Motor vehicles – With means responsive to speed of vehicle for maintaining... – Including fluid pressure actuated servomechanism
Patent
1986-04-14
1988-04-12
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
With means responsive to speed of vehicle for maintaining...
Including fluid pressure actuated servomechanism
74866, 180179, B60K 3100
Patent
active
047368136
ABSTRACT:
A cruise control system for a vehicle having an automatic transmission comprises a constant speed driving device having an actuator for changing the amount of fuel to be fed to the engine, a first controller for controlling the actuator to control the amount of fuel to be fed to the engine so that the vehicle speed is fixed at a set speed, a manually operated switch for delivering to the actuator an override command for changing the vehicle speed from the set speed; a downshifting solenoid for downshifting the automatic transmission; and a second control means which permits the downshifting solenoid to downshift the automatic transmission a predetermined delay time after the manually operated switch is operated.
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Hayama Mamoru
Higuchi Toshiyuki
Ohbatake Kazuhiko
Ferguson Jr. Gerald J.
Foycik, Jr. Michael J.
Hoffman Michael P.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Mitchell David M.
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