US PATENT SUBCLASS 701 / 37
.~.~ Suspension control

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701 /   HD   DATA PROCESSING: VEHICLES, NAVIGATION, AND RELATIVE LOCATION

1  DF  VEHICLE CONTROL, GUIDANCE, OPERATION, OR INDICATION {19}
36  DF  .~ Vehicle subsystem or accessory control {5}
37.~.~ Suspension control {3}
38  DF  .~.~.~> Attitude change suppressive control (e.g., antiroll or antipitch)
39  DF  .~.~.~> Fail-safe system
40  DF  .~.~.~> Artificial intelligence (e.g., fuzzy logic)

DEFINITION

Classification: 701/37

Suspension control:

(under subclass 36) Vehicle subsystem or accessory control wherein the electrical data processing system or calculating computer is designed to control the resilient mechanism, used primarily for ride stability, located between the ground engaging means and the vehicle frame.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

73, Measuring and Testing,

11.04+, for testing of shock absorber device.

105, Railway Rolling Stock,

453, for body suspension and springs.

180, Motor Vehicles, appropriate subclass, especially

337+, for a vehicle suspension system in combination with a drive train or transmission. 187, Elevators, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle,

187+, for cushioning contact of load support.

267, Spring Devices,

2+, for vehicle spring suspension devices.

280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses, particularly

5.5+, for a general utility land vehicle including an active suspension system having a regulatable elastic means which is caused to alter its elasticity property in response to a force encountered while the vehicle is in surface traversing motion; subclasses 6.15+ for a general utility land vehicle including means, interposed between the vehicle body,

chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame; subclass 47.22 for a handle-propelled tiltable vehicle stabilized by the attendant or article and having a spring suspension; subclass 124.1+ for a suspension arrangement for a general utility land vehicle, in particular subclasses 124.125+ for a land vehicle suspension arrangement including a wheel separately supported upon an individual stub axle; subclass 402 for a single end suspension of a transported articulated land vehicle; subclasses 676+ for a general utility land vehicle having an equalized frame, tandem axles, and a suspension arrangement; subclass 787 for a land vehicle frame of the single longitudinal beam type with spring suspension means; and subclass 788 for a land vehicle frame with resilient means for suspension.