Device and method for controlling actuating devices for the active suspension of vehicles, in particular trains

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PATENT NO 6684139
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09355406

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The present invention relates to a control method and control apparatus for controlling actuator apparatus implemented in active suspension apparatus for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles, said control method and said control apparatus being characterized in that they use the articulated architecture of the train to derive the local curvature of the track in real time, in which control method and control apparatus the control signal transmitted by said control apparatus to the actuator apparatus of the bogie of order n in the articulated train is a function of measurements of at least one deflection angle .alpha..sub.i at an articulation center situated between adjacent carriages and of the position offset h.sub.j of said articulation center relative to the track.

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ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES48 RUE ALBERT DHALENNE SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE 93400

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aknin, Patrice Arcueil, FR 1 3
Kirat, Regis Le Creusot, FR 4 64
Maupu, Jean-Louis Villejuif, FR 7 56
Pascal, Jean-Pierre Paris, FR 5 36

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