Motor vehicles – With means responsive to speed of vehicle for maintaining... – Including electrically actuated servomechanism
Patent
1979-04-30
1981-06-16
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
With means responsive to speed of vehicle for maintaining...
Including electrically actuated servomechanism
123352, 180167, 180176, 188273, B60K 3100
Patent
active
042732085
ABSTRACT:
Signals representing actual and desired speeds of a vehicle are separately applied to a plurality of parallel comparator channels or devices. Each comparator device responds to a different level of difference between the speed signals, when actual is greater than desired, to produce output signals at successively higher levels. The first comparator device controls a first deceleration device, e.g., an exhaust throttle, to reduce vehicle speed when an output signal is produced at the first preselected level of difference. The second and third comparator devices control the second and third deceleration devices, respectively, e.g., an eddy-current brake, automatic transmission, etc., when each produces an output signal at its preselected difference level, but only if the next lower comparator output has enabled a gate or switch coupling the higher level comparator and deceleration devices. Thus the deceleration control is increased in successive steps as the speed difference increases if each successive deceleration device is actuated in order by the associated comparator.
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Mitchell David M.
WABCO Fahrzeugbremsen GmbH
Williamson, Jr. A. G.
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