| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 303113100 |
Having a valve system responsive to a wheel lock signal
| 123 |
| 303152000 |
Regenerative brakes
| 12 |
| 303146000 |
With yaw control
| 11 |
| 303155000 |
Braking pressure demand or braking force desire
| 9 |
| 303139000 |
And traction control
| 9 |
| 303191000 |
Odd condition or device detection (e.g., fluid or brake temperature, hill holder, anti-squeal controller, acoustic emission)
| 9 |
| 303122000 |
With failure responsive means
| 9 |
| 303127000 |
Pneumatic
| 7 |
| 303125000 |
Automatic braking including speed governor or hydraulic retarder
| 6 |
| 303167000 |
Brake force or pressure determined from speed sensors | 4 |
| 20080303342 | Work Vehicle Control Device - The present invention includes a hydraulic brake device | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090273231 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR STOPPING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT JOLTING - A method of stopping a motor vehicle without jolting is described, which is characterized in that a sum of the hydraulic fluid pressures generated by a foot-force-actuable brake system and acting upon the braking devices of the motor vehicle during the stopping operation is reduced in a driver-independent manner by 30% to 70% in dependence upon a variable that is related to the vehicle velocity. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20130293000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEMS - A vehicle anti-lock braking system includes at least one automatic hydraulic brake adjuster (AHBA) coupled in flow communication with at least one braking mechanism configured to interact with a vehicle wheel. The system also includes at least one pressure regulating device coupled in flow communication with the at least one AHBA. The system further includes at least one wheel speed sensor coupled to the vehicle wheel. The system also includes a control unit communicatively coupled to the at least one pressure regulating device and the at least one wheel speed sensor. The control unit is configured to actuate the at least one pressure regulating device at least partially as a function of the rotational speed of the vehicle wheel. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20150329094 | HYDRAULIC MODULE FOR AN ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FOR A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE - A hydraulic module for a hydraulic antilock braking system for a two-wheeled vehicle, the hydraulic module including a first hydraulic connection for connecting the hydraulic module by a hydraulic line to a brake-actuating device; a second hydraulic connection for connecting the hydraulic module by a hydraulic line to a wheel brake; an inlet valve for connecting and disconnecting the first hydraulic connection to/from the second hydraulic connection; an outlet valve for connecting and disconnecting a pressure accumulator to/from the second hydraulic connection; and a housing in which the inlet valve and the outlet valve are accommodated and which provides the first hydraulic connection and the second hydraulic connection. | 11-19-2015 |
| 303189000 |
Independent control for each wheel | 3 |
| 20130119751 | METHOD FOR REGULATING A HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a hydraulic braking system of a motor vehicle is provided. The method includes determining the vehicle speed and comparing the vehicle speed with a predefinable critical vehicle speed. If the vehicle speed lies below the critical vehicle speed, the method includes determining a required brake pressure or a brake pressure present in the braking system and comparing the brake pressure with a predefinable critical brake pressure. The method includes if the brake pressure lies below the critical brake pressure, blocking the buildup of a brake pressure in wheel brakes used for braking vehicle wheels of a vehicle rear axle. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119752 | Method for Controlling an Electrohydraulic Braking System and Electrohydraulic Braking System - A method and system for controlling an electrohydraulic braking system for a motor vehicle having an antilock braking control function and an electrically controllable pressure generating device having a cylinder-piston arrangement having a hydraulic pressure chamber and a piston displaceable by an electromechanical actuator so that a predetermined pressure can be set in the chamber, and having a number of hydraulically wheel brakes connected to the hydraulic pressure chamber by an electrically actuatable inlet valve and to a pressure medium reservoir by means of an electrically actuatable outlet valve. The cylinder-piston arrangement is actuated in case of antilock controlling at all wheel brake for setting an individual wheel target pressure at each wheel brake, such that the pressure in the hydraulic pressure chamber is set to the greatest wheel target pressure. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130207453 | TECHNIQUE FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM IN A M-SPLIT SITUATION - Proposed is a technique for operating a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system in an operating situation which requires the formation of a hydraulic pressure difference at opposite wheel brakes of a vehicle axle. Here, each wheel brake is assigned a first slip regulating valve device for decoupling the respective wheel brake from a hydraulic pressure generator, and a second slip regulating valve device for dissipating hydraulic pressure at the respective wheel brake. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of building up a hydraulic pressure at the opposite wheel brakes during the course of a braking process, detecting a requirement for forming a hydraulic pressure difference at the opposite wheel brakes, actuating one or more of the slip regulating valve devices assigned to the opposite wheel brakes so as to form the hydraulic pressure difference by virtue of different hydraulic pressures being set at the opposite wheel brakes, and, in reaction to a driver demand, increasing the hydraulic pressure at the opposite wheel brakes, including the wheel brake at which a relatively low hydraulic pressure is to be set, while maintaining the hydraulic pressure difference by transferring hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pressure generator via the first slip regulating valve devices to the opposite wheel brakes. | 08-15-2013 |
| 303199000 |
Electric control circuit detail | 3 |
| 20090189441 | Distributed electrical/electronic architectures for brake-by-wire brake systems - A brake system including a communication bus, a sensor including an integral star coupler, the star coupler being in communication with the communication bus, wherein the sensor generates a sensor signal, a first electronic control unit directly connected to the sensor to directly receive the sensor signal, the first electronic control unit being in communication with the communication bus, and a second electronic control unit in communication with the communication bus, wherein the second electronic control unit receives the sensor signal over the communication bus by way of the star coupler. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20130033098 | Electronic Control Unit - In an electronic control unit having a metallic control block in which a plurality of control equipments are installed, a metallic cover member fitted onto the metallic control block, and an electronic control mechanism retained between the control block and the cover member to drive the control equipments, the electronic control mechanism includes: a bus bar constituent made of a resin material and having a power electronic circuit to drive the control equipments; and a print board to control the drive of the control equipments via the bus bar constituent, the print board on which a plurality of electronic parts are mounted being fixed onto the bus bar constituent by means of a metallic fixture section and an electrically conducting section being disposed to electrically conduct the control block to the cover member to provide the same electric potential for both of the cover member and the control block. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20150336549 | BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROLLING ACTUATOR - A brake fluid pressure controlling actuator is equipped with a block, an electric device secured to the block, and a casing attached to the block, and a board support with a stay. The brake fluid pressure controlling actuator is designed to have the board support disposed in the casing and also have a circuit board placed in contact with the stay of the board support. The stay of the board support serves to firmly hold a portion of the circuit board around a through-hole formed in the circuit board when a terminal of an electric device is press-fitted into the through-hole, thereby minimizing the degree of bending of the circuit board to ensure the stability in electrically connecting the electric device to the circuit board. | 11-26-2015 |
| 303151000 |
Traction-motor vehicle | 2 |
| 20100026085 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES - The said brake system for automotive vehicles of the present invention includes an energy-supplying device and a control device, wherein, further includes a wear-resistant component and a linkage component, when the vehicle is braked, the wear-resistant component is attached to a wheel and contacts with the ground, the linkage component is connected to the wear-resistant component and rotates with a shaft outside the wheel fixed to the frame. Under the control of the control device, the energy-supplying device rotates with the shaft outside the wheel, and the brake force is acted on the wheel through the linkage component and the wear-resistant component. Its energy-supplying device may include an elastic component and can turn the braking kinetic energy into elastic potential energy, and when the brake pedal is released, the elastic potential energy is turned into kinetic energy again. The present invention is different from the former design ideas, it can effectively improve the safety of the vehicles as well as save energy, and it is a great innovation in brake field. It can be used in automotive vehicles, such as electric bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles and so on. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100127562 | Braking Controller - To provide a braking controller having a high control accuracy over the required total braking force, enabling smooth braking, and capable of increasing the amount of regeneration while ensuring traveling stability, when used in a vehicle whose front wheels and rear wheels are asymmetrical with regard to regeneration. | 05-27-2010 |
| 303190000 |
Four-wheel drive or all wheel drive | 2 |
| 20100007204 | VEHICLE STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEM - The invention concerns a steering and braking system for a motor vehicle which has wheels on opposite sides thereof. Each wheel has a brake unit that can be controlled by an operator actuating a brake device, such as a brake pedal. At least one of the brake units is controlled in response to a turning maneuver of the motor vehicle independent of the actuation of the brake pedal, so that a higher braking force is applied to an inside one of the brake units with respect to the curve than is applied to an outside one of the brake units with respect to the curve. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20140167497 | Electrohydraulic Antilock Brake System for Articulated Vehicles - An antilock brake system for a vehicle having a front axle with right and left front brakes and at least one rear axle with right and left rear brakes is disclosed. The front axle includes a front differential with a front clutch and the rear axle includes a rear differential with a rear clutch. A controller is employed to control the brake torque applied through one or more brake valve assemblies and the controller may further shift brake torque from one wheel of an axle to the other wheel on the axle through a differential clutch valve assembly in the clutch of an open differential which forms part of the axle assembly. | 06-19-2014 |
| 303112000 |
Torque sensing | 2 |
| 20080238187 | Hydrostatic drive system with variable charge pump - A hydraulic system is provided having a reservoir configured to hold a supply of fluid. The hydraulic system also has a variable displacement pump configured to supply charge fluid and pilot control fluid to the hydraulic system. In addition, the hydraulic system has a closed-loop portion configured to receive charge fluid from the variable displacement pump and drive a mechanism. The hydraulic system further has a pilot fluid supply portion configured to direct pilot control fluid from the variable displacement pump to closed-loop portion. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100001578 | Hydraulic Brake Comprising a Safety Function - A braking device for braking a moving mass includes a movably guided coupling member for pressing a brake lining against a braking surface, a brake cylinder, filled with a hydraulic liquid, a brake piston which is movable inside the brake cylinder and which is connected to the coupling member. At least one hydraulic line can be connected to the brake cylinder. The device ensures the moving masses to be reliably decelerated. For that purpose, a fluidic-mechanical safety brake device is used to connect the brake cylinder to the one or more hydraulic lines. | 01-07-2010 |
| 303137000 |
Motorcycle | 2 |
| 20110043031 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE - To prevent deterioration of sports driving performance due to the actuation of an ABS in a front-wheel and rear-wheel interlocking brake system of a brake-by-wire system. A brake interlock determining portion starts a front-wheel brake when input hydraulic pressure by a brake operation (pedal operation) on a rear-wheel becomes equal to or greater than an interlocking brake starting pressure value. A threshold selecting switch allows switching of the interlocking brake starting pressure value between when the ABS is active and when the ABS is inactive. When the ABS is active, a lower pressure value is selected as the interlocking brake starting pressure value. When the ABS is inactive, an upper pressure value is selected as the interlocking brake starting pressure value. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110095599 | BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM OF MOTORCYCLE - A brake control system of a motorcycle is provided which can suppress a malfunction of an anti-lock braking system applied to a rear wheel which would be caused by an abnormal speed difference between the front and rear wheels. A threshold value for a skid rate for the rear wheel is kept to a second skid rate threshold value until a time when a predetermined condition is established. The second skid rate threshold value is larger than a first skid rate threshold value that is usually employed. | 04-28-2011 |
| 303149000 |
Split coefficient of friction (mu) | 2 |
| 20130076116 | VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle brake fluid pressure control apparatus controls operations of a fluid pressure adjusting unit capable of performing adjustment of individually increasing and decreasing brake fluid pressures acting respectively on wheel brakes for front wheels and wheel brakes for rear wheels to be within allowable differential pressures allowable between the brake fluid pressures of the wheel brakes for the left and right coaxial front wheels and the left and right coaxial rear wheels. In the apparatus, estimated vehicle body deceleration calculator calculates an estimated vehicle body deceleration of a vehicle and allowable differential pressure setting device sets the allowable differential pressures matching a road surface friction coefficient based on the estimated vehicle body deceleration calculated by the estimated vehicle body deceleration calculator. This enables accurate judgment of a road surface having a high friction coefficient and setting of sufficiently large allowable differential pressures. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076117 | VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle brake fluid pressure control apparatus controls operations of a fluid pressure adjusting unit capable of performing adjustment of individually increasing and decreasing brake fluid pressures acting respectively on wheel brakes for front wheels and wheel brakes for rear wheels to be within allowable differential pressures allowable between the brake fluid pressures of the wheel brakes for the left and right coaxial front wheels and the left and right coaxial rear wheels. In the apparatus, a fluid pressure acquiring device acquires a lock fluid pressure of a wheel brake of a wheel coaxial with a wheel being a control target, the lock fluid pressure being a fluid pressure at which pressure decrease by an anti-lock brake control is started. An allowable differential pressure setting device sets the allowable differential pressures matching a road surface friction coefficient on the basis of at least the lock fluid pressure obtained by the fluid pressure acquiring device. The allowable differential pressures stably matching a friction coefficient of a road surface can be thereby obtained. | 03-28-2013 |
| 303162000 |
Current control of linear piston drive motor | 1 |
| 20100194187 | Bicycle safety apparatus - A safety apparatus for a rider motivated wheeled vehicle, the safety apparatus including a remote control module and a remotely actuable braking apparatus. The remote control module includes an electronic control signal activation module, a manual signal activator coupled for activating the electronic control signal activation module for generating a control signal, and a power supply coupled for powering the electronic control signal activation module. The remotely actuable braking apparatus includes an auxiliary brake device that is positionable for engaging at least one wheel of a rider motivated wheeled vehicle; an electronic actuator module coupled to the auxiliary brake device and being responsive to a received control signal for operating the auxiliary brake device, and a power supply coupled for powering the actuator module. | 08-05-2010 |
| 303154000 |
Multiple control signal with multiple threshold | 1 |
| 20090115247 | Pressure modulator control - The invention relates to a brake system which comprises an actuating device ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 303157000 |
Pressure release control | 1 |
| 20160009265 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 303158000 |
Pressure reapply control | 1 |
| 20190143950 | BRAKE-BY-WIRE SYSTEM WITH PISTON PRY-BACK PREVENTION | 05-16-2019 |
| 303159000 |
Wheel pressure delay compared to reference | 1 |
| 20160009262 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS | 01-14-2016 |
| 303160000 |
Pressure or specific condition (e.g., deceleration) determines wheel speed instead of direct speed sensor | 1 |
| 20100207447 | TRACTION CONTROL METHOD - A traction control method is provided for dynamically maintaining safe driving traction between a tire ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 303177000 |
Sensing jerk, acceleration, or deceleration | 1 |
| 20100019567 | SELF-ENERGIZING HYDRAULIC BRAKE - A device for decelerating or braking a moving mass includes a movably guided coupling member for pressing a brake lining against a braking surface and a brake actuator, filled with hydraulic liquid and connected to the coupling member, for generating a pressure force that can be passed into the brake lining through the coupling member. The brake lining is connected to a pressure transducer that can be fastened on a frame of the mass to be decelerated or braked through a connecting device. The pressure transducer has a hydraulic liquid-filled supporting cylinder and a supporting piston interacting therewith. The supporting cylinder communicates with a brake cylinder through hydraulic lines. This allows an improved adjustment of deceleration or braking. For this purpose, a regulating device adjusts the brake force depending on a predetermined theoretical value. | 01-28-2010 |
| 303163000 |
Slip ratio | 1 |
| 20090021072 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A the control unit | 01-22-2009 |
| 303168000 |
Wheel generated pulse signal control (speed sensor) | 1 |
| 20100078991 | PERFORMANCE-OPTIMIZED SAFETY BRAKE - A brake device for braking a vehicle has a brake surface which is rotationally fixedly connected to a wheel axle of the vehicle, a brake lining which can be pressed with a braking force against the brake surface and an actuating element coupled to a control unit, for generating the braking force. The control unit is connected to a speed sensor for measuring a speed of the vehicle and is set up to adjust the braking force in dependence on the speed. The brake device has as high a braking force as possible which is introduced into the brake surfaces. The control unit is coupled to the actuating element via a device for continuous pressure adjustment, so as to enable a continuous adaptation of the braking force to the present speed in each case. The braking force is advantageously adjusted inversely proportionally to the speed of the vehicle. | 04-01-2010 |
| 303186000 |
Front-rear axle apportioning or speed difference | 1 |
| 20140159476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY BRAKING - A method for automatically decelerating a vehicle having a first side with a first front wheel brake and a first rear wheel brake and second side with a second front wheel brake and a second rear wheel brake, and in which the vehicle further has a braking system with a pump operable to deliver a flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid to the first and second front wheel brakes and to the first and second rear wheel brakes, includes receiving a signal associated with an emergency braking event. The method further includes increasing the hydraulic pressure at the first and second front wheel brakes at a greater rate than at the first and second rear wheel brakes. The method also includes directing hydraulic fluid from the first front wheel brake to the second rear wheel brake upon achieving a targeted level of deceleration or wheel slip. | 06-12-2014 |
