Motor vehicles – Having four wheels driven
Patent
1987-07-01
1989-05-16
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Having four wheels driven
180197, 180247, B60K 1734
Patent
active
048301361
ABSTRACT:
A four-wheel drive of a motor vehicle is arranged to effect automatic changes between a two-wheel drive mode and a four-wheel drive mode in dependence on the slip of two wheels (5) which are permanently driven. A frequent change from the four-wheel drive mode to the two-wheel drive mode for a speed comparison is to be avoided in a four-wheel drive which has a relatively simple structure. Two sensors (12) are associated with the two permanently driven wheels (5) and the output signals of said sensors are delivered to a computer (11), which determines for consecutive units of time the occurrences of the speed difference between said two wheels in excess of a predetermined threshold value and generates a distribution curve of said occurrences in consecutive units of time. That distribution curve is compared in the computer with a corresponding stored limiting curve, which is applicable to a minimum coefficient of road friction. The computer (11) controls a final control element (10) for effecting a change to the four-wheel drive mode when said distribution curve exceeds said limiting curve.
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Mitchell David M.
Steyr-Daimler-Puch Aktiengesellschaft
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