System and method for controlling a vehicle

US10640113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE Global Sourcing LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey John Wolff · Erie, US
• Timothy W. Brown · Newport Beach, US
• Henry Todd Young · North East, US
• Lindsay Short · Erie, US
• Edward Thomas Petrak · Lawrence Park, US
• Ronald Fischer · Fort Worth, US
• Michael Wagner · Bitburg, DE
• Justin Chadwell · Draper, US
• Carlos Vallejo · Erie, US
• Sean Patrick Cillessen · Lawrence Park, US
• Larry Bench · Casper, US
• Kenneth Paul Nedley · Lawrence Park, US
• Ajith Kuttannair Kumar · Erie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2017
• Grant date: May 5, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S903/902
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle control system determines an upper non-zero limit on deceleration of a vehicle to prevent rollback of the vehicle down a grade being traveled up on by the vehicle. The upper non-zero limit on deceleration is determined by the controller based on a payload carried by the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and a grade of a route being traveled upon by the vehicle. The controller is configured to monitor the deceleration of the vehicle, and to automatically prevent the deceleration of the vehicle from exceeding the upper non-zero limit by controlling one or more of a brake or a motor of the vehicle. The controller also is configured to one or more of actuate the brake or supply current to the motor of the vehicle to prevent rollback of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving up the grade at a non-zero speed.