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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Noriyuki Takemasa, Hamakita, JP;
Nisshinbo Industries Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method is provided to detect, without the use of G-sensors, possible cascade locking in a four-wheel drive vehicle equipped with wheel speed sensors. The method measures the speed of each wheel with the respective wheel-speed sensor, and derives an estimated vehicle speed and a front and rear speed difference between the front and rear wheel speeds from the wheel speeds. When the deceleration of the estimated vehicle speed is smaller than a first threshold value and the absolute value of the front and rear speed difference is larger than a second threshold value, and if the change in the speed of the front wheels is smaller than the change in the front and rear speed difference at a time when the absolute value of the difference diminishes, then cascade locking of the four wheels is deemed to be starting.