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process and a device for determining the driving torque of a vehicle

US6416441B1 · kind B1 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Alfred Eckert · Mainz, DE
Jürgen Diebold · Eschborn, DE
Thomas Berthold · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2000
Grant date	Jul 9, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/40
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention proposes a process for determining the driving torque of a vehicle as it is starting. This process and device uses a model of the idling properties of the engine, a comparing element for the output values of the model and corresponding measured values or values derived therefrom, and a determining element for determining the driving torque of the vehicle according to the results of the comparison. Furthermore, the invention discloses a process and device for determining an externally generated variable that drives or brakes the vehicle as well as for supporting uphill starting. In addition, processes and devices for determining externally generated variables/torques as well as for supporting uphill starting are disclosed.

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