Patent ID: 8965632
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
1. A suspension control apparatus comprising: a damping force adjustable shock absorber disposed between a body and each wheel of a vehicle, the damping force adjustable shock absorber being capable of adjusting a damping force characteristic by adjustment of a control current to be supplied to a solenoid; a running state detector adapted to detect a running state of the vehicle; and a controller adapted to calculate a damping force that the controller causes the damping force adjustable shock absorber to generate based on a detection result of the running state detector, and determine a current value of the control current based on a result of the calculation, thereby performing normal control, wherein the damping force adjustable shock absorber is adapted to generate a hard characteristic by a current value larger than a current value of the control current corresponding to a soft characteristic, and wherein the controller performs initialization control, according to which the controller switches the control current to a current value larger than the current value for instructing the damping force of the soft characteristic, and after that, performs the normal control.