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

Claim 9:
10. A control system for controlling a target ride height of a vehicle, the control system comprising:
a driving mode selector configured to output a driving mode signal; and
an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to receive the driving mode signal, the ECU configured to implement an automated ride height control to increase the target ride height of the vehicle to an off-road ride height when the vehicle speed falls below one or more predefined thresholds and to implement said automated ride height control when the vehicle is in an off-road driving mode indicated by the driving mode selector,
wherein the ECU is configured, upon receipt of the 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 ECU 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.