9: Automobile Cruise Control : Links

Audi - BMW - Buick - Chrysler - Daewoo - Ford - General Motors - Honda - Jaguar - Land Rover - Mercedes - Mitsubishi - Nissan - Renault - Toyota - Toyota/Lexus - Volvo

9.6. Alternatives to cruise control

(Speed Sensitive Accelerator)

Speed Sensitive Accelerator : US patent 5, 568,797 Oct 29 1996, European Patent EP1 375 233 A1 [PDF file in French] published 2nd January 2004 : Inventor Alain LANDERRETCHE, Nantes, France. The actuator provides additional force feedback when the actual speed reaches the selected speed. Descriptions in English and French. Additional descriptions of the Landerretche speed sensitive accelerator :

0: Cruise Control Home

1:Introduction

2:What is Cruise Control?

3: Principles

4: Functional aspects

5: What is Sudden Acceleration?

6: Incidence & Examples

7: Internal failure mechanisms

8: Discussion
of Failure Mechanisms

9: Links & References

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