Controller for reducing acceleration slippage of a driven wheel

• US 4,971,164 A
• Filed: 02/09/1989
• Issued: 11/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujita, Kozo, Ise, Kiyotaka
• Primary Examiner(s): HILL, MITCHELL
• Application Number:
  US07/307,946
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 180/197, 180/233, 361/238, 364/426.02, 364/426.03, 303/95, 303/100, 303/103
• US Class Current: 180/197
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/175 Brake regulation specially adapted to prevent excessive wheel spin during vehicle acceleration, e.g. for traction control safety devices for propulsion unit control responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels B60K28/16

Abstract

A controller for reducing acceleration slippage of a driven wheel starts the throttle-valve control, the brake control, and the engine output torque control when acceleration slippage is detected. The output torque control is executed together with the brake control for a limited period after the detection of acceleration slippage, thus compensating for the slow effect of the throttle-valve control on the output torque. The controller quickly reduces acceleration slippage without adversely affecting the engine operation.

Claims

1. A controller for reducing acceleration slippage of a driven wheel of an automobile with an internal combustion engine, the controller comprising:

a slippage detecting means for detecting slippage of the driven wheel when the automobile is accelerating;

a throttle-valve control means for adjusting an opening of a sub-throttle valve of the engine to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds a first reference value; and

a torque reducing means for reducing an output torque of the engine to reduce the slippage only while the detected slippage exceeds a second reference value which is greater than the first reference value, said torque reducing means being operational for no more than a predetermined period.

2. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 1, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting a fuel amount injected into the engine.

3. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 1, where the controller further comprises a brake controlling means for adjusting brake force of the driven wheel to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds the second reference value.

4. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 2, where the controller further comprises a brake controlling means for adjusting brake force of the driven wheel to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds the second reference value.

5. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 3, further comprising means for ensuring the torque reducing means being operational for no more than the predetermined period regardless of continuing slippage of the driven wheel.

6. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 4, further comprising means for ensuring the torque reducing means being operational for no more than the predetermined period regardless of continuing slippage of the driven wheel.

7. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 1, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting an ignition timing of the engine.

8. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 7, where the controller further comprises a brake controlling means for adjusting a brake force of the driven wheel to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds the second reference value.

9. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 8, further comprising means for providing the torque reducing means being operational for no more than the predetermined period regardless of continuing slippage of the driven wheel.

10. A controller for reducing acceleration slippage of a driven wheel of an automobile with an internal combustion engine, the controller comprising:

a slippage detecting means for detecting slippage of the driven wheel when the automobile is accelerating;

a throttle-valve control means for adjusting an opening of a sub-throttle valve of the engine to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds a first reference value;

a brake control means for adjusting brake force of the driven wheel to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds a second reference value which is greater than the first reference value; and

a torque reducing means for receding an output torque of the engine to reduce the slippage only while the brake control means performs the brake force adjustment and the detected slippage exceeds the second reference value, said torque reducing means being operational for no more than a predetermined period.

11. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 10, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting a fuel amount injected into the engine.

12. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 10, further comprising means for ensuring the torque reducing means being operational for no more than the predetermined period regardless of continuation of the brake force adjustment.

13. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 11, further comprising means for ensuring the torque reducing means being operational for no more than the predetermined period regardless of continuation of the brake force adjustment.

14. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 10, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting an ignition timing of the engine.

15. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 14, further comprising means for providing the torque reducing means being operational for no more than the predetermined period regardless of the continuation of the brake force adjustment.

16. A controller for reducing acceleration slippage of a driven wheel of an automobile with an internal combustion engine, the controller comprising:

a slippage detecting means for detecting slippage of the driven wheel when the automobile is accelerating;

a throttle-valve control means for adjusting an opening of a sub-throttle valve of the engine to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds a first reference value; and

a torque reducing means for receding an output torque of the engine to reduce the slippage only during a first occurrence period starting when the acceleration of the driven wheel exceeds a positive reference value and ending when the driven wheel acceleration falls below a negative reference value.

17. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 16, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting a fuel amount injected into the engine.

18. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 16, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting an ignition timing of the engine.

19. A controller for reducing acceleration slippage of a driven wheel of an automobile with an internal combustion engine, the controller comprising:

a slippage detecting means for detecting slippage of the driven wheel when the automobile is accelerating;

a throttle-valve control means for adjusting an opening of a sub-throttle valve of the engine to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds a first reference value; and

a torque reducing means for receding an output torque of the engine to reduce the slippage for only a predetermined period after the detected slippage exceeds a second reference value which is greater than the first reference value.

20. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 19, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting a fuel amount injected into the engine.

21. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 19, where the torque reducing means reduces the output torque by adjusting an ignition timing of the engine.

22. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 20, where the controller further comprises a brake controlling means for adjusting a brake force of the driven wheel to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds the second reference value.

23. An acceleration-slippage controller, as in claim 21, where the controller further comprises a brake controlling means for adjusting a brake force of the driven wheel to reduce the slippage when the detected slippage exceeds the second reference value.