Controller for a vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJean-Pierre Vandendriessche
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Abstract
A controller for a vehicle having a continuous track for vehicle propulsion. The controller is programmed to: process (i) a speed value indicative of a speed at which the vehicle is being driven; and (ii) a time value indicative of a period of time for which the vehicle has been driven at that speed; determine an overheating parameter value based on the speed value and the time value; compare the overheating parameter value with a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is representative of undesirable operation for the continuous track; and generate an output signal for the vehicle in accordance with a result of the comparison of the overheating parameter value with the threshold value.
Claims15
A controller system for a vehicle comprising a continuous track for propulsion, comprising
- a controller configured to:
- process (i) a speed value indicative of a speed at which the vehicle is operated;
- and (ii) a time value indicative of a period of time the vehicle is operated at that speed;
- determine an overheating parameter value representative of a likelihood of overheating of the continuous track determined from a mathematical operation using the speed value and the time value;
- compare the overheating parameter value with a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is representative of undesirable operation for the continuous track;
- and
- generate an output signal to at least one of a user interface and actuator in accordance with a result of the comparison of the overheating parameter value with the threshold value.
A method of operating a controller for a vehicle comprising a continuous track for vehicle propulsion, the method comprising:
- receiving with the controller (i) a speed value indicative of a speed at which the vehicle is driven;
- and (ii) a time value indicative of a period of time for which the vehicle is driven at that speed;
- determining with the controller an overheating parameter value representative of a likelihood of overheating of the continuous track determined from a mathematical operation using the speed value and the time value;
- comparing with the controller the overheating parameter value with a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is representative of undesirable operation for the continuous track;
- and
- generating with the controller an output signal to at least one of a user interface and actuator in accordance with a result of the comparison of the overheating parameter value with the threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.