Patent ID: 6412759
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
A method for controlling a system for a motor vehicle, the system including an air spring enclosing an air volume and a controllable shock absorber connected in parallel to the air spring, the method comprising the steps of:providing an ancillary volume connected to said air volume via a controllable throttle having a throttle resistance which can be varied; presetting a total damping of said system and presetting a spring stiffness of said air spring independently of presetting said total damping; adjusting said throttle resistance so that said air spring has said preset stiffness; determining the magnitude of a damping which occurs at said controllable throttle in dependence upon frequency; and, adjusting said controllable shock absorber so that the sum of the damping occurring therein and the damping occurring at said controllable throttle corresponds substantially to said total damping.