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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2000
Tam Anh Phung, Stanford, CA (US);
Ronald C. Allison, Clio, MI (US);
James R. Yurgil, Livonia, MI (US);
Thomas Eugene Bolander, Flint, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling a cruise control system, comprising the steps of: assigning a low lateral acceleration limit; assigning a high lateral acceleration limit; determining a lateral acceleration of a vehicle; comparing the lateral acceleration to the low and high lateral acceleration limits; monitoring a torque command of a torque control computer at least where the lateral acceleration is above the low lateral acceleration limit; and compensating the torque command by setting the torque command equal to a minimum torque command where the lateral acceleration is between the low and high lateral acceleration limits and the torque command increases.