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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661773 | Method of braking force distribution and braking force control system for vehicle A method of braking force distribution and a braking force control system for a vehicle provide a proper control on distribution between braking force between front wheels and rear wheels by controlling braking force on a rear right wheel and a rear left wheel such ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7364021 | Wheel brake The invention relates to a wheel brake for a motor vehicle including an electromechanical actuating device and a hydraulic actuating device, which are redundant. In this way, the likelihood of failure of the wheel brake is reduced. A self-boosting device increases a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356401 | Drivetrain protection and management system A drivetrain protection and management system (DPMS) monitors and determines individual wheel speeds to detect wheel spin and slip conditions on a drive axle. Wheel spin is caused by low surface friction, excessive input torque, lack of inter-axle differential and d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347508 | Brake system and method for a two-wheeled motor vehicle A combined brake system and method, for a two-wheeled motor vehicle, is capable of synchronizing a braking operation of either a front or rear wheel with a braking operation of the other wheel. The brake system enables a rider to perform braking operations in which ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322660 | Method for electronically regulating brake-power distribution A method for electronically regulating brake force distribution to the front axle and the rear axle of a motor vehicle (EBV control), wherein the rotational behavior of the vehicle wheels is determined, compared with the vehicle speed or vehicle reference speed and/... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275795 | Braking system of hybrid vehicle A hybrid system for a vehicle which can ensure a braking stability on a slippery road is provided. Therefore, the system is provided with a motor 2 a rotation force of which is transmitted to a rear wheel 7, braking actuators 57, 67 which brake ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7219965 | Linked brake system for motorcycles A linked brake system for motorcycles includes front and rear wheel brakes, an actuating device by which the front and rear wheel brakes can be operated simultaneously, a control system for controlling brake pressures at the front and rear wheel brakes, and wheel ro... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185957 | Braking force distribution control apparatus and method A braking force distribution apparatus for a vehicle includes pressure sensors for detecting the internal pressures of the tires, and wheel speed sensors for detecting the angular speeds of the wheels. The apparatus obtains a dynamic load radius change rate of each ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182183 | Electrically actuated disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly has a hub that is rotatable about an axis and at least a pair of discs supported on the hub for relative axial movement along the axis of the hub with the discs having opposite sides presenting braking surfaces. A non-rotatable support structur... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156472 | Brake control apparatus A brake control apparatus having a brake pressure controlling unit including normally-open-type electromagnetic valves for preventing a fluid pressure transmitted from a master cylinder to wheel brakes when the valves close and a control unit executing an anti-lock ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7110873 | Brake control system According to the present invention, there is provided a method and system for providing brake control, autobrake and antiskid brake functionality by recognizing that the only difference between the three functions is the amount of deceleration they allow. Unlike a c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7076357 | Vehicle braking control device for braking force distribution A braking control device of a vehicle starts executing braking force distribution (BFD) biased to front wheels for avoiding the locking of rear wheels prior to the front wheel at appropriate time by reducing errors of a judgment of the starting of the control. Usual... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7051228 | Data transmission system using equalized data streams indicative of lengths of time In the data transmission system 1 for transmitting drive pulse data from a personal computer to an ink jet printer in 8-bit units, the drive pulse data includes 7 bits of pulse width data Hx and 9 bits of pulse interval data Lx. The personal computer reduces ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047121 | Antiskid control system for four-wheel-drive vehicle An antiskid control system for a four-wheel-drive vehicle is arranged to calculate a difference between an average of wheel accelerations of front wheels and an average of wheel acceleration of rear wheels. When the difference is greater than or equal to the vibrati... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7013721 | Method for determining the load exerted on a vehicle tire A method for determining the load exerted on the tire of a motor vehicle or to monitor the tire pressure, wherein during operation of the vehicle the pressure in the individual wheels is detected and the rotational behavior of the individual wheels is monitored, and... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6988779 | Hybrid vehicle In a hybrid vehicle, an engine is connected to front wheels through a first motor/generator and a transmission, and a second motor/generator is connected to rear wheels. The first and second motors/generators are connected to a battery so that they are driven or reg... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6984005 | Vehicle braking method and system An improved braking method and system for a vehicle equipped with an anti-lock brake system (ABS), a traction control or anti-slip regulation system (ASR) and one or more additional systems capable of effecting automatic braking of the vehicle independently of drive... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6953230 | System for controlling driving dynamics The performance of a system for controlling vehicle-movement dynamics, which operates the braking system and the drive train of a vehicle in order to prevent lateral breakaway of the vehicle, is improved yet further for the case in which oversteering of the vehicle ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6928356 | Antiskid control system for four-wheel-drive vehicle An antiskid control system for a four-wheel-drive vehicle is arranged to calculate a difference between an average of wheel accelerations of front wheels and an average of wheel acceleration of rear wheels. When the difference is greater than or equal to the vibrati... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923512 | Arrangement for ensuring the function of a vehicle brake An arrangement for ensuring the functioning of a brake configuration for a vehicle with a multiplicity of wheels which are arranged on a front axle and at least one rear axle and which support the vehicle. The brake configuration incorporates at least two brake devi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918638 | Device for stabilizing a motor vehicle A vehicle stabilizing device for setting or modifying brake pressures in the wheel brakes of a braking system with diagonally divided braking circuits. To improve a stabilization of the vehicle in the case of understeering by an additional delay, a device for determ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6883875 | Controlling pressure in brake actuation outputs A valve arrangement is disclosed for controlling the pressure in first and second brake actuation outputs (9, 10). First and second air inlet valves (1,3) supply air to respective ones of the actuation outputs; first and second exhaust valves (2,4 | 04/26/2005 |
| 6820947 | Method and device for controlling a braking action of at least one wheel brake of a four-wheel-drive motor vehicle Method and device for controlling the braking action of at least one wheel brake of a four-wheel-drive motor vehicle having at least one rear axle and one front axle. A first rpm signal representing the speeds of rotation of the front-axle wheels and a second rpm si... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814414 | Device and method for preventing rollback of a vehicle on an incline A device for preventing a rollback of a vehicle on an incline. The vehicle is equipped with a brake system, via which at least the braking pressure in the wheel brakes of a rear wheel is influenced in order to distribute the braking action between at least one front... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6732036 | Method and apparatus for controlling a drive unit A method and an apparatus for controlling a drive unit, in which, when drivetrain oscillations are present, a reduction of the torque takes place until they have decayed. In addition, the torque value at which the oscillations occurred is stored. If the torque excee... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6672683 | Electronically regulated brake system The invention relates to an electronically regulated brake system comprising a central control device (Z1; Z2) and at least one pressure control valve (A). According to the invention, the electronically regulated brake system additionally includes at leas... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6667696 | Sensor system for measuring angles and positions A sensor system is provided in which a digital absolute value of the particular position of a stationary part (stator) with respect to a part moving relative to it (rotor) is created, which is transferred in serial transmission to an evaluation circuitry,... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6641234 | Method for improved anti-lock braking control for all-wheel drive vehicles having a viscous coupling or a viscous lock A method for controlling a braking system in an all-wheel drive vehicle having a viscous coupling or a viscous lock, wherein a viscous torque acting on a wheel is estimated, the viscous torque is taken into account in estimating a desired braking pressure... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6623090 | Method and device for detecting a panic braking operation A panic braking operation of a vehicle having at least two wheels is detected by measuring speed quantities which represent the rotary motions of at least two wheels, selecting the speed quantity of one of the wheels and/or by determining a speed value fr... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6595600 | Front-rear braking force distribution control system The present invention is directed to a front-rear braking force distribution control system for a vehicle. The system includes a wheel brake cylinders operatively associated with front and rear wheels of the vehicle, a pressure generator for pressurizing ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6577948 | Algorithm for determining travel direction for automobiles A method of determining the direction of travel of a vehicle independent of the transmission gear position. A plurality of yaw rate values are utilized, which are summed or integrated over a period of time to generate a plurality of yaw rate sum values. T... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6505894 | Vehicle braking In a vehicle braking system with electronic brake distribution the threshold level of slip of the rear wheels is increased when the front brake temperature is estimated to have increased to a level where brake fade will occur. This allows more braking tor... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6485111 | Power assisted braking system A method of controlling a retarder brake system of a vehicle. The method comprises the steps of determining an operator braking input indicative of a desired vehicle deceleration and generating a desired retarder torque value (DT) corresponding to the des... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6471306 | Traction control apparatus and method for four-wheel drive vehicle A traction control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle simultaneously sets an equal control amount ƊVWRL=ƊVWRR for brake devices on the side of rear-left and rear-right wheels if at least one of the rear wheels is driven with a low grip degree. The... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6454364 | Braking force control apparatus and method of motor vehicle A braking force control apparatus and method control a braking force of a motor vehicle that has (a) regenerative braking devices for front wheels and rear wheels, respectively, and (b) a friction braking device for each of the front wheels and the rear w... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443541 | Braking control apparatus and method for vehicles A braking control apparatus for vehicles is provided with a braking control for performing such control that when deceleration d determined by a deceleration determining device is not less than a predetermined value f(v) according to vehicle speed v deter... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6428118 | Arrangement and methods for avoiding rollovers when braking or accelerating motor vehicles An arrangement for avoiding rollovers when accelerating motor vehicles, single-track or double-track vehicles such as motorcycles or passenger cars in particular, with an arrangement for comparing a difference in rotational speed between the speed of at l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422663 | Procedure for allocating of braking power A system for regulating braking power in a braking system with self-acting brake intervention wherein the wheels at the front and rear axles are stopped in the event that the vehicle is parked. The braking power (BVA) at the wheels of the front... | 07/23/2002 |
