Traction control system responsive to wheel speed fluctuations
CA 2117295 A1 · Owner: Zexel-Gleason Usa, Inc. · Inventors: May, Kenneth A.
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A traction control system includes speed sensors (36 38), associated with a pair of drive wheels (14 16) for monitoring a vehicle, drive train for a pronounced vibration indicative of wheel slip and other speed sensors (40, 42) associated with a pair of non-driving wheels (18, 20) for monitoring vehicle speed. An electronic control unit (52) compares a magnitude of the vibration to a threshold duration that varies with vehicle speed for detecting wheel slip and outputs two command signals for controlling restriction of a differential (24) and a position of engine throttle (32). Differential restriction is increased as a function of a duration of the vibration and decreased as a function …
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- Filed October 8, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 8, 2012.
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