Patent ID: 7946163
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: F16F,G01M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing a wheel suspended from a frame by a vehicular suspension; providing a shock absorber with electronically adjustable damping for damping the frame relative to the wheel, the shock absorber including providing a sensor for measuring a characteristic of the shock absorber; providing a computer having software and being operably connected to the shock absorber and being in electrical communication with the sensor; creating a data set with the software corresponding to a predetermined relationship between the stroking velocity of the shock absorber and the desired force exerted by the shock absorber; measuring the characteristic of the shock absorber by the computer as the wheel moves relative to the frame; using the measured characteristic by the software and selecting data from the data set corresponding to the desired force; and automatically adjusting the damping of the shock absorber by the computer in response to said selecting.