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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963620 | Carbon brake wear for aircraft Methods and systems are provided for improving brake performance, including extending the life of carbon brakes on aircraft. One embodiment of the method comprises measuring the speed of the aircraft and the intensity of braking and comparing these to predetermined ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7358864 | Parking assist control apparatus In a parking assist control apparatus for assisting a driver with parking a vehicle, when a brake control ECU detects that a door is open based on a detection signal from a door open/close sensor during parking assist control, the brake control ECU determines whethe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350882 | Vehicle brake device A vehicle brake device A is provided with a master cylinder 10, a reservoir tank 12, solenoid valves 46 and 48 for adjustably draining brake oil from outlet ports 10a, 10b of the master cylinder 10 to th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349775 | Motor vehicle state detecting system System for detecting stability/instability of behavior of a motor vehicle upon occurrence of tire slip or lock. State of the motor vehicle is determined on the basis of an alignment torque (Ta) applied from a road and a side slip angle (β). By taking advantage of s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7302331 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A roll control system (16) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to detect if one of the plurality of wheels (12) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel has lifted. A roll control pressure request may also ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7216939 | Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus This brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus adopts, as the pressure-increasing valve, a normally-open linear solenoid valve that can linearly adjust the actual differential pressure. This apparatus repeatedly executes, in principle, a control cycle in which a pr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209821 | Apparatus for controlling run of a car, and car using the apparatus In a system of accelerating a car using a brake operating mechanism, the driver is required to be ready to step on the brake operating mechanism so as to rapidly decelerate the car in order to avoid danger, if necessary, while he is releasing his foot from the brake... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7155329 | Vehicle deceleration display system and calculation method A vehicle deceleration display system includes a serial data bus operable for communicating a plurality of sequentially-measured vehicle speed datums in a respective sequential manner. A control unit is operatively connected to the serial data bus and is operable fo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151987 | System for reducing powertrain reaction torque A system is provided for controlling the inertia of a vehicle's powertrain during sudden braking events. Torque generated by rapid deceleration of the vehicle's drive wheels during braking is prevented from being transmitted through the vehicle's driveline by a clut... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7083165 | Side bearing pad In a side bearing pad assembly two housings are provided, each having a bore of such size and orientation that the housings slide telescopically one within the other. When assembled the bores constitute a single internal cavity which houses resilient members. Each h... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072755 | Electronically programmable method for improving the control behavior of an anti-lock braking control system The present invention relates to a method for improving an anti-lock control system, in particular for improving driving stability during braking on laterally different coefficients of friction. According to the method, a desired yaw rate is determined using at leas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063394 | Method and apparatus for setting a desired deceleration of a vehicle A braking system for a vehicle in which, when a brake pedal is depressed, a corresponding braking effect is generated. The system includes an operating device which is in operative connection with an accelerator pedal, for setting a desired deceleration. When the ac... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058499 | Brake control system and method A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6732038 | Transmission gear selection method for enhancing the effectiveness of vehicle rocking maneuvers An improved method of operation for a motor vehicle automatic transmission determines a vehicle speed for purposes of selecting a desired transmission gear at least in part based on the wheel speeds of the vehicle. If the vehicle is being operated in a two-wheel dri... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6571164 | Method for controlling an automatic gearbox involving determination of a transverse acceleration value The invention relates to a method for control of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle wherein an electronic transmission control, by means of signals proportional to wheel speeds (NRA3, NRA4), determines a transverse acceleration value (AQ) for ou... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6485113 | Haptic braking method and system A haptic braking method and system is disclosed. A controller operates a pump to apply brake fluid to a brake when it is necessary to decelerate a wheel during an active cruise control mode of a vehicle. The controller further operates one or more valves ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6364433 | Automotive brake system and method The safety brake system for a motor vehicle continuously monitors for a rear impact collision. If the rear impact is classified as one requiring responsive intervention, the system applies a braking force to the motor vehicle wheels. If the vehicle was st... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6349997 | Device for displaying the active state of a braking system in motor vehicles In a device for displaying the active state of a braking system in motor vehicles, a display comparing a value proportional to the maximum possible braking force with a value proportional to the actual braking force is provided in the driver's field of vi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6341827 | Brake system with a rear axle anti-locking arrangement In an automotive vehicle brake system with an arrangement (rear-axle ABS) which controls or regulates the braking pressure or the brake force on the rear wheels and prevents locking of the rear wheels, the front wheels and the rear wheels are individually... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6314358 | Brake control for vehicles, especially for rail vehicles and a method for controlling vehicle brakes A vehicle brake control wherein a driver generated braking prompt signal is compared with a measured deceleration signal and, according to which, a correction signal is generated. The correction signal is processed with the braking prompt signal into an o... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6253141 | Braking control system for vehicle A controller for an electric brake system in a vehicle. The brake system utilizes switched reluctance electric motors to apply braking force to wheels. Such motors have non-ideal torque-speed characteristics, wherein excessive amounts of time and current ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6246946 | Automotive brake control system with skid control unit An automotive brake control system with an ABS system employing a hydraulic modulator, wheel-speed sensors, and a skid control unit. A vehicle deceleration ƊVi is calculated on the basis of a first speed V0 corresponding to the pseudo vehicle speed calcu... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6178370 | Deceleration based antiskid brake contoller with adaptive deceleration threshold An antiskid brake controller which utilizes measured wheel speed in order to provide brake control for a vehicle such as an aircraft. The measured wheel speed is differentiated to determine the deceleration of the wheel, and the controller then compares t... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6087826 | Device for detecting electromagnetic stray effects in systems with at least two inductive sensors providing periodic output signal A device for detecting electromagnetic stray effects in systems with at least two inductive sensors which provide an essentially periodic output signal, performs a signal evaluation for evaluating signals of the sensors, a test for detecting an electromag... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5861744 | ABS speed signal input filter having mid-frequency attenuation An input filter for a vehicle anti-lock brake system control module has a filter section for attenuating input signals having mid-range frequencies.... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5801624 | Brake indicating apparatus and method A brake indicating apparatus for indicating braking of a vehicle having an anti-lock braking system (ABS) and brake lights powered upon actuation of a vehicle brake pedal including ABS input for sensing ABS actuation during braking of a vehicle and for pr... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5653515 | Brake control system that warns a vehicle driver responsive to excessive braking forces are being applied to a brake pedal An improved control system for antilock brake control for an automotive vehicle which includes an excessive brake pedal-depressed force alarm unit. The control system determines a slip ratio and a slip ratio variation of a wheel to derive slippage conditi... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5593217 | Traction control system An information lamp flashes when instability is detected, whether the system is switched on, off or limited in its functional scope. When the traction control system is switched off or limited in its functional scope and no instability is detected, the la... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5281011 | Antilock control device An antilock control device for the brake assembly of a motor vehicle having the function of detecting ON and OFF signals supplied from a brake lamp switch and representative of the operative and inoperative positions of the brake pedal. When the signal ch... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5139115 | Anti-lock braking indicator system A vehicle braking indicator system that provides a continuous lighting of the vehicle stop light under normal braking conditions but causes the stop light lamp to be intermittently lighted at a relatively high frequency when the anti-lock braking system o... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4702336 | Method and brake system for traction control For traction control, the wheel slip is determined by comparing the rotational velocity of the driven wheels with the rotational velocity of the non-driven wheels or with a reference quantity. In a wheel tending to spin up, the driving slip is reduced by ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4070562 | Acceleration/deceleration alarm system A system for warning the driver of an acceleration or deceleration of a vehicle. A wheel sensor detects wheel rotational speeds Ni and Ni + 1 during two predetermined time intervals Ti and Ti + 1. The absolute v... | 01/24/1978 |
| 3960410 | System for achieving a maximum braking effect The maximum braking or powering effect due to changing road conditions, preferably for the case of full braking of a rubber-tired vehicle is determined in the system of the present invention during normal driving conditions. In this system measurement app... | 06/01/1976 |
