US 11,701,942 B2
Motion control system
Jonathan L. Hall, Menlo Park, CA (US); Jacob L. Dawson, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Paul J. Keas, San Jose, CA (US); Troy A. Carter, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Roland R. Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,145.
Application 17/735,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/611,612, granted, now 11,358,431, previously published as PCT/US2018/029753, filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/503,093, filed on May 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258557 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60G 17/015 (2006.01); B60G 17/052 (2006.01); B60G 11/27 (2006.01); B60G 15/04 (2006.01); B60G 15/10 (2006.01); B60G 17/06 (2006.01); F16H 25/22 (2006.01); B60G 17/02 (2006.01); F16H 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0521 (2013.01) [B60G 11/27 (2013.01); B60G 15/04 (2013.01); B60G 15/10 (2013.01); B60G 17/0155 (2013.01); B60G 17/06 (2013.01); F16H 25/2204 (2013.01); B60G 17/021 (2013.01); B60G 2202/152 (2013.01); B60G 2202/322 (2013.01); B60G 2202/42 (2013.01); B60G 2206/41 (2013.01); B60G 2206/42 (2013.01); B60G 2500/10 (2013.01); B60G 2500/201 (2013.01); B60G 2500/22 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60G 2800/162 (2013.01); F16H 2025/2075 (2013.01); F16H 2025/2078 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension system comprising:
a top mount;
a bottom mount;
a rigid housing;
an air spring including a pressurized cavity containing pressurized gas that transfers a force of a first load path between the top mount and the bottom mount; and
a linear actuator that transfers a force of a second load path between the top mount and the bottom mount in parallel to the first load path,
wherein the pressurized cavity includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and wherein the pressurized gas flows between the upper chamber and the lower chamber around the linear actuator.