US4974694A
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Acceleration slip controller for a vehicle
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1989-02-22
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Granted: 1990-12-04
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Expires: 2009-02-22
Abstract
Abstract This controller detects acceleration slippage of driven wheels, calculates the controlled variable of the driven wheels based on the deviation of the actual driven-wheel revolution speed from the target driven-wheel revolution speed, starts controlling the driven-wheel revolution speed in response to the calculated, controlled variable, and corrects the calculated, controlled variable to control the driven-wheel slip mount out of a predetermined range due to excessive control of the driven-wheel revolution speed, thus making the actual driven-wheel revolution speed quickly approximate the target driven-wheel revolution speed.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinichi Matsumoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:30
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K28/00; B60K28/10; B60K28/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
218 words
An acceleration slip controller for controlling slip between a driven wheel of a vehicle and a road surface, comprising: a driven-wheel detection means for detecting a revolution speed of the driven wheel; a vehicle speed detection means for detecting a vehicle speed of the vehicle; a target driven-wheel speed calculation means for calculating a target driven-wheel speed based on the detected vehicle speed; a controlled variable calculation means for detecting acceleration slippage of the driven wheel based on the detected revolution speed of the driven wheel, and for calculating a controlled variable for the driven wheel based on a deviation of the revolution speed of the driven wheel from the target driven-wheel speed; a slip control means for controlling the revolution speed of the driven wheel using the controlled variable of the driven wheel such that the revolution speed of the driven wheel approximates the target driven-wheel speed; a slip amount detection means for detecting a slippage rate on the driven wheel based on the revolution speed of the driven wheel and the vehicle speed; and a controlled variable correction means for calculating a correction factor based on a deviation of the slippage rate from a target slippage rate and for correcting the controlled variable with the correction factor when the slippage rate is outside a predetermined range.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
218 words
An acceleration slip controller for controlling slip between a driven wheel of a vehicle and a road surface, comprising: a driven-wheel detection means for detecting a revolution speed of the driven wheel; a vehicle speed detection means for detecting a vehicle speed of the vehicle; a target driven-wheel speed calculation means for calculating a target driven-wheel speed based on the detected vehicle speed; a controlled variable calculation means for detecting acceleration slippage of the driven wheel based on the detected revolution speed of the driven wheel, and for calculating a controlled variable for the driven wheel based on a deviation of the revolution speed of the driven wheel from the target driven-wheel speed; a slip control means for controlling the revolution speed of the driven wheel using the controlled variable of the driven wheel such that the revolution speed of the driven wheel approximates the target driven-wheel speed; a slip amount detection means for detecting a slippage rate on the driven wheel based on the revolution speed of the driven wheel and the vehicle speed; and a controlled variable correction means for calculating a correction factor based on a deviation of the slippage rate from a target slippage rate and for correcting the controlled variable with the correction factor when the slippage rate is outside a predetermined range.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
An acceleration controller according to claim 1 where the controlled variable correction means includes means for calculating a correction factor that is equal to or greater than one, and the controlled variable correction means corrects the controlled variable by multiplying the controlled variable by correction factors that are greater than one.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
An acceleration controller according to claim 2 where the predetermined range of slippage rate is between 5% and 10%, where the slippage rate is a difference between the revolution speed of the driven wheel and the vehicle speed divided by the revolution speed of the driven wheel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
67 words
An acceleration controller according to claim 3 where the controlled variable correction means includes means for correcting the controlled variable based upon the slippage rate when the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed, and based upon the difference between the revolution speed of the driven wheel and the vehicle speed when the vehicle speed is less than the predetermined vehicle speed.
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