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Wheel brake/drive force control device

  • US 8,714,663 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2006
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A braking-driving-force control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

  • braking-driving force imparting means for imparting braking-driving forces to individual wheels;

    means for detecting an amount of driving operation by an occupant;

    means for calculating a target braking-driving force of an entire vehicle and a target yaw moment of the entire vehicle based on at least the amount of the driving operation; and

    control means for controlling the braking-driving forces of the individual wheels by controlling the braking-driving force imparting means such that a braking-driving force of the entire vehicle and a yaw moment of the entire vehicle approach the target braking-driving force of the entire vehicle and the target yaw moment of the entire vehicle,wherein one of a wheel group including front wheels and a wheel group including rear wheels is defined as a first wheel group, and the other wheel group is defined as a second wheel group,wherein the control means includesfirst adjustment means, which is operable when the target braking-driving force of the entire vehicle or the target yaw moment of the entire vehicle is outside an achievable range of a braking-driving force of the first wheel group, for adjusting respective values of a target braking-driving force of the vehicle and a target yaw moment of the vehicle which are to be produced by the braking-driving force of the first wheel group to be inside the achievable range of the braking-driving force of the first wheel group,means for calculating respective values of a target braking-driving force of the vehicle and a target yaw moment of the vehicle which are to be produced by means of a braking-driving force of the second wheel group based onthe target braking-driving force of the entire vehicle and the target yaw moment of the entire vehicle, andthe target braking-driving force of the vehicle and the target yaw moment of the vehicle which are to be produced by the braking-driving force of the first wheel group, andsecond adjustment means, which is operable when the target braking-driving force of the vehicle and the target yaw moment of the vehicle which are to be produced by the braking-driving force of the second wheel group are outside an achievable range of the braking-driving force of the second wheel group, for adjusting the respective values of the target braking-driving force of the vehicle and the target yaw moment of the vehicle which are to be produced by the braking-driving force of the second wheel group to be inside the achievable range of the braking-driving force of the second wheel group,wherein at least one of the first and second adjustment means corrects the target braking-driving force or the target yaw moment to a value which is within achievable ranges of the braking-driving force and yaw moment of the vehicle via the braking-driving forces of the wheels, the value being within an ellipse defined in an orthogonal coordinate system having two axes that correspond to the braking-driving force and yaw moment of the vehicle, respectively, a center of the ellipse being located on the axis corresponding to the braking-driving force, and directions of major and minor radii of the ellipse coinciding with the axes of the orthogonal coordinate system, respectively.

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