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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Adrian Beever, Solihull, GB;
Assignee:
Rover Group Limited, Warwick, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/102 ;
Abstract
A vehicle speed control system can be activated so as to control the vehicle speed in a modified way in response to the driver's inputs. When activated, the accelerator,position defines a target speed and the speed controller,controls both the engine,via and engine control unit,and the brakes,via a hydraulic brake control unit,so as to control the vehicle speed to the target speed. The acceleration of the vehicle is also controlled according to the difference between the present vehicle speed and the present target speed.