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Wheel slip angle detecting system for vehicle

  • US 6,223,116 B1
  • Filed: 07/08/1999
  • Issued: 04/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wheel slip angle detecting system for a vehicle, comprising a steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle;

  • a yaw rate detecting means for detecting a yaw rate;

    a lateral acceleration detecting means for detecting a lateral acceleration;

    a vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;

    a slip rate calculating means for calculating a slip rate of each of wheels;

    a tire characteristic establishing means in which tire characteristics are previously determined based on actual travel data;

    a travel-state detecting means for detecting a travel state of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed, the yaw rate, the lateral acceleration and the steering angle which are detected by said detecting means, respectively;

    a lateral acceleration presuming means for determining a value in which lateral acceleration of a vehicle body is to be presumed;

    a first lateral slip angle calculating means for calculating a lateral slip angle of the vehicle body as a first lateral slip angle by integrating a differentiated value of lateral slip angle determined based on a non-linear four-wheel vehicle'"'"'s motion model using the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detecting means, the yaw rate detected by said yaw rate detecting means and the value in which the lateral acceleration is presumed to be determined by said lateral acceleration presuming means;

    a second lateral slip angle calculating means for calculating a lateral slip angle of the vehicle body as a second lateral slip angle based on a linear two-wheel vehicle'"'"'s motion model using the vehicle speed, the yaw rate, the lateral acceleration and the steering angel detected by said detecting means, respectively;

    a selecting means operable to select the second lateral slip angle calculated in said second lateral slip angle calculating means upon the detection by said travel-state detecting means of a state in which the vehicle is traveling straightforwardly at a low speed, and to select the first lateral slip angle calculated in said first lateral slip angle calculating means in other states; and

    a slip angle calculating means for calculating a slip angle of each wheel based on the lateral slip angle selected in said selecting means, wherein said lateral acceleration presuming means determines the value in which the lateral acceleration of said vehicle body is presumed based on at least one of the slip angle calculated in said slip angle calculating means and the slip rate calculated in said slip rate calculating means, and based on the tire characteristics established in said tire characteristic establishing means.

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