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Motor vehicle propulsion control when accelerating from a stationary position
Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1988-08-29
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Granted: 1989-07-25
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Expires: 2008-08-29
Abstract
Abstract In a system for controlling the propulsion on motor vehicles, by a reduction of the drive torque by an intervention in ignition, carburator or fuel injection and/or brakes, includes a first device which reduces the drive torque when the maximum adhesion coefficient is exceeded, and a second device which reduces the drive torque to a value associated with the measured maximum value of the vehicle acceleration when the monitored wheel variable exceeds the threshold value, as a result of which too great an excess of torque is prevented and sufficient traction and cornering stability are retained without unnecessarily slowing down a propulsion of the motor vehicle.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Leiber
- 👤 Hans-Joachim Ohnemuller
- 👤 Klaus Kastner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 09:53
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60T; B60T8/00; B60T8/17; B60T8/175; F; F02; F02B; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
System for controlling the propulsion on motor vehicles to prevent the undesirable spinning of the driven vehicle wheels, having at least one threshold value indicator associated with each driven vehicle wheel and monitoring the slip or acceleration of the respective wheel, having means to determine vehicle longitudinal acceleration, and having a control means activated by the output signals of said threshold value indicator for reducing the drive torque by an intervention in one or more of the following ignition, carburetor, fuel injection, and brakes, comprising: first storage means for determining and storing engine speed at moment of intervention; and means for initiating an intervention of one or more of the following: interrupting the ignition or reducing the fuel supply as soon as the vehicle longitudinal acceleration does not increase while the engine speed is rising, and maintains said intervention until a preset period has expired or until the engine speed reaches or falls below said value stored in said first storage means at the moment of intervention.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
System for controlling the propulsion on motor vehicles to prevent the undesirable spinning of the driven vehicle wheels, having at least one threshold value indicator associated with each driven vehicle wheel and monitoring the slip or acceleration of the respective wheel, having means to determine vehicle longitudinal acceleration, and having a control means activated by the output signals of said threshold value indicator for reducing the drive torque by an intervention in one or more of the following ignition, carburetor, fuel injection, and brakes, comprising: first storage means for determining and storing engine speed at moment of intervention; and means for initiating an intervention of one or more of the following: interrupting the ignition or reducing the fuel supply as soon as the vehicle longitudinal acceleration does not increase while the engine speed is rising, and maintains said intervention until a preset period has expired or until the engine speed reaches or falls below said value stored in said first storage means at the moment of intervention.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
171 words
System according to claim 1, including: second means for presetting values for the ignition angle and the throttle valve angle or the fuel injection quantity associated with this non-increasing value of the vehicle longitudinal acceleration; second storage means in said second means for storing an engine characteristic graph which associates said values of ignition angle, throttle value angle or fuel injection quantity with a drive torque producing this longitudinal acceleration, and said first means includes logic means for adjusting the ignition or the throttle valve or the fuel injection system to said values, as soon as and as long as a control signal of the propulsion control system is present, and the interruption or reduction of the ignition or the fuel supply is ended at the end of a preset period running from the beginning of the interruption or when the engine speed reaches again or falls below the value stored at the moment when the interruption or reduction began, before a control signal of the propulsion control system is present.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
System according to claim 2, wherein the second means presets values which are associated with a value reduced by a specific amount or by a percentage portion, of the drive torque, which corresponds to the value of the non-increasing vehicle longitudinal acceleration.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
System according to claim 2, wherein for Otto engines, said second storage means includes an engine characteristic graph which match to each other the values, preset by the second means, for ignition angle and throttle valve angle or fuel injection quantity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
117 words
System according to claim 1, wherein said first means includes input means for receiving signals for the engine speed and the vehicle longitudinal acceleration; differentiating means for differentiating said engine speed and vehicle longitudinal acceleration signal; first comparator means for outputting an output signal when an input signal representing the differentiated vehicle longitudinal acceleration is not positive; second comparator means for outputting an output signal when an input signal representing the differentiated engine speed is positive; AND means for outputting an output signal when the two output signals of the first and second comparator means are present, and timing means responsive to the output signals of the AND means for initiating an intervention for a present period.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
System according to claim 5, including delay means for delaying the output signal of the AND means for a preset delay time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
System according to claim 5, including means for locking the AND as the vehicle longitudinal acceleration exceeds a preset threshold value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
System according to claim 1, wherein said first means initiates an intervention of wheel brakes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
System according to claim 8, wherein said second means presets the ignition, throttle valve or fuel injection system or wheel brakes in response to intervention by said first means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
System according to claim 8, wherein said second means presets the ignition, throttle valve or fuel injection system or wheel brakes when the monitored slip or acceleration of a wheel exceeds the threshold value.
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