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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7203579 | Method and apparatus for estimating road surface state and tire running state, ABS and vehicle control using the same The frequency of an information signal indicative of a-vibration of a wheel detected by an acceleration sensor mounted to a wheel; or a change in the pressure of a gas in a tire detected by a pressure sensor installed in the tire, is analyzed. The band value of the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7167784 | Method and system for controlling and/or regulating operating sequences in a motor vehicle in a brake system Methods and a system of controlling and/or regulating operating sequences in a brake system of a vehicle having an electronic circuit and/or control which controls and/or regulates the operating sequences and having consumers in the control and the brake system and ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6926373 | Method for improving the controlling action of an ABS To improve the control behavior of a brake system with anti-lock control (ABS) on the occurrence of road irregularities, a brief braking pressure reduction phase with a major braking pressure reduction on a wheel, followed by a high re-acceleration of the wheel, is ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923513 | Vehicle brake squeal control device A brake squeal control device is proposed in which specific control for reducing brake squeals can be carried out to meet the will of a driver, and squeal control conditions for starting squeal reduction can be set individually to meet the requirements of drivers. S... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6895322 | Anti-lock brake control method having adaptive entry criteria An improved ABS control method incorporates entry criteria for initiating ABS control based on brake pedal position and rate of depression, adaptively adjusted by a reference pedal position corresponding to a predefined vehicle deceleration. A periodically-updated c... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6644759 | Method and device for controlling the slippage at at least one vehicle wheel in closed loop A method and a device for controlling the slippage at at least one vehicle wheel in a closed loop. In order to reduce an unacceptable slippage at at least one wheel, the braking force at this wheel is influenced and wheel vibrations are determined. Furthe... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6601927 | Method for detecting lifting of rear wheel and method for controlling braking, of two wheeled vehicle To provide a technique capable of detecting lifting of a rear wheel of a two-wheeled vehicle correctly and rapidly. An estimated vehicle speed is generated by selecting the larger one of wheel speed Vf, Vr of a rear wheel and a front wheel, and attention ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6517171 | Braking force distribution control for a four wheel drive vehicle A method for braking force distribution control for a vehicle with a direct four wheel drive mode, which does not become an obstacle to an effective braking force and disconcert the driver's feeling. This method relates to a braking force distribution con... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6447076 | Device and method for estimating physical quantity and device and method for ABS control A wheel velocity signal for each wheel detected by a wheel velocity sensor is input to a bandpass filter. Signals from frequency bands unrelated to the unsprung resonance are then removed from the wheel velocity signal and only signals from frequency band... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6341826 | Antiskid brake control system for automotive vehicles An antiskid brake system for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes a parameter determining circuit and a braking condition determining circuit. The parameter determining circuit determines a parameter reflecting on brake torque applied to a whe... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6301539 | Method for recognizing and damping wheel and drive train oscillations The speed variation of the driven wheels is analyzed in a method of recognizing critical drive train oscillations which require countermeasures during an (ABS) controlled brake maneuver. The occurrence of oscillations having a frequency typical of drive t... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6264292 | Wheel condition estimating apparatus In a wheel condition estimating apparatus for estimating a wheel condition in a wheel resonance system including a frictional characteristic between a tire and a road surface, a transfer characteristic of the wheel resonance system from the vibration inpu... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6189987 | Brake force control apparatus This relates to a brake force control apparatus that executes a brake assist control, which generates, when a driver performs an emergency braking, a brake force greater than that generated at a normal time. The brake force control apparatus is inhibited ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6109704 | Method of improving the control behavior of a braking system A method of improving the control behavior of a controlled brake system, wherein the rotational behavior of the individual vehicle wheels is measured and evaluated for determining control quantities, and wherein slip threshold values for the commencement ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5873639 | Anti-lock brake control system for vehicle In an anti-lock brake control system, an actuator is controlled based on at least a slip rate determined in a slip rate calculating device and an output from a low-pass filter for filtering a wheel acceleration determined in a wheel acceleration calculati... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5865515 | Vibration damping device A vibration damper can suppress squeals of a brake in a positive and reliable manner while consuming less electric power. The damper has a vibration detector for detecting vibrations of the brake, and a vibrator for applying vibrations to the brake pad ba... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5816670 | Vehicle brake control device A brake control device for detecting a rear lift-up state of a vehicle, during braking, after a determination that: the driving surface has a high μ value; a rear wheel velocity is greater than a maximum front wheel velocity; and the same rear wheel has ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5707121 | Anti-lock braking systems (ABS) for road vehicles to avoid premature engagement of the anti-lock braking system An anti-skid braking system for wheeled vehicles having fluid actuated brakes associated with the vehicle wheels. The anti-skid braking system includes speed sensors associated with the vehicle wheels, a scanning control device response to speed signals f... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5662393 | Braking force control device and method thereof To provide optimal braking force control using braking operation data, an ECU in a brake force control system detects a braking operation according to fluctuation components of wheel rotation. That is, the ECU calculates the wheel acceleration and sets a ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5615935 | ABS control for a four wheel drive vehicle experiencing axle oscillations Under conditions which indicate all wheels are unstable, all have been in pressure decrease for a long time, and the vehicle reference velocity has been continuously negatively corrected for a long time, recovery are flags set on all wheels. If all recove... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5588721 | Vibration analysis of the rotating wheel for controlling anti-lock braking operation A braking force acting on the wheel is actuated by a very small amount at a resonant frequency of a vibrating system comprised of a vehicle body, a wheel, and road surface, and the amplitude of the resonant-frequency component of the wheel speed is detect... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5544956 | Anti-lock brake system and/or traction control system First and second signals representing unevenness of the roadway are generated for at least one wheel, and brake pressure is controlled using control parameters based on the second signal. The first signal is compared to a first threshold which is dependen... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5505532 | Skid control system An anti-skid control for use in an automotive vehicle is comprised of a brake control device for adjusting braking force of each road-wheel of a vehicle, the brake control device being set to be initiated upon receipt of a condition, a detecting device be... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5342118 | Anti-lock braking method to retard the wheels of a vehicle An anti-lock braking method to retard the wheels of a vehicle provides that brake pressure be augmented or reduced or maintained constant in response to slip and/or the change in the rotational speed (positive or negative deceleration) of a retarded wheel as r... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5324102 | Method and apparatus for regulating the braking force of motorcycles In a method for regulating the braking force of motorcycles, the wheel circumferential speed is detected by sensors and evaluated by a microprocessor which gives a signal off to a pressure modulator if given limit values of deceleration are exceeded in po... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5244258 | Anti-skid brake control system which optimizes frequency of pressure build-up pulses A brake pressure controller increases the brake pressure in pulsed increments separated by pressure maintenance phases. During each maintenance phase, an evaluation circuit generates a stability criterion for each wheel which depends on the wheel accelera... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5193889 | Antilocking controller or drive slip controller An ABS or ARS is described in which additional facilities are provided for the detection of wheel vibrations. When a vibration is detected, actions for their suppression are initiated.... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5125723 | Antilock brake control apparatus In the present invention, the conditions necessary for the change from the reducing-pressure mode to the holding pressure mode are changed based on the length of the period of instability from the beginning of wheel slippage to the stopping of this slippa... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5040120 | Circuit configuration for a vehicle exhibiting traction slip control A circuit configuration for automotive vehicles with traction slip control, by which traction slip control signals are derived from sensor signals of the driven and the non-driven wheels. Circuits for detecting roadway obstructions and for suppressing con... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4976330 | Vehicle traction control system for preventing vehicle turnover on curves and turns A traction control system comprising a slip control circuit connected between a slip detector circuit and a hydraulic brake control mechanism. Normally, the slip control circuit acts to cause the brake control mechanism to controllably actuate brakes on v... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4924396 | Wheel behavior detecting system A traction control system, or an anti-lock brake system comprises a wheel behavior detecting system which comprises a coefficient calculating circuit for calculating, on the basis of output values from wheel speed detectors, a bad road coefficient A of re... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4921312 | Vehicle anti-lock braking system An anti-lock system for vehicle brakes of the type wherein a computer is used to process data received from wheel speed transducers and to control the release of the brake of a particular wheel when the deceleration and/or slip of that wheel exceeds prede... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4333146 | Device for eliminating the vehicle wheel locking risk at braking A device for eliminating the locking risk of vehicle wheels at the application of a braking force, comprises an accelerometer mounted on a non-rotary portion connected with the wheel axle for emitting continuously, in response to the motions of the mounti... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4327948 | Antiskid brake control for aircraft An antiskid brake control wherein sensitive deceleration detectors present output signals to a valve driver for releasing brake pressure. The deceleration detector output is also passed to a modulator which acts as a memory circuit to keep the average bra... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4110732 | Tire pressure monitor Low pressure in a vehicle tire is detected by an electronic system which compares the difference in phase between two cyclic signals and produces an output signal having a negative going pulse and a positive going pulse for each revolution of the tire. Ea... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4036536 | Wheel slip control system adapted to use on low coefficient surfaces A wheel slip control system generates one level of brake relief when a fixed threshold of wheel deceleration is exceeded. The system generates a second level of brake relief when a variable threshold, dependent upon both deceleration and velocity, is exce... | 07/19/1977 |
