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`Exhibit F
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`Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.
`Exhibit 2011
`Bentley v. Jaguar
`IPR2019-01502
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`Ex. 2011-0001
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`Seize control of all terrains; Electronics have allowed engineers to do many
`things - among them tune a vehicle for improved off-road performance.
`Perhaps the pinnacle of this evolution, to date, is Land Rovers' Terrain
`Response System.
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`Breaking News from globeandmail.com
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`May 19, 2005 Thursday 11:57 AM GMT
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`Copyright 2005 The Globe and Mail, a division of CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved
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`Section: OTHER
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`Length: 734 words
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`Byline: RICHARD RUSSELL
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`ABSTRACT
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`Electronics have allowed engineers to do many things - among them tune a vehicle for improved off-road
`performance. Perhaps the pinnacle of this evolution, to date, is Land Rovers' Terrain Response System.
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`Electronics have allowed engineers to do many things - among them tune a vehicle for improved off-road
`performance. Perhaps the pinnacle of this evolution, to date, is Land Rovers' Terrain Response System.
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`A vehicle's off-road ability is governed by the same issues that apply to driving on the street, a race track or ice:
`grip. The four patches of rubber where the tires touch the surface determine how -- and how well -- the vehicle
`stops, turns or accelerates.
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`The combined total of those patches is little more than the surface area of a magazine page. Individually, each
`patch is about the size of the palm of your hand.
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`Keeping those contact patches at work is the key. Springs absorb the blow from surface changes. Shock absorbers
`control the springs. Sway bars or anti-roll bars transfer weight or forces from one side of the vehicle to another. The
`whole affair is designed to maximize the contact between tire treads and Mother Earth. That's how suspensions
`have worked for a century.
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`More recently, electronics have come into play. Extremely fast and powerful sensors and actuators have allowed
`engineers to come up with systems that read what's happening at an individual wheel, whether it's going up or
`down, speeding up or slowing down, losing grip or gaining more.
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`It started with anti-lock brakes, which release the brake pressure at an individual wheel should it lock up. A reverse
`algorithm brought traction control: the ability to brake a wheel when it spins more quickly than the other drive
`wheels.
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`Then along came stability control: the ability to sense a loss of direction and apply appropriate braking action at one
`of more wheels to bring things back in line.
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`Seize control of all terrains; Electronics have allowed engineers to do many things - among them tune a vehicle
`for improved off-road performance. Perhaps the p....
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`Off-road situations bring a whole new set of issues: Individual wheels often lose contact with the surface, causing
`ABS and traction control systems to react.
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`In some situations, off-road wheel spin is a good thing -- it clears the tread; but in other instances, you want the
`wheels to lock and build a barrier in front of the tires.
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`Land Rover has been building some of the most seriously capable off-road vehicles in the world for some time. LR
`engineers have extensive experience with literally all conditions on every continent.
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`With sufficient research and development funding from parent Ford, they set about to design and develop a system
`that would incorporate the various electronic aids, calling it Terrain Response.
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`An aluminum rotary switch and two small levers on the centre console creates a communication link between key
`vehicle subsystems, allowing the driver to select from six terrain settings:
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`Dynamic - for high-speed or winding paved roads.
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`Normal - for day-to-day driving.
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`Grass/gravel/snow - for slippery conditions.
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`Sand.
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`Mud -- deep ruts.
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`Rock crawl.
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`The slick part is the programming that went into this. Terrain Response sets operating parameters for the engine
`throttle mapping, transmission shift points, suspension (firmness and ride height), differential settings, traction
`control functions (including dynamic skid and hill descent control and the brakes (ABS) and brake force distribution.
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`The integrated system is pre-emptive in that it presets all these parameters depending on conditions. For example,
`should rain, snow or ice make normal roads slippery, switching to grass/gravel/snow alters the throttle mapping to
`provide less torque for a given amount of throttle travel due to the increased sensitivity to power in such conditions.
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`Place the transfer case in 4-low mode and the system automatically raises the suspension to increase ground
`clearance and alters throttle response, shift points and gear selection strategies to provide a wider range of control
`in anticipation of difficult conditions.
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`But that's just one layer of control. The slip control computer adjusts the dynamic stability control, the hill descent
`control and the traction control according to surface conditions, different for mud than snow for example. TR also
`controls the locking differentials in the transfer case and rear end for both traction and stability.
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`The system is so elaborate and effective experts and novices alike can enjoy the benefits.
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`rrussell@globeandmail.ca (rrussell@globeandmail.ca)
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`Load-Date: September 7, 2014
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