Rockwell International Corporation

Rogell Van Wyk

James E Rau

George A Watson

Gordon E Hunter

The Dual Function Radar Receiver shown provides hardware commonality between detection and tracking modes. Four channels (56, 58, 60, 62) are provided, each of which searches a separate range bin during the detection mode. During the tracking mode, one channel (56) continues to search a range bin, while the second channel (58) servos the range bin to the range of the detected object. The third channel (60) processes the azimuthal difference signal (94), and the fourth channel processes the elevational difference signal (110).

Dual function radar receiver

In an anti-skid type control system for automotive vehicles, apparatus for maintaining wheel slip in a region of values associated with a maximum coefficient of road friction. Periodic modulation of the wheel brake torque in conjunction with wheel acceleration measurement are employed to determine the variation of the coefficient of road friction from an optimum value, while integral-plus-proportional control of the pulse modulation allows compensatory variation of the wheel torque and slip condition to a condition providing the optimum coefficient of road friction.

Anti-skid control system employing integral-plus-proportional control of

An anti-skid control system for decreasing braking distance performance of a braked wheeled vehicle while maintaining the lateral stability thereof. The system is comprised of a digital data logic processor responsive to only wheel deceleration and wheel velocity of the braked vehicle for iteratively or alternatively preselectively attenuating and restoring an applied brake fluid pressure, so as to cause the brake system performance to track the knee of the road-torque versus wheel velocity envelope as a function of time. The only parameters employed are wheel deceleration, wheel velocity and mode time for mode-switching between the several control modes (selective brake pressure attenuation and restoration) employed, while the modes themselves include preselective time-scheduling of the respective brake pressure attenuation and restoration.

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