Patent ID: 9132710
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B60G

Abstract:
1. A damping force control device for a vehicle which calculates a final target damping coefficient that is based on a first target damping coefficient for suppressing changes in the vehicle body attitude in at least the rolling direction, and a second target damping coefficient for increasing riding comfort with regards to vehicle body vibrations in at least the rolling direction, for each damping force generation device installed between a vehicle wheel and a vehicle body, and controls the damping coefficient of each damping force generation device in accordance with said final target damping coefficient, wherein said second target damping coefficient is a target damping coefficient which is to be calculated as the total of a fixed target linear damping coefficient that is derived based on a target basic damping force for increasing rider comfort and a target non-linear damping coefficient that is derived based on a target variable damping force for increasing rider comfort; said first target damping coefficient and said target non-linear damping coefficient of said second of said second target damping coefficient are calculated; and said final target damping coefficient is set to the total of said first target damping coefficient and said target non-linear damping coefficient.