Vehicle Suspension Actuating Elements for Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle suspension systems for short-distance commuter vehicles, such as kick scooters and self-balancing scooters, using linkage mechanisms are prone to shaking and difficulty in balancing due to high wheel freedom, leading to instability and a risk of rollover.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle suspension system incorporating a multi-linkage mechanism and a restoring apparatus with actuating elements on both sides of the vehicle body. The actuating elements provide acting forces to maintain the vehicle body in an equilibrium position and return it to this position when deviated, enhancing stability without affecting the driving experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a linkage mechanism is used to connect wheels and vehicle body, then the suspension system allows high wheel freedom for better driving experience, but the vehicle body becomes unstable and prone to shaking and rollover
Solution Approach 1:
The suspension system is divided into two independent parts: a linkage mechanism for wheel suspension that allows high wheel freedom, and a separate restoring apparatus with actuating elements that independently provides stabilizing forces to the vehicle body. This segmentation allows each part to optimize its function without compromising the other.
Solution Approach 2:
The actuating elements serve as intermediary components that mediate between the wheel assembly and vehicle body. These elements provide restoring forces that stabilize the vehicle body while allowing the linkage mechanism to maintain wheel freedom, thus resolving the contradiction between driving experience and stability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If actuating elements are added to provide restoring forces for vehicle body stability, then vehicle stability and balance are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating elements are integrated into the existing linkage mechanism structure, merging the stabilizing function with the suspension function. This combination allows the system to provide vehicle body stability without adding completely separate, complex stabilizing mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The actuating elements are designed to perform multiple functions: they provide restoring forces for vehicle body stability, work in conjunction with the linkage mechanism for suspension, and contribute to the overall structural integrity of the system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional dedicated components.
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AI summary
This disclosure provides a vehicle suspension system. Actuating elements disposed on two sides of a vehicle body provide acting forces for the vehicle body, so that the vehicle body is in an equilibrium position. When the vehicle body deviates from the equilibrium position, a resultant force generated by the two actuating elements causes the vehicle body to return to the equilibrium position. The vehicle suspension system can overcome the problems that a vehicle body is easy to shake and difficult to balance due to a high degree of freedom of wheels in a suspension system connected by a linkage mechanism.