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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ashok Rodrigues, Canton, MI (US);
John Glab, Riverview, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 69 ; 701 70 ; 701 74 ; 701 89 ; 180197 ; 180233 ; 180248 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling the amount of power delivered to the front driveshaft and to the rear driveshaft of a motor vehicle including the steps of generating a front driveshaft value indicative of the rotational speed of said front driveshaft and generating a rear driveshaft value indicative of the rotational speed of said rear driveshaft. A vehicle speed is generated based on the lower of said front driveshaft value and said rear driveshaft value. The amount of power delivered to said front driveshaft and to said rear driveshaft is controlled as a function of said vehicle speed.