Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masayoshi Itoh

Yasunobu Miyata

Hiroaki Yoshida

Kiichi Yamada

Masanori Tani

Masayuki Hashiguchi

Susumu Nishikawa

Keiji Isoda

Toshio Shigehara

Hiroo Yuasa

Katsunori Ohtake

A motor vehicle output power control system effects a slip control process for preventing the drive wheels of a motor vehicle from slipping against unstable maneuverability and a trace control process for preventing the motor vehicle from failing to make a turn due to an excessive lateral acceleration. The motor vehicle output power control system has a torque control unit for reducing the drive torque produced by the engine irrespective of controlling action of the driver. A target speed for the drive wheels is established on the basis of the motor vehicle speed, and a reference drive torque for the engine is set depending on the target speed for the drive wheels. Based on a slip of the drive wheels, a target drive torque for the engine is established. The torque control unit is controlled by an electronic controller so that the drive torque produced by the engine is equalized to the target drive torque. The reference drive torque is corrected on the basis of the slip of the drive wheels, thus calculating the target drive torque. The drive torque of the engine can be quickly lowered in order not to unduly exceed maximum frictional forces between the road surface and the drive wheels. The motor vehicle is controlled by the motor vehicle output power control system to run safely with improved control responses because of a reduced number of corrective factors for control.

System for controlling the output power of motor vehicle

A motor vehicle output power control system quickly reduces the drive torque produced by an engine on a motor vehicle depending on the magnitude of a lateral acceleration which is produced when the motor vehicle makes a turn, or the amount by which drive wheels slips when the motor vehicle is accelerated. A target drive torque depending on the lateral acceleration and a demanded drive torque demanded by the driver of the motor vehicle are added at a predetermined ratio into a turn target drive torque, which is selected as a final target drive torque. The motor vehicle output power control system includes an electronic control unit for controlling an actuator to lower the output drive torque of the engine, independent from controlling action of the driver, such that the output drive torque of the engine is equalized to the final target drive torque.

System for controlling the output power of a motor vehicle

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Aichi, Japan

Masayoshi Itoh