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

Claim 0:
1. A control system for controlling a target ride height of a vehicle, the control system comprising:
an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to receive a driving mode signal; and
a driving mode selector configured to output the driving mode signal, the driving mode selector being operable to signal that an on-road or an off-road driving mode has been selected,
the control system being configured, upon receipt of a driving mode signal signalling that an off-road driving mode has been selected, to automatically select 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 control system is configured to select a first of said target off-road ride heights when the vehicle speed is below a first speed threshold and to select 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 control system is configured to select a target ride height lower than the second target off-road ride height when the vehicle speed increases above a second speed threshold.