Abstract
In order to improve the vibration isolation performance and to decrease the energy consumption of an active suspension with a pneumatic cylinder, a frequency dependent control, an energy regenerating control and so on have already been developed. In this study, to build up a stand-alone type active suspension which reconciles vibration isolation performance and energy savings, a driving system comprising a small sized compressor and an energy regeneration circuit is proposed. From some experiments, the control performance of the proposed system is investigated. The results show the feasibility of the proposed system.
