Propulsion control using steering angle and vehicle speed to determine tolerance range
First Claim
1. In a propulsion control system for a motor vehicle for maintaining stable driving conditions, having sensor means for determining the speed of the vehicle wheels, having means for determining the vehicle speed, having means for determining the steering angle and having processing means for producing control signals for the brakes of the wheels and for a power control element of an engine of the vehicle from output signals of the sensor means and the vehicle speed and steering angle determining means the improvement being said processing means which comprises:
- computer means for generating, from the steering angle and the vehicle speed, a tolerance range for the difference of the rotational speeds of the front wheels as an output signal,measuring means for generating, from the rotational speed signals of the front wheels, the actual value of the difference of the rotational speeds of the front wheels as an output signal, anda comparator means for comparing the output signals of the computer means and the measuring means and generating said control signals.
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Abstract
A propulsion control system for motor vehicles for maintaining stable driving conditions, having a computer unit for determining a desired value or a tolerance range for the rotational speed difference of the front wheels or of the lateral acceleration or of the yaw velocity, and having a comparator unit in which this desired value or tolerance range is compared with the measured actual value, in which case the difference between the actual value of the desired value or tolerance range is used as a control signal for the brakes of the wheels and/or for a power control element of the vehicle engine.
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1. In a propulsion control system for a motor vehicle for maintaining stable driving conditions, having sensor means for determining the speed of the vehicle wheels, having means for determining the vehicle speed, having means for determining the steering angle and having processing means for producing control signals for the brakes of the wheels and for a power control element of an engine of the vehicle from output signals of the sensor means and the vehicle speed and steering angle determining means the improvement being said processing means which comprises:
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computer means for generating, from the steering angle and the vehicle speed, a tolerance range for the difference of the rotational speeds of the front wheels as an output signal, measuring means for generating, from the rotational speed signals of the front wheels, the actual value of the difference of the rotational speeds of the front wheels as an output signal, and a comparator means for comparing the output signals of the computer means and the measuring means and generating said control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a propulsion control system for a motor vehicle for maintaining stable driving conditions, having means for determining the vehicle speed, having means for determining the steering angle, having means for determining the lateral acceleration and having processing means for producing control signals for the brakes of the wheels and for a power control element of an engine of the vehicle from output signals of the vehicle speed, steering angle and lateral acceleration determining means, the improvement being said processing means which comprises:
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a computer means for generating, from the steering angle and the vehicle speed, tolerance range of lateral acceleration as an output signal, and a comparator means for comparing the output signals of the computer means and of the determining means of the lateral acceleration and generating said control signals. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. In a propulsion control system for a motor vehicle for maintaining stable driving conditions, having means for determining the vehicle speed, having means for determining the steering angle, having means for determining the yaw velocity and having processing means for producing control signals for the brakes of the wheels and for a power control element of an engine of the vehicle from output signals of the vehicle speed, steering angle and yaw velocity determining means, the improvement being said processing means which comprises:
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a computer means for generating from the steering angle and the vehicle speed, a tolerance range of the yaw velocity as an output signal, and a comparator means for comparing the output signals of the computer means and the determining means of the yaw velocity and generating said control signals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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