Vehicle control

US7212896B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Erik Coelingh · Älvängen, SE
• Jonas Ekmark · Olofstorp, SE
• Mats Andersson · Älvsbyn, SE
• Jan Ryderstam · Onsala, SE
• Per Olsson · Malmö, SE
• Per Persson · Partille, SE
• Soren Eriksson · Kungälv, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2002
• Grant date: May 1, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle control system (10) including a vehicle motion control subsystem (12) that has an input receiving an intended driving demand (14) and a plurality of coordinator subsystems (16) for coordinating actuators of the vehicle. The vehicle motion control subsystem (12) communicates with the coordinator subsystems (16) to determine whether a single coordinator subsystem (16) can carry out the intended driving demand (14). The vehicle motion control subsystem (12) will distribute demand signals among one or more of the coordinator subsystems (16) to allow the vehicle to implement the intended driving demand (14).