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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1991
Toshiaki Tsuyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Toru Onaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazutoshi Nobumoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Makoto Kawamura, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A traction control system for a motor vehicle having driving wheels and driven wheels includes a device for detecting the speed of each of the driving wheels of the vehicle, a device for detecting the speed of each of the driven wheels of the vehicle, a device for calculating a slip value of the driving wheels based on the detected speeds of the driving and driven wheels, a traction control device for controlling the driving wheel so that the slip value of each driving wheel is equal to a predetermined desired slip value when the slip value of each driving wheel is greater than the predetermined desired slip value, and a device for estimating a friction coefficient of a road surface which is employed when the predetermined desired slip value is determined. The estimating device calculates, in a first predetermined time period immediately after the traction control is started, an acceleration of the driven wheel based on a speed difference of the driven wheel during a second predetermined time period and an acceleration of the driven wheel based on a speed difference of the driven wheel during a third predetermined time period after the first predetermined time period has passed. The estimating device then estimates the friction coefficient of the road surface by using the calculated acceleration of the driven wheel.