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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182049 | Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus A controller includes an initial current value calculation unit calculating an initial current value to open a normally open linear solenoid valve when a hydraulic pressure is shifted from a pressure reducing state or a pressure holding state to a pressure increasin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8042887 | Brake control apparatus A brake control apparatus for controlling brakes of a vehicle having wheels, the apparatus including a stopped-state detecting portion which detects, based on a speed of at least one of the wheels detected by at least one wheel-speed sensor, a stopped state of the v... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029075 | Brake control apparatus and process A brake control apparatus includes a fluid pressure sensor to sense an actual master cylinder pressure, a pump to suck a brake fluid from the master cylinder through a hydraulic circuit connecting the master cylinder to a wheel cylinder and a controller to perform a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8002364 | Control unit of brake apparatus for vehicle A control unit of a brake apparatus includes a compensation braking force controlling device for controlling a compensation braking force in response to an operation of a brake operating member so that a characteristic of a total braking force relative to the operat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988243 | Brake controller A brake controller is provided that includes a braking force application mechanism that presses a friction member against a braked member so as to apply a braking force to a wheel of a vehicle; and a control unit. The control unit calculates an index, which indicate... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7914085 | Brake control system and method for automotive vehicle In brake control system and method for an automotive vehicle, a vehicle body deceleration increment correction quantity is set to zero during a start of braking, the vehicle body deceleration increment correction quantity is set to be gradually larger along with at ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7784883 | Vehicular brake hydraulic pressure controller A vehicular brake hydraulic pressure controller has a reference hydraulic pressure acquisition section 21a for acquiring hydraulic pressure achieved on the other side of an electromagnetic valve as reference hydraulic pressure, a differential pressure ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780246 | Brake system In a BBW type brake system, first ports of fluid pressure generators are closed to generate brake fluid pressure in respective wheel cylinders before a master cylinder generates brake fluid pressure, by initiating the operation of the fluid pressure generators based... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7748794 | Braking force control method for automotive vehicle and braking force control apparatus therefor In braking force control method for an automotive vehicle and braking force control apparatus therefor, contribution degrees of both of a stroke quantity of a brake input device and a master cylinder pressure developed in a master cylinder are set in accordance with... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7726748 | Low force level detection system and method A method for estimating a force exerted by a first body onto a second body including the steps of providing a motor having at least one detectable motor signal, wherein the motor is adapted to advance the first body into engagement with the second body, determining ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7699410 | Method and device for controlling a wheel brake of a motor vehicle Method and device for controlling an automotive wheel brake, in which in a predefined operating situation, for example at a standstill, the braking force or brake pressure built up, and/or the dynamics of change, are limited. Two pressure control circuits are connec... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7681961 | Brake system for vehicle A brake system for a vehicle includes an electrically operated parking brake drive device which generates an operating force for operating the wheel brakes or dedicated parking brakes in response to energization, and which operates even upon cancellation of the ener... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681962 | Method for estimating master cylinder pressure during brake apply A method for estimating master cylinder pressure during brake apply of a brake system of a vehicle, wherein the brake system includes a brake pedal. A first master cylinder pressure is estimated from brake pedal position during brake apply. A second master cylinder ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7566103 | Method for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel brake system A method for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel braking system, a total braking torque consisting of a drive braking torque and/or a wheel braking torque to be applied to the wheels of a motor vehicle is adjusted such that the desired wheel braking torque is ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7537294 | Vehicle braking system with active hydraulic brake force assistance and control method for the same In a method of controlling a hydraulic vehicle brake system with active hydraulic brake force boosting, wherein the driver can introduce brake pressure into a master brake cylinder with an actuating device, wherein the pressure introduced by the driver is boosted by... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7434894 | Method and device for controlling the brake system of a vehicle A method and a device for controlling the brake system of a vehicle, wherein a stand-by phase is made available. The stand-by phase is initiated as soon as the input pressure exceeds a threshold value S1 and the rate of change of input pressure exceeds a thir... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419229 | Vehicle braking force control A vehicle brake control apparatus controls an actual braking force of a vehicle to achieve a command braking force in accordance with a driver's demand braking force corresponding to a driver's braking operation, and a target braking force. A controller is configure... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387349 | System and method for adaptive brake application and initial skid detection The adaptive brake application and initial skid detection system allows rapid brake application and prevents deep initial skids. Brake pressure is compared with a predetermined threshold brake pressure. Wheel velocity error signals are also generated to indicated th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367633 | Braking system Disclosed is a redundant braking system for a vehicle. A controller may monitor a status of a hydraulic braking system, and during vehicle travel, automatically switch to a modulated electric braking system which is separate from the hydraulic braking system when th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359786 | Control and power supply network for vehicle braking system An electrically controlled braking system includes a first control unit and a second control unit in electrical communication via a communication link and a human machine-interface manipulatable by a vehicle operator. The human-machine interface includes a first sen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353101 | Methods and apparatus to control electro-mechanical brakes Methods and apparatus to control electro-mechanical brakes are disclosed. A disclosed example method of controlling a brake actuator comprises receiving a value representative of a velocity of a piston associated with the brake actuator relative to a pressure plate ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347304 | System for control of brake actuator A vehicle brake system includes a brake actuator, a brake controller operative to control the brake actuator, and at least one position sensor which senses a current position of at least one moveable brake component and provides a current position signal indicative ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349787 | Method of servo-control in a braking system having electric brakes The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a vehicle brake system including at least one electric brake having at least one actuator comprising a pusher facing friction elements and driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively against the fric... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346443 | Method of servo-control in a braking system having electric brakes The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a vehicle braking system that includes at least one electric brake provided with at least one actuator comprising a pusher facing friction elements and driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively aga... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343238 | Speed controller for car using telematics and control method thereof Disclosed herein is a technology for controlling speed of a car. More specifically, the invention relates to a speed controller for a car using telematics, the controller comprising a sensor unit to detect the speed of the car, the distance from the car to an object... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338136 | Electronic braking device An electronic braking device is provided which easily generates a braking force depending on the amount of brake operation in a range in which the amount of brake operation is small, just after the start of brake operation, and which protects a fluid pressure sensor... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331641 | Braking stroke simulator The present invention is directed to a braking stroke simulator for use in a brake system, which comprises a simulator piston moved in response to operation of a manually operated braking member, and an elastic element for providing a stroke to the simulator piston ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328092 | Method and device for monitoring brake signals in a vehicle The invention relates to a method and device for monitoring brake signals in a vehicle with a gearbox control unit and engine control unit. An error recognition or a plausibility control of said brake signals is carried out. Brake light signals can be received by a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325887 | Parking-braking in vehicles A parking braking system for a brake in a vehicle wherein, upon moving a parking brake selector to a park position, the brake is arranged to be mechanically locked or latched into place by means of a variable position park latch mechanism which is adapted to co-oper... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323858 | Method for measuring pressure A method used to measure pressure in an area which is closed by an solenoid valve (106) performs the following steps: applying voltage to the solenoid valve (106), determining the peak of a curve of the flowing current based on voltage and determining ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296861 | Brake system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a master brake cylinder in which a primary piston for generating a brake pressure in a hydraulic brake circuit can be displaced according to actuation of a brake pedal, it being possible to displ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293842 | Control network for vehicle dynamics and ride control systems having distributed electronic control units An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, si... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290841 | Hydraulic braking system including power-operated pressure source device, and device for controlling pressure output of the pressure source device Braking system including a power-operated hydraulic pressure source operable to deliver a pressurized working fluid, a brake including a hydraulically operated brake cylinder, and a flow-rate changing device disposed between the power-operated hydraulic pressure sou... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275794 | Braking system for a battery powered industrial truck A braking system for battery-powered industrial trucks, comprising a three-phase driving motor which drives a driving wheel, a first braking device associated with the driving wheel, a brake pedal with which a braking signal generator is associated to generate an el... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269762 | Method for mutual monitoring of components of a distributed computer system A method of mutual monitoring of components of a distributed computer system for a safety-relevant application in a motor vehicle in particular. The components are interconnected by at least one communication system. To make the mutual monitoring of components as si... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258404 | Antiskid control-combined paired/individual wheel control logic An anti-skid brake control system for a multi-wheeled vehicle includes both a paired function and an individual function. The paired function controls the wheels of the vehicle in unison. The individual function controls the wheels of the vehicle individually. A pai... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255407 | Vehicle braking control device for braking force distribution A braking control device for a vehicle executes braking force distribution (BFD) biased to the front wheels, taking into account auxiliary braking control such as braking assist control (BAS) executed when an abrupt or full braking action is performed by the driver.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249807 | Vehicle braking force control device with feedback communication between wheels A vehicle braking force control device for executing a follow-up (or servo) control of braking force for individual wheels is improved for canceling the difference of braking force between left and right wheels especially during transient condition of braking force ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249810 | Method for maintaining a desired braking torque A stepped braking system is used as a function of the required braking torque in this method for maintaining a desired braking torque in a vehicle equipped with stepped and infinitely-variable permanent braking systems whereby simultaneous activation of the stepped ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234786 | Vehicular brake control apparatus and vehicular brake control method A vehicular brake control apparatus detects risky occasions and locations that may be risky by using, for example, an infrastructure information input device or a navigation device, and, for such locations and the like, performs the pre-charge so that braking force ... | 06/26/2007 |
