Patent ID: 6859702

Claim:
A suspension control apparatus of a vehicle, the vehicle having vehicle wheels, comprising: a wheel motor that uses vertical movement due to one of said wheels; a power storage apparatus comprising a main storage member and an auxiliary storage member, said auxiliary storage member having a storage capacity smaller than a storage capacity of the main storage member; a control unit; and a relay device controlled by said control unit that turns connection one of on and off between said main storage member and said motor; wherein, said suspension control apparatus carries out power generation by the wheel motor depending on the vertical movement of said vehicle wheels, and the suspension control apparatus repeatedly performs a storage cycle wherein electrical power generated by the motor is stored in said auxiliary storage member and a discharge cycle wherein said motor is driven by the electrical power stored in said power storage apparatus, and wherein, at the start of the storage cycle, the connection between said main storage member and said motor is turned off by said relay device, and said auxiliary storage member is charged.