Cruise control systems for motor vehicles

A cruise control system for a motor vehicle (10) includes a forward looking distance sensor (20) adapted to sense vehicles (11, 12, 13) moving in the same path as the equipped vehicle (10) or in paths adjacent to the equipped vehicle (10), the system tracking vehicles (11, 12, 13) in front of or in...

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Hauptverfasser:	CLARKE, NIGEL JOHN, WILLIAMS, MALCOLM
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT TESTING TRANSPORTING VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES VEHICLES IN GENERAL VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A cruise control system for a motor vehicle (10) includes a forward looking distance sensor (20) adapted to sense vehicles (11, 12, 13) moving in the same path as the equipped vehicle (10) or in paths adjacent to the equipped vehicle (10), the system tracking vehicles (11, 12, 13) in front of or in paths adjacent to the equipped vehicle (10) and controlling braking or acceleration of the equipped vehicle (10) in response to vehicles (11, 12, 13) travelling in front of or on converging paths with the equipped vehicle (10), in order to maintain a safe distance between the equipped vehicle (10) and vehicles (11, 12, 13) in or entering its path.