A vehicle height control system and method of increasing a vehicle height of a vehicle having a vehicle body and at least one axle assembly. The vehicle height control system includes a pressurized fluid supply system configured to supply a pressurized fluid, and a plurality of air springs provided to elastically support at least one section of the vehicle body of the vehicle above at least one axle assembly of the vehicle and configured to adjust the vehicle height of such sections of the vehicle body relative to a ground surface in response to the supply and discharge of the pressurized fluid. A control assembly of the vehicle height control system has a piston unit fluidically interconnected with the pressurized fluid supply system via a first control valve and is operable to adjust the vehicle height by adjusting a second control valve interposed between the pressurized fluid supply system and the air springs. A controller is configured to receive user input indicative of a Vehicle height adjustment operation desired by a user and to adjust the vehicle height by controlling the control assembly based on the user input.
Vehicle Height Control System
2022-12-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60G VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS , Radaufhängungen und Federungen für Fahrzeuge |