Method and system for coordinating a vehicle stability control system with a suspension damper control sub-system

摘要

A method and system for coordinating a vehicle stability control system with a suspension damper control sub-system includes a plurality of dampers, each of which are controlled directly by the suspension damper control sub-system. A plurality of sensors sense a plurality of vehicle parameters. A supervisory controller generates vehicle damper commands based on the plurality of vehicle parameters for each of the dampers. A damper controller in electrical communication with the supervisory controller receives the vehicle damper commands and generates sub-system damper commands based on a portion of the plurality of vehicle parameters for each of the dampers. The damper controller also determines if any of the vehicle damper commands for any one of the dampers has authority over the corresponding sub-system damper command. The damper controller then determines a modified sub-system damper command for each of the dampers in which the corresponding vehicle damper command has authority, wherein the modified sub-system damper command is based on the vehicle damper command and the sub-system damper command.