English to French Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks In a patent for a cruise control arrangement

When the brake system is also used to maintain the speed of the vehicle, 10 referred to as a brake cruise system, a specified excessive speed can also be allowed for a vehicle rolling down a fairly steep downhill slope. An allowed excessive speed may help to preserve energy by using the momentum of the vehicle. The limit for the allowed excessive speed must of course be set to a value that does not endanger other vehicles.

The cruise control arrangement is provided with a cruise control speed function, a cruise control brake function and at least one selectable economy level, where the arrangement has a set maximum speed value corresponding to a maximum allowed vehicle speed, a set brake speed value corresponding to a brake cruise speed and a set cruise speed value corresponding to a cruise speed.

For economy level 1, the speed interval is 3 km/h, for economy level 2, the speed interval is 5 km/h and for economy level 3, the speed interval is 7 km/h. Further, the maximum speed value is preset to 90 km/h, the brake cruise speed offset is set to + 2 km/h by the driver which gives a brake cruise speed of 87 5 km/h and the cruise speed is set by the driver to 85 km/h.