VEHICLE-MOUNTABLE, SUSPENSION MONITORING SYSTEM

摘要

A vehicle-mountable, suspension monitoring system (10) produces suspension-analysis information which can be used to determine adjustments to a vehicle suspension. Sensor structure located adjacent the vehicle suspension, which contained a plurality of sensor substructures (12, 14) located adjacent to front and rear assemblies (30, 32), is connected to a control/processing/display (CPD) unit (16) located adjacent the vehicle operator. The sensor structure senses suspension related information and communicates the suspension related information to the CPD unit (16). The suspension monitoring system (10) is mounted on a vehicle such as a motorcycle (20). The CPD unit (16) receives the suspension-related information and converts it to suspension-analysis information. The CPD unit (16), mounted on handlebar (28) adjacent to the operator, stores the suspension-analysis information and displays it to the vehicle operator. Alternatively, the suspension-analysis information is downloaded from the CPD unit (16) to a digital computer for display as waveform data.