Slip control system for vehicle

• US 5,265,694 A
• Filed: 01/27/1993
• Issued: 11/30/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Yamashita, Tetsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): HILL, MITCHELL
• Application Number:
  US08/009,993
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 180/197, 303/95, 303/100, 303/103, 364/426.02, 364/426.03
• US Class Current: 180/197
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/16 responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels brake control systems for vehicle drive stability B60T8/1755; arrangements responsive to a speed condition for adjusting wheel braking force B60T8/32; control of vehicle driving stability otherwise than by controlling the propulsion unit only B60W30/02; preventing wheel slippage by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/57 characterised by constructional features of control valves
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/48 connecting the brake actuator to an alternative or additional source of fluid pressure , e.g. traction control systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/4854 pneumatic boosters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 188/02 Hill holder

Abstract

A total slip control system for a vehicle effects both the traction control and the anti-skid control. The traction control is effected by control of the engine output torque and application of brake to the driving wheel. The traction control is completely interrupted and the anti-skid control is initiated when the anti-skid control initiating condition is satisfied during the traction control in a high vehicle speed range lower than a predetermined value and the traction control by application of brake is interrupted with the traction control by control of the engine output torque continued and the anti-skid control is initiated when the anti-skid control initiating condition is satisfied during the traction control in a low vehicle speed range lower than the predetermined value.

Claims

1. A total slip control system for a vehicle having an engine and a brake for a driving wheel comprising

an engine output control means which controls the output torque of the engine,

a brake control means which controls the brake for the driving wheel, and

a control unit which, when the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds a predetermined driving slip ratio, causes the engine output control means to control the output torque of the engine so that the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel converges on a target driving slip ratio, thereby effecting traction control, and, when the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds a predetermined braking slip ratio, causes the brake control means to apply the brake to the driving wheel and to control the braking pressure so that the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel converges on a target braking slip ratio, thereby effecting anti-skid control,

wherein the improvement comprises that

said control unit interrupts the traction control and initiates the anti-skid control when the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds said predetermined braking slip ratio during the traction control in a high vehicle speed range not lower than a predetermined speed and said control unit initiates the anti-skid control with the traction control continued when the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds said predetermined braking slip ratio during the traction control in the low vehicle speed range lower than the predetermined speed.

2. A slip control system as defined in claim 1 in which said control unit effects the traction control on the left and right driving wheels independently from each other.

3. A slip control system as defined in claim 1 in which said predetermined vehicle speed is a vehicle speed above which behavior of the vehicle becomes unstable when the traction control and the anti-skid control are simultaneously effected.

4. A total slip control system for a vehicle having an engine and a brake for a driving wheel comprising

an engine output control means which controls the output torque of the engine,

a brake control means which controls the brake for the driving wheel, and

a control unit which, when the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds a predetermined driving slip ratio, causes the engine output control means to control the output torque of the engine and/or the brake control means to apply the brake so that the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel converges on a target driving slip ratio, thereby effecting traction control, and, when the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds a predetermined braking slip ratio, causes the brake control means to apply the brake to the driving wheel and to control the braking pressure so that the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel converges on a target braking slip ratio, thereby effecting anti-skid control,

wherein the improvement comprises that

said control unit interrupts the traction control and initiates the anti-skid control when the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds said predetermined braking slip ratio during the traction control in a high vehicle speed range not lower than a predetermined speed and said control unit initiates the anti-skid control with the traction control by application of the brake interrupted and the traction control by control of the engine output torque continued when the braking slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds said predetermined braking slip ratio during the traction control in the low vehicle speed range lower than the predetermined speed.

5. A slip control system as defined in claim 4 in which said control unit causes the engine output control means to initiate control of the output torque of the engine when the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel exceeds a first predetermined driving slip ratio and causes the brake control means to initiate application of the brake together with the engine output torque control when the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel keeps to increase and exceeds a second predetermined driving slip ratio even after the initiation of the engine output torque control.

6. A slip control system as defined in claim 5 in which said control unit causes the brake control means to interrupt application of the brake while causing the engine output control means to continue the engine output torque control when the driving slip ratio of the driving wheel reduces to said second predetermined driving slip ratio.