Patent ID: 11959536
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. A method of managing motor vehicle body and wheel motion control with a dual clutch differential comprises:
measuring, in real-time, static and dynamic data about the motor vehicle with one or more sensors disposed on the motor vehicle;
altering static and dynamic behavior of the motor vehicle with one or more actuators disposed on the motor vehicle;
processing static and dynamic motor vehicle information through a control module, the control module having a processor, a memory, and input/output (I/O) ports, the control module executing program code portion stored in the memory, the program code portions:
receiving, via the I/O ports, the real-time static and dynamic data from the one or more sensors and from the one or more actuators;
selectively prioritizing a torque output from a prime mover of the motor vehicle through a dual clutch differential to driven wheels of the motor vehicle to control a body and the driven wheels of the motor vehicle;
modeling and estimating clutch torque for each clutch of the dual clutch differential;
modeling and estimating a joint clutch torque, a tire force, and a corner torque; and
generating a torque output for each clutch of the dual clutch differential, wherein the torque output to each clutch is selected to maintain one or more of body control, wheel control, and stability of the motor vehicle.