ACTIVE AIR SPRING MASS DAMPER AND SUSPENSION CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME

A fluid spring mass damper for a motor vehicle may include a housing to be mounted to the vehicle and defining a cavity therein with opposed ends sealing the cavity, a damper mass received within and movable along the cavity, a first compressible fluid disposed within the cavity between the mass and one of the opposed ends of the housing to form a first fluid spring, and a second compressible fluid disposed within the cavity between the mass and the other of the opposed ends of the housing to form a second fluid spring, and an actuator configured to be responsive to a drive signal to cause the damper mass to move within the cavity against a bias of at least one of the first and second fluid springs so as to cancel or reduce dynamic movement of at least one component of the motor vehicle.