Abstract:
In a control apparatus for a vehicle, when a coast downshifting is performed in response to a downshifting command from a vehicle operator during braking operation under the fuel cut control, the braking force of the wheel brake is increased so as to increase the deceleration. This makes it possible to achieve a predetermined deceleration with a good response to the deceleration request of the vehicle operator represented by the downshifting command. The control apparatus is structured to decrease the braking force of the wheel brake such that the increase in the engine braking force is offset by the inertia caused by the rise in the engine speed resulting from downshifting upon the coast downshifting due to the vehicle speed increase. The control apparatus for the vehicle, thus, reduces the shock caused by the sharp increase in the engine braking force.
Abstract:
A vehicle deceleration controller which is able to relatively reliably satisfy the intended deceleration of the driver irrespective of changes in the vehicle speed, the gradient of the driving road surface and the total weight of the vehicle includes a deceleration determining device that determines a required deceleration in accordance with the vehicle speed and the gradient of the driving road surface with reference to stored characteristic information, and an operation mode determining device that determines the required operation mode in accordance with the required deceleration determined by the deceleration determining device and the vehicle speed and the total vehicle weight with reference to stored characteristic information. An outputting device operates a braking force generating device with the required operation mode when it is determined that the accelerator has been released.
Abstract:
A traction control system for a vehicle has a sub-throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the engine in series to a main throttle valve which is operatively connected to an accelerator pedal to open and close in response to operation of the accelerator pedal. An engine output controller controls opening of the sub-throttle valve to control the output of the engine so that the slip value of the driving wheels converges on a target slip value. The engine output controller once moves the sub-throttle valve to an initial opening when the slip value of the driving wheels exceeds the target slip value and then controls the opening of the sub-throttle valve to control the output of the engine so that the slip value of the driving wheels converges on a target slip value. The initial opening is set to be a fixed value when the opening of the main throttle valve is not larger than a predetermined opening and to be substantially equal to the opening of the main throttle valve when the opening of the main throttle valve is larger than the predetermined opening. The fixed value is not smaller than the predetermined opening of the main throttle valve.
Abstract:
An exhaust braking control apparatus includes a control valve situated for movement within an engine exhaust passage to control exhaust gas flow from the engine to the atmosphere. A control unit is provided to set the control valve at a position to provide a continuously variable degree of exhaust braking effect based upon vehicle operating conditions. In another aspect, the control unit is arranged to move the control valve in a closing direction to provide an exhaust braking effect only under specified vehicle operating conditions.
Abstract:
A brake booster for holding the braking action even if the brake pedal is released. The booster has a low pressure chamber and a variable pressure chamber with a diaphragm therebetween for moving the output shaft to the brake cylinder. A valve mechanism mechanically controlled by the brake pedal switches a communication passage between the low and variable pressure chambers and an atmospheric pressure passage from the variable pressure chamber to the exterior. A first solenoid valve can close the communication passage between the low and variable pressure chambers irrespective of the brake pedal position so as to hold the braking. A second solenoid valve can control a passage between the variable pressure chamber and the low pressure source so that the braking release can be gently effected.
Abstract:
A device for holding the braking force of a motor vehicle has a braking force holding valve in a brake operating fluid circuit. The device ascertains whether a load is imposed on an engine of the motor vehicle based on detected signals indicating the amount of depression of an accelerator pedal and the rotational speed of the engine. When there is a load acting on the engine, the braking force holding device is opened to release a braking force.
Abstract:
The device comprises sensors for providing electrical signals indicative of the speed of the vehicle, the speed of rotation of the engine, the position of the accelerator pedal and the position of the brake pedal. An electronic monitoring and control unit connected to these sensors, activates actuator devices arranged to turn off the engine when, for a period of time of predetermined duration, the speed of rotation of the engine is less than a first predetermined value, the speed of the vehicle is less than a threshold value, and the accelerator pedal is released. This monitoring and control unit deactivates the actuator means and activates the electric starter motor when the signals provided by the sensors indicate that the speed of rotation of the engine is lower than a second predetermined value, less than the first, and the accelelator pedal (or the brake pedal) is depressed.
Abstract:
An electric actuator including a stationary housing, an output shaft rotatably supported by the housing, an output member mounted on said output shaft, an electric motor secured to the housing, speed reduction gear mechanism for reducing the rotational speed of the electric motor, differential gear mechanism provided between the output shaft and the speed reduction gear mechanism, an electromagnetic brake operatively connected to the differential gear mechanism. The differential gear mechanism includes an output side differential gear secured to the output shaft, and a brake side differential gear rotatable with a brake plate of the electromagnetic clutch. The electromagnetic brake includes an electromagnetic coil and an electromagnetic yoke secured to the housing, so that when the brake side differential gear is prevented from rotating by the electromagnetic brake the electric motor controls displacement of the output member, and when the brake side differential gear is freely rotatable relative to the housing the output member is freely rotatable irrespective of the rotation of the electric motor.
Abstract:
An arrangement for generating and making available a vacuum for an auxiliary power system of a vehicle, such as a brake booster, comprises a throttle disposed in the intake system of an internal combustion engine between the carburetor and the engine, a vacuum conduit having one end connected to the auxiliary power system and the other end connected to the intake system between the throttle and the engine, a first sensor coupled to the conduit produces a first response when the vacuum has achieved at least a predetermined value, at least one second sensor responding to at least one other operating state of either the engine or the vehicle to produce a second response dependent on the operating state, and a control arrangement coupled to the first and second sensors and the throttle to control the throttle in response to the first and second responses.
Abstract:
A frequency-sensitive circuit has first and second input terminals and first and second output terminals with the second input and output terminals interconnected. Between the input terminals is connected a phase-shifting network, and a transistor has its base connected to the phase-shifting network, its emitter connected to one of the input terminals and its collector connected to the other input terminal through an impedance. The output from the circuit changes polarity at a predetermined frequency.