摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent characteristics of the behavior of a vehicle from being changed thereby exerting a sense of incongruity to a driver when the damping force of a variable damping force damper is switched. SOLUTION: An electronic control unit U of the variable damping force damper changes its damping force according to the behavior of the vehicle by energizing an actuator 5 of the damper of a suspension suspending a wheel from a vehicle body and switches a damping force between a high damping state which places an emphasis on steering stability and a low damping state which places an emphasis on riding comfortableness by operating a damping force selector switch 20. Timing from a time when the damping force selector switch 20 is operated to a time when the damping force of the damper is changed is changed according to the behavior of the vehicle determined by a vehicle behavior determination part M6, the damping force of the damper is prevented from being changed in such a state that strong lateral acceleration and strong longitudinal acceleration act on the vehicle. Consequently, the characteristics of the behavior of the vehicle are prevented from being changed by the sudden change of the damping force to eliminate a sense of incongruity of the driver. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |