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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Roger A. McCurdy, Troy, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A system ( ) includes a vehicle-based controller ( ) for automatically controlling a throttle ( ) of a vehicle ( ) to maintain a desired cruise speed of the vehicle. The system also includes a tire-based unit ( ) for monitoring an operating condition of a vehicle tire ( ) of the vehicle ( ). The tire-based unit ( ) provides a signal ( ) indicative of a sensed operating condition of the vehicle tire ( ) to the controller ( ). The controller ( ) determines an abnormal condition of the vehicle tire ( ) when the sensed operating condition reaches a predetermined level. The controller ( ) limits the vehicle cruise speed to a predetermined maximum cruise speed when the vehicle tire ( ) is in the abnormal condition.