Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

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Thomas J Thomas

William P Amato

Robert J Custer

Kenneth A Grolle

Srikiran Kosanam

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for detecting an overloaded vehicle and/or detecting when a load of a vehicle has shifted. In one form, the present disclosure provides a system comprising a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory. The at least one processor is configured to: send a request to a controller of a vehicle requesting a vehicle mass; receive a response from the controller, the response comprising a calculated gross mass of the vehicle; determine a gross mass estimate of the vehicle; compare the gross mass estimate of the vehicle to an overweight value associated with the vehicle and determine whether the vehicle is overweight; and upon a determination that the vehicle is overweight, at least one of store information associated with the overweight determination in the memory or transmit a message with information associated with the overweight determination.

Systems and methods for detection of overloaded vehicle

A method for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle includes identifying a vehicle location and identifying a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location. If the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides, identifying respective actions by the driver after the cruise control overrides, and creating a profile of the driver behavior associated with the vehicle location based on the respective actions by the driver within a range around the vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control.

Method and system for controlling a cruise control system

When employing an a cruise control system in a commercial or heavy-duty vehicle, an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system () is activated upon activation of a vehicle or set-speed cruise control (SSCC) system (). The ACC () remains on, even after SSCC shutoff, to maintain a minimum following distance for a primary vehicle in which the ACC () is employed and a forward vehicle. The ACC () is deactivated after detection of an ACC shutoff trigger event, which may be driver application of the brakes of the primary vehicle, driver-initiated acceleration for a predefined time period, expiration of a predetermined time period, manual shutoff (e.g., via a switch or button), etc.

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Brunswick, OH, United States of America

Thomas J Thomas