Patent ID: 8775024
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B62K,F16F

Abstract:
1. A steering damper system comprising: a damper arranged to generate a steering damping force; a storage unit arranged to store control information in which areas for determining an amount of adjustment of the damping force are divided by a steering angle range according to vehicle speed; an adjusting command output unit arranged to output a damping force adjusting command based on the control information stored in the storage unit according to one of the areas to which a vehicle speed and a steering angle belong; a damping force command output unit arranged to output a damping force command to the damper according to the damping force adjusting command; and a damper driver arranged to drive the damper and to adjust the damping force based on the damping force command; wherein the control information stored in the storage unit includes a first steering angle range corresponding to a steering angle range applicable when the vehicle is in a cornering state; the adjusting command output unit is arranged to output an adjusting command to generate a first damping force when the vehicle speed and the steering angle belong to an area inside the first steering angle range, and to output an adjusting command to generate a second damping force smaller than the first damping force when the vehicle speed and the steering angle belong to an area outside the first steering angle ranged; and the first steering angle range becomes narrower with an increase in the vehicle speed.