Patent classifications
B60T8/32
Hydraulic pressure control unit, braking system, and bicycle
A hydraulic pressure control unit disposed at a suitable place of a bicycle is provided. A braking system including such a hydraulic pressure control unit is also provided. A bicycle including such a braking system is also provided. A hydraulic pressure control unit (110) of a braking system (100) mounted on a bicycle (200) and capable of executing an antilock braking control includes: an inlet valve (131) and an outlet valve (132) which are opened and closed when the antilock braking control is executed; and a base body (120) to which the inlet valve (131) and the outlet valve (132) are attached, wherein a mount part of the hydraulic pressure control unit (110) for mounting the hydraulic pressure control unit (110) to the bicycle (200) is joined to a front fork (15) of the bicycle (200).
Electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle and method for manufacturing an electromechanical brake pressure generator
An electromechanical brake pressure generator including a threaded drive system. The system includes a rotatable spindle nut, a axially displaceable spindle cooperating with a thread of the spindle nut, and a hydraulic piston which at least partially radially surrounds the spindle and the spindle nut and is rotatably fixedly connected to the spindle and which carries out an axial piston stroke as a result of the rotation of the spindle nut. The system includes a housing which at least partially surrounds the hydraulic piston and forms a hydraulic cylinder, and an axial recess, in the hydraulic cylinder, which forms an anti-twist protection together with a torque support formed at the hydraulic piston and using which the hydraulic piston and the spindle are secured against twisting during a rotation of the spindle nut, the recess forming a sliding surface for the torque support of the hydraulic piston.
METHOD OF OPERATING A VEHICLE FEEDING MATERIAL TO A ROAD FINISHING MACHINE
A method of operating a vehicle feeding material to a road finishing machine. The vehicle includes a vehicle retarding system controllable to retard the vehicle, and processing circuitry coupled to the vehicle retarding system. The method includes determining, by the processing circuitry, a slope inclination of a downward sloping road surface to be paved by the road finishing machine; determining, by the processing circuitry, a deceleration level of the vehicle for operating the vehicle at the downward sloping road surface while obtaining a mechanical connection between the vehicle and the road finishing machine when the road finishing machine paves the downward sloping road surface; determining, by the processing circuitry, a retardation power level of the vehicle retarding system based on the slope inclination of the downward sloping road surface for obtaining the deceleration level; and controlling, by the processing circuitry, the vehicle retarding system to apply the retardation power level for obtaining the deceleration level.
ROAD SURFACE DETECTION USING ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM PRESSURE SENSOR
A road surface detection system, in one example the system includes a hydraulic unit of an anti-lock braking system, the hydraulic unit including a preload adjuster, and a plurality of pressure sensors configured to generate pressure sensor data. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the pressure sensor data from the plurality of pressure sensors, determine a target preload pressure level, compare the pressure sensor data with the target preload pressure level to calculate a pressure differential between the pressure sensor data and the target preload pressure level, determine a road surface based upon the calculated pressure differential, and regulate the preload adjuster to change the pressure within the hydraulic unit based upon the road surface.
METHOD OF OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING BRAKE SYSTEM
A method of operating a brake system for a motor vehicle, the brake system has a parking brake device and actuating the parking brake device for generating a parking braking force on a wheel of the motor vehicle is only permitted if a speed value falls below a speed threshold value. As such, the speed value is determined from a measured speed value corresponding at least temporarily to a speed of the motor vehicle. If the measured speed value falls below the speed value, the speed value is made to track the measured speed value with a speed gradient limited to a speed gradient limit value.
BRAKE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME
The present disclosure relates to a brake system and a vehicle having the same.
The brake system includes a pedal force detector configured to output a pedal force signal corresponding to pressing of a brake pedal of a vehicle, a pressure detector configured to output a pressure signal corresponding to a pressure of a flow path connected to a wheel cylinder of the vehicle, a motor configured to provide a pressure of a pressurizing medium to the wheel cylinder, and a processor configured to acquire pressure information of the flow path based on the pressure signal of the pressure detector when receiving the pedal force signal of the pedal force detector, acquire a difference value between the pressure of the flow path and a target pressure corresponding to the pedal force signal based on the pressure information of the flow path and pre-stored target pressure information, acquire compensation pressure information based on the pressure information of the flow path and the pre-stored target pressure information when the acquired difference value is greater than or equal to a reference value, and control the motor based on the acquired compensation pressure information.
TRAILER BRAKING ENHANCEMENT
In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling braking of a trailer that is coupled to a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes: one or more sensors configured to obtain sensor data for a vehicle coupled to a trailer, the sensor data including: a measure of engagement of a brake pedal of the vehicle; and a deceleration of the vehicle; and a processor that is coupled to the one or more sensors and that is configured to at least facilitate dynamically controlling braking of the trailer, via instructions provided by the processor to a braking system of the trailer, based on both the measure of engagement of the brake pedal and the deceleration of the vehicle.
Aircraft automatic braking system
An aircraft automatic braking system, comprising: a first functional module arranged in order to implement a state machine that includes a first branch comprising first states corresponding to a landing of the aircraft, a second branch comprising second states corresponding to a rejected take-off of the aircraft, and transitions, the first states, the second states and the transitions being defined independently of deceleration rates; a second functional module arranged in order to define a target deceleration of the aircraft at least on the basis of the deceleration rates and a current state of the state machine; and a third functional module arranged in order to define, at least on the basis of the current state and the target deceleration, an automatic braking command in order to control actuators of wheel brakes of the aircraft.
HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL UNIT
The present invention obtains a hydraulic pressure control unit capable of accurately estimating a stroke amount of an armature of an electromagnetic valve.
The hydraulic pressure control unit according to the present invention includes an estimation section that estimates a stroke amount (Δx) of an armature (312) of an electromagnetic valve (31). The estimation section estimates a stroke amount (Δx) on the basis of a reduced amount of a current value at a time when the current value is temporarily reduced in a process that the current value of a current flowing through a wire (314) is increased toward a target current value at beginning of application of the current to the wire (314) of the electromagnetic valve (31).
Dynamic resource allocation among different OFDM numerology schemes
The present disclosure relates to a resource allocation procedure for allocating time-frequency radio resources by a scheduler in a mobile communication system. A plurality of numerology schemes are defined, each partitioning a plurality of radio resources of the mobile communication system into resource scheduling units in a different manner. A reference resource set is defined per numerology scheme, each being associated to a set of radio resources usable for being allocated according to the respective numerology scheme. The reference resource set of at least one numerology scheme overlaps with the reference resource set of at least another numerology scheme in the frequency and/or time domain. The resource allocation procedure is performed for allocating radio resources to one or more user terminals according to the numerology schemes. The resource allocation procedure is performed for each numerology scheme based on a scheduling time interval defined for the respective numerology scheme.