Automatic control of driveline states
US10166865B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Y2300/28
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle driveline uses sensors to estimate a need for powering secondary wheels for each of a plurality of conditions. The estimates are scaled and the scaled estimates summed. Only primary wheels are powered when the summed estimates are less than a reference value. Both the primary and secondary wheels are powered when the summed estimates exceed the reference value.
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