Land vehicles and systems with controllable suspension systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8700260
APP PUB NO 20120035808A1
SERIAL NO

13262384

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The land vehicle includes a body, a power plant and a plurality of land engagers, the land engagers for engaging land and propelling the land vehicle across land. The land vehicle includes a controllable suspension system, the controllable suspension system for controlling suspension movements between the body and the land engagers. The land vehicle includes a computer system and suspension sensors located proximate the land engagers for measuring suspension parameters representative of suspension movements between the body and the land engagers and outputting a plurality of suspension sensor measurement outputs. The land vehicle includes controllable force suspension members located proximate the land engagers and the suspension sensors, the controllable force suspension members applying suspension travel forces between the body and the land engagers to control the suspension movements. The land vehicle computer system includes a controllable suspension system algorithm for controlling the controllable force suspension members to control vehicle body motion and the suspension movements between the body and the land engagers, and a health usage monitoring algorithm for monitoring sensors and assessing a health and a usage of the vehicle and its suspension components.

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  • LORD CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jolly, Mark R Raleigh, US 71 2351
Miller, Lane R Fuquay-Varina, US 17 655
Norris, Mark A Apex, US 34 3374

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