With Means For Detecting Wheel Slip During Vehicle Acceleration And Controlling It By Reducing Application Of Power To Wheel Patents (Class 180/197)
  • Patent number: 11952009
    Abstract: A driving force control system that controls a driving force in line with a driver's intension to propel a vehicle on a slippery road surface without wheel slip. A controller is configured to obtain individual relations of a slip ratio on a road surface to parameters including the driving force, a running resistance of the vehicle, and an accelerating force of the vehicle, and to control the driving force based on the obtained relations of the slip ratio to each of said parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Usui, Keisuke Ushida
  • Patent number: 11947017
    Abstract: Techniques for controlling an autonomous vehicle with a processor that controls operation, includes operating a Doppler LIDAR system to collect point cloud data that indicates for each point at least four dimensions including an inclination angle, an azimuthal angle, a range, and relative speed between the point and the LIDAR system. A value of a property of an object in the point cloud is determined based on only three or fewer of the at least four dimensions. In some of embodiments, determining the value of the property of the object includes isolating multiple points in the point cloud data which have high value Doppler components. A moving object within the plurality of points is determined based on a cluster by azimuth and Doppler component values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Devlin Baker, Stephen C. Crouch
  • Patent number: 11919499
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating data indicative of a friction associated with a driving surface, and for using the friction data in association with one or more vehicles. In one example, a computing system can detect a stop associated with a vehicle and initiate a steering action of the vehicle during the stop. The steering action is associated with movement of at least one tire of the vehicle relative to a driving surface. The computing system can obtain operational data associated with the steering action during the stop of the vehicle. The computing system can determine a friction associated with the driving surface based at least in part on the operational data associated with the steering action. The computing system can generate data indicative of the friction associated with the driving surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: UATC, LLC, VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott C. Poeppel, Mats Jonasson
  • Patent number: 11897472
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drive motor in a motor vehicle may include the steps: determining driving situation information which describes a static friction and/or a frictional connection of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle and/or a speed of the motor vehicle, determining a minimum speed of the drive motor as a function of the driving situation information, and regulating or controlling the speed of the drive motor as a function of the minimum speed, in particular such that the speed is always greater than the minimum speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Clemens Burow, Jürgen Bader, Moritz Reiff, Raphael Kis, Siegfried Pint
  • Patent number: 11891063
    Abstract: A safe following distance estimation system and an estimation method thereof are provided. The safe following distance estimation system adapted for an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor senses an adjacent vehicle to generate first sensing data, and senses the autonomous vehicle to generate second sensing data. The processor estimates a first friction parameter between wheels of the adjacent vehicle and a pavement according to pavement material data, and estimates a second friction parameter between wheels of the autonomous vehicle and the pavement according to the second sensing data. The processor calculates a safe following distance between the autonomous vehicle and the adjacent vehicle according to the first sensing data, the second sensing data, the first friction parameter, the second friction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chen-Hui Hu, Hsiu-Wei Hsu, Kun-Lung Ku, Chiao-Tung Chan
  • Patent number: 11851041
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating slipperiness of a road surface. This estimate may be obtained using an image sensor mounted on a vehicle. The estimated road slipperiness may be utilized when calculating a risk index for the road, or for an area including the road. If a predetermined threshold for slipperiness is exceeded, corrective actions may be taken. For instance, warnings may be generated to human drivers that are in control of driving vehicle, and autonomous vehicles may automatically adjust vehicle speed based upon road slipperiness detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Leo Nelson Chan, Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Roxane Lyons, William J. Leise, John A. Nepomuceno, Rajiv C. Shah, Edward P. Matesevac, III, Jennifer Criswell Kellett, Steven Cielocha, Jeremy Myers, Matthew S. Megyese, Jennifer L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 11845423
    Abstract: A turning control system of a vehicle includes: a database storing road information; a sensor part to detect a steering angle of a vehicle, a wheel speed of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is accelerated, whether the vehicle is braking, and whether a speed gear of the vehicle is shifted; and a controller that determines whether the vehicle enters a turning section based on one or more pieces of the information detected by the sensor part and the road information stored in the database. In particular, when the vehicle is entering the turning section, the controller sets a target speed of the vehicle and controls a speed of the vehicle to be decelerated to the set target speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Jea Mun Lee, Jae Young Park, Hui Un Son, Young Eun Kim, Joon Young Park, Sung Hoon Yu
  • Patent number: 11846247
    Abstract: A throttle valve device includes a coil spring arranged in a body between a valve gear and a valve and having a spring end extending radially outward. A first guide covers an end of the coil spring and includes a first guide hook that contacts the spring end. A body hook in the body is capable of contacting a tip end part of the first guide hook. A valve gear hook in the valve gear is capable of contacting a base end part of the first guide hook. The first guide hook has a protrusion protruding toward the spring end between the tip end part and the base end part. The first guide hook is deformable by receiving the spring force at the protrusion as an effort while a fulcrum is at a contact between the first guide hook and the body hook or the valve gear hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO DAISHIN CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito Sakakibara, Toru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11834095
    Abstract: A method of brake steering in a four-wheel drive utility vehicle having a driven front axle carrying at least two front wheels, a driven rear axle carrying at least two rear wheels, a powertrain delivering torque to the front and rear axles via a connecting shaft, independently operable service brakes on each of the front and rear wheels, and independently operable parking brakes on each of the rear wheels. The method includes, on the vehicle entering a turn, applying the service brakes of the front and rear wheels on the inside of the turn and applying also, and to a controllably varied level of braking force, the parking brake on the rear wheel on the inside of the turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Zeiler
  • Patent number: 11827201
    Abstract: A vehicle brake control device including a front wheel speed acquisition section, a rear wheel speed acquisition section, a front wheel acceleration calculation section, a rear wheel acceleration calculation section, a front wheel anti-lock brake control section capable of executing an anti-lock brake control for the front wheel, a vehicle acceleration acquisition section, and a bad road determination section configured to determine whether or not a running road surface is a bad road based on the front wheel acceleration or the rear wheel acceleration. The bad road determination section executes a bad road determination by selectively using one of the front wheel acceleration and the rear wheel acceleration at least based on information on whether or not the anti-lock brake control for the front wheel is executed and the vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiya Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11820355
    Abstract: A method of controlling motor torque for learning a resolver offset of an electric vehicle includes steps of: determining whether a condition for offset learning mounted to a main drive motor and to an auxiliary drive motor is satisfied; controlling an output torque of a learning drive motor, which includes a resolver to perform the offset learning among the main drive motor and the auxiliary drive motor to a zero torque, when the condition for performing the offset learning is satisfied; increasing an output torque of a non-learning drive motor, which includes a resolver not performing the offset learning among the main drive motor and the auxiliary drive motor by a torque reduction amount, when the learning drive motor outputs zero torque; and performing the offset learning of the resolver mounted to the learning drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Lim Han, Jun Beom Wi
  • Patent number: 11820390
    Abstract: A method for automatic adjustment of the performance of a vehicle may include detecting at least one significant physical quantity for checking the performance of the vehicle; defining at least one pair of reference indicators correlated with that physical quantity; saving at least one value of a said reference indicator in a predetermined nominal reference condition; detecting at least one value of a said reference indicator in a real operating condition of the vehicle; comparing said nominal reference indicator and real reference indicator and, if their values are different from each other, and implementing a correction of the driving power of the vehicle to compensate for the difference ascertained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Samuele Mazzini
  • Patent number: 11794577
    Abstract: The differential control device prohibits or limits a differential motion generated by the differential device. The sensor detects a turning angular velocity of the motor grader. Based on the turning angular velocity detected by the sensor, the controller controls the differential control device to perform the differential prohibition or limitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Takase
  • Patent number: 11772649
    Abstract: An in-car safety system includes: a detecting device, a processor, an in-car equipment and a piezoelectric device. The detecting device is disposed on a car. The processor is disposed in the car. The processor is electrically connected to the detecting device. The processor is configured to receive a detecting signal transmitted by the detecting device and transmit an electrical signal in accordance with the detecting signal. The in-car equipment is disposed in the car. The piezoelectric device is disposed on the in-car equipment. The piezoelectric device is electrically connected to the processor. The piezoelectric device is configured to receive the electrical signal and generate a vibration to the in-car equipment in accordance with the electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Optoelectronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Chun Chuang, Chia-Chen Yeh, Ching-Hao Liao
  • Patent number: 11776383
    Abstract: An object detection, tracking and alert system for use in connection with a waste collection vehicle is provided. The system can determine if an external moving object in the surrounding environment of the waste collection vehicle, such as another vehicle or a bicycle, is moving directly towards the waste collection vehicle, and then send one or more alerts to the driver and/or riders on the waste collection vehicle as well as any other waste collection vehicles in the surrounding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Vu Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11761391
    Abstract: An electronic control method for a throttle performed by an electronic control throttle device is disclosed. The electronic control method includes: generating, by the electronic control section, the control signal for the throttle with a sum of a proportional torque and an integral torque as a value of a torque command, by calculating an engine speed deviation from a difference between a calculated or input engine speed and an input engine speed command; calculating an engine rotational angular acceleration based on the engine speed; obtaining the proportional torque from a product of the engine speed deviation and a predetermined coefficient; and obtaining the integral torque by integrating the product of the engine speed deviation and the predetermined coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo Narita, Ryuichi Oguro
  • Patent number: 11760322
    Abstract: An on-vehicle control device includes: a control unit that controls an attitude of a vehicle based on a value of a behavior sensor that detects a behavior of the vehicle, and prohibits control based on the behavior sensor when the value of the behavior sensor exceeds a threshold; and a travel environment determination unit that determines a travel environment of the vehicle based on image information captured by a camera, and in which the control unit changes the threshold to a lower value based on the travel environment determined by the travel environment determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada, Shogo Nakao, Toshiyuki Innami, Koichi Yokoura
  • Patent number: 11753802
    Abstract: A time period for which an ineffective operation is performed during an excavation work is reduced. A work machine includes a vehicular body, a running wheel rotatably attached to the vehicular body, a work implement operable with respect to the vehicular body, an operation apparatus for operating the running wheel and the work implement, and a controller that controls an operation by the work machine. The controller determines that an ineffective operation in which the work implement does not work is being performed during the excavation work based on an operation command value output from the operation apparatus and notifies an operator of occurrence of the ineffective operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Daimon, Hiroyuki Aratame
  • Patent number: 11752863
    Abstract: The differential control device prohibits or limits a differential motion generated by the differential device. The sensor detects a turning angular velocity of the motor grader. Based on the turning angular velocity detected by the sensor, the controller controls the differential control device to perform the differential prohibition or limitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Takase
  • Patent number: 11746896
    Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission of a vehicle, includes determining, by a controller, whether a shift prohibition condition for preventing overheating of the transmission of the vehicle in a terrain mode, which is a rough road driving mode of the vehicle, is satisfied; determining, by the controller, whether a shift operation of the transmission corresponding to a busy shift phenomenon of the transmission is detected when the shift prohibition condition is satisfied; and prohibiting, by the controller, shifting of the transmission when the shift operation of the transmission corresponding to the busy shift phenomenon of the transmission is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Jungho Park
  • Patent number: 11745705
    Abstract: An anti-lock braking system for a triple axle trailer having three axles and six wheels is disclosed. The system includes a first wheel speed sensor coupled to the first wheel of the trailer, a second wheel speed sensor coupled to the third wheel of the trailer, a spring mount pivotably coupled to the body of the trailer, a first suspension member coupled to the first wheel and to the spring mount and a second suspension member coupled to the second wheel and to the spring mount. The system includes a hydraulic braking actuator having a first channel coupled to the first wheel and the second wheel and a second channel coupled to the third wheel. The spring mount pivots in response to an applied brake torque to increase a normal force applied to the second wheel as compared to a normal force applied to the first wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Todd J. Brinkman, Edward T. Heil, Douglas J. Spry, Steven G. Reini
  • Patent number: 11746870
    Abstract: A method of controlling a differential lock. The differential lock is actuated to lock a differential assembly when wheel slip of a first wheel assembly is detected and a duration of the wheel slip exceeds a pre-activation buffer. The pre-activation buffer is based on acceleration of the first wheel assembly and vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Armando Marcelo Rivero de Stefani, Adriano Esperidião, Egidio Correa, Fabio Rocha Brandão, Rodrigo Ramos Barbosa
  • Patent number: 11724678
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a vehicle on a reduced traction surface are disclosed. A controller of the vehicle obtains at least one of: ambient information or GPS information, determines a derate increment size based on the ambient or GPS information, imposes a sustained derate by applying a torque limit on a braking torque of the vehicle based on the derate increment size in response to detecting a traction control event. The controller also determines a verification period and a derate reduction period based on the ambient or GPS information to reduce the sustained derate in response to detecting a lack of traction control event during the verification period at a rate determined by the derate reduction period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Antonio Lugo-Castillo, Martin T. Books, Richard A. Booth
  • Patent number: 11685367
    Abstract: A method of providing automated application of turn radius reduction in a driver assist mode may include receiving steering wheel angle and wheel speed information to determine a target wheel slip during a turn. The method may further include comparing the target wheel slip to a current wheel slip to determine a slip error, and applying braking torque to an inside wheel based on the slip error to reduce the turn radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Sallee, Michael Edward Brewer
  • Patent number: 11648933
    Abstract: A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle includes: observing and estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system in real time based on operation information of the driving system by receiving the operation information of the driving system for driving the vehicle; calculating the compensated amount for compensating a torque command of a driving device from the equivalent inertia information of the driving system observed and estimated by a controller; compensating the torque command of the driving device by using the calculated compensated amount; and performing a control of a torque applied to a driving wheel according to the compensated torque command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11642963
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for diagnosing damage to drive-train hardware of a vehicle in which a disconnector may obtain speed of an auxiliary drive wheel motor of the vehicle and speed of a main drive wheel motor of the vehicle and determines damage to the drive-train hardware including the disconnector that controls whether to interrupt delivery of power through engagement or disengagement between auxiliary drive wheel motor-side drive-train hardware and auxiliary drive wheel-side drive-train hardware, based on whether a difference between the speed of the auxiliary drive wheel motor and the speed of the main drive wheel motor exceeds a threshold value, Accordingly, preventing divergence of motor RPM by diagnosing damage to the drive-train hardware of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Se Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 11623492
    Abstract: A fluid suspension system for a land vehicle is provided with an actuator connected to a chassis and an axle of a land vehicle spaced apart from a pivotal connection of the axle. A fluid pressure circuit is in cooperation with the at least one actuator. A controller is in operable communication with the fluid pressure circuit and is programmed to receive input indicative of a travel speed of the land vehicle. The fluid pressure circuit is adjusted to limit fluid flow rate or reduce fluid pressure at a low speed travel range to permit the axle to pivot in response to variations in an underlying support surface. The fluid pressure circuit is adjusted at a higher speed travel range for selective actuation of the at least one actuator or for a higher fluid pressure actuation of the at least one actuator, in response to variations in the underlying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Terex South Dakota, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Clark, Miles Alton, Alessandro Fasi
  • Patent number: 11623493
    Abstract: A suspension system for a land vehicle is provided with at least one actuator connected to a chassis and an axle of a land vehicle spaced apart from a pivotal connection of the axle. A suspension circuit is in cooperation with the at least one actuator. A controller is in operable communication with the suspension circuit and is programmed to receive input indicative of a travel speed of the land vehicle. The suspension circuit is closed at a low speed travel range to permit the axle to pivot in response to variations in an underlying support surface. The suspension circuit is opened to permit selective actuation of the at least one actuator at a higher speed travel range in response to variations in the underlying support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Terex South Dakota, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Clark, Miles Alton
  • Patent number: 11607956
    Abstract: A traction control system for a trailing vehicle includes an electric machine, a ground engaging apparatus in contact with a ground surface, and a disconnect device connected between the electric machine and the ground engaging apparatus. The traction control system includes one or more speed sensors to determine a differential speed of the disconnect device. The traction control system includes a controller determines when to disengage the disconnect device based in part upon the speed of the ground engaging apparatus exceeding an upper threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: William J Vande Haar
  • Patent number: 11608068
    Abstract: A drive force control apparatus includes a drive force control section that has a steady drive force, a filtered drive force obtained by performing a filtering process on the steady drive force, and an internal drive force, which is calculated from a traction requested drive force, input thereto, and sets a target drive force based on the steady drive force, the filtered drive force, and the internal drive force. The drive force control section implements post-operation processing after control for causing the internal drive force to be the target drive force ends. In the post-operation processing, a new internal drive force, which is calculated based on a large-small relationship among the steady drive force, the filtered drive force, and the previously calculated internal drive force, is set as the target drive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Yanagida, Kwangwoo Seo
  • Patent number: 11597432
    Abstract: A power-steering system for a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an assistance motor controlled by a closed-loop regulation system, the regulation system determining a motor torque of the assistance motor as a function of a measured steering-wheel torque, using at least one “setpoint monitoring” arm calculating a component of the motor torque, referred to as “variant motor torque”, by subtracting a set steering-wheel torque from the RFe corresponding to the sum of the measured steering-wheel torque and the motor torque, wherein the variant motor torque is multiplied by a gain determined by a three-dimensional map as a function of a vehicle speed and the measured steering-wheel torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT EUROPE
    Inventors: Quentin Fraison, Pascal Moulaire, André Michelis
  • Patent number: 11584398
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a situation detection device that detects a situation around a periphery of a vehicle and outputs a situation detection signal based on detection results; and a processor (i) that is input with the situation detection signal when the vehicle travels in an autonomous automatic driving mode, that controls travel of the vehicle based on the situation detection signal, and (ii) that enters a prohibited state that prohibits control of the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode in a prohibited area in which the travel of the vehicle in the autonomous automatic driving mode is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Yuta Morikawa, Naoki Yamamuro, Yuki Tatsumoto
  • Patent number: 11584235
    Abstract: The present application relates to an accelerator control method and device, a power system and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method includes: receiving, by an electronic speed control (ESC), an accelerator signal through a serial communication interface; extracting accelerator control data from the accelerator signal; generating, according to the accelerator control data, a motor control signal for controlling operation of a motor; and transmitting the motor control signal to the motor. The accelerator signal received through the serial communication interface is a digital signal subjected to small interference during transmission, unlike an analog signal that is susceptible to interference such as impedance and capacitive reactance, which causes data inaccuracy. In addition, in the manner of serial communication, a higher baud rate may be adopted to shorten an accelerator control cycle, thereby achieving high-speed control of an accelerator and increasing the control frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shizhi Yan
  • Patent number: 11554664
    Abstract: A drive force distribution method and a drive force distribution control device is provided for a front and rear wheel drive vehicle provided with a drive force distribution device that controls a distribution of a drive force generated by a drive force source to main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels. A present distribution of the drive force to an auxiliary drive wheel side is increased by a first predetermined amount upon determining the rotational speed difference between the rotational speeds of the main drive wheels and the auxiliary drive wheels has been determined to not be smaller than a predetermined rotational speed difference. The present distribution of the drive force to the auxiliary drive wheel side is reduced by a second predetermined amount when the rotational speed difference has been determined to be smaller than the predetermined rotational speed difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hiroi, Hiroshi Nishida
  • Patent number: 11548495
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for incrementally derating a torque applied by a drivetrain in response a number of traction control events detected by a traction control system over a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: Martin T. Books
  • Patent number: 11525414
    Abstract: A method to control a road vehicle during a slip of the drive wheels and having the steps of: detecting a slip of at least one drive wheel; and controlling, only during a slip of at least one drive wheel, a driving unit of the road vehicle with a signalling law so as to obtain a cyclic operating irregularity, which generates an abnormal vibration and/or an abnormal noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Marconi
  • Patent number: 11512652
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a controller, and an increased brake load event communicator. The internal combustion engine includes a first cylinder and a first cylinder deactivation prevention mechanism. The first cylinder is configured to be selectively activated and deactivated. The first cylinder deactivation prevention mechanism is configured to selectively prevent the first cylinder from being deactivated. The controller is communicable with the first cylinder deactivation prevention mechanism. The controller includes an increased brake load event detection module that is configured to selectively control the first cylinder deactivation prevention mechanism to prevent the first cylinder from being deactivated. The increased brake load event communicator is communicable with the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: Jennifer Kay Light-Holets
  • Patent number: 11498550
    Abstract: A vehicle control device controls a driving device in such a manner that driving torque coincides with normal torque. The vehicle control device starts a traction control for controlling the driving device in such a manner that the driving torque coincides with suppressed torque which is smaller than the normal torque, when a predetermined traction control start condition is satisfied. The vehicle control device determines that the driver is in a non-grasp state, when an operation amount has changed to satisfy a condition in an initial determination time period. The vehicle control device starts, at an acceleration time point, an operation priority control for controlling the driving device in such a manner that the driving torque coincides with acceleration priority torque which is larger than the suppressed torque and smaller than the normal torque, if the control device had not determined that the driver was in the non-grasp state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryochi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11492103
    Abstract: A brake assembly may comprise a brake stack including a plurality of rotors and a plurality of stators. A piston assembly may be configured to apply a force to the brake stack. A brake control valve may be mounted to the piston assembly and fluidly coupled to a fluid inlet of the piston assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Tyler Arsenault
  • Patent number: 11492989
    Abstract: A method to control a road vehicle during a slip of the drive wheels, which are caused to rotate by an internal combustion engine provided with a plurality of cylinders arranged in two banks, and with a plurality of fuel injectors each injecting fuel into a corresponding cylinder. The control method comprises the steps of: detecting a slip of at least one drive wheel; and controlling the internal combustion engine, only during a slip of at least one drive wheel, with a signalling law, which causes the internal combustion engine to work in an abnormal manner so as to generate an abnormal vibration and/or an abnormal noise, which can be perceived by the driver. The internal combustion engine has two twin control units, each of which is associated with a corresponding bank, controls all and the sole injectors of its own bank and actuates the signalling law completely independently of and autonomously from the other control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Stefano Marconi
  • Patent number: 11491997
    Abstract: A sensor abnormality determination device of a four-wheel drive vehicle including a drive source, main drive wheels and sub-drive wheels, a power transmitting member, a first connecting/disconnecting device, a second connecting/disconnecting device, a first sensor, and a rotation sensor, the sensor abnormality determination device comprises a first sensor abnormality determining portion determining that the first sensor is abnormal when the rotation sensor detects the rotation of the power transmitting member and it is presumed that the four-wheel drive vehicle is in the four-wheel drive state, when the first sensor detects that the first connecting/disconnecting device is in the disconnecting state, and when the rotation sensor detects the rotation of the power transmitting member after the second connecting/disconnecting device is switched to the disconnecting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shunro Fukada
  • Patent number: 11488467
    Abstract: An object detection, tracking and alert system for use in connection with a waste collection vehicle is provided. The system can determine if an external moving object in the surrounding environment of the waste collection vehicle, such as another vehicle or a bicycle, is moving directly towards the waste collection vehicle, and then send one or more alerts to the driver and/or riders on the waste collection vehicle as well as any other waste collection vehicles in the surrounding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Vu Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11479231
    Abstract: A device for controlling an electronic four-wheel drive (E-4WD) of a vehicle includes: a first powertrain for a front wheel, where the first powertrain includes an engine, and a front wheel motor; and a second powertrain for a rear wheel, where the second powertrain includes a rear wheel motor. The device provides a rear wheel motor driving mode, a front wheel motor driving mode, a combined driving mode in which the front wheel motor and the rear wheel motor are both driven, and an engine-on mode according to driver power demand for the vehicle, such that fuel efficiency of the vehicle is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jee Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 11467617
    Abstract: A cable-linked brake pedal assembly for an airplane. The assembly includes a first cable assembly with a first end attached to a pilot-side brake pedal and a second end attached to a first bell crank assembly, and a second cable assembly with a first end attached to a copilot-side brake pedal and a second end attached to a second bell crank assembly. A first connecting rod with a first rod end is attached to the first bell crank assembly and a second rod end is attached to the second bell crank assembly. The connection between the first and second cable assemblies, first and second bell crank assemblies, and first connecting rod is configured such that depressing the pilot-side brake pedal moves the first cable assembly, first connecting rod, and second cable assembly in such a way as to cause a corresponding depression of the copilot-side brake pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Voiles, Roy Romana, Steven E. Rickenbrode
  • Patent number: 11458940
    Abstract: A brake ECU sets target slippage degrees of three wheels other than the front outer wheel to the slippage degree of the front outer wheel and feedback-controls the braking forces of the three wheels such that the actual slippage degrees of the three wheels approach the target slippage degrees. The brake ECU computes a correction amount for the slip ratio deviation of the front inner wheel such that the slip ratio deviation becomes zero. The brake ECU multiplies the correction amount for the slip ratio deviation by a load ratio and uses the resultant value as a correction amount for the slip ratio deviation of the rear inner wheel. The brake ECU corrects the slip ratio deviation by using the computed correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hara, Hiroaki Nagase, Kei Amamoto
  • Patent number: 11441677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control arrangement for vehicles having a hydrostatic auxiliary drive for one or more axles, in particular for motor graders, having a drive engine, driven rear wheels coupled to the drive engine, further wheels which can be activated by associated hydraulic motors and can be operated by a hydraulic pump coupled to the drive engine and which has an adjustable feed volume, wherein each wheel is connected to a hydraulic motor without a clutch. The hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motors can be activated electrically and adjusted in a continuously variable fashion and the hydraulic pump is connected directly, without valves, to the hydraulic motors in parallel by hydraulic lines. The control device controls the respective displacement volume of the hydraulic motors only as a function of the rotational speed signals of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CNH BAUMASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Weber, Erik Lautner, Thomas Neubert
  • Patent number: 11427167
    Abstract: A method for performing emergency braking in a vehicle includes registering at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle and ascertaining a probability of collision for the vehicle with the at least one registered object to detect an emergency braking situation, autonomously activating service brakes of the vehicle using a vehicle setpoint deceleration to perform emergency braking if an emergency braking situation has been detected, and adapting the vehicle setpoint deceleration during the autonomously performed emergency braking. Adapting the vehicle setpoint deceleration takes place in dependence on at least one driving dynamics parameter. The driving dynamics parameter characterizes a real reaction of the vehicle to the performed emergency braking. The driving dynamics parameter is ascertained during the emergency braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
    Inventors: Karsten Breuer, Ruediger Meyer
  • Patent number: 11409278
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for providing a teleoperation instruction to an autonomous vehicle. While the autonomous vehicle is travelling to a destination, the autonomous vehicle may encounter a situation preventing the autonomous vehicle from travelling to the destination. A control center may receive information from the autonomous device and provide instructions with limited controls for the autonomous vehicle to navigate to an intermediate position. In such an intermediate position, the may make way for an emergency vehicle, obtain additional sensor data for continued autonomous planning, signal intent to other objects in the environment, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Gogna, Meredith James Goldman
  • Patent number: 11401876
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a driving force source configured to generate torque for driving drive wheels, a steering angle related value sensor configured to detect a steering angle related value of a steering device of the vehicle, a grille shutter configured to adjust an opening-and-closing degree of an opening formed in a front surface of a vehicle body, and a controller configured to control the torque to control a vehicle attitude based on the steering angle related value. Based on the steering angle related value, when the controller determines that a turning operation of the steering device is performed, it performs a torque decreasing control for reducing the torque to add deceleration to the vehicle, and when the grille shutter opening is large, the controller increases the torque reduction amount in the torque decreasing control more than when the opening is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daisaku Ogawa, Daisuke Umetsu
  • Patent number: 11383727
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are described. In one example, a method of controlling a vehicle comprises: receiving, using one or more sensors, a first set of measurements of a set of physical attributes of the vehicle in a motion; determining, based on a motion data model that defines a set of relationships among the set of physical attributes of the vehicle in the motion and based on the first set of measurements, a set of expected measurements of the set of physical attributes; determining whether to use an entirety of the first set of measurements to control an operation of the vehicle based on comparing the first set of measurements and the set of expected measurements; and responsive to determining not to use the entirety of the first set of measurements, controlling the operation of the vehicle based on a second set of measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Urs Niesen, Jubin Jose, Xinzhou Wu