Appeal No. 1996-3507
Application 08/041,209
the time the vehicle begins to accelerate from a substantially
stopped condition.
Figures 18 and 19 together show the routine used in a
third embodiment of the invention, with Figure 18 showing the
steps involved in suppressing squatting and Figure 19 showing
the routine which controls damping during driving. Referring
to Figure 18, when the routine determines at step 404 that the
vehicle speed is zero, it then determines whether the absolute
value of the vertical speed is less than a threshold value Vt
(step 405). If the answer is yes and remains yes for a
predetermined period T as measured by a counter (step 407),
t
step 408 is reached, wherein parking suspension control is
activated.
B. The claims
Claims 1 and 8, the only independent claims, read as
follows:
1. A suspension control system for an automotive vehicle
comprising:
a front shock absorber disposed between a vehicle body
and a suspension member rotatably supporting a front wheel,
said front shock absorber being controllable to assume damping
force characteristics in a range between preselected higher
and lower damping coefficients over extension and compression
strokes;
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