Patent ID: 11919354
Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method of controlling a target ride height of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a driving mode signal, the driving mode signal being an output from a driving mode selector which is operable to signal that an on-road or an off-road driving mode has been selected, and
upon receipt of the driving mode signal, signalling that an off-road driving mode has been selected, automatically setting a target off-road ride height in dependence on a comparison of a vehicle speed with a speed threshold,
wherein upon receipt of the driving mode signal signalling that an off-road driving mode has been selected, the method comprises automatically selecting one of a plurality of predefined target off-road ride heights by comparing a vehicle speed with a plurality of speed thresholds
wherein when in said selected off-road driving mode, the method selects a first of said target off-road ride heights when the vehicle speed is below a first speed threshold and selects a second of said target off-road ride heights when the vehicle speed is above said first speed threshold, wherein said first target off-road ride height is higher than said second target off-road ride height, and
wherein the method selects a target ride height lower than the second target off-road height when the vehicle speed increases above a second speed threshold.