Patent ID: 11904878
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A torque control module of a vehicle control system, the torque control module comprising:
a propulsive torque determiner configured to determine a propulsive torque request based on pedal position, vehicle speed and vehicle pitch; and
a braking torque determiner configured to determine a braking torque request based on the pedal position, a rate of change of the pedal position, the vehicle speed and the vehicle pitch,
wherein the torque control module is configured to determine an instantaneous net torque request as a combination of the propulsive torque request and the braking torque request based on the pedal position of a single pedal, and
wherein the propulsive torque determiner and the braking torque determiner apply net torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle based on the net torque request.