The present invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle in association with a descent, the vehicle having a powertrain comprising: a drive unit configured to provide propulsion power; an auxiliary brake device; and a first cooling circuit comprising a first coolant; wherein the drive unit and the auxiliary brake device are arranged to be selectively connected or disconnected with/from the first cooling circuit, wherein the drive unit has a first maximum temperature and the auxiliary brake device has a second maximum temperature higher than the first maximum temperature, the method comprising: controlling the drive unit to reduce the provided propulsion power when the vehicle is approaching an upcoming descent, which fulfils predetermined criteria; disconnecting the drive unit from the first cooling circuit; connecting the auxiliary brake device with the first cooling circuit; and controlling the auxiliary brake device to brake to vehicle down the descent.

A machine includes an engine, a brake system, a speed sensor, a grade sensor, a load sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a grade force based on the weight of the machine and the grade at which the machine is disposed; determine a deceleration force based on a target deceleration and the weight of the machine; monitor the speed at which the machine is traveling; determine an actual deceleration of the machine based on the monitored speed at which the machine is traveling; determine a deceleration error based on a difference between the actual deceleration and the target deceleration; determine a force correction based on the deceleration error; and control the brake system to apply a total brake force equal to the sum of the grade force, the deceleration force, and the force correction.

Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle may include receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors, the sensor data including vehicle parameter information for the vehicle; using the sensor data to determine a vehicle state for a vehicle negotiating a corner, wherein the vehicle state comprises information regarding a magnitude of an effective understeer gradient for the vehicle; computing a yaw moment required to correct the effective understeer gradient based on the magnitude of the effective understeer gradient; and applying a brake torque to a single wheel of the vehicle, wherein an amount of brake torque applied is sufficient to lock up the single wheel to create a yaw moment on the vehicle to achieve the computed yaw moment required to correct the effective understeer gradient.

A control device of a work vehicle includes a braking force function determination unit and a required braking force function determination unit. The braking force function determination unit determines at least one of an offset and an inclination for a required braking force in a braking force function which indicates a relationship between a rotational speed of an output shaft of a transmission and the required braking force and in which the required braking force monotonically increases with respect to the rotational speed such that the smaller a stage number of a selected speed stage which is input into a traction force instruction device, the larger an absolute value of at least one of the offset and the inclination. The required braking force function determination unit determines the required braking force based on the rotational speed of the output shaft of the transmission and the braking force function.

A device 10 for controlling a vehicle 1 includes: a sensor 20 configured to detect a rudder angle; a calculation part 40a configured to calculate a target braking force for making a pitch angle equal to a target pitch angle, the target braking force increasing as the rudder angle increases; a determination part 40b configured to determine whether a steering action is in a steady state; a correction part 40c configured to correct the target braking force to be reduced by an offset amount when it is determined that the steering action is in a steady state; and an actuator 30 configured to apply the corrected target braking force to the vehicle.

A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, includes determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle, determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend, and determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value. A roll stability control system outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions.

A dissymmetric braking system has at least one right wheel braking device, at least one left wheel braking device, at least one device to apply a braking action, at least one actuating device to transform the braking action into a first pressure, at least one right wheel connection, at least one left wheel connection, and at least one pressure reducing device having at least one transfer device receiving the first pressure. The transfer device transforms the first pressure into a reduced second pressure, whereby avoiding, during the braking action, a fluidic connection between a fluid having the first pressure and a fluid having the second pressure to determine, during the braking action, a relationship between the first pressure and the second pressure with linear trend without variation of linearity throughout the operating field of the pressure reducing device, so that the braking action of one of the right wheel braking device and left wheel braking device is lower than the other.

A dissymmetric braking system has at least one right wheel braking device, at least one left wheel braking device, at least one device to apply a braking action, at least one actuating device to transform the braking action into a first pressure, at least one right wheel connection, at least one left wheel connection, and at least one pressure reducing device having at least one transfer device receiving the first pressure. The transfer device transforms the first pressure into a reduced second pressure, whereby avoiding, during the braking action, a fluidic connection between a fluid having the first pressure and a fluid having the second pressure to determine, during the braking action, a relationship between the first pressure and the second pressure with linear trend without variation of linearity throughout the operating field of the pressure reducing device, so that the braking action of one of the right wheel braking device and left wheel braking device is lower than the other.

An electrohydraulic brake apparatus includes: a plurality of wheel brake assemblies; an electric booster including a motor for boosting a pedal force applied to a brake pedal; an electronic stability control system including a pressure sensor for measuring a hydraulic pressure and configured to open or close a plurality of valves disposed therein to distribute the hydraulic pressure to the plurality of wheel brake assemblies; and an electronic control unit configured to control a driving current of the motor within a range of a current value of smaller than or equal to a first limit current when the hydraulic pressure measured by the pressure sensor is smaller than or equal to a first reference, and control the driving current of the motor within a range of the current value of larger than the first limit current and smaller than or equal to a second limit current when the hydraulic pressure is larger than the first reference.

A wireless vehicle trailer monitoring system comprising: a monitoring circuit operatively coupled to a trailer controller, the monitoring circuit configured to detect a fault condition with an associated trailer; a trailer wireless transceiver operatively coupled to the monitoring circuit; and a towing vehicle wireless transceiver operatively coupled to an associated towing vehicle, wherein the trailer wireless transceiver is configured to communication wirelessly with the towing vehicle wireless transceiver