Patent ID: 8423244

Claim:
A device for controlled damping of a vehicle, the device comprising: a storage unit for storing a set of controller parameters R 1 to Rn for controlling damping of an unloaded vehicle as a function of a dynamic driving situation 1 to n of the vehicle; a detecting unit for detecting a loading condition b of the vehicle; an adaptation unit for adapting the set of controller parameters R 1 to Rn as a function of the detected loading condition b to a set of controller parameters R 1 b to Rnb; and a damper for damping the vehicle as a function of the set of controller parameters R 1 b to Rnb as a function of the dynamic driving situation 1 to n, wherein: the storage unit adjusts for storing at least two sets of controller parameters R 1 k1 to Rn k1 and R 1 k2 to Rn k2 for different comfort modes k 1 , k 2 of the unloaded vehicle, the storage unit adjusts either for storing for each set a set of controller parameters R 1 B k1 to RnB k1 and R 1 B k2 to RnB k2 for a fully loaded vehicle or a single set of controller parameters R 1 B to RnB for the fully loaded vehicle, the adaptation unit adjusts for determining the set of controller parameters R 1 b to Rnb by a driver pre-selection of one of a plurality of different comfort modes and a mathematical interpolation between the thereby selected set of controller parameters for the unloaded vehicle and the pertaining or single set of controller parameters for the fully loaded vehicle.