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发布于 2024 五月 14

里程碑时刻：AAM 发布 SmartBar®

AAM 成立于 30 年前，致力于实现质量、技术领先和卓越运营。对技术领先地位的重视使得我们始终致力于寻求为安全、性能和可持续发展设定新基准的工程解决方案。这就是我们在 1999 年研发 AAM SmartBar® 技术的原因，也是我们一直将其作为自己产品组合重要组成部分的原因。

SmartBar 是一种断开式稳定器，俗称防倾杆，旨在提高车辆在高速行驶时的稳定性。在急速驶入弯道时，SmartBar 会让车辆保持稳定，通过向下的拉力和帮助分配转弯负荷来提供更好的稳定性。它彻底改变了汽车稳定性和越野性能的概念，为汽车爱好者和制造商树立了新的标准。SmartBar 是同类产品中率先上市的解决方案，标志着越野技术发展的分水岭。

SmartBar 最初的概念构思于 1999 年，并于 2000 年 9 月荣获了专利。它源于 #TeamAAM 的需求，即利用应用于稳定杆的生产型前桥断开组件（用于 GM Trailblazer）来改善越野行驶性能和牵引力。该团队对 SmartBar 原型进行了广泛测试，包括 2000 年代初在密歇根州格拉坦赛道进行的试验。

当时，美国汽车工程学会的三个工程小组都在研究这项技术，他们主张采用电子控制装置，并组建一个能够编写软件和开发此类装置的组织，以便将其集成到现代汽车中。这在当时的传统机械车桥行业中并不常见，因为电子设备还只是用于发动机和某些带软件控制的变速箱。

SmartBar 的设计使得配备其的车辆能够无缝适应不同的驾驶条件，无论什么地形都能确保发挥最佳性能。典型稳定杆的一般功能是限制悬挂系统的侧向运动，从而在车辆转弯时改善操控性并减少车身侧倾。但是，这类问题只会在低速行驶或越野时对车辆悬挂系统产生负面影响。在这一标准设计的基础上，SmartBar 可以通过编程来缓解这种公路/越野的折衷。

SmartBar 的意义不仅限于其技术能力。它也代表了汽车工程的范式转变，对传统的稳定性和控制概念提出了挑战。SmartBar 使车辆能够在崎岖地形上保持牵引力，并轻松通过具有挑战性的越野障碍，从而重新定义了驾驶的极限。

展望未来，即使是 25 年后的今天，随着 AAM 的 SmartBar 技术在汽车行业内再度引起关注，它仍在树立新的标杆。目前，许多行业领导者都在采用 SmartBar 技术，因为他们正在进军注重越野能力的电动汽车市场，而 #TeamAAM 也已准备好与这些领导者合作，利用这项技术传递力量。

回顾 AAM 的 30 年历程，SmartBar 证明了我们对创新的承诺和“加速迈向未来”的使命。

《AAM 里程碑时刻》是一个月刊系列，旨在纪念和回顾 AAM 在 30 年间所取得的重要成就。从具有转折意义的创新和技术进步到作为 AAM DNA 一部分的基础计划和社区倡议，这些《AAM 里程碑时刻》将分别讲述 AAM 每一个重要故事。 

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