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US4884650A
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Slip detecting system for a four-wheel drive motor vehicle
Assignee: Subaru Corp
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Filing: 1988-10-20
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Granted: 1989-12-05
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Expires: 2008-10-20
Abstract
Abstract A system for detecting a slip for four wheels of a four-wheel drive motor vehicle has a speed difference detector for detecting the difference between the front-wheel speed and the rear-wheel speed and for producing a speed difference signal when the difference is larger than a predetermined value. A wheel acceleration calculator is provided for calculating wheel acceleration, and a vehicle body acceleration detector is provided for detecting vehicle body acceleration. When the difference of the wheel acceleration from the vehicle body acceleration is larger than a predetermined value, and when the speed difference signal is not generated, which means that there is no difference between the front and rear wheel speed, a four-wheel slip signal is generated.
Inventors
- 👤 Haruo Fujiki
- 👤 Kazunari Tezuka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:01
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K28/00; B60K28/10; B60K28/16; B60K28/165; B60K23/00; B60K23/08; B60K23/0808
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A system for detecting a slip of four wheels of a four-wheel drive motor vehicle, comprising: front speed detector means for detecting front-wheel speed and for producing a front-wheel speed signal; rear speed detector means for detecting rear-wheel speed and for producing a rear-wheel speed signal; speed difference detector means for detecting the difference between the front-wheel speed and the rear-wheel speed and for producing a speed difference signal when the difference is larger than a predetermined value; wheel acceleration calculator means responsive to the front-wheel speed signal and the rear-wheel speed signal for calculating wheel acceleration; vehicle acceleration detector means for detecting vehicle body acceleration; slip detector means for detecting acceleration difference of the wheel acceleration from the vehicle body acceleration at nonexistence of the speed difference signal and for producing a four-wheel slip signal when the acceleration difference is larger than a predetermined value.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
146 words
A system for detecting a slip of four wheels of a four-wheel drive motor vehicle, comprising: front speed detector means for detecting front-wheel speed and for producing a front-wheel speed signal; rear speed detector means for detecting rear-wheel speed and for producing a rear-wheel speed signal; speed difference detector means for detecting the difference between the front-wheel speed and the rear-wheel speed and for producing a speed difference signal when the difference is larger than a predetermined value; wheel acceleration calculator means responsive to the front-wheel speed signal and the rear-wheel speed signal for calculating wheel acceleration; vehicle acceleration detector means for detecting vehicle body acceleration; slip detector means for detecting acceleration difference of the wheel acceleration from the vehicle body acceleration at nonexistence of the speed difference signal and for producing a four-wheel slip signal when the acceleration difference is larger than a predetermined value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system according to claim 1 wherein each of the front and rear speed detector means comprises left and right wheel speed sensors and calculator means for calculating an average speed of the left and right wheel speeds.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system according to claim 2 wherein the wheel acceleration calculator comprises calculator means for calculating the average wheel speed of front and rear wheels and means for differentiating the average wheel speed.
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