A vehicle includes a powerplant, such as an engine, configured to power front and rear wheels, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, brake a first of the front wheels and a first of the rear wheels while powering a second of the front wheels and a second of the rear wheels to warm those tires, and subsequently brake the second front wheel and the second rear wheel while powering the first front wheel and the first rear wheel to warm those tires.

A cooperative brake apparatus comprises: a regenerative brake device configured to apply a regenerative braking force to a vehicle a hydraulic brake device configured to apply a hydraulic braking force to at least one wheels using a hydraulic pressure formed by a motor including a first coil and a second coil and a control unit including a power supply device, a first driving circuit configured to transmit electrical energy of the power supply device to the first coil, a second driving circuit configured to transmit the electrical energy of the power supply device to the second coil, a first motor controller configured to control a current applied to the first driving circuit, and a second motor controller configured to adjust a current applied to the second driving circuit, wherein each of the first motor controller and the second motor controller controls the current applied to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, respectively, based on the regenerative braking force.

A brake system for motor vehicles may include an actuation device (e.g., brake pedal), a travel simulator to generate a feedback force on the actuation device, a first piston-cylinder unit having at least one piston that separates two working chambers that are connected via at least one hydraulic line to at least one wheel brake of a brake circuit, a control device and a pressure supply unit driven by an electric motor. At least one wheel brake may be assigned to each brake circuit, and each wheel brake may be connected to its associated hydraulic connecting line via a controllable switching valve. An outlet valve may be assigned to a single wheel brake or to a single wheel brake of each brake circuit in a hydraulic connection between the wheel brake and a pressure medium storage container, without any further valve disposed as such.

A braking force control device includes a target acceleration calculation unit that calculates a first target acceleration based on an acquired operation amount of an accelerator pedal, a powertrain capability acquisition unit that acquires a braking force that is generable by a powertrain, and an instruction unit that instructs generation of braking forces in the powertrain and a brake. The instruction unit is configured to, when a first braking force for achieving the first target acceleration is equal to or less than the braking force that is generable by the powertrain, instruct a controller of the powertrain to generate the first braking force, and when the first braking force is larger than the braking force that is generable by the powertrain, instruct the controller of the powertrain to generate the braking force that is generable by the powertrain.

The present disclosure relates to a wheel speed sensor system (1), comprising: one or more first wheel speed sensors (2a, 2b), a first application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (4) configured to receive one or more first wheel speed signals from the one or more first wheel speed sensors (2a, 2b) and to convert the one or more first wheel speed signals to first wheel speed data, and a first electronic control unit (ECU) (6) configured to receive the first wheel speed data from the first ASIC (4) via a data link (8) between the first ECU (6) and the first ASIC (4); and one or more second wheel speed sensors (3a, 3b), a second ASIC (5) configured to receive one or more second wheel speed signals from the one or more second wheel speed sensors (3a, 3b) and to convert the one or more second wheel speed signals to second wheel speed data, and a second ECU (7) configured to receive the second wheel speed data from the second ASIC (5) via a data link (9) between the second ECU (7) and the second ASIC (5). The first ECU (6) is further configured to receive the second wheel speed data from the second ASIC (5) via a data link (13) between the first ECU (6) and the second ASIC (5), and the second ECU (7) is further configured to receive the first wheel speed data from the first ASIC (4) via a data link (14) between the second ECU (7) and the first ASIC (4). The present disclosure further relates to a vehicle including said wheel speed sensor system and to a method of processing wheel speed signals.

The disclosed vehicle braking device controls a hydraulic brake system (2) and a regeneration brake system (3) mounted on a vehicle (1) in accordance with an acceleration value and a brake value, and includes a first divider (11), a second divider (12), and a controller (13). The first divider (11) divides a driver demand torque set according to the accelerator value into a target coast torque and a remaining torque. The second divider (12) divides a sum of a deceleration torque set according to the brake value and the target coast torque divided by the first divider (11) into a hydraulic-brake demand torque and a regeneration-brake demand torque. The controller (13) controls the hydraulic brake system (2), using the hydraulic-brake demand torque, and controls the regeneration brake system (3), using a total regeneration brake torque calculated from the remaining torque and the regeneration-brake demand torque. This configuration can improve the feeling of operating the brake, resolving the feeling of the shortage of deceleration.

An aircraft includes a brake lever for receiving a pilot braking input as a lever travel of the brake lever, a braking wheel operatively coupled with the brake lever to brake the aircraft based on the lever travel, a brake actuator operatively coupled with the braking wheel to apply a braking force in response to a braking pressure provided to the brake actuator, and a brake pressure circuit. The brake pressure circuit is configured for: estimating a maximum braking pressure above which the braking wheel will skid with respect to a ground surface; scaling a lever gain of the brake lever to command the maximum braking pressure at a full travel of the brake lever such that a remaining brake lever travel indicates the amount of braking capability remaining for the aircraft; and braking the braking wheel based on the lever gain and the lever travel.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic brake system and an operation method thereof. The electronic brake system includes a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored, an integrated master cylinder including a simulation piston, a master piston, and an elastic member provided between the simulation piston and the master piston, a reservoir flow path to connect the integrated master cylinder and the reservoir, a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of a brake pedal, a hydraulic control unit including a first hydraulic circuit having two wheel cylinders and a second hydraulic circuit having the other two wheel cylinders and configured to control the hydraulic pressure transferred to the first hydraulic circuit and the second hydraulic circuit, and an electronic control unit configured to control valves based on hydraulic pressure information and displacement information of the brake pedal.

Provided is an electronic brake system including, a master cylinder including a first piston connected to a pedal and a second piston configured to partition a first master chamber and a second master chamber provided in front of the first piston, a reservoir in which a braking fluid is stored, the reservoir connected to the first master chamber by a first reservoir passage, and connected the second master chamber by a second reservoir passage, a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the pedal, a first connection line configured to connect the first master chamber to a first hydraulic circuit, a second connection line configured to connect the second master chamber to a second hydraulic circuit, and a third connection line configured to connect the hydraulic pressure supply device to the reservoir, wherein a mechanical part including the reservoir and the master cylinder is installed in a first block, and an electronic part including the hydraulic pressure supply device and the first hydraulic circuit, the second hydraulic circuit is installed in a second block, and each of the first connection line, the second connection line, and the third connection line is provided to connect the first block to the second block.

A vehicle control system configured to control a braking operation of a hitch ball to a coupler on a trailer. The system may comprise a vehicle brake control system, a maneuvering system, an image sensor configured to capture an image data, and a velocity sensor. The system may also comprise a vehicle mass sensor configured to detect a vehicle mass and a controller. The controller may be configured to control the maneuvering system of the vehicle along a vehicle path. The controller may also identify a coupler distance based on the image data depicting a coupler of the trailer. The controller may also calculate a stopping distance for the braking operation based on a plurality of braking parameters, wherein the braking parameters comprise the velocity, the brake pressure, and the vehicle mass.