régulation continue d'un amortisseur d'une suspension, le mouvement du véhicule automobile étant évalué à cet effet - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de régulation continue d'un amortisseur d'une suspension, le mouvement du véhicule automobile étant évalué à cet effet

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EP2393676A1
EP2393676A1 EP09764837A EP09764837A EP2393676A1 EP 2393676 A1 EP2393676 A1 EP 2393676A1 EP 09764837 A EP09764837 A EP 09764837A EP 09764837 A EP09764837 A EP 09764837A EP 2393676 A1 EP2393676 A1 EP 2393676A1
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damper
hardness
movement
motor vehicle
speed
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Silke Buettner
Roman Sankin
Alexander Habenicht
Michael Knoop
Oliver Wagner
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • B60G17/00—Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load
    • B60G17/015—Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements
    • B60G17/016—Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements characterised by their responsiveness, when the vehicle is travelling, to specific motion, a specific condition, or driver input
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to a method for suspension control of a motor vehicle, wherein at least one wheel suspension of the motor vehicle has an adjustable damper.
  • the invention further relates to a device for suspension control of a motor vehicle.
  • DE 41 12 004 C2 describes a method for controlling a damping characteristic of at least two stages adjustable damper of a motor vehicle. The damper points to this
  • Purpose at least one adjustable to adjust the damping characteristic damping valve, wherein to optimize the characteristics of the motor vehicle to be operated switching between the damping characteristics depend on whether the damper is in a compression or rebound.
  • the damper in and out in the rebound.
  • the damper is controlled so that on the one hand the driving safety is taken into account and on the other hand, the occupants or a shock-sensitive load of the vehicle as high as possible Reisekompfort is possible.
  • the control concept used here draws an inertial fixed point and builds on the model
  • the switching provided only in the compression stage prevents rapid activation of the damper.
  • reduction of the switching noise the quality of the damping is reduced.
  • the method for suspension control with features mentioned in claim 1 has the advantage that a very good damping effect of a construction of the motor vehicle is achieved and at the same time the problem of Umschaltgeakische is avoided.
  • This is inventively achieved by the hardness of the damper for damping a movement of a structure of the motor vehicle is controlled and / or regulated, wherein the control and / or rules of the damper takes place continuously and for controlling and / or regulating the damper a target value of the movement and or at least one speed and / or at least one yaw rate and / or at least one acceleration is used, wherein the speed and / or the yaw rate and / or the acceleration is estimated and the estimation on the basis of at least one damper pressure and / or at least one of , in particular via an inertial sensor having, control unit supplied value is performed.
  • the full range of functions of a Verstelldämpfersystems should be realized.
  • the method for damping body movements (lifting movement, rolling motion, yawing, pitching motion), which are stimulated by road bumps and / or intervention by the driver in the vehicle movement by, for example, steering, braking, accelerating or gear changes serve.
  • the primary aim of the method described here is to dampen the vehicle-driven body vibrations or movements. It may be provided, for example, that the pressure and the rebound of the damper can be controlled separately and / or that a flow-through valve of the damper can not be adjusted.
  • the control and / or regulation of the damper is such that always the damper hardness, which is necessary for damping the movement of the structure, is determined.
  • the damper is continuously driven with the specific damper hardness, that is controlled and / or regulated.
  • the valve of the damper can thus be brought into the predetermined position by the damper hardness, as soon as this is possible. It is therefore not necessary first to wait for a specific time, for example the zero crossing of the compression travel speed, then to calculate the damper hardness and then to control the valve. Rather, the valve at the time in which the switching is possible to perform the switching operation and thus set the desired damper hardness. This can for example be done so that energization of the valve is tracked continuously. That's it
  • a setpoint value of the movement and / or at least one speed and / or at least one yaw rate and / or one acceleration shall be used.
  • the nominal value of the movement of the structure of the motor vehicle is typically equal to zero, since the aim of the control and / or regulation is to damp the movement of the structure as well as possible. However, it can also be provided that, depending on the current driving situation, the desired value is adapted to it and has a value not equal to zero. Additionally or alternatively, the speed, the rotation rate and / or the acceleration of the body movement are used. to realize the control and / or regulation of the damper.
  • the speed may, for example, be a lifting speed in a center of gravity of the motor vehicle and / or the rate of rotation a rolling rate and / or a pitching rate.
  • the acceleration may be in the form of a stroke acceleration in the center of gravity of the motor vehicle and / or a rotational acceleration, for example rolling acceleration and / or pitch acceleration.
  • the speed and / or the yaw rate and / or the acceleration is estimated.
  • the variables mentioned are estimated, since a control and / or regulation of the damper due to measured movement data of the vehicle or of the vehicle body would always follow the actual requirements.
  • the effective damping of the movement of the bodywork can only take place in the movement itself or, preferably, with a setting of the shock absorber before the movement occurs.
  • a detection with body movement sensors and dead times by signal transmission and processing would be too slow.
  • a further limitation may arise, for example, in that the valves of the damper must have reached their setting position before the start of a flow and therefore that the movement must already be known before the
  • the estimation should be carried out on the basis of at least one damper pressure and / or at least one value supplied by a control unit, in particular having an inertial sensor system.
  • Speed and / or yaw rate and / or acceleration are thus calculated from at least one pressure determined on the damper.
  • Damper internal estimation variables (for example damper force and / or damper speed) are first calculated from the damper pressure and, in a second step, estimated variables of the movement.
  • the variables can be supplied by a control unit, for example by a central control unit of the landing gear domain. This can be equipped, for example, with an inertial sensor. Due to the values known from inertial sensors, their future development can be estimated.
  • a development of the invention provides that at least two damper pressures are used for estimating, wherein one of the pressures in an upper damper chamber and the other is determined in a lower damper chamber. It can also be a (relative) change of the damper pressure or the damper pressures are evaluated. Means are provided for determining the damper pressure in both the upper and lower damper chambers. For example, the pressure in the upper damper chamber corresponds to the pressure of the pressure stage and the pressure in the lower damper chamber corresponds to the pressure of the rebound stage. Due to the thus existing damper pressures, the speed, the rotation rate and / or the acceleration or its future development, can be estimated.
  • a development of the invention provides that for controlling and / or regulating the damper of at least one sub-controller, a damper hardness is determined.
  • the sub-controller thus determines, for example based on the estimated values, the damper hardness necessary to dampen the movement of the body. It can be provided a plurality of parallel operating sub-controller.
  • the damping hardness can be, for example, in a value range from 0 to 1, where 0 denotes the softest and 1 the hardest setting of the damper.
  • the damper hardness is determined by means of the sub-regulator for each damper.
  • a development of the invention provides that the subcontroller is assigned at least one of the variables speed, yaw rate and acceleration.
  • Part governor thus has speed and / or rate of rotation and / or acceleration as an input variable and determines from it the damper hardness.
  • the speed is, for example, the speed of the lifting movement
  • the rate of rotation may be, for example, rolling movement or pitching motion.
  • three sub-controllers operating in parallel are provided, with each sub-controller being assigned either lifting movement, rolling movement or pitching motion.
  • a further development of the invention provides that a total damper hardness is determined from the damper hardness of the at least one partial controller.
  • Each governor generates an adjustment request for the damper.
  • This setting requirement that is, the damper hardness
  • the damper is at a downstream Ar- bitrier to a resulting setting requirement, the total damper hardness, summarized. This results in an associated damper hardness for each damper.
  • a development of the invention provides that the damper hardness and / or the
  • Total damper hardness includes settings for a compression and a rebound of the damper. Damper hardness and / or total damper hardness are each separately for the compression and rebound of the damper. Thus, the compression and rebound of the damper can be adjusted separately to a certain hardness (damper hardness and / or total damper hardness). For example, the
  • Degree of opening of a valve during the flow through the valve can not be adjusted. It is therefore calculated and set before the start of the current flow-through phase (pressure or train). Thus, the valve position for the pressure phase is already calculated and adjusted in the previous pulling phase.
  • the sub-controller has at least one situation-controlled standard controller, in particular P, PD, switching controller and / or anticipatory switching regulator.
  • the standard controllers can be encapsulated in calculation modules that have the same structure for all sub-controllers. The calculation of the damper hardness to be set takes place in such a calculation module.
  • the following calculation variants can be used:
  • K denotes the proportional gain, which specifically serves as a selectable application parameter for each subcontroller.
  • TD is the prediction time constant, which is also an adjustable application parameter.
  • the implementation of the PD controller is preferably time-discrete according to the following equation:
  • T is the sampling period and k is the current sampling step.
  • HärtexY P H arte when z> z mm
  • Hardness Y 0, if z ⁇ z min .
  • Anticipating switching regulator that is to say switching regulators with look-ahead: If the predicted value of the body movement variable z exceeds a limit value, then the damper hardness is set to a fixed value:
  • P ⁇ arte , TD and z m ⁇ n are adjustable application parameters .
  • Hardness Y P Hard , if z k + (TD / T) ⁇ z k - z k-1 )> z min
  • Hardness Y 0 when z k + (TD / T) - (z k - z k-1 ) ⁇ z mm .
  • Hardness x Y B (z), where z is the corresponding amount of motion.
  • the calculation is carried out according to one of the calculation variants described above.
  • the term hardness can stand for both the pressure stage (pressure x ⁇ instead of hardness x ⁇ ) and the rebound stage (traction x ⁇ instead of hardness x ⁇ ).
  • a development of the invention provides that the pressure and the rebound of the damper are controlled separately. It can thus be provided, for example, that the compression and rebound of each damper is associated with at least one sub-controller, which determines the corresponding damper hardness.
  • the invention further relates to a device for suspension control of a motor vehicle, in particular for carrying out the method according to the preceding embodiments, wherein at least one wheel suspension of a motor vehicle having an adjustable damper.
  • the damper (2,3,4,5) for damping a movement of a structure (38) of the motor vehicle (35) is continuously controlled and / or regulated and the control and / or regulation of the damper (2,3 , 4,5) is based on a desired value of the movement and / or at least one speed and / or at least one yaw rate and / or at least one acceleration, wherein the speed and / or the yaw rate and / or the acceleration is estimated and the estimate is based on is provided at least one damper pressure and / or at least one value provided by a, in particular via an inertial sensor system, provided control unit. So there is a constant or permanent taxes and / or rules.
  • the damper is a one-pipe damper. This has the advantage that can be estimated at Einrohrdämpfern regardless of damper force and damper speed and the damper path. For this one evaluates the mean pressure, which increases due to the penetration of the piston rod into the damper with increasing compression travel.
  • a development of the invention provides that the damper is assigned an evaluation unit, by means of which the damper can be controlled and / or regulated. Each damper thus has the evaluation unit, which serves the control and / or regulation.
  • a development of the invention provides a control unit which is connected to the evaluation unit via a data bus.
  • the control unit is, for example, an already existing control unit of the motor vehicle, for example the ESP control unit or the central control unit of the chassis domain. With the aid of the control unit, the movement of the body can be estimated, that is, no separate central control device is provided for the chassis control device.
  • the evaluation unit of the damper is connected to this control unit via a data bus, so that data can be exchanged between them.
  • the data include, for example, the damper hardness and / or the total damper hardness and / or values for the movement of the structure.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device or a method for the suspension control of a motor vehicle
  • FIG. 2 shows a functional structure of the device and the method
  • FIG. 3 shows the motor vehicle (by way of example) and a coordinate system used with movement variables of a vehicle body
  • FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram for a block of the functional structure known from FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 5 shows a diagram for a subcontroller for a lifting movement
  • FIG. 6 shows a functional structure of the partial regulator for the lifting movement
  • FIG. 7 shows a diagram for a partial controller for a rolling movement for a damper arranged on a left side of the vehicle
  • FIG. 8 shows a diagram for the sub-regulator for the rolling movement for a damper arranged on a right side of the vehicle
  • FIG. 10 shows a functional structure of the partial regulator for the rolling movement, the damper being provided on the right side of the vehicle,
  • Figure 1 1 is a diagram for a sub-controller for a pitching movement, wherein the
  • Damper is provided on a front axle
  • FIG. 12 shows a diagram for the sub-pitch governor, wherein FIG
  • FIG. 13 shows a functional structure of the sub-regulator for pitching movement, wherein the
  • Figure 14 shows the functional structure of the sub-regulator for the pitching movement, wherein the damper is provided on the rear axle.
  • dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 are provided, each damper being associated with a wheel (not shown) of a motor vehicle 35.
  • the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 are provided between the wheel and a body 38 of the motor vehicle 35, so are part of a suspension (e- b rose not shown).
  • Each variable damper has pressure sensors 6, a microprocessor 7, two output stages 8, by means of which in each case a valve drive 9 and via this a valve 10 can be actuated.
  • Each of the pressure sensors 6, the output stages 8, the valve drives 9 and the valves 10 are each a ner Switzerland- and a pressure stage of the damper 2 assigned.
  • One of the pressure sensors 6 thus serves to determine the pressure in the pressure stage, while the other of the pressure sensors 6 serves to determine the pressure in the rebound stage.
  • valve drive 9 and valve 10 respectively the hardness of the compression stage and / or the rebound of the damper 2 can be adjusted.
  • the power amplifiers 8 are controlled by the microprocessor 7, which evaluates both signals of the pressure sensors 6, and is connected via a data bus 1 1 with an existing control unit 12 of the motor vehicle 35 and exchanged with this data.
  • the control unit 12 is, for example, an ESP
  • the control unit 12 additionally receives data from a steering angle sensor 13, a sensor for determining the yaw rate and / or the lateral acceleration and / or a pressure sensor 15 for determining the pressure in a brake cylinder (not shown).
  • the control unit continues to receive data from an engine control 16 and a transmission control 17.
  • the engine control 16 can deliver, for example, the requested engine torque and / or an instantaneous rotational speed of a drive assembly of the motor vehicle 35.
  • the transmission control 17 notifies the control unit 12, for example, which gear is engaged and whether it is currently engaged
  • a global movement of the motor vehicle 35 - that is, a movement of a body 38 of the motor vehicle 35 - determined and determined a damper hardness from this global movement.
  • the microprocessor 7 of the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5 determines a local movement - which is excited, for example due to road bumps -, in particular from the data of the pressure sensors 6, and calculated from this also a damper hardness.
  • the term movement is here again representative of movement variables, such as speed and / or acceleration in different spatial directions.
  • the damper hardness from the global motion is transmitted from the controller 12 via the data bus 1 1 to the microprocessor 7. This determines the overall damping strength from the damper hardness for the local motion and the damper hardness for the global motion.
  • This total damping hardness is then adjusted by means of the output stage 8, the valve drive 9 and the valve 10 to the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5. there the damping hardness or the total damping hardness is determined in each case for the rebound and the pressure stage of the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5.
  • the pressure sensors 6, the microprocessor 7, the power amplifiers 8, the valve actuators 9 and the valves 10 of each damper 2, 3, 4, 5 are associated with the respective damper 2, 3, 4 or 5, so damper-local devices.
  • the control unit 12 is provided for evaluating the global movement of the motor vehicle 35 and therefore a central component. The global movement can therefore also be called a central movement.
  • the damper 2 is provided on the left front of the motor vehicle 35, the damper 3 front right, the damper 4 rear left and the rear right damper 5.
  • FIG. 2 shows a functional structure 18, as may be provided in the method according to the invention or the device according to the invention.
  • the motor vehicle 35, or its wheels and body 38, are symbolized by the box 19.
  • On the motor vehicle 35 act various factors, such as the driver - symbolized by the box 20 - and the road - symbolized by the box 21.
  • the respective influences are indicated by the arrows 22 and 22 '.
  • the wheels and the structure 38 of the motor vehicle 35 interact with the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5, which are represented by the box 23, the interaction being symbolized by the arrow 24.
  • the box 20 thus symbolizes the influences that are caused by the driver of the motor vehicle 35, while the box 21 describes the road influences.
  • a first functional block 25 the influence of the driver (box 20) is used to estimate the global motion of the motor vehicle 35, that is, the body 38. This is done on the basis of the data available to the control unit 12 from the steering angle sensor 13, the sensor 14, the pressure sensor 15, the engine control 16 and / or the transmission control 17.
  • the first functional block 25 provides quantities of global motion, such as roll angle, roll rate, roll acceleration and / or pitch angle, pitch rate, pitch acceleration and / or yaw rate, yaw rate, roll acceleration.
  • the Quantities estimated in the first functional block 25 are forwarded to the second functional block 26.
  • the requirements for the setting of the damper for the compression and rebound of the four dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 are determined from the estimated sizes. For example, in a predicted roll to the right, the compression of the dampers 3 and 5 on the right side of the motor vehicle 35 and the rebound of the damper 2 and
  • the damping hardness from the global movement is now available for the compression and rebound stages of the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
  • a third functional block 27 is a movement of the damper 2, 3, 4 and
  • the pressure level is a pressure p above and the rebound a pressure p down assigned.
  • the damper movement is described for example by the sizes damper speed and / or damper travel (compression travel).
  • they are first of all conditioned, that is, possibly corrected by an offset and / or filtered, in order to suppress measurement noise. In this case, for example, the vertical speed at the body-side attachment point of the damper 2, 3, 4 and 5 estimated.
  • the estimated from the pressure signals damper movement variables and / or the damper force are in a fourth functional block 28 and a fifth
  • Function block 29 further processed.
  • a roadway-dependent determination of the damper hardness is made on the basis of the damper movement variables and / or the damper force. This means that the damper hardness is determined by the local motion. Out-of-sump sizes are not used in this determination. Rule goals are the
  • Suitable description variables for the movement of the vehicle body 38 are, for example, the lifting speed v z in the center of gravity of the body 38, the roll rate dt phl and the pitch rate dt the ta-
  • the aggregation takes place, for example, according to the equations
  • v x ⁇ denote the vertical speed at the body-side attachment point of the respective damper 2, 3, 4 and 5, b the track width and L the wheelbase.
  • FL stands for the front left damper, FR front right, RL rear left and RR rear right.
  • the sixth function block 30 has setpoint values 33 of the body movement (typically equal to 0) as input values and the estimated body movement quantities derived from the fifth function block 29, for example v z , dtp h , and dW a . From these input variables, the sixth function block 30 determines a damper hardness, each separated according to tensile and compression stage. Analogous to the second functional block 26, the sixth functional block 30 thus determines the damper hardness which is necessary in order to dampen the global movement of the motor vehicle 35 or its structure 38.
  • a seventh functional block 31 serves to combine the damper hardness determined in the second functional block 26 and the sixth functional block 30 into a damper hardness. This combination takes place separately for train and compression stage of the damper 2, 3, 4 and 5 separately. This is now in the seventh functional block 31 before a damper hardness, which can serve to damp the global motion.
  • This eighth function block 38 thus has as input variables the damper hardness, which is from the local
  • the fifth function block 29, the sixth function block 30 and the seventh function block 31 are performed in the control unit 12, which belongs, for example, to an already existing drive stabilization system (for example ESP).
  • the integration of said functional blocks 29, 30, 31 in an existing central control unit of the landing gear domain is also suitable. If this central control unit has an expanded inertial sensor system with measurement of the stroke acceleration a z , the roll rate dt phl and the pitch rate dW a , the fifth function block 29, which carries out the calculation of the body movement variables, can be omitted.
  • the third functional block 27, the fourth functional block 28 and the eighth functional block 32 can be implemented in the microprocessor 7 of the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  • FIG. 3 shows the motor vehicle 35 and an associated coordinate system, characterized by the axes x, y, z, where x denotes the longitudinal axis, y the transverse axis and z the vertical axis of the motor vehicle 35.
  • a rotation about the axis x is referred to as a roller (represented by the arrow 36) and takes place at a roller speed dt phl .
  • a rotation about the axis y is referred to as pitching (see arrow 37) and takes place correspondingly at a pitching speed dt theta .
  • a movement of the motor vehicle 35 or a body 38 of the motor vehicle 35 is referred to as a stroke and takes place at a lifting speed v z .
  • Estimates of movement of the excavator 38 are determined by an algorithm of pressures determined at the dampers 2, 3, 4, and 5. For this purpose, in each case the pressure in an upper and a lower chamber (not shown) of the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5 is determined by means of the pressure sensors 6. From the pressures, damper-internal estimates (eg, damper force or damper speed) are first calculated, and in a second step, the estimates of movement of the structure 38.
  • the movement quantities of the body 38 can also be taken from a central control unit of the chassis domain, which is equipped, for example, with an extended inertial sensor system.
  • FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the sixth functional block 30 in the form of a flowchart.
  • the function block 30 is divided into three sub-controllers 39, 40 and 41.
  • the lifting speed v z is in the center of gravity of the structure 38
  • the roll speed dt phl is at an input 44 of the sub-controller 41.
  • the sub-controllers 39, 40 and 41 determine the required damper hardness for their respective input variable in order to counteract the respective input variable.
  • the sub-controller 39 outputs at its outputs 45 and 45 'from the damper hardness for the compression stage (output 45) and the rebound stage (output 45'), which counteract the lifting movement in the form of v z .
  • the sub-controllers 40 and 41 at the outputs 46, 46 ', 47 and 47' from the damper hardening for the compression and rebound stage, which counteract the rolling movement or the pitching movement.
  • the outputs 45, 45 ', 46, 46', 47 and 47 ' are connected to an arbiter 48, which provides the damper hardening of the outputs 45, 45', 46, 46 ', 47 and 47' to a resultant setting request, ie Ge - total silencer hardness, summarized and these at an output 49 ( total pressure ) or 49 '(train GeS amt) outputs.
  • the sixth functional block 30 shown in FIG. 4 is in the form of a calculation module 50, which is provided for each of the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  • the sub-controllers 39, 40 and 41 comprise standard controllers (for example P, PD, switching regulators or anticipatory switching regulators). These standard controllers are encapsulated in the calculation module 50, with the same structure being provided for all sub-controllers 39, 40 and 41.
  • the calculation of the damping hardening or total damping hardening applied to the outlets 49, 49 'takes place continuously, whereby the valves 10 of the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 are also continuously driven separately according to the total damping hardening for compression and rebound.
  • Sub-controller 39 will be discussed below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, to the sub-controller 40 with reference to FIGS. 7, 8, 9 and 10 and FIG the sub-controller 41 with reference to the figures 1 1, 12, 13 and 14th
  • the sub-controller 39 is used to calculate the damper hardness according to, for example, the lifting speed v z .
  • the lifting speed is merely representative of a movement amount of the structure 38.
  • a positive value of v z denotes a lifting movement upwards.
  • the control objective is the lowest possible lifting speed v z , ideally this value should be zero.
  • the lifting speed v z is plotted against a damper speed v D.
  • the sign convention applies here, v D > 0: compression, v D ⁇ 0: rebound.
  • Damper 2, 3, 4 and 5 therefore be set to maximum soft. It therefore applies:
  • a second quadrant 52 (v D ⁇ 0 and v z > 0) the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5, which is in rebound (v D ⁇ 0), exerts a downward force on the Structure 38 off. This force is desirable because the assembly 38 moves up (v z > 0).
  • the rebound stages of all four dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 should therefore be set hard:
  • a third quadrant 53 (v D ⁇ 0 and v z ⁇ 0), the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5, which is in the rebound stage (v D ⁇ 0) exerts a downward force on the superstructure 38 , This force is undesirable because the structure 38 moves down anyway (v z ⁇ 0).
  • the rebound stages of all four dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 should therefore be set to be as soft as possible:
  • a fourth quadrant 54 (v D > 0 and v z ⁇ 0), the damper 2, 3, 4 or 5, which is in the compression stage (v D > 0) exerts an upward force on the body 38 , This force is desirable because the assembly moves down (v z ⁇ 0).
  • the pressure levels of all four dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 should therefore be set hard.
  • the control parameters or application parameters of the sub-controller 39 may be the same or different for all four dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5.
  • the dampers provided on an axis have the same control parameters.
  • it is often only possible to switch over the dampers 2, 3, 4 and 5 from the first quadrant 51 to the second quadrant 52 and vice versa or from the third quadrant 53 to the fourth quadrant 54, while switching over between the first quadrant 51 and the fourth quadrant 54 and vice versa or between the second quadrant 52 and the third quadrant 53 and vice versa is not possible.
  • This results from the fact that switching is provided only for small damper speeds v D , preferably v D 0.
  • FIG. 6 shows the structure of the partial controller 39.
  • the input variable for example the lifting speed v z, is located at an input 55 of the partial controller 39 at.
  • outputs 56 and 57 respectively the damper hardnesses for pressure stage (output 56) and rebound (output 57) are output.
  • the output 56 is either set equal to zero (box 58) or equal to B (-v z ) corresponding to boxes 59 and 59 ', depending on whether the lift speed v z is greater or lesser than zero.
  • the switching takes place as shown in the boxes 60 and 60 '.
  • the roll speed dt ph ⁇ is plotted against the damper speed v D with the already described sign convention.
  • the rolling speed is merely representative of a movement amount of the rolling movement.
  • a positive value indicates a roll to the right.
  • the control goal is a minimum possible rolling speed dtp h i, ideally the value should be zero.
  • a third quadrant 65 (v D ⁇ 0 and dt ph , ⁇ 0), the left damper 2 or 4, which is in rebound (v D ⁇ 0), exerts a downward force on the structure 38.
  • the resulting leftward moment is undesirable because the assembly 38 moves to the left anyway (dt phl ⁇ 0).
  • the rebound stages of the dampers 2 and 4 should therefore be set to be maximally soft:
  • a third quadrant 69 (v D ⁇ 0 and dt ph ⁇ ⁇ 0), the right damper 3 or 5, which is in rebound (v D ⁇ 0), exerts a downward force on the body 38.
  • the resulting rightward moment is desirable as the assembly moves to the left (dt phl ⁇ 0).
  • the rebound stages of the dampers 3 and 5 should therefore be set hard.
  • FIG. 9 describes the structure of the partial regulator 40 for the rolling movement of the structure 38 for the dampers 2 and 4 on the left side of the motor vehicle.
  • a size for the rolling motion such as the
  • the damper hardness for a pressure stage (output 72) and a rebound stage (output 73) are output by the sub-controller 40.
  • the output 72 is, depending on whether the scroll speed dt ph i is greater than or less than zero, either set equal to zero (KAS th 74) or equal to B (-dt phl) corresponding to the boxes 75 and 75 '. The switching takes place as shown in the boxes 76 and 76 '.
  • FIG. 10 shows the structure of the sub-controller 40 for the dampers 3 and 5 on the right side of the vehicle.
  • an input 80 has a size which describes the rolling movement of the assembly 38.
  • the damper hardness for the compression stage (output 81) and the rebound stage (output 82) for the dampers 3 and 5 are output.
  • the output 81 is, depending on whether the rolling speed dt phl is less than or greater than zero, either set equal to zero (box 84) or equal to B (dt ph ⁇ ) corresponding to the box 83.
  • the switching takes place as in the boxes 85 and 85th 'presented.
  • FIGs 1 1 and 12 show diagrams for the sub-controller 41.
  • a size corresponding to the pitching process for example the pitching speed dt theta
  • FIG. 11 shows a diagram for the dampers 2 and 3 on a front axle of the motor vehicle and in FIG. 12 for the dampers 4 and 5 on a rear axle of the motor vehicle.
  • a positive value of the pitching speed dt theta denotes a forward pitching motion.
  • a first quadrant 89 in the diagram of FIG. 11 (v D > 0 and dt theta > 0), the front damper 2 or 3, which is located in the compression stage (v D > 0), exerts an upward direction Force on the body 38.
  • the resulting rearward moment is desirable as the assembly 38 moves forward (dt theta > 0).
  • the pressure levels of the dampers 2 and 3 should therefore be set hard.
  • a third quadrant 91 (v D ⁇ 0 and dt theta ⁇ 0), the front damper 2 or 3, which is in rebound (v D ⁇ 0), exerts a downward force on the superstructure 38.
  • the resulting forward moment is desirable as the assembly 38 moves rearwardly (dt theta ⁇ 0).
  • the rebound stages of the dampers 2 and 3 should therefore be set hard:
  • FIG. 12 shows the diagram for the partial controller 41 and the dampers 4 and 5 on a rear axle of the motor vehicle.
  • a first quadrant 93 (v D > 0 and dt theta > 0)
  • the rear damper 4 or 5 which is in the compression stage (v D > 0) exerts an upward force on the assembly 38.
  • the resulting forward moment is undesirable because the assembly 38 moves forward anyway (dt theta > 0).
  • a second quadrant 94 (v D ⁇ 0 and dt the ta > 0), the rear damper 4 or 5 exerts a downward force on the body 38 in rebound (v D ⁇ 0). The resulting rearward moment is desirable as the assembly 38 moves forward (dtt h eta> 0).
  • the rebound stages of the dampers 4 and 5 should therefore be set:
  • a third quadrant 95 (v D ⁇ 0 and dt theta ⁇ 0), the rear damper 4 or 5, which is in rebound (v D ⁇ 0), exerts a downward force on the structure 38.
  • the resulting rearward moment is undesirable since the assembly 38 moves backward anyway (dt theta ⁇ 0).
  • the rebound stages of the dampers 4 and 5 should therefore be set to be as soft as possible:
  • FIGS. 5, 7 and 8 there is merely a transition between the first quadrants 89, 93 and second quadrants 90, 94 and vice versa, and between the third quadrants 91, 95 and the fourth quadrants 92, 96, respectively and vice versa possible.
  • the transition between the first quadrants 89, 93 and the fourth quadrants 92, 96 and the transition between the second quadrants 90, 94 and the third quadrants 91, 95 is not possible.
  • Figures 13 and 14 describe the structure of pitch regulator 41 for pitching motion.
  • FIG. 13 shows the situation for the dampers 2 and 3 on a front axle of the motor vehicle and in FIG. 14 for the dampers 4 and 5 on a rear axle of the motor vehicle.
  • FIG. 13 describes the structure of the sub-regulator 41 for pitching movement of the superstructure 38 for the dampers 2 and 3 on the front axle of the motor vehicle 35.
  • an entrance 97 there is a size for the pitching movement, for example the pitching speed dt theta .
  • outputs 98 and 99 of the sub-controller 41 respectively the damper hardness for a compression stage (output 98) and a rebound
  • Output 99 is output.
  • the output 98 is set either equal to zero (box 101) or equal to B (dt theta ) corresponding to box 100, depending on whether the pitching speed dW a is less than or greater than zero.
  • the switching occurs as in boxes 102 and 102 'presented.
  • B (-dt ph ⁇ ) corresponding to the boxes 104 and 104 ') or zero (corresponding to the box 103) is present at the output 99.
  • the switching takes place according to the boxes 105 and 105 '.
  • FIG. 14 shows the structure of the partial regulator 41 for the dampers 4 and 5 on the
  • Rear axle of the motor vehicle 35 As in the example shown in Figure 13 is at an input 106 to a size that describes the pitching motion of the structure 38.
  • the damper hardness for the compression stage (output 107) and the rebound stage (output 108) for the dampers 4 and 5 are output.
  • the output 107 is either set equal to zero (box 109) or equal to B (-dt theta ) corresponding to the boxes 1 1 and 1 10 ', depending on whether the pitching speed dW a is greater or lesser than zero.
  • the switching takes place as shown in the boxes 1 1 1 and 1 1 1 '.
  • the three sub-controllers 39, 40 and 41 each calculate a damper hardness for the compression and rebound stages.
  • Hardness x ⁇ max (hardness XY H , hardness x ⁇ _ w , hardness x ⁇ _ N )
  • hardness is representative of pressure or tension.
  • a sum-like link such as
  • Hardness XY j hardness XY H + hardness x ⁇ _ w - hardness XY H - hardness 1
  • XY-W hardness x ⁇ hardness XY j + hardness x ⁇ _ N - hardness XY j ⁇ hardness ⁇ XY N
  • hardness can here stand for one of the compression or rebound damping value assigned.
  • hardness x ⁇ j is an internal intermediate result that does not leave the arbitrator.

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L'invention concerne un procédé pour réguler la suspension d'un véhicule automobile (35), au moins une suspension de roue du véhicule automobile (35) présentant un amortisseur (2, 3, 4, 5) réglable. Selon l'invention, la dureté de l'amortisseur (2, 3, 4, 5) est commandée et/ou régulée pour amortir un mouvement de la carrosserie (38) du véhicule automobile (35). La commande et/ou la régulation de l'amortisseur (2, 3, 4, 5) sont effectuées en continu et, pour la commande et/ou la régulation de l'amortisseur (2, 3, 4, 5), une valeur de consigne du mouvement et/ou au moins une vitesse et/ou au moins une vitesse de lacet et/ou au moins une accélération sont utilisées, la vitesse et/ou la vitesse de lacet et/ou l'accélération étant évaluées et l'évaluation étant réalisée sur la base d'au moins une pression d'amortisseur et/ou d'au mois une valeur fournie par un appareil de commande, équipé en particulier de capteurs inertiels. L'invention concerne en outre un dispositif pour réguler la suspension d'un véhicule automobile (35).
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