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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Renald Plante, Rock-Forest, CA;
Dominic Dagenais, Canton de Shefford, CA;
Jean Daunais, Granby, CA;
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, CA;
Abstract
A vehicle having a vehicle body, a seat, an engine, a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle valve actuator, a throttle operator, a throttle operator position sensor, a cruise control switch, and a vehicle speed sensor. An ECU controls operation of the engine in one of a normal operation mode and a cruise control operation mode. When in the normal operation mode, the ECU sends a first control signal to the throttle valve actuator based on the throttle operator position signal. When the cruise control switch engages the cruise control operation mode, the ECU sends a second control signal to the throttle valve actuator based on the vehicle speed signal such that the vehicle speed is maintained at a vehicle cruising speed. The ECU returns to the normal operation mode when the throttle operator position becomes less than or equal to a reference throttle operator position.