Method and system for extending the mobility of a vehicle
AssigneeMichelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorsGijsbert Roos, Pierre-Alain Begou, Jean-Claude Schoenhenz
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Abstract
The mobility of a vehicle having first and second pairs of diagonally opposite wheels is extended when the pressure on a given wheel is abnormally low. A load on the first pair of wheels defines a first load diagonal, and a load on the second pair of wheels defines a second load diagonal. A disequilibrium between the first and second load diagonals is induced by actuation of a level corrector comprised of at least two actuators each acting on a respective side of the vehicle, for reducing a load borne by said given wheel and thereby extending the mobility thereof.
Claims12
Method for extending the mobility of a four-wheel vehicle comprising acting on a load distribution among the four wheels by actuation of a level corrector comprised of at least two actuators each acting on a respective side of the vehicle for reducing a load borne by a given wheel of the vehicle when the pressure in the tire of the given wheel is abnormally low.
Method for extending the mobility of a vehicle having first and second pairs of diagonally opposite wheels;
- a load on the first pair of wheels defining a first load diagonal, and a load on the second pair of wheels defining a second load diagonal, wherein a tire on a given wheel has an abnormally low pressure, the method comprising inducing a disequilibrium between the first and second load diagonals by actuation of a level corrector comprised of at least two actuators each acting on a respective side of the vehicle, for reducing a load borne by said given wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.