Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeshi Funakoshi

Susumu Nishikawa

Kiichi Yamada

Masayoshi Ito

Masayuki Hashiguchi

Atsuhiro Kawano

Shuji Ikeda

Masanori Tani

Shin'ichi Eto

Kiyoteru Hashikura

A driving and driven wheel velocity are detected by wheel velocity sensors. A reference velocity is set on the basis of the driven wheel velocity. A slip value of the driving wheel on the basis of a difference between the driving wheel velocity and reference velocity. A target output torque of an engine is set in accordance with the slip value of the driving wheel. The target output torque is corrected in accordance with a lateral acceleration generated in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. An output of the engine is controlled to reach the corrected target output torque.

Traction control apparatus

Driving and driven wheel velocities of a vehicle are detected by wheel velocity sensors, and a change in driven wheel velocities as a function of time is detected to obtain a driven wheel acceleration by the vehicle acceleration calculating section. A reference target torque is calculated on the basis of the driven wheel acceleration. A slip value of the driving wheels is calculated on the basis of the driving and driven wheel velocities, and a correction torque corresponding to the slip value is calculated every predetermined sampling time at TSn calculating section and TPn calculating section. The correction torque is substracted from the reference target torque to obtain a target engine torque. An engine output is controlled to obtain the target engine torque.

A first slip value detecting section detects slip values of the driving wheels on the basis of differences between the outputs from a selected driving wheel velocity and a reference velocity. And a second slip value detecting section detects slip values of the driving wheels on the basis of differences between the outputs from a driving wheel velocity detecting section and the reference velocity. And an engine output is controlled in accordance with the slip values detected by the first slip value detecting section. And braking force is controlled in accordance with the slip values detected by the second slip value detecting section.

The slip values DVR, DVL of the right and left driving wheels are respectively detected. The left braking control means control the left driving wheel in accordance with a correction slip value DVFL of the left driving wheel calculated by the following equation on the basis of the slip values DVL, DVR and the coefficient KB set by the coefficient setting means.

A brake system for a vehicle comprises a booster unit including a power piston disposed slidably in a housing for defining a first chamber and a second chamber in the housing, a regulator disposed slidably in the power piston, a flow restrictor formed between the first chamber and a fluid pressure source for restricting flow of fluid in response to movement of the regulator, a pilot pressure chamber disposed upstream of the flow restrictor, a movable member moved by the internal pressure of the pilot pressure chamber thereby permitting communication between the second chamber and the fluid pressure source, and a reaction spring disposed between the power piston and the regulator. A master cylinder is connected to the power piston of the booster unit to supply braking hydraulic fluid at controlled pressure to front and rear brakes, and a brake pedal actuates the regulator of the booster unit to cause movement of the regulator relative to the power piston.

Brake system for vehicles

A brake system for a vehicle comprises a booster unit including a piston disposed for sliding movement in a cylinder, a pressure chamber defined between the cylinder and the piston, and a valve member arranged for interlocking movement with the brake pedal and disposed slidably in the piston for controlling flow of hydraulic fluid from a fluid pressure source into the pressure chamber. A pressure control valve is disposed between the fluid pressure source and the booster unit for controlling the maximum internal pressure of the pressure chamber of the booster unit depending on the weight of the vehicle sensed by a sensor, and a master cylinder is connected to the piston of the booster unit to supply braking hydraulic fluid at controlled pressure to the front and rear brakes. When the vehicle is light-loaded or no-loaded, the pressure of braking hydraulic fluid supplied to the rear brakes is reduced to lower than that supplied to the front brakes so that the rear wheels may not be locked earlier than the front wheels.

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Oobu, Japan

Takeshi Funakoshi