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Vehicle chassis control with coordinated brake and steering control on split coefficient surface

US6681167B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2002
Grant dateJan 20, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60W2540/18
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle chassis control stores first and second calibrated values of a predetermined braking parameter and a steering correction parameter. The control includes apparatus for detecting a split coefficient condition with respect to the road surface; and, when it does and a braking signal is present, the control actuates braking apparatus for a wheel on the side of the vehicle having the higher coefficient of friction with the first calibrated value of the predetermined braking parameter and simultaneously actuates the steering apparatus with a steering correction to compensate for yaw induced by braking on the split coefficient road surface. If the steering correction is not available, however, the braking apparatus is actuated for the wheel having the higher coefficient of friction with the second calibrated value of the predetermined braking parameter without simultaneously actuating the steering apparatus with the steering correction. The steering correction may have an open loop part derived from a difference between wheel slips of two wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle and/or a closed loop part derived from yaw rate, side slip and/or side slip rate error.

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