发明名称 Modular control system
摘要 A modular control system is adapted to adjust an aftermarket system in a vehicle via the vehicle head unit. The head unit includes a user interface operable by the user to control the aftermarket system. An aftermarket control unit is in communication with the user interface of the vehicle head unit, the aftermarket control unit receiving an aftermarket control signal from the vehicle head unit as a results of an input by the user at the head unit. The aftermarket control unit is in communication with the aftermarket system, wherein the aftermarket control unit may operate the aftermarket system in response to the user input. The aftermarket system may be an air suspension system.
申请公布号 US9440506(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.09.13
申请号 US201414483810 申请日期 2014.09.11
申请人 Air Lift Company 发明人 Coombs Joshua D.
分类号 B60G17/015;B60G17/018;B60G17/0195;B60R16/02;B60G17/052 主分类号 B60G17/015
代理机构 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 代理人 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
主权项 1. A modular control system adapted to adjust an air suspension system in a vehicle, the control system comprising: a vehicle head unit mounted in the vehicle and having a user interface; a vehicle engine control unit in communication with said vehicle head unit; an aftermarket control unit in communication with said vehicle head unit and at least one aftermarket system connected to the vehicle, wherein upon interaction of a user at said user interface, said vehicle head unit relays a system control signal to said at least one aftermarket control unit, and wherein said at least one aftermarket control unit generates a return signal representative of a characteristic of said aftermarket system and communicates said return signal to said head unit; wherein said aftermarket system is an air suspension system, wherein said characteristic of said aftermarket system is one of an air pressure or a suspension height, wherein said aftermarket air control unit includes a housing with a plurality of air passages, an air pressure sensor in communication with one of said air passages generating an output representative of an air pressure achieved in one of said air passages, a plurality of valves on said housing, said aftermarket control unit controlling said valves, wherein said user interface on said vehicle head unit displays information representative of said output representative of said air pressure.
地址 Lansing MI US