Method of controlling a vehicle combination
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsLeo Laine, Mats Jonasson
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Abstract
A method of controlling a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit, a second vehicle unit and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, the method comprising determining a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters obtained from the first and second vehicle units; selecting an operational envelope for the vehicle combination based on the coupling force parameter; and controlling the vehicle combination to operate within the operational envelope.
Claims17
A method of controlling a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit, a second vehicle unit, and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, the method comprising:
- determining a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters obtained from the first and second vehicle units;
- selecting an operational envelope for the vehicle combination based on the coupling force parameter;
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- controlling the vehicle combination to operate within the operational envelope.
A control system for controlling a vehicle combination comprising a first vehicle unit a second vehicle unit, and an articulated coupling connecting the first and second vehicle units to each other, wherein the control system is configured to be connected to a vehicle propulsion system, wherein the control system comprises control circuitry configured to:
- determine a coupling force parameter of the articulated coupling based on a combination of motion related parameters of the first vehicle unit and the second vehicle unit;
- select an operational envelope for the vehicle combination based on the coupling force parameter;
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- transmit a control signal to a vehicle propulsion system, the control signal representing instructions to operate the vehicle combination within the operational envelope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.