Traction control device of a motor vehicle

Patent · Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6813353

Nakamura, K; Kobayashi, I; Nogami, T; Shirai, A; Nomura, Y; Ohashi, K

A traction control device is described for a motor vehicle having a plurality of wheels including at least one drive wheel, and an internal combustion engine having an intake passage and connected to the driven wheel for driving the driven wheel, the device comprising: a manually operated throttle valve adapted to be coupled in the intake passage; detecting means adapted for detecting a speed of rotation of the driven wheel and providing an output signal corresponding thereto; a flow control valve adapted to be coupled in the intake passage in series with the manually operated throttle valve; drive means for driving the flow control valve; and electronic control means, coupled to the detecting means and the drive means.

• Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota
• Patent Number(s): US 4637487
• OSTI ID: 6813353
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 3 Sep 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
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VEHICLES
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WHEELS
ACCELERATION
INTAKE STRUCTURES
ROTATION
SIGNALS
VALVES
VELOCITY
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
HEAT ENGINES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
MOTION
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines