Volvo Truck Corporation

Renault Trucks

Philippe Crave

François Longueville

A differential control system for a motor vehicle such as a truck including at least one differential includes at least one differential lock which is able to operate the differential into at least a locked or an unlocked state, a controller that controls the differential lock, a manually operable control member freely rotating bidirectionally around at least one axis, an encoder connected to the control member to convert a rotation of the control member into a signal fed to the controller which controls the differential lock in order to operate the differential into a locked or an unlocked state.

Differential control system for a motor vehicle

A lighting control system and a lighting control method to implement, in an automotive vehicle, external running lights in different available lighting configurations are provided. The lighting control method includes detecting at least one environment parameter, selecting among the different available lighting configurations and depending on the parameter, which lighting configurations can be implemented, depending on the parameter, defining in which order the selected lighting configurations are implemented when an input device is manually actuated, detecting a manual actuation on the input device, depending on a motion of the input device or a motion on the input device, implementing at least one lighting configuration that is chosen among the selected lighting configurations according to the implementation order.

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Lyons, France

Philippe Crave