Patent ID: 8744681

Claim:
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 riding comfort and a target non-linear damping coefficient that is derived based on a target variable damping force for increasing riding comfort; said first target damping coefficient and said target non-linear damping coefficient of said second target damping coefficient are calculated; and said final target damping coefficient is set to the total of said target linear damping coefficient, said target non-linear damping coefficient and a modification amount which is derived by multiplying a difference between said first target damping coefficient and said target linear damping coefficient by a modification coefficient that is larger than 0 and smaller than 1.