Electronic control suspensions system design method development for motorcycle safety increase

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: BRST950083

Project closed

Start date 7 December 1995

End date 29 January 1997

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Paioli Meccanica SpA
Italy

Objective

The objective of this project consists in the development of a technology for the design and production of so-called "intelligent" suspensions for motorcycles with electronic control of dampening and springs obtaining a significant increase in motorcycle safety. This project is intended to be developed through successive objectives corresponding to different phases: A) Adjustable dampers/Springs: this first phase can widely take advantage from already-existing technologies used in the automotive sector and applied to highly industrialized products. B) Semi-active Suspensions: development of semi-active suspensions: these ones consist in a mechanism dissipating energy able to supply continuous-adjustment of dampening. C) Active suspensions: development of active suspension: these ones envisage the replacement of the traditional spring-shock-absorber system by an hydraulic actuator controlled by an electronic panel receiving information from sensors which control the variation of speed and acceleration of characteristic parameters.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › automotive engineering
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors

Programme(s)

• FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 030205 - Technologies for vehicle safety

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

EAW - Exploratory awards

Coordinator

Paioli Meccanica SpA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Ronchi Inferiore 30/D ; 40061 Minerbio Bologna ; Italy
• Total cost: No data