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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167383 | Brake control apparatus A brake control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a master cylinder for raising a wheel cylinder pressure according to operation of a brake pedal; a booster for raising the wheel cylinder pressure by operating the master cylinder independently of operation of the br... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8007056 | Brake control apparatus and control method thereof A brake control apparatus has first and second wheel cylinders; a master cylinder unit; first and second systems; a separation valve; a pressure control mechanism that controls the working fluid pressure transferred to at least one of the first and second wheel cyli... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7871136 | Trouble diagnosis device of vehicle body acceleration sensor and antilock-brake system A trouble diagnosis device of a vehicle body acceleration sensor by determining that the output fixing trouble of the vehicle body acceleration sensor or the like is not generated at a point of time that the fluctuation width of the output value of a vehicle body ac... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7540572 | Failure detecting apparatus A failure detecting apparatus for detecting a failure of a solenoid-operated control valve having a coil, a valve chamber, and a movable member which is movable, while changing a volume of the valve chamber, by an electromagnetic drive force produced upon supplying ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7415325 | Method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle A method and apparatus for data interchange between a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled thereto. A first electronic device provided in or on the tractor is connected via a data link to a second electronic device provided in or on the trailer; the first a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7380891 | Power supply apparatus for vehicle A power supply apparatus for a vehicle. An electronic controller outputs information for controlling braking of a vehicle. A battery supplies electric power to a brake via the electronic controller. A power supply backup unit as an auxiliary power supply includes a ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372685 | Multi-fault protected high side switch with current sense An integrated high side switch with multi-fault protection. When a fault condition is detected, the switch is turned off. The switch includes a pair of transistors that are connected such that the source of the first transistor is connected with the source of the se... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367635 | Rail vehicle having an electrical signal line loop A rail vehicle includes an electrical signal line loop for activating the brakes. There is provision for a safety loop, which is redundant with respect to the signal line loop and is electrically independent of the rest of the vehicle control system, to be present. | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360848 | Parallel relay circuit for hydraulic braking device In a parallel relay circuit, only one of a plurality of relays is turned on sequentially while turning the rest of the relays off. It is determined whether the motor is applied with voltage via a voltage detection resistor when each of the relays is turned on indivi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7306296 | Failure check apparatus for control apparatus of vehicle A failure check apparatus for a control apparatus of a vehicle such as ABS. When the failure check apparatus performs initial check for the ABS, it successively activates each of solenoid valves and a motor provided in the ABS, one at a time, for a predetermined tim... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305587 | Electronic control unit for monitoring a microcomputer An ECU (100, 200) includes a monitoring circuit (2) having a counter (3) for selecting an assignment number (21) of an assignment signal (20), a serial communicating unit (4) for transmitting the assignment signal (20... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281522 | Acceleration sensor status detecting apparatus An acceleration sensor state detecting apparatus for detecting a state of an acceleration sensor provided at a vibrating body includes a calculating method for calculating a difference between measured results of the acceleration sensor obtained per first predetermi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269488 | Method for controlling a component of a distributed safety-relevant system A method of triggering a component in a distributed safety-related system, i.e., a component of an X-by-wire system in a motor vehicle, is described. The component is triggered by a process computer assigned to the component and connected to a communication system v... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249809 | Method and device for monitoring a brake system In a method and a device for monitoring a brake system, e.g., a wheel pressure sensor suite of a brake system of a motor vehicle, the fault detection is implemented on the basis of a differential threshold being exceeded by a signal that is representative for the di... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7235897 | Power supply unit for automobiles, which can provide braking force even when abnormality occurs in the power supply unit of electrically driven brake devices A power-supply unit for automobiles, connected to an electrically-driven brake device which generates braking forces by being electrically driven, an electric generator capable of generating braking forces for a vehicle by power generation, and a storage device for ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233847 | Sensor system A vehicular angular velocity sensor system executes abnormality detection of angular velocity sensors based on comparison between output states of corresponding angular velocity signals. The sensor system includes first low-pass filters and second low-pass filters f... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228932 | Wheel end condition detection system This invention provides a vehicle axle assembly including a wheel end supported on an axle by bearings. A system uses ABS to detect lateral movement of the wheel end relative to the axle using a sensor and tone ring. A fault code is generated during excessive latera... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204566 | Hydraulic braking pressure control unit A hydraulic braking pressure control unit including three or more hydraulic pressure control components, and a holder structure which holds those hydraulic pressure control components, wherein the three or more hydraulic pressure control components are selected from... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7175241 | Brake apparatus When a voltage supply to a motor is switched to OFF from ON, a brake fluid pressure control apparatus determines whether a duration of time required for a terminal voltage of the motor to reach a first threshold is shorter than a first predetermined duration of time... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7096108 | Brake system with distributed electronic control units incorporating failsafe mode A brake system for a heavy vehicle includes a control network, a brake component, a central control unit, and a distributed electronic control unit. The central control unit generates central control signals adapted to control the brake component, which control sign... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7058491 | Abnormality detecting apparatus for wheel speed sensors and automobile incorporating the same Wheel speed sensors arranged at each of driving wheels and idler wheels detect rotational speeds of corresponding wheels. ECU includes a wheel speed calculating portion calculating wheel speeds of the driving wheels and the idler wheels based on the detected rotatio... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7021726 | Method and device for determining a variable representing a hydraulic pressure drop across a brake circuit valve A method for determining a variable representing a hydraulic pressure drop across a valve of a brake circuit, in which a control pulse, designed such that abrupt braking pressure changes are suppressed, is applied to the valve, and in which the hydraulic pressure dr... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013209 | Operating a multimode ABS A vehicle anti-lock brake system determines when an ABS failure condition has occurred, configures a failure condition operating mode of the ABS control, and, finally, activates the ABS control based on the failure condition operational mode. When a brake actuator f... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6952633 | Device and method for improved monitoring of a lateral-acceleration sensor A device and a method for monitoring a lateral-acceleration sensor suitable for use in a motor vehicle. A first lateral-acceleration variable is detected which describes the lateral acceleration acting on the vehicle. The device also includes a detecting arrangement... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6932440 | Automotive braking method and devices for carrying out said method A method and apparatus for braking a vehicle having a vehicle brake system with a brake control device, and an engine whose torque is transmitted via a transmission to driven wheels. When there is a malfunction of the braking system and a demand for a braking operat... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915200 | Abnormality determining device for longitudinal acceleration sensor for vehicle and method thereof An abnormality determining device for a longitudinal acceleration sensor for a vehicle has: a first acceleration estimating unit based on a wheel speed; a second acceleration estimating unit based on the throttle angle; a determination-permission deciding unit for s... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6871918 | Method for the reliable operation of a brake booster system, brake booster system, and circuit therefor for implementing the method A method and system for ensuring reliable operation of a brake booster system for a vehicle braking system in which a pressure value prevailing in the brake pressure reservoir of the brake booster system is sensed by a pressure sensor. An error occurring in the brak... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6851765 | System and method for controlling a brake motor The present invention includes a method for controlling brake motor. The method includes receiving brake motor information, determining a first brake motor voltage value and a brake motor current value based on the motor information when the brake motor is active, d... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6823251 | Microprocessor system for safety-critical control systems A microprocessor system for safety-critical control operations includes at least three central units which are preferably located jointly on one chip and execute the same program. Further, there is provision of read-only memories and random-access memories with addi... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817681 | Electrohydraulic brake system for motor vehicles The present invention relates to an electro-hydraulic brake system for motor vehicles which is controllable in a ‘brake-by-wire’ operating mode by the vehicle operator as well as independently of the vehicle operator, and which can be operated in a back-up opera... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6682153 | Method for detecting output-stuck fault of car body acceleration sensor, apparatus for detecting output-stuck fault of car body acceleration sensor, and anti-lock braking system for car By a method for detecting an output-stuck fault of a car body acceleration sensor, an absolute value of a relative difference between the logical car body acceleration operated on the basis of a wheel speed and the physical car body acceleration output fr... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678593 | Device and method for monitoring a pressure sensor A device for monitoring a pressure sensor, which is positioned in a braking system of a vehicle. For this purpose, the device contains arrangement with which, during a braking action, a first vehicle motion variable is ascertained, which characterizes a v... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659569 | Vehicle braking control method and apparatus A method and apparatus control target deceleration of a vehicle in response to a master cylinder pressure and the like. A controlled braking mode in which the pressure in each wheel cylinder is controlled based on the target deceleration, and a driver bra... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6607251 | Brake by wire electrical system architecture with multiple power sources and circuit protection An electrical system architecture for a vehicle brake by wire system provides three electrical power sources: an electric generator, an electric power storage device such as a battery, and a third source which may be either an electric generator or storag... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6554376 | Method and device for adjusting the braking and/or driving effect on the wheels of a motor vehicle By allowing for the possibility that light-weight spare wheels or spare wheels are mounted, a demonstration of the possible ways for replacing the output signals of one or more defective wheel speed sensors is presented.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6554108 | Method and device for monitoring the movements of an actuator A method of monitoring the motion of an actuator of a vehicle brake including establishing an actuator reference coordinate which is associated with a predetermined actuator reference position, defining an actuator actual coordinate in accordance with the... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6502019 | Electronic digital device employing fault detection An electronic digital device for controlling or adjusting processes in a motor vehicle has several components, of which at least one arithmetic unit and a bus connecting the components are redundant. At least one component is not redundant. The electronic... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6501376 | Method and apparatus for data exchange between towing vehicle and trailer A method and apparatus for data exchange between a towing vehicle and an attached trailer uses radio contact via transmission/receiving modules contained in the towing vehicle and in the trailer. To recognize that the towing vehicle and the trailer are co... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6487487 | Process and apparatus for detecting and compensating for wheel brake irregularities A method and apparatus for detecting and compensating for wheel brake irregularities includes a unit for detecting a control signal that controls a brake actuator, a unit for detecting changes of the control signal generated by the actuator, and a unit fo... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6450591 | Hydraulic brake pressure control system In a hydraulic brake pressure control system, a master cylinder generates a brake fluid pressure proportional to a brake pedal pressure and a high-pressure supply device generates an increased brake fluid pressure. A hydraulic circuit having a wheel cylin... | 09/17/2002 |
