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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FRICTIONAL CONDITION OF GROUND CONTACT SURFACE OF WHEEL

  • US 20100114449A1
  • Filed: 04/16/2008
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for estimating a gripping characteristic of a vehicle wheel of a vehicle on a ground contact surface, comprising:

  • an input section configured to set an input representing a ratio of a wheel force acting on the vehicle wheel in the ground contact surface, and a wheel slipping degree of the vehicle wheel; and

    an output section configured to determine, from the input, an output representing a grip characteristic parameter indicative of the gripping characteristic of the vehicle wheel.

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