Patent ID: 6072292
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B60L

Abstract:
A motor control system for an electric power driven vehicle comprised of an electrical power source, an electric motor for powering a propulsion device of said vehicle for applying a driving force to said propulsion device, a control for selectively coupling said electric motor and said electric power source in a first driving mode for powering the electric motor to drive said propulsion device and a regenerative braking mode for generating a regenerative braking to the motion of said vehicle, means for sensing a malfunction in said system, means for placing said control in the regenerative braking mode in the response to a failure in said system for bringing the vehicle to a halt and disabling means for placing said control in a mode where the regenerative braking is disabled so that there will be no regenerative braking resistance to manual moving of said vehicle after it has been halted by the regenerative braking due to the failure.