Patent ID: 8229642

Claim:
A cooperative Active Damping System (ADS) method for providing enhanced stability of a vehicle travelling on a road, comprising the steps of: providing an Active Damping System (ADS) for adjusting suspension characteristics on the vehicle; providing an Antilock Braking System (ABS) on the vehicle; providing a Traction Control System (TCS) on the vehicle; providing an Active Yaw Control (AYC) system on the vehicle; inferring a high coefficient of friction of the road surface when an operational (Activating/Not activating) status of at least one of the TCS and AYC systems is “Activating” and a vector representation of the vehicle's longitudinal and lateral acceleration is greater than 0.5 g, and inferring a low coefficient of friction of the road surface when the operational status of at least one of the TCS and AYC systems is “Activating” and the vector representation of acceleration is below 0.3 g; and upon inferring a high coefficient of road surface friction, adjusting a damping state of the ADS to a high damping setting; and upon inferring a low coefficient of road surface friction, adjusting the damping state of the ADS to a low damping setting.