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Vehicle speed control system and method employing torque balancing

  • US 9,776,634 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2013
  • Issued: 10/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a speed control system of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, comprising:

  • receiving one or more electrical signals from one or more sensors, the electrical signals being representative of vehicle-related information;

    maintaining a target set-speed while traversing an obstacle by increasing an applied drive torque to one or more of the wheels of the vehicle;

    determining, based on the one or more electrical signals representative of vehicle-related information, that at least one of the wheels of the vehicle have overcome the obstacle or are about to overcome the obstacle and that therefore an overrun condition in a powertrain subsystem is likely to occur for which a reduction in an applied drive torque to the one or more of the wheels of the vehicle by a powertrain subsystem will be required to prevent the speed of the vehicle from exceeding the target set-speed of the speed control system; and

    in response to determining that the at least one of the wheels of the vehicle have overcome or are about to overcome the obstacle, while maintaining positive powertrain torque to the wheels of the vehicle simultaneously automatically commanding the application of a retarding torque to one or more of the wheels of the vehicle to counteract the effect of the overrun condition in the powertrain subsystem from increasing the speed of the vehicle.

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