Method providing assistance with hill starts
US8447475B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W2552/15
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method providing assistance with hill starts to a vehicle including a power plant connected to the driven wheels by a clutch and an automatic parking brake. The method generates an instruction to store in a memory a characteristic of a gradient which corresponds to a state in which it is estimated that the user and the vehicle are ready to pull away, on the basis of conditions that given physical parameters of the vehicle must satisfy.
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