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20080234910 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL AN APB - The invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle braking system comprising an electric control motor, a system for transmitting the control forces provided by the motor, at least one braking device for the wheels of a vehicle controlled by the control forces transmitted by the transmission device. The method comprises at the end of a braking system release cycle, three additional phases after braking is stopped: phase H: re-operating of the motor in said forward direction of rotation corresponding to the actuation of braking, phase I, detecting a value characteristic of the electric current powering the motor, phase J, operating the motor in the opposite direction of rotation to said forward direction then stopping the motor. | 09-25-2008 |
20080269999 | Method of Adjusting an Automatic Parking Brake - The invention relates to a method of actuating an automatic parking brake for a vehicle, comprising a spring device, designed to absorb the actuating forces, situated in the actuating mechanism of a brake device. This method comprises at least the following steps: application of a preload to said spring device to a value situated in part IV of the operating characteristic, and adjustment of this preload to a level corresponding at least to a minimum braking force required for said vehicle. | 10-30-2008 |
20080288151 | Control Module for Single 3/2 Solenoid Controlled Relay Valve - In one embodiment, a vehicle braking system, for delivering pressurized air to a brake chamber to achieve a desired braking response, includes an air-pressure controlled relay valve for delivering the pressurized air to the brake chamber. A solenoid receives a variable control input pressure and delivers the control input pressure to the relay valve as a function of a state of the solenoid. An ECU controls the solenoid according to a control model for delivering the pressurized air to the brake chamber and achieving the desired braking response. | 11-20-2008 |
20090048752 | System and method for remotely releasing a parking brake on a disabled vehicle - A system and method of remotely controlling the parking brake of a disabled vehicle to be towed by a towing vehicle includes using the hydraulic fluid of towing vehicle to control the parking brake operation of the disabled vehicle. The towing vehicle is equipped with a control valve and brake release manifold assembly. The brake release manifold assembly provides a source of hydraulic fluid of controlled pressure. The towing vehicle has means to conned the controlled pressure hydraulic fluid of the towing vehicle to the parking brake system. The towing vehicle also has means to control and monitor the flow of hydraulic fluid to the disabled vehicle in order to either release or apply the brakes when desired. | 02-19-2009 |
20090055067 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT A STATIONARY HOLDING FUNCTION ON A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a valve for maintaining brake pressure in a specified region of a brake circuit in a motor vehicle, in which the valve is controlled using a first control method, the specified region of the brake circuit is monitored with respect to the occurrence of a loss of brake pressure, and in response to a detected loss of brake pressure, the valve is controlled using a second control method. | 02-26-2009 |
20090076699 | VEHICLE AUTOMATIC OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle automatic operation control device that can perform automatic operation of a vehicle while the actual acceleration favorably tracks the target acceleration. The device comprises a target required torque calculating part ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090112435 | Vehicle Stability Control System and Method - A method and system for controlling vehicle stability may comprise determining whether a vehicle is oversteering or understeering and, if the vehicle is oversteering or understeering, determining an amount by which to reduce a speed of the vehicle to correct for understeering or oversteering and applying brake pressure to at least the rear brakes of the vehicle to reduce vehicle speed. The method and system also may comprise determining an engine torque reduction amount based on vehicle oversteer or understeer conditions, reducing engine torque by the determined amount or to zero if the determined amount of engine torque reduction is greater than an actual engine torque, and applying braking to at least the rear brakes of the vehicle if the determined amount of engine torque reduction is greater than the actual engine torque. | 04-30-2009 |
20090192690 | Self-energizing disk brake and control method for a self-energizing brake - A method for controlling a self-energizing disc brake having an electric actuator in which an activation force applied to the actuator is amplified using a self-energizing device arranged between the actuator and brake lining is described. The method has a brake application unit for applying at least one brake lining to one side of a brake disc by carrying out an application movement of the brake lining relative to the brake disc, the application movement having at least a first movement component in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the brake disc and a second movement component in a direction tangential to the rotational axis of the brake disc. The method includes also controlling at least one electromotive drive for activating the brake application unit. Rotation of the shaft of the electromotive drive is converted to a non-linear displacement of the brake pad in the tangential direction. | 07-30-2009 |
20090240414 | BRAKE NOISE SUPPRESSION VIA SYSTEM PRESSURE MODULATION - A method of brake noise suppression via brake system pressure modulation is disclosed that includes detecting a brake apply and modulating a brake system pressure to disrupt formation of a friction instability upon detection of the brake apply. The brake system pressure can be modulated at each brake apply detected, only when the brake apply detected is of a brake apply type that is indicative of brake noise, or when the system actually detects brake noise. Further, the system can determine whether a brake apply is associated with a noise-inducing friction instability; and modulate the brake system pressure to disrupt formation of the noise-inducting friction instability by hindering development of the limit cycle associated with the noise-inducing friction instability. | 09-24-2009 |
20090281702 | RESOLVING STACK CLOSURE OF A POSITION CONTROLLED ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM - A system, apparatus and method for resolving stack closure of a brake disk stack in a brake system is disclosed. In resolving the stack closure position, a force that can be applied by the reciprocating ram to the brake disk stack is limited, and then the reciprocating ram is commended to traverse into the brake disk stack. When the reciprocating ram contacts the brake disk stack and stops moving, the stopped position of the reciprocating ram is identified as the stack closure position. | 11-12-2009 |
20100049415 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL BASED ON LEARNED VEHICLE MASS - A control system for a vehicle brake comprises a compensation module that determines a compensated brake value based on a vehicle mass and at least one of a pedal force and a pedal displacement, and a brake control module that selectively adjusts a fluid pressure supplied to the vehicle brake based on the compensated brake value. The compensation module determines the compensated brake value based on a comparison of the vehicle mass and a predetermined mass value. A related method for controlling the vehicle brake based on vehicle mass is also provided. | 02-25-2010 |
20100076658 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONSTANT-PRESSURE FLUID - A method for controlling a constant-pressure fluid enables an inverter with a build-in controller to control rotation speed of a pump to achieve constant-pressure control thereof. In the control method, a pressure feedback value of output flow of the pump is measured and is compared with a pressure reference value to produce an error pressure value. Afterward, an operation condition of the pump, such as an abnormal handling condition, a deceleration standby handling condition, or an acceleration condition, is determined according to the pressure error value to shut down or re-start up the pump after a delay time. Hence, the control method can avoid frequently starting up or shutting down the inverter. Therefore, the power consumption and the operation cost are reduced. The use life of the pump prolongs and constant-pressure control for the pump can be implemented. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076659 | VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS - This apparatus is applied to a vehicle brake apparatus provided with a hydraulic booster operated by utilizing an accumulator hydraulic pressure that is adjusted to a predetermined high pressure (not less than a lower limit value) by a drive control of a hydraulic pump. This apparatus executes an automatic pressurization control by controlling plural solenoid valves with the use of the accumulator hydraulic pressure. The increasing slope of the brake hydraulic pressure during the automatic pressurization control is determined on the basis of the vehicle motion state. The increasing slope is restricted to be not more than a predetermined restriction value, in the case where the accumulator hydraulic pressure at the time of starting the automatic pressurization control is less than “a reference hydraulic pressure that is greater than a minimum value of the accumulator hydraulic pressure necessary for assisting the brake operation by the hydraulic booster and smaller than the lower limit value”. | 03-25-2010 |
20100131167 | Air Brake Monitoring System - An air brake monitoring system for monitoring a pressure of the system and providing various alarms and/or warnings to a user. The air brake monitoring system configurable to function with the existing wiring of the vehicle and including an air brake monitoring device to be positioned in the vicinity of a brake valve. The air brake monitoring system is further provided to monitor the electrical stoplight power transmitted to the ABS brakes as well as the vehicle static/dynamic condition. | 05-27-2010 |
20100152989 | UNIVERSAL TRAILER MOUNTED PROPORTIONAL BRAKE CONTROLLER - A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161193 | BRAKE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a system for simulating brake feel for a vehicle braking installation comprising a hydraulic braking system ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100198476 | BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD - A brake control system includes a first wheel cylinder that applies braking force to a first wheel according to hydraulic pressure; a second wheel cylinder that applies braking force to a second wheel according to hydraulic pressure; a brake actuator that receives current and individually controls the hydraulic pressure of the first wheel cylinder and the hydraulic pressure of the second wheel cylinder; a power supply that supplies the current to the brake actuator; and a control portion which sets a braking force distribution between the first wheel and the second wheel based on the state-of-charge of the power supply, and controls the brake actuator according to the braking force distribution. | 08-05-2010 |
20110015846 | AIRBRAKE RESERVOIR LOCK SYSTEM - An airbrake reservoir lock system for an airbrake system of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has an electronic control module. The airbrake reservoir lock system comprises a primary air reservoir, and a first airbrake reservoir lock. The primary air reservoir has an input port and an output port. The primary air reservoir stores an amount of pressurized air. The first airbrake reservoir lock is disposed in fluid communication with the output port of the primary air reservoir. The first airbrake reservoir lock has a valve portion and an electrical actuator. The valve portion has an open position and a closed position. The electrical actuator positions the valve portion of the first airbrake reservoir lock between the open position and the closed position based upon an output of the electronic control module. | 01-20-2011 |
20110029215 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM, THE SLIP OF WHICH CAN BE REGULATED ELECTRONICALLY - The invention relates to a vehicle braking system, the slip of which can be regulated electronically, for which, in the event of an automatic braking process, the activation of the foot pedal by the driver, does not result in a significant actuating path. The driver therefore disadvantageously perceives different pedal actuating characteristics in the foot actuated and automatic braking operations. According to the invention, a method is proposed for controlling a vehicle braking system, the slip of which is regulated electronically, and with which pedal actuating characteristics, which are largely uniform in the different operating states of the vehicle braking system can be produced. To achieve this, a valve unit is controlled in such a way that a pressure medium flows from the wheel brake to the pressure medium reservoir and the drive motor of the pressure generator is controlled in parallel. | 02-03-2011 |
20120029784 | COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NUMERICAL CALCULATION APPARATUS - In order to cause a computer to execute integral calculation of an integrand, to thereby calculate a value of a second variable used at each calculation time point, the integrand being defined by: a first variable to which a value is given at all calculation time points; and the second variable to which only an initial value is given, the following processing is executed. First, a partial derivative which is obtained by partially differentiating the integrand for the second variable is read out from a storage device. At each calculation time point, the initial value or a value of the second variable calculated at a last calculation time point and a value of the first variable given at a current calculation time point are substituted into each of the integrand and the partial derivative, to thereby calculate a value of the integrand and a value of the partial derivative at the current calculation time point. After this, a value of the second variable used at a next calculation time point is calculated by using an exponential function in which: the calculated value of the integrand is used as an initial value; and a value obtained by multiplying the value of the integrand by the value of the partial derivative is used as a gradient. Accordingly, it becomes possible to solve a differential equation of a distributed parameter system with a reduced amount of calculation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120173112 | ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED BRAKE SYSTEM - An electrically controlled brake system for a tractor is provided that is equipped with an anti-jackknifing brake that can be actuated by means of a manual operating element and that acts only on the brakes of a trailer coupled to the tractor. The operating element is an electrical element which generates an electrical signal to control a valve device by means of which the braking force of the anti-jackknifing brake can be increased. | 07-05-2012 |
20120209490 | VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle stability control system comprises a 5-sensor cluster and a stability controller configured to communicate with the 5-sensor cluster and receive signals corresponding to a lateral acceleration, a longitudinal acceleration, a yaw rate, a roll rate, and a pitch rate from the 5-sensor cluster. The stability controller can also be configured to determine a braking amount or a throttle amount to maintain vehicle stability. The system also comprises a brake controller configured to communicate with the stability controller and receive a braking request from the stability controller, and a throttle controller configured to communicate with the stability controller and receive a throttle request from the stability controller. The system may also comprise a braking or throttling command computed based on various scenarios detected by measured and calculated signals. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209491 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A brake control method. During ABS control, a control sequence, other than the conventional control sequence, based on the slip ratio and so forth resulting from the measurement value of a wheel speed sensor, and a minimum amount of pressure increase or a minimum amount of pressure decrease is ensured. In another embodiment, a control sequence independent from a control sequence based on the measurement value of a wheel speed sensor, sets allowable ranges relating to amounts of change in the pressure of a wheel cylinder, monitors the actual pressure value with a pressure sensor at the time of brake control, and, at a time when the pressure inside the wheel cylinder has deviated from these allowable ranges, drives an actuator such as an electromagnetic valve and controls in such a way that the pressure inside the wheel cylinder falls within an allowable range. | 08-16-2012 |
20130024083 | MOTOR-DRIVEN BOOSTER TYPE BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a motor-driven booster type brake system and method thereof. The brake system includes a pedal force sensor for detecting pedal force of a driver applied to a brake pedal, a master cylinder delivering hydraulic pressure to wheel brakes, a booster delivering multiplied force to the master cylinder using a motor, and an ECU controlling the motor based on a detection value of the pedal force. In the brake system, the ECU controls the motor based on hydraulic pressure delivered from the master cylinder to the wheel brakes if an ABS mode is not activated, and controls the motor by maintaining an electric current input to the motor to be within a preset range of electric current if the ABS mode is activated. | 01-24-2013 |
20130066533 | VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE IMPROVEMENTS - A method for reducing the braking distance for a vehicle having an anti-lock braking mechanism (ABS) and a hydraulic braking system detects a brake pressure requested by the vehicle's driver (P | 03-14-2013 |
20130073165 | MODULARLY DESIGNED PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE OF A FLUID PRESSURE BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A pressure control device of a vehicle, including a pressure controller of a fluid pressure brake system for brake slip-dependent control, including a relay valve having a supply port supplied by a supply pressure, a venting port connected to a pressure sink, a control port and at least two working ports, in which a working port is assigned to at least one brake cylinder and the other working port is assigned to at least one brake cylinder of another wheel, in which each working port of the relay valve is connected to a 2/2-way valve controlled by a control unit and assigned to a respective vehicle side and establishes a connection between the relevant working port and the assigned brake cylinder or blocks the connection, depending on control unit actuation, and in which the control port of the relay valve is connectable to a brake control pressure formed in accordance with the braking input, to a supply pressure of a pressure reservoir or to a pressure sink by a valve system formed by one 3/2-way or two 2/2-way solenoid valves and controlled by the control unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080016 | Method and Device for Controlling an Electrohydraulic Braking System for Motor Vehicles - A method for controlling an electro-hydraulic braking system for motor vehicles, including providing an antilock control function, and a further brake pressure control function which can be activated in a “brake-by-wire” mode. A pressurization device, activated by an electronic control unit can be connected to hydraulically actuated wheel brakes through at least one pressure regulating valve. The pressurization device having a cylinder-piston arrangement with a chamber, the piston of which can be displaced relative to a rest position by an electromechanical actuator. A set pressure value is determined for each wheel brake activating the cylinder-piston arrangement such that a predetermined pre-pressure, which is determined from the set pressure values, is set in the chamber by displacement of the piston. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080017 | Method and Control Circuit for Controlling a Braking System for Motor Vehicles - A method for controlling a motor vehicle electrohydraulic braking system. The method being activatable in a “brake-by-wire” operating mode, having a pressure supply device ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130124062 | VACUUM PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD FOR BRAKE BOOSTER OF VEHICLE - A method for controlling a brake pressure of a vehicle may include determining whether the negative pressure of a brake booster is larger than the predetermined value, when a brake pedal is operated, detecting the hydraulic pressure change rate through the operation of the brake pedal, when the negative pressure is not larger than the predetermined value, determining a necessary braking force according to the detected hydraulic pressure change rate, determining whether the determined necessary braking force is larger than a generated hydraulic pressure by the operation of the brake pedal, generating an added hydraulic pressure of as much as a difference between the necessary braking force and the generated hydraulic pressure when the determined necessary braking force is larger than the generated hydraulic pressure by the operation of the brake pedal, and performing braking by transferring the generated hydraulic pressure and the added hydraulic pressure to the wheel brake. | 05-16-2013 |
20130151105 | RELAY VALVE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT TO PROVIDE VARIABLE RESPONSE TIMING ON FULL APPLICATIONS - A brake system and related components including a metering device are configured to regulate a control signal received from a brake control device such that a control valve delays the supply of a level of requested braking pressure for a prescribed amount of time. The metering device can be an inversion valve and orificed check valve in a control circuit adapted to allow relatively unrestricted flow until a threshold pressure is reached, after which pressure the inversion valve closes and the flow is metered through an orifice. This has the effect of allowing rapid brake actuation to a first level, and then slowing further application of the brake until full requested braking is achieved. An electronic control unit can also be configured to regulate a control signal to delay development of the requested brake pressure. | 06-13-2013 |
20130204503 | BRAKING FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS AND BRAKING FORCE CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle braking force control apparatus includes a controller that performs a front-rear braking force distribution control in which the braking forces applied to the left and right rear wheels are controlled individually so that a wheel speed of each of the rear wheels is equal to a target wheel speed of the rear wheel, which is set based on a predetermined relationship between the wheel speed of the front wheel and the target rear wheel speed of the rear wheel, and that corrects the target wheel speed of at least one of the left and right rear wheels, based on a parameter related to a change rate of load shift amount in a vehicle transverse direction, so that the target wheel speed of the rear wheel on a ground contact load increase side is less than the target wheel speed of the rear wheel on a ground contact load decrease side. | 08-08-2013 |
20130261923 | VEHICLE BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROLLER - An embodiment provides a vehicle brake hydraulic pressure controller capable of carrying out a brake hydraulic pressure control in a plurality of control modes depending on a situation of a vehicle. The vehicle brake hydraulic pressure controller includes: proportional solenoid valves provided in passages connecting a master cylinder and wheel brakes of the vehicle, and configured to be controlled at preset drive frequencies; a control mode selecting section configured to select, in the case that two or more control modes are requested simultaneously, one of the two or more requested control modes; and a frequency selecting section configured to select one of the drive frequencies correspondingly with the one of the two or more requested control modes selected by the control mode selecting section. | 10-03-2013 |
20140012477 | VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle stability control system comprises a 5-sensor cluster and a stability controller configured to communicate with the 5-sensor cluster and receive signals corresponding to a lateral acceleration, a longitudinal acceleration, a yaw rate, a roll rate, and a pitch rate from the 5-sensor cluster. The stability controller can also be configured to determine a braking amount or a throttle amount to maintain vehicle stability. The system also comprises a brake controller configured to communicate with the stability controller and receive a braking request from the stability controller, and a throttle controller configured to communicate with the stability controller and receive a throttle request from the stability controller. The system may also comprise a braking or throttling command computed based on various scenarios detected by measured and calculated signals. | 01-09-2014 |
20140172263 | SAFETY INTERLOCK SYSTEM WITH SIDE AREA DETECTION - A safety interlock system for a motor vehicle has a plurality of object sensors capable of detecting the presence of an object such as a pedestrian in the danger zone at the front of the vehicle, rear the vehicle or proximate to the wheels. A door sensor is capable of detecting the open or closed state of the vehicle doors. An interlock override switch and a control circuit are also connected to the safety interlock system. The control circuit is capable of activating the safety interlock system when a door open signal is received. When the safety interlock system is activated the control circuit may engage the brakes to prevent motion of the vehicle if an object signal is received from the object sensor. | 06-19-2014 |
20140195133 | VEHICLE BRAKING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE BRAKING FORCE - A vehicle braking force control device includes a controller that controls braking force of a wheel by controlling friction braking force generated by a friction braking device and regenerative braking force generated by regenerative braking devices and that performs anti-skid control based on a requested amount of braking force reduction by controlling the friction braking force and reducing the regenerative braking force by an amount of regenerative braking force reduction. The controller sets a target change amount of the friction braking force based on the requested amount of braking force reduction and the amount of regenerative braking force reduction, and controls the friction braking force based on the target change amount when the controller reduces the regenerative braking force by the amount of regenerative braking force reduction. | 07-10-2014 |
20140236447 | BRAKE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A brake hydraulic pressure control device for a vehicle in which operation of a hydraulic pressure adjustment unit that can carry out adjustment involving individually increasing/decreasing brake hydraulic pressures applied to wheel brakes for front and rear wheels is controlled for allowing differential pressure between brake hydraulic pressures of the left and right wheel brakes, wherein allowable differential pressure setting means is arranged for setting the allowable differential pressure corresponding to the coefficient of friction of a road surface, hydraulic pressure acquisition means acquires a lock hydraulic pressure, which is a hydraulic pressure when starting anti-lock brake control for the respective wheel brake, and when the lock hydraulic pressure of the wheel brakes for the front wheels acquired by the hydraulic pressure acquisition means is no greater than a predetermined value, application of the allowable differential pressure corresponding to the coefficient of friction of the road surface is prohibited. | 08-21-2014 |
20140277984 | COORDINATED BRAKE CONTROL OF WHEELS ON A COMMON DIFFERENTIAL - A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor for powering two wheels. The wheels are separated by a common differential. A controller is provided to execute certain commands related to the braking of the vehicle. During braking of the two wheels, one wheel exceeds its slip limit, causing the wheel speed of that wheel to drop and pull-down as the wheel catches the ground. In response to the one wheel pulling-down, the controller commands a reduction of brake actuation force on the pulled-down wheel, and also commands a reduction of a rate of increase of the brake actuation force on the non-pulled-down wheel. Simultaneous pull-down or pull-up of the wheels is thereby inhibited as brake actuation forces on each wheel are continued to be controlled in response to the other wheel's activity. | 09-18-2014 |
20140309904 | SOLENOID VALVE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a solenoid valve control apparatus and method. The solenoid valve control apparatus to control a solenoid valve which include a solenoid coil and is opened and closed by current supplied to the solenoid coil, includes a switching unit which switches the current supplied to the solenoid coil, a pre-driver unit which outputs a driving signal to drive the switching unit, a current detection unit which detects the current flowing in the solenoid coil, and an MCU which controls the pre-driver unit so as to output the driving signal from the pre-driver unit to the switching unit such that a value of the current detected by the current detection unit reaches a target current value during current control of the solenoid valve and controls the pre-driver unit such that a frequency of the output driving signal is varied during output of the driving signal. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324316 | Brake System and Method of Control - A vehicle brake system and a method of control. A friction brake torque and a secondary brake torque may be applied with a friction and secondary brakes, respectively, under various operating conditions, such as when a brake torque command is less than a threshold brake torque command. | 10-30-2014 |
20140358395 | METHOD OF VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL - A method of vehicle stability control including the steps of: a) applying a test braking pulse to a wheel on a first side of the vehicle and to a wheel on a second, opposite, side of the vehicle, the application of the test braking pulse comprising operating a brake actuator to apply a low level braking pressure to the wheel, b) measuring the rotational speed of both wheels during the test braking pulse, c) calculating a change in wheel speed during the test braking pulse for each wheel, d) calculating the difference between the change in speed of the wheel at the first side of the vehicle and the change in speed of the wheel at the second side of the vehicle, e) carrying out a stability control intervention if the said difference exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 12-04-2014 |
20150046056 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BRAKE PRESSURE VALUE ON THE BASIS OF CHARACTERISTIC CURVES - A method for determining a value of a brake pressure modulated by a pneumatic channel of a braking value encoder having at least one electrical channel, in a braking device of a vehicle, including: (a) a first characteristic curve, in which the dependence of the signals, modulated by the at least one electrical sensor, on the degree of activation of the braking value encoder is represented, is determined and stored; (b) a second characteristic curve, in which the dependence of the brake pressure values, modulated by the channel, on the electrical signals detected by the sensor is represented, is determined and stored; and (c) the brake pressure value corresponding to a specific braking request as a result of activation of the encoder is determined based on the first and second characteristic curves. | 02-12-2015 |
20160068144 | METHOD FOR BRAKING A TRACTION VEHICLE-TRAILER COMBINATION WITH REDUCED TRAILER BRAKING FORCE AS A FUNCTION OF THE RESPONSE OF THE ABS OF THE TRACTION VEHICLE - A method and device for braking a traction vehicle-trailer combination with a traction vehicle and at least one trailer, in which a traction controller is provided for a brake system of the traction vehicle, and for a brake system of the at least one trailer, no traction controller is provided or a traction controller is provided for the axles which are present, but with a brake-slip-determining arrangement on fewer axles than the number of axles, in which (a) the trailer brake system is controlled by the traction vehicle brake system, and (b) during a braking it is determined whether there is a risk of the trailer swinging out as to the traction vehicle, or whether such swinging is imminent or is occurring, and (c) the braking force or the braking of the trailer is reduced if it has been determined in (a) that there is a risk of the trailer swinging out, or is imminent or is occurring, and (d) a risk of the trailer swinging out, or imminent or occurring swinging out of the trailer, as to the traction vehicle, is detected according to (a) by the traction controller. | 03-10-2016 |
20160096434 | BRAKE APPARATUS - A first ECU estimates whether the operation of a second actuator has been started, based on the variation of the hydraulic pressure with respect to the flow rate of hydraulic fluid outputted from a first actuator. Even in a case where the operation information of the second actuator is not received, the first ECU sets the control mode to a simultaneous operation mode, when it is estimated that the operation of the second actuator has been started. In the simultaneous operation mode, a controlled parameter of linear control valves on assumption that the second actuator is operating is set up, and a stop instruction of regenerative braking is transmitted to a hybrid ECU. | 04-07-2016 |
20160121729 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE BRAKE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a regenerative brake system for a vehicle may include: generating a target pressure of each wheel of the vehicle, when any one performance condition of ABS-associated control, VDC-associated control, and TCS-associated control is satisfied; determining whether to enter the ABS-associated control; opening an entrance-side wheel of a target wheel such that a raised/lowered pressure for the target wheel is formed, when determining to perform the VDC-associated control or TCS-associated control; and performing pressure raising/lowering control for the target wheel by controlling a motor such that a wheel pressure of the target wheel follows the target pressure of the target wheel. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121867 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of an ESC (Electronic Stability Control) apparatus may include: sensing, by a control unit, whether one or more inlet valves (IVs) of a hydraulic modulation unit are opened, through a sensing unit during ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System) operation; and increasing an operating current of a motor by a preset reference value when the one or more IVs are opened. | 05-05-2016 |
20160137175 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LIKELY INTERNAL PRESSURE FOR A MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A LIKELY INTERNAL PRESSURE FOR A MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER - A method for determining a likely internal pressure for a master brake cylinder including: estimating/measuring a displacement path(s) of a brake input element configured on a master cylinder from initial position thereof; estimating/measuring a first hydraulic fluid volumetric flow rate of a hydraulic fluid of the braking system out of or into a first pressure chamber of the master cylinder, and of a second hydraulic fluid volumetric flow rate of the hydraulic fluid out of or into a second pressure chamber of the master cylinder; and determining the likely internal pressure for a master cylinder considering the estimated/measured displacement path(s), the estimated and/or measured first hydraulic fluid volumetric flow rate, and the estimated and/or measured second hydraulic fluid volumetric flow rate. Also described is a device for determining a likely internal pressure for a master brake cylinder, and an electromechanical brake booster, ESP control, and vehicle braking system. | 05-19-2016 |
20160185228 | METHOD FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE - A method for braking a vehicle, which is moving along a carriageway, by a braking device which has at least one friction brake and at least one regenerative brake for braking at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein an anti-lock braking operation is carried out by the braking device, at least one braking torque which is to be applied to the wheel by the braking device being at least temporarily limited to a prespecifiable value by a regulating device of the vehicle during the anti-lock braking operation to at least temporarily prevent locking of the wheel relative to the carriageway, wherein the braking torque for braking the wheel is applied to the wheel at least partially by the regenerative brake at least during a portion of the anti-lock braking operation, and also to a vehicle which executes the disclosed method. | 06-30-2016 |
20160251004 | BRAKE APPARATUS OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF | 09-01-2016 |
20220135009 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING REGENERATIVE BRAKING WITH FEEDBACK FROM BRAKE-TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM - Methods and systems for operating a vehicle on a reduced traction surface are disclosed. A controller of the vehicle obtains at least one of: ambient information or GPS information, determines a derate increment size based on the ambient or GPS information, imposes a sustained derate by applying a torque limit on a braking torque of the vehicle based on the derate increment size in response to detecting a traction control event. The controller also determines a verification period and a derate reduction period based on the ambient or GPS information to reduce the sustained derate in response to detecting a lack of traction control event during the verification period at a rate determined by the derate reduction period. | 05-05-2022 |