96 results about "Roll moment" patented technology

The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the vehicle to move one or more mass transfer devices to a desired location to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of the vehicle. A second embodiment is a fluid mass distribution system in which one or more conduits selectively distribute a fluid to one or more tanks positioned near a central horizontal plane of the vehicle to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of the vehicle.

A method of controlling wing position and velocity for a flapping wing air vehicle provides six-degrees-of-freedom movement for the aircraft through a split-cycle constant-period frequency modulation with wing bias method that generates time-varying upstroke and downstroke wing position commands for wing planforms to produce nonharmonic wing flapping trajectories that generate non-zero, cycle averaged wing drag and alter the location of the cycle-averaged center of pressure of the wings relative to the center of gravity of the aircraft to cause horizontal translation forces, rolling moments and pitching moments of the aircraft.

A rollover sensing system (12) that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in the vehicle. The rollover sensing system (12) may include lateral acceleration sensors (32), a roll rate sensor (18), and a roll angle detector (20). A control circuit (16) determines a roll moment of inertia as a function of the lateral acceleration, a trip point length as a function of the lateral acceleration and a trip point angle as a function of the lateral acceleration. The control circuit (16) determines a rollover threshold in response to the roll rate signal, the roll angle signal, the trip point length, the roll moment of inertia, and the trip point length. The control circuit generates a control signal for the deployment circuit in response to the rollover threshold.

The invention discloses a high-precision device for measuring a rolling moment based on a mechanical bearing support, which is lower in researching and testing costs, higher in precision as comparison with the conversional high-precision rolling moment strain gauge balance and capable of meeting the requirement for small rolling moment wind channel measurement of a wind channel model in various attack angle states. The high-precision device comprises a simple component rolling moment balance (200) and a mechanical bearing support (100), wherein the mechanical bearing support (100) comprises a shell assembly (101), a rotary inner sleeve assembly (102) and a central shaft assembly (103); the rotary inner sleeve assembly (102) is arranged inside the shell assembly (101) by using an outer ring bearing and arranged on the central shaft assembly (103) by using an inner ring bearing; the front end of the shell assembly (101) is fixedly provided with a measured wind channel model (300); and the central shaft assembly (103) is provided with the simple component rolling moment balance (200) and fixed on a model supporting rod (400).

A suspension system for a vehicle, including: a stabilizer apparatus configured to change a stabilizer force by an operation of an actuator; a pair of absorbers of a hydraulic type each configured to change a damping coefficient thereof: a control device which includes (a) a stabilizer-force control portion configured to control the stabilizer force in accordance with roll moment acting on a body of the vehicle and (b) a damping-coefficient control portion configured to control the damping coefficient of each of the absorbers, wherein the damping-coefficient control portion is configured to execute a damping-coefficient reduction control for reducing the damping coefficient of each of the absorbers when a prescribed condition is satisfied and wherein the stabilizer-force control portion is configured to increase the stabilizer force in an instance where the damping-coefficient reduction control is under execution, as compared with an instance where the damping-coefficient reduction control is not under execution.

A system and method protects against rollover in a vehicle by employing an array of linear acceleration sensors. A control module includes, among other things, a model of the vehicle dynamics and a model of the array of sensors. A state vector is estimated based on the detected accelerations, the model of the vehicle dynamics and the model of the sensors. A control signal is generated based on the state vector, and the roll moment of the vehicle is reduced based on the control signal.

Monorail vehicle that travels on a non-featured rail with substantial profile variation and controls roll attitude, lateral location, and loading through judicious placement of the vehicle's center of gravity without using springs or suspensions. The vehicle has a bogie for engaging the non-featured rail so the center of gravity has a lateral offset r₁ from the rail centerline to produce a roll moment N_r determined by vehicle's mass and value of r₁. The center of gravity also has a vertical offset r₂. The bogie uses first and second assemblies for engaging the rail to produce a pair of surface normal reaction forces to thus control roll attitude and loading by the placement of the center of gravity, thereby enabling accurate alignment of the monorail vehicle.

In rotorcraft having rotors on multiple masts, a controller causes opposing roll mast moments to be applied to the different rotors. In preferred embodiments, the opposing roll moment is the result of increasing the lift on the advancing blade and reducing the lift on the retreating blade on the second rotor. This can be accomplished in any suitable manner, such as by applying differential cyclic roll control to the two rotors by tilting the two Swashplates of the two rotors or by using Individual Blade Control (IBC).

The present invention is to stabilize behavior of brake pads at the time of braking of a disc brake so as to suppress generation of brake noise, and also to reduce the roll moment of the brake pads generated at the time of braking so as to suppress uneven abrasion of linings. A back plate (41) of a brake pad (40) is biased inward in the rotor radial direction by a plate spring (80). The back plate (41) is engaged at two points with an inner periphery support shaft (61) provided integrally with a caliper (20) on a V-shape inner peripheral abutment (41a) (provided in the back plate (41) on the inner side of a lining (42) in the rotor radial direction and on the center in the rotor circumferential direction), and engaged at one point with an outer periphery support shaft (62) provided integrally with the caliper (20) on an outer peripheral abutment (41b) (provided in the back plate (41) on the outer side of the lining (42) in the rotor radial direction and on the center in the rotor circumferential direction).

A method for equalizing rolling moments at high advance ratios is disclosed including impelling an aircraft in a forward direction at an airspeed by means of a thrust source and rotating a rotor of the aircraft at an angular velocity with respect to the airspeed effective to cause a positive total lift on each blade due to air flow over the blades in the retreating direction when the blade is moving in the retreating direction. The rotor includes an even number of blades placed at equal angular intervals around the rotor hub. One or both of cyclic pitch and rotor angle of attack are adjusted such that a rolling moment of the retreating blade due to reverse air flow is between 0.3 and 0.7 times a rolling moment on the advancing blade due to lift.

The invention discloses a tire mechanical property intelligent detection device and a detection method thereof. The detection device comprises a tire, a rim, a gravity sensor, a camera and a marking point; the gravity sensor and the camera are arranged at the same circumferential position of the rim; the marking point is positioned on the surface of the inner side of the tire; the camera is arranged over against an area of the marking point. The detection method adopts a neural network algorithm; when the working tire is deformed, the camera is utilized to acquire displacement variation of a phosphor dot and a tire force is obtained by the neural network algorithm; a six-component sensor is not required for measuring a tangential force, an axial force, a vertical force, a running torque, a rolling moment and a yawing moment on a rotary drum test bench to realize solution of a longitudinal force, a lateral force, a vertical load, a running torque, a rolling moment and an aligning torque of the tire; the tire mechanical property intelligent detection device has the advantages of being simple and compact in structure, simple and convenient to operate, low in cost and the like.