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Vehicle deceleration unit and vehicle deceleration control method

US6405116B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 2000
Grant dateJun 11, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A vehicle deceleration unit has a power train decelerator which controls a power train output to decelerate the vehicle and a brake device which presses a frictional member against a wheel or a rotational member rotating together with the wheel. Upon issuance of a demand for deceleration of the vehicle, the vehicle is decelerated by means of power train output control through the power train decelerator and brake control through the brake device. The vehicle deceleration unit has a target deceleration determiner for detecting a target deceleration, a turning state detector for detecting a turning state of the vehicle, and a control amount calculator for calculating a power train output control amount and a brake control amount based on the target deceleration and the turning state. The vehicle deceleration unit makes it possible to stably decelerate the vehicle regardless of a turning state of the vehicle.

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