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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190344 | Optimization of vehicle stability and steering during a regenerative braking event A method of optimizing steering and stability performance of a vehicle includes measuring a set of inertial data during a regenerative braking event (RBE), calculating a set of vehicle performance data using the inertial data, and comparing the performance data to c... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190345 | Vehicle safety system A vehicle safety system installed within a vehicle operable to monitor the perimeter of vehicle and provide notification of objects within a defined range so as to alert the driver of the vehicle of a probable collision. The vehicle safety system includes a pluralit... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185286 | Two-wheeled motor vehicle brake control method and brake control system To reliably prevent re-lifting of a rear wheel immediately after landing of the rear wheel. When it is determined that output of a detection signal corresponding to detection of lifting of a rear wheel has ended (S102), brake pressure—and specificall... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185288 | Brake system for a vehicle and a method for operating a brake system for a vehicle A brake system for a vehicle having a sensor device for providing a first and second sensor signal, a first and a second brake control device, which are directly connected to the sensor device and to provide a corresponding control signal for the first and/or second... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185287 | Method for the operation of an electromechanically operable parking brake An electromechanically actuable parking brake for motor vehicles is disclosed. The brake includes at least one electromechanical actuator whose rotational movement is converted into a translational movement by an actuating unit, and which moves at least one brake el... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185309 | Enhanced inertial system performance An inertial system is provided. The system includes at least one inertial sensor, a processing unit and a plurality of Kalman filters implemented in the processing unit. The Kalman filters receive information from the at least one inertial sensor. At most one of the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180546 | Electronic brake controller A controller for electric trailer brakes that includes a three axis accelerometer for detecting deceleration of a towing vehicle and an interactive liquid crystal display controlled by a plurality of pushbuttons. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180545 | Methods and systems for calibrating braking systems and controlling braking in vehicles A method for controlling braking in a vehicle having a brake pedal includes the steps of obtaining a first measure of braking intent based on movement of the brake pedal, obtaining a second measure of braking intent based on a force applied to the brake pedal, contr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180543 | Movement stabilizing apparatus for combination vehicle A movement stabilizing control ECU 25 includes a differential unit 25a, a cycle calculation unit 25b, a time constant/gain setting portion 25c, a first-order lag processing unit 25d, a pendulum movement ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180542 | Vehicle speed control system A vehicle speed control system starts an automatic decelerating operation with a maximum permissible decelerating physical amount “Gmax”, when an electronic control unit determines that a necessary decelerating physical amount for decreasing a vehicle... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180541 | Drive and braking force control device for vehicle In a braking/driving force control apparatus, a vehicle target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated, and when the target braking/driving force and the target yaw moment cannot be... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180544 | System and method for optimizing a braking schedule of a powered system traveling along a route An optimization system is provided for a braking schedule of a powered system traveling along a route. The braking schedule is based on at least one predetermined characteristic of the powered system and is configured to be enacted in a braking region along the rout... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175784 | Compensated wedge control In a method for controlling electromechanical brakes of a vehicle brake system, the brakes have at least one self-boosting device and the method has steps for switching a first sub-group of the electromechanical brakes (10) from a first operating position ( | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175782 | Adaptive driver assistance systems with robust estimation of object properties A computer-implemented system and method for estimating properties of objects represented in digital images, comprising the steps of (a) encoding input data from a sensor in a neural map comprising neurons having numerical activation values, wherein the activation v... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175783 | Organ type accelerator pedal assembly An organ type accelerator pedal assembly may include a vibration generating module coupled to a carrier connected with a foot plate, and engaged with a first actuator through a power transfer member to bring a vibration to the carrier, a pushing-force generating mod... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170764 | Method and apparatus to reprofile input speed during speed during speed phase during constrained conditions for a hybrid powertrain system A method to control a powertrain including a transmission, an engine, and an electric machine includes monitoring an input speed, monitoring an output speed, upon initiation of a transmission shift, determining a plurality of input acceleration profiles for controll... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170763 | Method for controlling a drive system and/or wheel braking system A method is provided for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel braking system of a vehicle, in which a total braking power to be exerted on the wheels of a motor vehicle is composed of a drive braking power and/or a wheel braking power. The instantaneously set d... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170765 | Method for regulating the pressure in an electronically controlled brake system, and electronic brake system An electronic brake system and a method for regulating the brake pressure in an electronically-controlled brake system of a motorcycle are provided. The method includes the step of actively building a brake pressure in a wheel brake circuit to prevent a motorcycle f... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165769 | Multi-factor speed estimation system and method for use A method of estimating a speed of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a wheel and the method comprises receiving a first wheel speed signal indicating a rotation rate of the wheel, determining a first calculated forward speed of the vehicle based on the first whe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165770 | Trailer oscillation detection and compensation method for a vehicle and trailer combination A system and method of controlling a vehicle with a trailer comprises determining the presence of a trailer, generating an oscillation signal indicative of trailer swaying relative to the vehicle, generating an initial weighted dynamic control signal for a vehicle d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165768 | Method for determining trailer braking output A method for providing a trailer equipped with trailer brakes with an electronically controlled trailer braking output to help slow a vehicle/trailer combination as quickly as possible, but in a stable and balanced manner. In situations where a low friction environm... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160794 | Inverted wheel type moving body and method of controlling the same An inverted wheel type moving body that can enhance convenience and a method of controlling the same. The inverted wheel type moving body includes a right chassis and a left chassis rotationally supporting a right driving wheel and a left driving wheel, motors rotat... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160793 | Vehicle park brake status monitoring method A vehicle brake system can include a service brake system and a park brake system wherein, the service brake system includes a service brake chamber is delimited by a service brake displaceable wall upon which a brake pushrod is fixed, the brake pushrod is connected... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155852 | Vehicle control device A driving/braking force manipulation control input of a k-th wheel, which denotes one or more specific wheels among a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, is determined such that a required condition concerning a relationship among a road surface reaction force that ma... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155853 | Mechanical time dilation algorithm for collision avoidance system A system and method for providing mechanical time dilation by pre-braking a vehicle in the event there is a collision threat so as to reduce or eliminate the need for full automatic braking if the collision becomes imminent. The system calculates a time dilation dec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155851 | Method for supporting a brake system in case of reduced effectiveness of the vehicle brake system Disclosed is a method for increasing a braking effect in a motor vehicle with a hydraulic brake system. An energy supply unit, which is used to increase the brake pressure in at least one wheel brake, is switched on when the brake pressure adjusted by the driver in ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155821 | Vacuum brake booster and method for the operation thereof A vacuum brake booster and a method of operation of a vacuum brake booster of a vehicle brake system is disclosed. The vacuum brake booster includes a housing subdivided into at least one vacuum chamber and at least one working chamber. The vacuum chamber is connect... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150590 | Two-wheeled motor vehicle brake control method and system A two-wheeled motor vehicle brake control method and system which immediately reduces the brake pressure of the front wheel when rear wheel lifting is detected regardless of whether or not the front wheel is skidding. The reduction in brake pressure can be an amount... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150591 | Vehicle travel speed control method A vehicle speed control method calculates a present value KdB_c(a)_p of a corrected evaluation index of approach/separation condition by the following equation, and starts deceleration control when the determined present value KdB_c(a)_p exceeds a threshold value de... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145401 | Accelerator pedal system An accelerator pedal system includes a pedal control unit that receives a vehicle speed signal and a signal from a switch, and compares the two signals. If the vehicle speed exceeds a preselected speed, the pedal control unit outputs a control signal to control a re... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140233 | Braking control device Braking discomfort applied to the driver is minimized. Provided are a brake operation amount section (26) capable of detecting a brake operation before a master cylinder hydraulic pressure is generated; an estimation section (28) for estimating the hyd... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140235 | Methods and apparatus for a brake controller autoswitch An autoswitching brake controller is provided for a vehicle having a first brake controller system and a second brake controller system. The controller includes an autoswitch relay coupled to the first brake controller system and the second brake controller system. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135527 | Commercial vehicle trailer and method for avoiding error in the storage of vehicle data therein A commercial vehicle trailer includes an electronically controlled braking system having an electronic control unit that has a parameter memory having one or more memory areas that can store vehicle-specific data. The electronic control unit controls the electronica... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135526 | Method for controlling regenerative braking and friction braking A vehicle includes a powertrain system and a friction braking system communicating tractive torque with a driveline, the powertrain system including a torque machine, and an energy storage device connected to the torque machine, said torque machine communicating tra... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131439 | Method and electronic regulator with a current measuring circuit for measuring the current by sense-FET and sigma-delta modulation An electronic controller for motor vehicle control systems having at least one valve actuation circuit is described herein. The electronic controller uses pulse width modulation to control the load current (iL) flowing through an essentially inductive loa... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131440 | Vehicle control system An initial movement state of a vehicle is specified in which a starting-off or acceleration is enabled by stepping on an accelerator pedal. In the specified initial movement state, a starting-off direction of the vehicle and an obstacle existing in the starting-off ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126626 | Vehicle path control for autonomous braking system A motor vehicle travel path control which monitors, during an autonomous braking event initiated by a collision preparation system the actual motor vehicle travel path in relation to the driver intended motor vehicle travel path, and in the event a departure from th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121769 | Vehicle descent control Vehicle descent is controlled in at least one implementation by comparing an engine braking torque to a target engine braking torque, and controlling one or more vehicle brakes to maintain the engine braking torque substantially at the target engine braking torque. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112210 | Method and system for controlling states of travel of a land craft Method and system for controlling driving conditions of a land vehicle, with which, if understeering and oversteering driving conditions exist at the same time, measures for generating braking forces and/or driving forces which counteract the understeering driving c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112213 | Electric brake architecture with dissimilar emergency braking path A system, apparatus and method provide a means for controlling an electric brake actuator. An electromechanical actuator controller (EMAC) is configured to receive first data indicative of a desired braking force, second data indicative of a braking command generate... | 02/07/2012 |
