WO1997010118A1 - Controllable seat damper system and control method therefor - Google Patents
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- the present invention is directed to the field of controllable dampers.
- the present invention is directed to a controllable seat suspension damper system and a method for dynamically controlling such a damper system.
- Kaneko et al. employs a hydrauhc seat damper with a controllable valve which can be switched between a closed and an open position, limiting the adjustment to a single hard and a single soft position.
- the present invention provides a greater degree of control of the damping force the system provides. Since the damper of the present invention employs a controllable fluid and, because of the particular control method implemented, the present invention can provide a continuous control of the output force ofthe damper system over a significant range. A single position sensor can provide the necessary input to permit the desired adjustment. Null bands avoid transmission of high frequency vibrations to the seat occupant. The use of end stop limits can increase the damping force when the damper is about to bottom (or top) out thereby avoiding the harsh feel of an end stop collision.
- additional sensors such as a brake sensor, a clutch sensor, seat occupant sensor, gearshift position sensor, steering angle sensor, speed sensor, rollover sensor
- additional features can be provided or existing features can be enhanced.
- a seat leveling switch can be provided to maintain the seat at a desired height.
- a manual ride- mode switch may be provided to allow the driver to select the level of damping desired for the type of driving s/he is doing or the particular feel s/ e prefers.
- FIG. 1 is schematic side view of the controllable seat suspension system of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is enlarged side view with portions broken away of a controllable damper useful in the suspension system of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is schematic of the control system diagramming the direction of data and current flow through the various elements of the wiring harness
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic depiction of the logic flow path for the rate control method of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a plot of the controllable seat suspension system's response as compared to two passive systems.
- Fig. 1 The controllable seat damper system of the present invention is shown in Fig. 1 generally at 20.
- Seat 11 is mounted on a frame 13 by a suspension system shown generally at 15.
- Suspension system 15 includes a spring means 17 and a support means 19, spring means 17 being depicted here as an adjustable air spring and support means 19 being shown as a scissors mount.
- spring means 17 being depicted here as an adjustable air spring
- support means 19 being shown as a scissors mount.
- spring means and support means could be employed.
- a mechanical coil spring with a motor to adjust its preload could replace the adjustable air spring shown here.
- the present invention will be described in connection with a truck seat appUcation, although as previously mentioned, the system has broad applicability.
- Controllable damper 22 is mounted in parallel with the spring means 17 and support means 19, being connected on one end to seat 11 and on the other to frame (or floor) 13.
- the purpose of the controllable damper system 20 as integrated into the seat suspension is to isolate the seat 11 and, hence, the passenger from the transmission of vibrational energy from the frame 13.
- Vehicle frame 13 can, of course, receive vibrational input from a number of high and low frequency sources including road inputs and engine inputs. It is the intention of the present invention to provide an adjustable damper that is capable of improving overall isolation by adjusting the damping force provided to isolate both the high frequency, low amplitude vibrations and damp the low frequency, high amplitude motion.
- Damper 22 is a controllable fluid damper and may be of either the electrorheological (ER) or magnetorheological (MR) types but is preferably of the MR fluid varieties described and claimed in US pat. nos. 5,277,281 and 5,284,330 which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- Damper 22 has a piston 24 with a piston head 30 slidable within a cylindrical housing 26 thereby subdividing housing into upper (28U) and lower (28L) chambers which contain a magnetorheological fluid.
- Piston head 30 has an orifice 32 extending axially therethrough, said orifice 32 being at least partially, and preferably totally, surrounded by a field-inducing coil 34.
- Damper 22 can be equipped with an auxihary floating piston 38 which separates the chamber 28L from an end region 40 that can be filled with pneumatic fluid by means of a fill port (not shown). This will serve as an expansion chamber for thermal expansion and contraction of the incompressible fluid, as well as providing space for the fluid displaced by the piston rod.
- Controller 42 is shown in Fig. 1 attached beneath the seat 11. As seen in Fig. 3, controller 42 is preferably an 8-bit micro-processing computer and a wiring harness operatively interconnects controller 42 to the other components of the system. For some applications, a 4-bit processor will suffice. Every line in Fig. 3 bearing an arrowhead (at either head or tail end) represents a constituent element of the wiring harness.
- controllable seat damper system 20 includes a controllable damper 22, a primary seat position sensor 44 to enable the displacement rate of seat 11 to be determined, an electronic controller 42 for performing the rate calculation and sending a control signal to said damper 22, and a wiring harness interconnecting these elements with each other and at least some of the components with a battery 21 or similar source of current.
- seat damper system 20 includes a ride mode switch 46 and a seat leveling switch 48.
- Ride mode switch may have any number of positions to manually change the algorithm parameters to adjust the controlled ride in accordance with the operator's wishes. However, three positions such as “soft”, “medium” and “firm” have been found to be adequate without overwhelming the operator with too many choices. Other labels could be chosen for the positions such as “jockeying”, “over-the-road” and “bobtail” or “performance”, “sport” and “touring” depending on the particular usage. The values for each of these settings are preferably factory set but may be made to be operator adjustable, if desired.
- ride mode switch 46 permits the feel of the seat damping system to be adjusted to the preferences of the operator. As intimated by some of the position names, these choices may be use related or may be simply the ride feel preference of the operator. This manual adjustment of the feel alters the parameters stored in ROM which are chosen for appUcation, those parameters including gain, filter frequency, and null band limits.
- the seat leveling switch 48 when activated, will cause the micro ⁇ processor 42 to maintain the seat at the level to which the seat is adjusted, regardless of the ride parameters trying to dislodge it.
- Certain other optional sensors may provide additional features to the system or enable enhancements to the existing operational characteristics.
- inputs from a brake sensor 50 and a clutch sensor 52 can be used to increase the damping force of the seat damper 22 during braking or shifting to prevent the seat from moving away from the accelerator, brake and clutch pedals which could otherwise cause loss of control.
- the seat occupant sensor 54 can be used to lower the seat when the operator lifts weight off the seat to exit, enabling an easier egress from the vehicle and releveling the seat to the desired position upon return to the vehicle.
- Steering angle sensor 56 can provide input to the electronic controller 42 resulting in greater damping force when the sensor 56 indicates the vehicle is in a hard cornering condition.
- the gearshift position sensor 58 and speed sensor 60 can make adjustments to the damping system 20 depending upon the type of driving the operator is engaging in. For example, if the speed is low and the gear position is low, the seat may be set to the "jockeying" mode. If the gear position sensor 58 indicates the vehicle is in reverse, the seat height could be raised to provide better visibility out the rear of the vehicle.
- a rollover sensor 62 could be used to relax the damper and air spring to reduce the force appUed to the seat to reduce the possibiUty that the operator would be pinned in the vehicle during a rollover accident.
- the micro-processor controller 42 performs all of its calculations to determine an appropriate damping level and to determine the required current level needed in damper 22 to produce that level of damping using a particular control method.
- the particular seat damper system described above can employ any control method such as skyhook, or deflection control as disclosed and claimed in US pat. no. 5,276,623 to operate the system.
- a particularly effective control system employed with this apparatus and which may be used in other appUcations as well, is a rate control method.
- the particular steps used in implementing the rate control technique are flow charted in Fig. 4.
- the microprocessor 42 determines the rate and direction of the seat displacement.
- a filter within the microprocessor (which may be embodied in software, i.e., an algorithm, or in hardware) receives the successive displacement measurements and computes a rate of displacement. Adjusting the input filter frequency is accompUshed by adjusting an averaging time constant thereby tuning the controUer to a desired ride feel.
- the rate control filter determines the rate by computing the foUowing values.
- the displacement sum, S n + ⁇ , is equal to S n - D av ⁇ (displacement average) + D n (displacement for the nth measurement), where D ave is equal to S n+ ⁇ F (filter frequency).
- the displacement rate, R, is equal to D n - D ave .
- the processor 42 sets the input gain to "extension gain” for later appUcation. If the rate is negative, that is, if the damper is experiencing a compressive stroke, then processor 42 sets the input gain to the "compression gain” that has been input which is typically a different value than the "extension gain”. In addition, the processor takes the absolute value of the compressive rate, i.e., converts it to a positive value to estabUsh the "output rate".
- the "output rate” is then compared to the high and low values input into the null band. If the output rate faUs within the null band, then the output signal is set at its minimum value (e.g., "soft"). It will be appreciated that since the null band is rate related, it is also dynamic, that is, it may move if the seat travels at a slow enough rate to not actuate the damper. If the output rate does not f ⁇ dl within the null band, the microprocessor 42 multiplies that rate by the gain (extension or compression) which it has previously selected to produce the resultant output signal. The resultant output signal is then fed to the damper 22. The result of this process is to increase the output force of damper 22 to the value desired as determined by the values input for filter frequency and extension and compression gain.
- the gain extension or compression
- the microprocessor 42 may take the "output rate" and process it through an additional step to determine if the seat damper system is nearing an "end stop", ie., if the piston 24 is approaching either end of its travel Umit. If displacement sensor 44 performs the check and determines that the piston is not nearing an end stop, the microprocessor reverts to its default process, i.e., it multipUes the output rate by the appropriate (extension or compression) gain to produce the resultant output signal to be fed to the damper 22. If, on the otherhand, sensor 44 indicates an end stop is being approached, an alternate, typicaUy higher gain value which has been manually input is used to boost said output rate to avoid a bottoming out of the damper 22.
- Fig. 5 is a plot comparing the seat suspension system of the present invention to a soft passive damping system and a firm passive damping system. Each system was tested with the identical seat in order to produce proper comparative data. As can be seen, the soft passive system effectively isolates the operator from some of the higher frequency vibrations that were tested but has a significant transmissibiUty peak at the uncontroUed system's harmonic frequency. Because of its mherent stiffness, the firm passive system is less effective at isolating the higher frequency vibrations tested and, in fact, is less effective isolating at all frequencies with the exception of the soft system's harmonic.
- the damper system and control method of the present invention provide a transmissibility below 1 for all vibrational inputs above four Hz. This improved ride is beneficial not only to operator comfort but for safety, as weU, since the operator is isolated from large ampUtude vibrations which could cause her/him to lose control of the vehicle.
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