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Title:
TORQUE CONTROL SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013226040
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To prevent a torque imbalance between wheels for traveling a vehicle in a straight line even when there is a fault that prevents the one or more in-wheel electric motors from providing a requested torque value, in a vehicle in which the plurality of wheels independently move.

A torque control system for a vehicle 100 has a plurality of wheels 101, wherein at least two of the wheels are arranged to be driven by separate electric motors, the system includes a master controller arranged to monitor torque generated by at least one of the electric motors and upon a determination that the torque produced by the at least one electric motor is reduced as a result of a predetermined condition the master controller is arranged to adjust the torque generated in the at least one electric motor and/or another electric motor so that the torque generated by the at least one electric motor and another electric motor are substantially the same.


Inventors:
ANGELL STEVE
MARTIN TIMOTHY JOHN
Application Number:
JP2013117413A
Publication Date:
October 31, 2013
Filing Date:
June 03, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
PROTEAN ELECTRIC LTD
International Classes:
B60L15/22
Domestic Patent References:
JPH05328542A1993-12-10
JP2006067669A2006-03-09
JP2005119647A2005-05-12
JP2008148534A2008-06-26
JP2005312234A2005-11-04
JP2004175313A2004-06-24
JP2005254994A2005-09-22
JP2006333603A2006-12-07
JP2004187388A2004-07-02
JP2005312234A2005-11-04
JP2004175313A2004-06-24
JP2005254994A2005-09-22
JPH11262101A1999-09-24
JP2002051583A2002-02-15
JP2006333603A2006-12-07
JPH05328542A1993-12-10
JP2006067669A2006-03-09
JP2005119647A2005-05-12
JP2008148534A2008-06-26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
sk patent corporation
Akihiko Okuno
Hiroyuki Ito