Electronically controlled land vehicle
OwnerJean Jarret, Jacques Jarretinventors
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Abstract
An electronically controlled vehicle having at least one pair of wheels which are driven by respective electric motors and each subjected to independent driving action. A computer placed on board the vehicle and associated with a reference clock is connected on the one hand to a control unit for receiving course-changing and speed-changing instructions and on the other hand to wheel-position detectors. Orders for initiating power exchanges with the respective wheels are transmitted to wheel-motor control elements, thus imparting differential acceleration in accordance with the course-changing and speed-changing instructions.
Claims7
An electronically controlled land vehicle, comprising at least one pair of side wheels driven by respective electric motors, a source of electrical energy for said electric motors, and a digital computer connected to a reference-clock, said computer having first input means connected to a control unit adapted to provide acceleration instructions for each of said wheels, second input means connected to devices for detecting the relative positions of the stationary and moving portions of the respective driving wheels, and output means connected to input means of elements for controlling the energy supply to the respective electric motors, the computer being adapted to provide on the output means signals responsive to the detection of said relative positions which are a representation of the energy necessary in each driving wheel for having the vehicle comply with the acceleration instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.