Vehicle
First Claim
1. A vehicle, comprising:
- at least four wheels;
at least one drive axle;
a vehicle engine;
a power train connecting the vehicle engine to the drive axle, the power train including at least one transmission, at least one clutch and at least one axle differential;
a brake system configured to brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of other wheels;
a steering system having a manual steering device configured to set a steering angle for steerable wheels; and
a control system configured to determine a need for steering support below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle, to brake at least the drive axle wheel inside a curve, to generate a steering-supporting braking torque on the drive axle wheel, to monitor a status of at least one of the transmission and the clutch and to actuate the brakes of an appropriate wheel as a function of the status to generate the steering-supporting braking torque.
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Abstract
A vehicle includes four wheels, a drive axle, a power train which connects a vehicle engine to the drive axle via a transmission, a clutch, and an axle differential, a brake system, which may brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of the other wheels, a steering system which includes a manual steering device, at which a driver may set a steering angle for steerable wheels, and a control system, which brakes at least the drive axle wheel inside the curve and generates a steering-supporting braking torque on this wheel below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle. In order to improve the steering support, the control system monitors the status of the transmission and/or the clutch, the control system actuating the brakes of the appropriate wheel as a function of this status in order to generate the steering-supporting braking torque.
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27 Claims
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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at least four wheels;
at least one drive axle;
a vehicle engine;
a power train connecting the vehicle engine to the drive axle, the power train including at least one transmission, at least one clutch and at least one axle differential;
a brake system configured to brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of other wheels;
a steering system having a manual steering device configured to set a steering angle for steerable wheels; and
a control system configured to determine a need for steering support below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle, to brake at least the drive axle wheel inside a curve, to generate a steering-supporting braking torque on the drive axle wheel, to monitor a status of at least one of the transmission and the clutch and to actuate the brakes of an appropriate wheel as a function of the status to generate the steering-supporting braking torque. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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