Arrangement for controlling at least one magnitude influencing the driving torque of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle

Claim 1

An arrangement for controlling at least one magnitude influencing the driving torque of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising a drive pedal, position transmitter means converting the drive pedal position into a desired value signal, comparator means in which the magnitude to be controlled is compared with the desired value signal, adjusting means which produces a signal for the increase of the magnitude to be controlled when the desired value signal exceeds the actual value and which is operable to produce a signal for reducing the magnitude to be controlled when the desired value signal drops below the actual value, first regulating means which regulates the magnitude influencing the driving torque if the driven wheels of the motor vehicle tend to slip, and second regulating means which is operable to trigger a regulating operation when the desired value signal is larger than the actual value of the magnitude to be regulated and at the same time the desired value-increase velocity exceeds a predeterminable threshold value, said second regulating means being further operable to specify an internal desired value for the magnitude to be regulated coordinated to the driving velocity and/or the outside temperature and causing a follow-up control of the actual value to the internal desired value with an increase velocity dependent on magnitudes determining the driving torque, said second regulating means keeping the actual value constant for a predetermined holding period after reaching the internal desired value and after the lapse of the holding period increasing the internal desired value by a factor depending on at least one predetermined influencing magnitude and subsequently again causing a follow-up of the actual value, keeping the same constant for the holding period and repeating these operating steps until the actual value is equal to the desired value signal and therewith and the regulating operation is terminated, the regulating operation being interrupted as soon and for such length of time as the first regulating means is active.