Patent ID: 9701309
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60T,B60W,B60Y,F16H

Claim:
1. A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, the vehicle speed control system comprising: an input device for receiving a user input of a target speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel; and a vehicle controller for commanding application of torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle, wherein the system is configured such that when the system is required to accelerate the vehicle to achieve the target speed and the system detects a wheel slip event, the system is operable to temporarily suspend an increase in net torque applied to one or more wheels until the system lifts the suspension of the increase in net torque and, when the suspension of the increase in net torque is lifted, the system is operable automatically to inhibit slip by resuming the increase in net torque applied to the one or more wheels, at a rate limited to being equal to or less than a rate of increase of net torque applied to the one or more wheels when the wheel slip event was detected.