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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016366 | Differential brake control and weighted average wheel speed for brake control system A differential brake control system is provided for a vehicle having first and second wheels on respective sides of a vertical axis of the vehicle. The system includes processing logic for computing a wheel brake command based on an input brake command indicative of... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7712845 | Method to reduce the turn radius of motor vehicles utilizing automatic single side rear brake application A method of selective, automatic application of one rear brake of a motor vehicle under appropriate vehicle operating conditions in response to intent of a driver to make a turn, whereby the rotational speed of the selected braked rear wheel is reduced so as to redu... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7401871 | Method of controlling an automotive vehicle having a trailer using rear axle slip angle A system and method of controlling a vehicle with a trailer comprises determining the presence of a trailer, determining a vehicle velocity, determining a steering wheel angle, and determining a rear axle side slip angle. When the rear axle side slip angle is above ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7316457 | Motion control apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle A motion control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle performs over-steer suppressing control when the vehicle is in an over-steer state so as to apply a braking force to a front wheel located on the outer side of a turning locus without lowering engine output, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7284802 | Stabilizing device for motor vehicles comprising compressed-air braking systems The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising a compressed-air braking system. Said vehicle has two braking cylinders, which can be impinged by compressed-air from a compressed-air reserve by means of a manually actuated brake valve. The braking cylinders have... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7260459 | Turning motion control system for vehicle A turning motion control system for a vehicle includes an actuator, and an actuator control device for controlling the actuator so that an actual turning motion state of the vehicle becomes close to a target turning motion state. The actuator control device is desig... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229139 | Control system for brake-steer assisted parking and method therefor A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle includes determining a steering wheel angle, determining a steering wheel direction, determining a steering wheel angular rate and applying brake-steer as a function of steering wheel angle, steering wheel ang... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225072 | System for controlling the stability of a vehicle using several predictive algorithms and a selection process System for controlling the stability of a vehicle, the system comprising means for imparting a longitudinal force to the tire and means for calculating a slip GOpt by determining the values of the coefficient of friction μi, for each slip G | 05/29/2007 |
| 7197380 | System for controlling the stability of a vehicle using an algorithm comparing average slopes of variation of a parameter System for controlling the stability of a vehicle, the system comprising means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire and means for calculating the slip parameter GOpt at each activation of the means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197387 | Vehicle control system Sensor-equipped hub units 34a attached to respective drive wheels 34 each have a sensor device comprising a sensor 36 for detecting the ground contact load on the wheel 34. A control unit 31 has a traction controller 32 | 03/27/2007 |
| 7171296 | Integrated control apparatus for vehicle An electronic control unit calculates a target yaw rate in accordance with a vehicle speed and a steering angle and calculates the yaw rate difference on the basis of the target yaw rate and an actual yaw rate. The electronic control unit estimates the grip factor o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159954 | ABS control system for off-road driving conditions A system for controlling at least one of the slip threshold and the time period for an extended wheel slippage for a vehicle that is operating in the off-road ABS mode. When driving in a curve pattern and/or at high speeds, the individual wheel speeds are controlled... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118184 | Roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle The invention provides a roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle which can make a decision of a start of roll suppressing control appropriately in response to the degree of the possibility of turning over on its side of the vehicle. The roll-over suppr... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104614 | Method and system for preventing rollover of a vehicle train A method and system for preventing rollover of a vehicle train comprising a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle. A control system is provided in the tractor vehicle which automatically initiates actuation of the braking system of the tractor vehicle and/or of the ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104615 | Vehicle motion control apparatus The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes a hydraulic pressure regulating device disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel brake cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit, and a monitor for moni... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097262 | Braking force control apparatus and method for vehicle In braking force control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a front-and-rear road wheel braking force distribution determining section determinatively distributes a front-and-rear road wheel braking force at a front-and-rear road wheel braking force dis... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066560 | Vehicle motion control device This device sets, upon executing only a roll-over preventing control, roll-over preventing braking force exerted on a front wheel at the outer side of the turning direction based upon a table value obtained through an absolute value |Gy| of an actual lateral acceler... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062382 | Video enhanced stability control in road vehicles A stability control system for road vehicles comprising a limit handling assistance controller which uses video lane detection measurements in conjunction with vehicle dynamics information, including inertial brakes and steering measurements to control vehicle EPS a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7031808 | Apparatus and method for estimating a turning characteristic of a vehicle An apparatus and method for estimating a turning characteristic of a vehicle provided with a controller that performs the following steps are provided. That is, the controller estimates a value corresponding to a standard turning state based on vehicle running data ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007763 | Control system for interactive driveline and vehicle control A method and apparatus for controlling torque delivery independently, i.e., asymmetrically, to the two rear axles and wheels of a vehicle with front wheel drive provides improved vehicle handling and performance. The apparatus includes a prime mover, transaxle, powe... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971726 | Automatic stability control system for a vehicle using an invariant characterizing any tire A system is presented for controlling the stability of a vehicle. The system includes a controller using a slip parameter GOPT corresponding to a predetermined value of the coefficient of friction μ or a controller maintaining the functioning of the tire... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968261 | Method and apparatus for vehicle stability enhancement system A vehicle stability enhancement (VSE) system for a vehicle having at least one vehicle subsystem includes; at least one sensor for sensing at least one vehicle parameter, at least one vehicle control system for adjusting the at least one vehicle subsystem, at least ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959970 | Method and apparatus for controlling a trailer and an automotive vehicle with a yaw stability control system A system and method of controlling an automotive vehicle with a yaw stability control system and a trailer comprises determining a presence of a trailer, changing a side slip angle parameter threshold of the vehicle to a modified side slip parameter in response to t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961648 | System and method for desensitizing the activation criteria of a rollover control system A method of densensitizing includes determining a relative roll angle, determining when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, and when the vehicle is in a transitional maneuver, setting a roll signal for control to the relative roll angle, reducing control effo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6952635 | Road condition estimation apparatus The present invention is directed to a road condition estimation apparatus for estimating a road condition for use in a vehicle having a steering control unit for actuating a device mechanically independent of a manually operated steering member to steer at least a ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6890041 | Antilock brake systems employing a sliding mode observer based estimation of differential wheel torque Improved methods and systems for controlling hydraulically or electrically actuated anti-lock brake systems (ABS) on air and land vehicles requiring only measurement of wheel angular speed although brake torque measurements can also be employed if available. A slidi... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6880899 | Braking force control system for vehicle In a vehicle having an ABS control system, a braking control of a right and left rear wheels can be independently carried out when a lateral acceleration exceeds a lateral acceleration value set beforehand. When the ABS control is operated at one of the right and le... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6789858 | Braking force control system for vehicle In a vehicle having an ABS control system, a braking control of a right and left rear wheels can be independently carried out when a lateral acceleration exceeds a lateral acceleration value set beforehand. When the ABS control is operated at one of the right and le... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6681169 | Control system and method using an electronic control unit for wheel-specific braking torque control A control unit of a control system for wheel-specific braking torque control is provided for a vehicle having an electronically controlled transmission. The control unit records the speeds of all wheels of the vehicle for the purpose of recognizing wheel ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6671605 | Method and device for coordinating measures influencing the driving performance of a vehicle A method of coordinating a plurality of intervention measures into a driving performance of a vehicle includes determining a wheel slip angle of a front axle, determining a coefficient of friction on the front axle, determining a wheel slip angle threshol... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6659570 | Vehicle motion control device and method Vehicle motion control devices and methods systematically treat a conditions of each wheel to acquire and maintain the vehicle behavior stability together with anti wheel lock and wheel spin processing, braking forces distribution. Device for controlling ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6650979 | System for controlling motor vehicle components according to the "drive-by-wire" principle A "drive by wire" system reverts to a safe condition if an error affecting safely is identified. The system includes a steerable wheel, a steering device, and control computers linked to sensor(s) which detect movement and position of the steering wheel. ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650980 | Steering wheel torque based detection of misalignment of a vehicle steering system A misalignment detection system (12) for steering systems of an automotive vehicle (10) includes a logic device (14) coupled to a vehicle speed sensor (18) and a steering wheel angle sensor (20). The logic device is also coupled to a memory (16) that is u... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6625527 | Sensor system with monitoring device A sensor system with monitoring device wherein the sensor system includes at least two redundant sensors for gathering a process reference variable or process measured variable of a process, and in that the monitoring device includes a first subtractor fo... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6595602 | Vehicle control of a locked drive system A vehicle includes multiple wheels, a locking drive differential, and a stability controller. A first wheel is mechanically coupled to a second wheel. The locking drive differential mechanically couples the second wheel to a third wheel. The stability con... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6572202 | Vehicle brake control system and method therefor A method and brake control system that calculates a target brake pressure of each wheel based on a braking amount by a vehicle operator and a product of a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and a vehicle speed. The brake control system comprises a first ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6547343 | Brake system control A brake system control method, comprising the steps of: measuring a set of vehicle parameters including steering wheel angle, vehicle speed, lateral acceleration and vehicle yaw rate; responsive to the measured parameters using an observer to estimate lat... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6502029 | System and method for ABS stability control A system and method for ABS stability control is provided, the method comprising the steps of determining whether a first wheel is in an ABS mode; determining whether the first wheel is in an apply mode; determining whether a second parallel wheel is in t... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6502018 | Method for diagnosis of equipment A method of predicting failures in equipment including at least one sensor for generating sensor data corresponding to a sensed parameter. The method includes monitoring the sensor data during normal operation of the equipment. The sensor data during norm... | 12/31/2002 |
