1902results about "Interconnection systems" patented technology

A prism for reflecting a laser includes: a single mounting cap at a first end of the prism, and first to seventh trihedral corner (TC) reflectors, each including a reflective surface including: three side edges, and three corners at respective intercept points between the side edges, wherein the seventh TC reflector, among the first to seventh TC reflectors, is on a second end of the prism opposite to the first end of the prism.

A stabilizer bar assembly may include left and right bars, an outer cylinder member connected to one of the left bar and the right bar, an inner cylinder member provided inside the outer cylinder member to enable relative rotation with the outer cylinder member, and connected to the other one of the left bar and the right bar, and a torsion spring providing rotational stiffness to the inner cylinder member and the outer cylinder, which rotate relatively.

Disclosed herein is a sway bar system comprising a damping link that couples a first end of a sway bar to a first location on a vehicle. The damping link is comprised of a body comprising a damping chamber and a reservoir. There is also a through shaft coupled to a piston, where the piston divides the chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. A high-pressure line is fluidly coupled with the chamber and the reservoir and allows fluid to flow from the first chamber and the second chamber to the reservoir. A low-pressure line is fluidly coupled with the chamber and the reservoir and allows fluid to flow from the reservoir to the first chamber and the second chamber. The high-pressure line and the low-pressure line assist in self-centering the sway bar.

A system for providing an interactive inspection map of an inspection surface inspected by an inspection robot includes an inspection circuit structured to interpret inspection data of the inspection surface from the inspection robot and a user interaction circuit structured to interpret a user focus value from a user device. The user focus value includes an activation state value. The system further includes an inspection visualization circuit structured to provide the interactive inspection map to the user device in response to the user focus value. The interactive inspection map is based on the inspection data. Also, the system includes an inspection data validation circuit that determines an inspection data validity description of the inspection data. The inspection data validity description is provided as a display layer on the interactive inspection map to indicate whether the inspection data is valid.

The invention relates to a control method, a stabilizer bar system and a vehicle, and the control method comprises the steps that when the action state between a first stabilizer bar and a second stabilizer bar is a semi-coupling state, target parameters of a hydraulic system are determined according to the vehicle running state; and according to the target parameter and the actual parameter of the hydraulic system, a PID control algorithm is adopted to control the hydraulic system so as to adjust the rigidity of the stabilizer bar, and the technical problems that the stabilizer bar cannot effectively cope with various working conditions and cannot give consideration to the operation stability and comfort due to the fact that the rigidity is single and cannot be adjusted in the related technology are at least solved.

Aspects of the present invention relate to a diagnostic apparatus (100) for use in testing an electromechanical actuator system of a vehicle (500). The diagnostic apparatus comprises one or more controllers (110), and the diagnostic apparatus configured to: generate a torque demand signal (155) corresponding to a torque demand profile (300), the torque demand profile configured to cause actuators of the electromechanical actuator system to modify a suspension of the vehicle (402); transmit the torque demand signal to the electromechanical actuator system of the vehicle (404); record a suspension characteristic of the vehicle in response to application of the torque demand signal (406); and output the recorded suspension characteristic of the vehicle (408).

A sway bar disconnect assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first bar segment for being connected to a first wheel, a second bar segment for being connected to a second wheel, and a disconnect clutch configured for being selectively movable between a connect orientation in which the disconnect clutch non-rotatably fixes the first bar segment and the second bar segment together and a disconnect orientation in which the disconnect clutch rotationally decouples the first bar segment and the second bar segment from each other. The disconnect clutch includes a first clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the first bar segment and a second clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the second bar segment. The first clutch section includes axially displaceable male connectors and the second clutch section includes female connectors shaped for receiving the male connectors in the connect orientation. The disconnect clutch also includes an axially movable disconnector configured for axially contacting the male connectors, and an actuator configured for axially moving the disconnector to force the male connectors out of engagement with the female connectors causing the disconnect clutch to enter into the disconnect orientation.

The invention relates to a stabilizer bar control method, a storage medium, electronic equipment and a vehicle. When the running working condition of the vehicle meets the preset condition, the action state of a first stabilizer bar and the action state of a second stabilizer bar are controlled; wherein the acting state comprises a disconnected state, a coupled state and a semi-coupled state. By controlling various states of the stabilizer bar, at least the technical problem that the stabilizer bar in the prior art is relatively single in control state and cannot adapt to complex driving working conditions can be solved.

A stabilizer bar includes a housing configured to be fixed to a first side-bar, a hydraulic power unit and a clutch piston disposed within the housing, and a clutch ring configured to be fixed to a second side-bar. The hydraulic power unit is configured to selectively move the clutch piston from a first connected position to a second disconnected position.

A damping arrangement of an active chassis for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein a damping system cooperates with each wheel of the axle. Each of the damping systems includes a damper having a double-acting hydraulic cylinder and a piston. The damper is couplable to a wheel suspension system of the respective wheel. A hydraulic pump and an electric motor drives the respective hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic pump is driven by the electric motor in different directions of rotation to provide different conveying directions. A hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic reservoir and valves, wherein the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic unit of the respective damping system cooperate with hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder of the respective damping system, such that, depending on the conveying direction of the hydraulic pump, a movement of the piston in either a first or second actuation direction can be provided.

A suspension system including hydraulic circuits that extend between dampers located at opposite corners of the vehicle and at least one load distribution unit that is connected in fluid communication with at least two hydraulic circuits. The load distribution unit includes a manifold block with a cylinder bore, a pair of pressure tubes, a piston rod assembly, and a pair of reserve tubes. The pressure tubes are partially received in the cylinder bore to define a pair of opposed cylinders. The piston rod assembly includes a piston rod and a pair of opposed pistons that are slidingly received within the opposed cylinders. The reserve tubes are at least partially received in the cylinder bore and are arranged annularly about the pressure tubes to define a first pair of reservoir chambers between the pressure tubes and the reserve tubes.

A single axle suspension system including right and left dampers, first and second hydraulic circuits, and a first pressurizing mechanism connected in fluid communication with the first and second hydraulic circuits. The first pressurizing mechanism includes a dual chamber ball / screw mechanism to adjust the volumetric capacity of a pair of first and second variable volume chambers that are arranged in fluid communication with the first and second hydraulic circuits. Thus, the first pressurizing mechanism provides roll control by generating a pressure differential between the first and second hydraulic circuits, which causes an increase in the fluid pressure inside either the first working chamber of the right damper and the second working chamber of the left damper or inside the first working chamber of the left damper and the second working chambers of the right damper to provide roll stiffness that counters vehicle roll during cornering.

A suspension assembly for a vehicle may be provided. The suspension assembly may include a strut which may operably couple a wheel of the vehicle to a body of the vehicle, a stabilizer bar, and a stabilizer bar link which may operably couple the stabilizer bar to the strut. The stabilizer bar link may include a first ball joint, a second ball joint, and a shaft which may extend therebetween. The first and second ball joints may include first and second threaded shafts, respectively, that may extend through respective first and second receiving orifices. A base of the first and second threaded shafts may include a non-rounded shaped perimeter. A perimeter of one of the first and second receiving orifices may be complementary to the non-rounded shaped perimeter to hold one of the first and second threaded shafts in place while the fastener may be tightened thereon.

An agricultural vehicle includes a frame, a body assembly coupled with the frame, a suspension system and a control system. The suspension system includes a pair of dampers positioned at opposite lateral ends of an axle. The suspension system includes a hydraulic system having a hydraulic line fluidly coupling the pair of dampers with each other through a valve. The valve is actuatable between an open position wherein the pair of dampers are fluidly coupled with each other, and a closed position in which the pair of dampers are hydraulically isolated from each other. The control system circuitry configured to obtain sensor feedback indicating a steering operation of the agricultural vehicle, and responsive to the steering operation of the agricultural vehicle, operate the valve into the closed position to hydraulically isolate the pair of dampers from each other to reduce a roll of the body assembly of the agricultural vehicle.

A sway bar system is described. The sway bar system includes a sway bar having a first end and a second end. An electronically controlled connector to provide a remotely controllable physical connection and disconnection capability between a first location on a vehicle and the first end of the sway bar; and the second end of the sway bar coupled to a second location on the vehicle.

The utility model discloses a hydraulic coupling assembly of a stabilizer bar, a hydraulic clutch stabilizer bar device and a vehicle, and relates to the technical field of automobiles. The coupling assembly comprises a first coupling body, the first coupling body comprises a matching cylinder and a first gear ring, a matching cavity is formed in the matching cylinder, the matching cylinder comprises a cylinder bottom wall and a matching opening, and the first gear ring is arranged around the matching cylinder; the second coupling body comprises a matching column and a second gear ring, the matching column is assembled in the matching cavity through the matching opening, and the second gear ring is located outside the matching cylinder and arranged around the matching column; the shell surrounds the first gear ring and the second gear ring. One of the first gear ring and the second gear ring is a fixed gear ring, and the other of the first gear ring and the second gear ring is a movable gear ring capable of moving in the axial direction; a first control liquid cavity is formed between the first gear ring and the second gear ring in the shell, a second control liquid cavity is formed in the side, away from the fixed gear ring, of the movable gear ring, and the movable gear ring is driven to move in the axial direction when hydraulic pressure difference exists in the first control liquid cavity and the second control liquid cavity. The hydraulic coupling assembly can dynamically adjust the running stability of the vehicle.

An off-road vehicle includes a frame; front and rear wheels; a front suspension assembly; a front torsion bar assembly, a rear suspension assembly and a rear torsion bar assembly. The front suspension assembly comprises a front lower rocker arm, a front upper rocker arm, and a front wheel shaft support assembly mounted between the front lower and the front upper rocker arms. The front torsion bar assembly is located above the front upper rocker arm, and is movably connected to the front upper rocker arm. The rear suspension assembly comprises a rear lower rocker arm, a rear upper rocker arm, a control arm assembly, and a rear wheel shaft support assembly mounted between the rear lower and rear upper rocker arms. The rear torsion bar assembly is located between the rear upper and lower rocker arms, and is movably connected to the rear upper rocker arm.

An all-terrain vehicle includes a frame, wheels, a suspension system, a prime mover assembly, and a drive train. The front suspension includes left and right upper rocker A-arms pivotally connected to the frame, left and right lower rocker A-arms pivotally connected to the frame, and left and right front knuckle connected between the respective upper and lower rocker A-arms and the respective front wheel. Each front knuckle has upper and lower connecting portions for attaching to the upper and lower rocker A-arms, at least one of which is separately formed from the main body with a flange connected to the main body by at least one fastener. A camber adjusting spacer can be positioned between the flange and the main body to adjust camber of the respective front wheel.

The invention relates to a disconnectable hydraulic stabilizer bar assembly. The disconnectable hydraulic stabilizer bar assembly comprises a hydraulic cylinder body, a front flange is installed on the front portion of the hydraulic cylinder body, a rear flange is installed on the rear portion of the hydraulic cylinder body, a piston rod is sleeved with the front flange, an inner thread sleeve is installed on the rear portion of the piston rod, and balls are installed between the inner thread sleeve and an outer thread sleeve; a piston plate is arranged in the middle of the piston rod, a first oil guide block and a second oil guide block are welded to the side wall of the hydraulic cylinder body, an oil path block is installed on the rear flange, an oil return hole is formed in the rear flange, and an energy accumulator used for storing hydraulic oil energy, a first electromagnetic valve and a second electromagnetic valve are installed on the oil path block and used for controlling on-off of an oil path in the oil path block. A first connecting rod is installed on the front portion of the piston rod, and a second connecting rod is installed on the rear portion of the rear flange. The stabilizer bar assembly has the beneficial effects that the stabilizer bar assembly ensures that the excellent stability of a vehicle can be kept, and the comfortable feeling of riding and the trafficability of severe road conditions can be considered at the same time.

The present disclosure relates to a suspension apparatus for a vehicle, the suspension apparatus including an axle carrier to which a wheel is rotatably coupled, a torsion beam axle having a trailing arm coupled to the axle carrier, the torsion beam axle being disposed in a width direction of a vehicle, a spring lower pad coupled to the axle carrier and having a bump stopper, a spring seated on the spring lower pad, and a shock absorber coupled to the axle carrier and disposed to be inclined toward a rear side of the vehicle.

A suspension system including hydraulic circuits that extend between dampers located at opposite corners of the vehicle and at least one load distribution unit that is connected in fluid communication with at least two hydraulic circuits. The load distribution unit includes a manifold block with a cylinder bore, a pair of pressure tubes, a piston rod assembly, and an integral rod guide and pressure tube coupler. The pressure tubes are partially received in the cylinder bore to define a pair of opposed cylinders and mate with the integral rod guide and pressure tube coupler. The piston rod assembly includes a piston rod and a pair of opposed pistons that are slidingly received within the opposed cylinders. In addition to retaining the pressure tubes, the integral rod guide and pressure tube coupler supports and permits the piston rod to slide longitudinally relative to the manifold block.

The invention relates to a stabilizer bar control method, a stabilizer bar system and a vehicle, and the stabilizer bar control method comprises the steps that when driving parameters of the vehicle meet a first preset condition, a stabilizer bar is controlled to be in a semi-coupling state; and in the semi-coupling state, the stabilizer bar is controlled to be in the first damping mode or the second damping mode. By setting different damping modes, the damping of the stabilizer bar is adjustable, the stabilizer bar can adapt to various different driving working conditions, and the technical problems that in the prior art, the control state of the stabilizer bar is single, and the stabilizer bar cannot adapt to complex driving working conditions are at least solved.

The invention relates to a suspension member for a road vehicle for converting at least one portion of the vibrations and / or mechanical stresses into electricity, the suspension member comprising at least one suspension element or at least one interface element configured to contribute to the attachment of at least one suspension element of the vehicle, and at least one continuous two-dimensional layer (1) integrated into or covering a surface of the suspension element or of the interface element, wherein the at least one two-dimensional layer (1) comprises a plurality of individual piezoelectric elements (3) that are arranged in the two-dimensional layer (1), and wherein the at least one two-dimensional layer(1) further comprises an electrical circuit (4) connecting the individual piezoelectric elements (3) to one another.

The invention discloses a torsion beam assembly, a vehicle and a control method of the vehicle, the torsion beam assembly comprises two longitudinal beams which extend in the front-back direction of the vehicle, one end of each longitudinal beam is suitable for being connected with a wheel, the other end of each longitudinal beam is suitable for being connected with a vehicle body, and the number of the longitudinal beams is two; the cross beam extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle, the left end and the right end of the cross beam are connected with the two longitudinal beams respectively, and the cross beam can move in the front-back direction of the vehicle relative to the longitudinal beams; the driving part is connected with the cross beam, and the driving part is suitable for driving the cross beam to move back and forth relative to the longitudinal beam. According to the torsion beam assembly, the torsion rigidity of the torsion beam assembly can be adjusted by adjusting the relative positions of the cross beams and the longitudinal beams in the front-back direction, so that the adaptability of the torsion beam assembly to road conditions is improved, and the driving experience of people in a vehicle is improved.

An electrified vehicle includes a chassis having a frame member, a tractive element, a suspension assembly having a support linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member so that the support linkage is configured to pivot about a pivot point, and an axle assembly coupled to the tractive element and supported on the support linkage. The axle assembly includes an axle and an electric motor that is oriented so that the electric motor extends in a direction toward the pivot point.

The invention provides an anti-roll device (30) for a motor vehicle. A hydraulic cylinder (32) comprises: an actuating rod (36), a first chamber (40), a second chamber (42), and a third chamber (44). The hydraulic circuit (34) comprises: a hydraulic accumulator (46) with hydraulic fluid, a first branch (48) between the first chamber and the hydraulic accumulator, a second branch (50) between the second chamber and the hydraulic accumulator, two valves (52), and two check valves adapted to block the flow of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic accumulator to the cylinder.The hydraulic cylinder comprises a first piston (56) movable relative to the actuating rod and defining the first chamber, a second piston (58) movable relative to the actuating rod and defining the second chamber, and drive means (60) for moving the actuating rod through the first piston to the second chamber, and through the second piston to the first chamber. Figure to be published with the abbreviation: Figure 2.

The invention relates to a compound link axle comprising two side arms 11 and a torsion profile 1. The torsion profile 1 is connected to each side arm 11 by a weld 18. At least in the area of ​​the weld, the torsion profile 1 has a wall 4 with a wall thickness t1 that is greater than the wall thickness t2 of a wall 12 of a side arm 11. The torsion profile 1 has a joining surface 13 at each end section 5, and the side arms 11 each have a joining surface 14, wherein the torsion profile 1 and the side arms 11 are each connected at their mutually facing joining surfaces 13, 14 by a weld 18. The joining surface 13 at the end section 5 of the torsion profile 1 has a chamfer 9 produced without machining. The joining gap 15 formed between the mutually facing joining surfaces 13, 14 of end section 5 and side arm 11 is configured in a V-shape.This can significantly increase the penetration of the weld seam 18 on the torsion profile 1.

A lightweight vehicle includes a pair of rear wheel assemblies, a pair of front wheel assemblies, a chassis, a front suspension system coupling the pair of front wheel assemblies to the chassis, a rear suspension system coupling the pair of rear wheel assemblies to the chassis, a frontmost seat supported by the chassis where the frontmost seat includes a first seat bottom and a first seat back, a rearmost seat supported by the chassis and facing forward where the rearmost seat includes a second seat bottom and a second seat back, a floorboard coupled the chassis, and an electric motor configured to drive the pair of rear wheel assemblies and at least partially positioned beneath the second seat bottom. At least a portion of the rearmost seat is located longitudinally rearward of an axis extending through a center of the pair of rear wheel assemblies.

An accumulator checking method comprises setting a present state of an accumulator check to a first state, determining first target open and closed states for valves of a suspension system based on the present state being set to the first state, selectively opening and closing the valves according to the first target open and closed states, respectively, when the valves are in the first target open and closed states, respectively, selectively operating an electric pump in a first direction and increasing a pressure of hydraulic fluid in a first portion of the suspension system including an accumulator, selectively opening one or more of the valves and decreasing the pressure in the first portion after the increasing, selectively recording the pressure in the first portion based on a second derivative of the pressure while the pressure is decreasing, and selectively diagnosing a fault in the accumulator based on the recorded pressure.