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US 2004/0163856 A1Published application
Vehicle yaw management system with driveline torque control
AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorWilliam J. Kroppe
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Abstract
A yaw management system for a vehicle with driveline torque control is comprised of sensors to determine the rate of change of yaw in the vehicle, a controller for receiving information from the sensors, and a means for using that information to selectively transfer torque from the inner half shaft axles of the vehicle to the outer half shaft axles of the vehicle for regulating the torque delivered to the drive wheels.
Claims19
A yaw management system for a vehicle comprising:
- two drive wheels each connected to a differential by a right half axle and a left half axle;
- a prop shaft to supply rotative force to the differential;
- a yaw sensor for sensing the rate of change of yaw of the vehicle;
- a torque transfer apparatus for selectively transferring the torque from the differential to the right half axle and left half axle;
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- a controller for receiving information from the yaw sensor and for controlling the torque transfer apparatus in response to the information from the yaw sensor.
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A yaw management system for a vehicle comprising:
- two drive wheels each connected to a differential by a right half axle and left half axle;
- a prop shaft to supply rotative force to the differential;
- a yaw sensor for sensing the rate of change of yaw of the vehicle;
- a steering wheel angle sensor for sensing the steering angle;
- a torque transfer apparatus for selectively transferring the torque from the differential to the right half axle and left half axle;
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- a controller for receiving information from the yaw sensor and the steering wheel angle sensor for controlling the torque transfer apparatus in response to the information from the sensors.
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A yaw management system for a vehicle comprising:
- two drive wheels each connected to a differential by a right half axle and left half axle;
- a prop shaft to supply rotative force to the differential;
- a yaw sensor for sensing the rate of change of yaw of the vehicle;
- a speed sensor for sensing the speed of the vehicle;
- a torque transfer apparatus for selectively transferring the torque from the differential to the half axles;
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- a controller for receiving information from the yaw sensor and speed sensor for controlling the torque transfer apparatus in response to the information from the yaw rate and speed sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.