US 11,865,913 B2
Vehicle lead control
Zachary Meyer Omohundro, Livermore, CA (US); Karan Kaushik, Dublin, CA (US); and Uriel Aparecido Rosa, Dublin, CA (US)
Assigned to Zimeno Inc., Livermore, CA (US)
Filed by Zimeno, Inc., Livermore, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,540.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/306,656, filed on Feb. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249546 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 23/0808 (2013.01) [B60K 2023/0858 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2720/403 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/221 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
rear ground traction members;
front ground traction members;
a rear drive system to drive the rear ground traction members;
a continuously variable speed front drive system to drive the front ground traction members;
a rear speed sensor to output rear speeds of the rear ground traction members;
a front speed sensor to output front speeds of the front ground traction members; and
a controller to:
select a chosen lead for a rear speed of the rear ground traction members based on evaluations of different tractive efficiencies for different leads for the rear speed; and
output control signals to the continuously variable speed front drive system to drive the front ground traction members at the chosen lead.