Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701088000 | Restricting differential operation | 7 |
20080201051 | Vehicle driving force control device - A driving force control device includes an individual-wheel friction-circle limit-value calculating portion that calculates friction-circle limit-values of individual wheels, an individual-wheel requested-resultant-tire-force calculating portion that calculates requested resultant tire forces of the individual wheels, an individual-wheel resultant-tire-force calculating portion that calculates resultant tire forces of the individual wheels, an individual-wheel requested-excessive-tire-force calculating portion that calculates requested excessive tire forces of the individual wheels, an individual-wheel excessive-tire-force calculating portion that calculates excessive tire forces of the individual wheels, an excessive-tire-force calculating portion that calculates an excessive tire force, an over-torque calculating portion that calculates an over-torque, and a control-amount calculating portion that calculates a control amount that is output to an engine control unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20090005947 | Slip Detection Apparatus and Slip Detection Method - The procedure of slip detection computes a right wheel speed Vr from a rotation speed Nm2 of a motor MG | 01-01-2009 |
20110082634 | Control of an Electronic Locking Differential - A method for controlling a locking differential of a motor vehicle includes locking the differential, if vehicle speed is less than a reference speed, and a wheel speed differential due to wheel slip is greater than a reference speed; and unlocking the differential and preventing its engagement, if vehicle speed is greater than the reference speed, and said wheel speed differential is less than a reference speed. | 04-07-2011 |
20110257861 | Traction Control Device - A traction control device includes: rotation speed detectors provided to wheels; a control-start determiner that determines whether or not to control a braking mechanism and a differential adjusting mechanism based on rotation speeds; a braking mechanism controller that controls the braking mechanism based on a result of the determination of the control-start determiner; and a differential adjusting mechanism controller that controls the differential adjusting mechanism based on the result of the determination of the control-start determiner, in which the control-start determiner includes: a right-left-wheel rotation speed difference calculating section; a front-rear-wheel rotation speed difference calculating section; and a control-start determining section that determines whether or not to start controlling at least one of the braking mechanism and the differential adjusting mechanism when one of rotation speed differences reaches or exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 10-20-2011 |
20120221221 | CONTROL METHOD FOR A COUPLING IN THE POWERTRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of controlling at least one coupling in a powertrain of a motor vehicle includes the steps of: determining at least one slip value which represents an instantaneous slip between different axles of the motor vehicle or between different wheels of an axle; forming an absolute value of the slip value which corresponds to the amount of the slip value; summing the absolute value or a substitute value derived therefrom to a last-formed slip sum value to form an instantaneous slip sum value; comparing the instantaneous slip sum value with a slip sum threshold value: and generating a control signal for actuating the coupling if the instantaneous slip sum value reaches or exceeds the slip sum threshold value. | 08-30-2012 |
20120253627 | VEHICLE SPEED ESTIMATION FOR 4WD VEHICLES UNDER WHEEL-SPINNING SITUATIONS - Systems and methods for detecting wheel-spinning situations of a vehicle. One system includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine a speed of each wheel of the vehicle based on information received from a plurality of wheel speed sensors, to identify a second slowest wheel of the vehicle based on the speed of each wheel, to calculate a vehicle acceleration torque based on an acceleration of the second slowest wheel of the vehicle and a mass of the vehicle, to calculate a torque ratio based on the vehicle acceleration torque and a wheel drive torque, and to activate a traction control system when the torque ratio is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 10-04-2012 |
20150039201 | Method of Controlling a Differential Lock - A method of controlling a differential lock. The method may include determining a target point for disengaging the differential lock and disengaging the differential lock when the vehicle reaches the target point. | 02-05-2015 |