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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuyori Katayama, Himeji, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442604 ; 123352 ; 180179 ;
Abstract
A cruise control apparatus for a vehicle periodically adjusts the opening of a throttle valve based on the function K..epsilon.+G..alpha., wherein .epsilon. is the deviation of the vehicle speed from a target value, .alpha. is the vehicle acceleration, K is a constant, and G is a variable control coefficient. G increases with an increase in the length of time since a change in the sign of acceleration or the length of time since a change in the sign of the rate of change of acceleration.