Patent ID: 11938922
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A vehicle, comprising:
a chassis;
a body;
a first group of passive suspension components that are configured to support the chassis with respect to wheel and tire assemblies of the vehicle;
a second group of passive suspension components that support the body with respect to the chassis, wherein the second group of passive suspension components includes a first pair of passive suspension components and a second pair of passive suspension components;
active suspension components that are operable to control motion of the body with respect to the chassis in three linear degrees of freedom and three rotational degrees of freedom, wherein the active suspension components are positioned between the first pair of passive suspension components and the second pair of passive suspension components longitudinally along the body;
sensors that output motion signals that describe motion of the body and motion of the chassis; and
a controller that determines control signals for the active suspension components based on the motion signals from the sensors and causes the active suspension components to control motion of the body using the control signals.