THREE WHEEL VEHICLE ELECTRONIC STABILITY SYSTEM AND CONTROL STRATEGY THEREFOR
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United States of America Patent
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Issued Date -
Feb 10, 2011
app pub date -
Dec 1, 2008
filing date -
Nov 30, 2007
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Abandoned
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Abstract
A method for enhancing stability of a three wheel vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a single rear wheel, each of the wheels having a tire with a tire grip threshold. The method including deploying an electronic stability system (ESS) on the vehicle, providing the ESS with input from various vehicle sensors related to the longitudinal and lateral acceleration of the vehicle, causing the ESS to determine whether (i) a precursory condition indicative of a wheel lift exists and (ii) the tire grip threshold of any of the tires has been exceeded; and when a precursory condition indicative of a wheel lift exists and the tire grip threshold of none of the tires has been exceeded, causing the ESS to reduce the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle by a first amount less than that which would cause the tire grip threshold of any of the tires to be exceeded.
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