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Apparatus for kinesthetic signaling to the driver of a motor vehicle

US6362729B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Hellmann · Hardthof, DE
Hermann Winner · Bietigheim, DE
Helmut Wiss · Heubach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 1999
Grant date	Mar 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 16, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2720/106
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for kinesthetic signaling to a driver of a motor vehicle is described. The apparatus signaling the driver if, in the context of a system for controlling vehicle speed, a deliberate shutdown or one occasioned by a malfunction is imminent or exists; or if, in the context of a system for controlling vehicle speed, a preset maximum deceleration value is not sufficient to prevent a collision between the motor vehicle and a preceding vehicle or an obstacle. The apparatus includes a device that modulates a braking setpoint, or a variable derived from it, in such a way that the motor vehicle experiences a temporally fluctuating deceleration that is perceptible by the driver.

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