B60T8/32

Method for managing braking in a degraded adhesion condition for a vehicle system

A system and method for managing braking in a degraded adhesion condition for a vehicle system including at least one vehicle comprising setting a target deceleration value, applying a non-degraded braking force via a braking system of the vehicle system, detecting a presence of a degraded adhesion condition between the vehicle system and a route along which the vehicle system moves. Responsive to the degraded adhesion condition not being detected, maintaining the application of the non-degraded braking force, or responsive to the degraded adhesion condition being detected, applying a degraded braking force, activating recovery means to control deceleration of the vehicle system, determining a compensation deceleration value, and applying at least one of the braking system or recovery means to control the deceleration of the vehicle system.

BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM

Brake system of a motor vehicle having front wheels and rear wheels having a hydraulic service brake device. The system further includes an electrically actuatable pressure-providing device, wherein the pressure-providing device is connected to the first and second wheel brakes, comprising a parking brake device having electric-motor-actuatable wheel brakes at the rear wheels, and an electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit, wherein in a hydraulic fallback operating mode of the brake system, in the case of a brake pedal actuation by a vehicle driver, only the first wheel brakes are connected to the master brake cylinder and supplied with pressure by the driver by the master brake cylinder, while the rear wheels are braked by the electric-motor-actuatable wheel brakes.

BRAKING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
20200079220 · 2020-03-12 · ·

A method for braking an electric vehicle in which a first axle of an electric vehicle is decelerated by an electric motor of the electric vehicle and/or by a friction brake system of the electric vehicle.

CONTROLLER, CONTROL METHOD, AND BRAKE SYSTEM
20200070789 · 2020-03-05 ·

The invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of improving safety by an automatic deceleration operation while preventing a motorcycle from falling over. The invention also obtains a brake system that includes such a controller.

In the controller, the control method, and the brake system according to the invention, a control mode is initiated in response to trigger information that is generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle, and the control mode makes the motorcycle, which includes a damping device damping kinetic energy, execute the automatic deceleration operation. In the control mode, the automatic deceleration operation is executed in a state where a damping rate of the damping device is increased to be higher than that immediately before initiation of the control mode.

HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR DECOUPLED BRAKE SYSTEM
20200070792 · 2020-03-05 ·

A vehicle braking system includes a brake pedal, a master cylinder, a braking circuit with a wheel cylinder, a brake pressure generator for brake-by-wire braking, and a pedal feel simulator. In response to detecting impending wheel lock-up, a controller conducts an anti-lock braking routine during which the controller is programmed to create an artificial haptic feedback pulse to the brake pedal by opening a normally-open isolation valve between the master cylinder and the brake circuit to move a master cylinder piston until a compensation port opens.

METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM
20200070793 · 2020-03-05 · ·

A method of controlling the fluid pressure at wheel brakes of a brake system, the method comprising: (a) providing a brake system capable of delivering fluid pressure to the wheel brakes during an autonomous braking event, and wherein the brake system includes a brake pedal and sensor for sensing a driver's braking intent when applying force to the brake pedal; (b) controlling the fluid pressure at the wheel brakes at a predetermined pressure during an autonomous braking event, wherein the sensor detects no depression of the brake pedal; (c) cancelling the autonomous braking event when the sensor detects depression of the brake pedal; and (d) subsequently to step (c), the brake system enters into a handoff procedure to maintain the predetermined pressure at the wheel brakes after the sensor senses the brake pedal being depressed when a requested pressure by the driver is less than the predetermined pressure.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING AND VALIDATING BRAKE DECELERATION RATES

In a method of train deceleration, a train computer: (a) causes brakes of the train to be set according to a target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model estimated to decelerate the train from a present speed at a present location to a target speed at a target location; (b) during deceleration of the train according to the target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model of step (a), determines an actual deceleration curve of the train; (c) in response to determining from the actual deceleration curve that the train will overshoot the target speed at the target location, determines another target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model estimated to decelerate the train to the target speed at the target location; and (d) causes the brakes of the train to be set according to the other target deceleration curve, profile or braking model of step (c).

Method and a system for controlling vehicle speed

A device and a method for controlling vehicle speed in a vehicle equipped with brake cruise control when the vehicle is travelling downhill are provided. The method involves driving a vehicle downhill with the brake set speed set to a first brake set speed; detecting a current vehicle speed; automatically applying a brake torque using at least an auxiliary brake to maintain the first brake set speed; and detecting a manual application of a vehicle service brake, in order to decrease vehicle speed. If a control unit detects that the driver is applying the service brake, then the control unit is automatically arranged to set the brake set speed to a second brake set speed that is lower than the first brake set speed; and to apply a brake torque using at least the auxiliary brake if a detected current vehicle speed exceeds the second brake set speed.

Brake fluid pressure control unit, brake system for motorcycle, and motorcycle
10576954 · 2020-03-03 · ·

A brake fluid pressure control unit that can improve cost performance of a brake system is obtained. A brake system that includes such a brake fluid pressure control unit and a motorcycle are also obtained. A brake fluid pressure control unit 50 includes: an inlet valve 21 provided in a primary channel 14; an outlet valve 22 provided in a secondary channel 15; a pressurizing/transferring mechanism 25 provided on a downstream side of the outlet valve 22 in the secondary channel 15 and pressurizing and transferring a brake fluid in the secondary channel 15; and a controller 51 for executing a fluid pressure control operation of the brake fluid in a wheel cylinder 13, and a power source of the pressurizing/transferring mechanism 25 is a drive mechanism 103 of the motorcycle 100, the drive mechanism 103 being driven in a state where the fluid pressure control operation by the controller 51 is not executed.

Electronic brake system
10576943 · 2020-03-03 · ·

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, it provides an electronic brake system including a pedal simulator configured to provide a reaction force according to a pedal force of a brake pedal, an actuator configured to generate a hydraulic pressure using an actuator piston that operates by an electrical signal output corresponding to a displacement of the brake pedal and including a first chamber provided at one side of the actuator piston movably accommodated in an actuator cylinder and connected to one or more wheel cylinders and a second chamber provided at the other side of the actuator piston and connected to one or more wheel cylinders, a first hydraulic circuit including first and second inlet flow channels branched from a first hydraulic flow channel configured to communicate with the first chamber to be connected to two wheel cylinders, respectively a second hydraulic circuit including third and fourth inlet flow channels branched from a second hydraulic flow channel configured to communicate with the second chamber to be connected to two wheel cylinders, respectively, and a reservoir connected to the actuator and the first and second hydraulic circuits and configured to store brake fluid, wherein a hydraulic pressure unit connected from the actuator to the one or more wheel cylinders are hydraulically separated from a pedal force unit connected from the brake pedal to the pedal simulator.