A vehicle combination comprising a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, each vehicle including wheels on different sides of the vehicle and wheel brakes associated with the wheels. A method for controlling the vehicle combination includes determining a yaw rate difference between a yaw rate of the tractor vehicle and a yaw rate of the trailer vehicle; determining, on the basis of the yaw rate difference, that an orientation of one of the vehicles deviates from an intended travel direction of the vehicle combination; and activating a wheel brake of the vehicle on only one side of the vehicle in order to counter the orientation deviation of the vehicle relative to the intended travel direction.

A method for electronically activating an electromechanical actuator with the aid of an electronic unit is provided. A reversible electromotive actuator is connected to the ECU. An electric wheel brake in a motor vehicle comprises a brake stator, having a gear adjustment device for actuating and holding at least one brake lining in the direction of a brake rotor comprises means for providing an unbraked state with a release clearance between the brake lining and brake rotor. The release clearance is as minimal as possible and at the same time can be set in a wear-compensated, electrically defined way by virtue of the automatically imparting a special release clearance setting process/braking-readiness position to the motor vehicle wheel brake by way of software support.

A method of controlling a hybrid Non-ABS and ABS braking system of a vehicle. The method includes steps of: engaging an initial braking system based on a default setting or input from an operator of the vehicle; acquiring data from at least one sensor associated with the vehicle during the step of engaging the initial braking system; sending the data provided by the at least one sensor to a control module of the vehicle; analyzing the data provided by the at least one sensor; and disengaging the initial braking system and engaging a subsequent braking system when a predetermined condition is detected.

Disclosed herein are a vehicle control apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle using the same. The vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit that receives handle operation information detected by a sensing device, receives avoidance steering information of a driver, and receives behavior information of a vehicle, a determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is in an emergency steering avoidance state based on the received handle operation information, the received avoidance steering information of the driver, and the received behavior information of the vehicle, and a control unit that controls an evasive handling control (EHC) system and an electronic stability control (ESC) system such that the EHC system presses wheels in advance ahead of the ESC system to perform a braking operation according to a target wheel pressure value, when the vehicle is in the emergency steering avoidance state.

A control device includes: a first braking unit, that applies a first braking force to a steering wheel of a vehicle; a second braking unit, that applies a second braking force to a non-steering wheel of the vehicle; and a control device that controls the first braking unit, and the second braking unit, according to a target braking force, where the control device includes a steering angle information acquiring unit that acquires a steering angle-related value related to a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a distribution changing unit that executes a distribution change control of changing a braking force distribution between the first braking force and the second braking force based on the steering angle-related value when the target braking force is applied.

A method for haptic feedback on a brake pedal of a motor vehicle. A current stability index describing the current driving situation is compared to a stored critical stability index. A haptic feedback is imprinted on the brake pedal of the motor vehicle when the ratio between the current stability index and the critical stability index exceeds a previously defined limit value.

Disclosed are a brake force distribution device for vehicle and method thereof. The brake force distribution device for vehicle includes: a turning state detection part detecting whether the vehicle is in a turning state based on the driving state of the vehicle; a vehicle speed detection part detecting whether the vehicle speed is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold; a first yaw moment calculation part calculating the first yaw moment based on the driving state of the vehicle, the vehicle speed and the first wheelbase; a second yaw moment calculation part calculating the second yaw moment based on the driving state and the vehicle speed as well as based on the second wheelbase which is the inherent value of the vehicle; and a target moment calculation part calculating a target moment based on the difference between the first yaw moment and the second yaw moment.

A method can be used to control a steer-by-wire steering system in an emergency steering mode. The method comprises checking a steering system for the presence of a fault state and upon detection of a fault implementing the emergency steering mode, which involves determining a setpoint position of a steering tie rod using a setpoint wheel steering angle, determining a front wheel to be braked and a brake pressure to attain the setpoint position with a control unit, transmitting the front wheel to be braked and the brake pressure to a brake system, braking the front wheel to be braked, and increasing a torque provided by a wheel drive to compensate for a loss of speed of the motor vehicle caused by the braking of the front wheel to be braked.

A brake system of a machine may receive stability data associated with multiple wheels of the machine. The brake system may initiate, based on the stability data, an automatic electrohydraulic braking operation associated with a brake that is operatively connected to a wheel, of the multiple wheels. The brake may be movable from a de-applied position to an applied position to apply a brake force to the wheel. The brake system may prevent, based on initiating the automatic electrohydraulic braking operation, an operator input from controlling a brake pressure that is supplied to the brake via a valve configuration of the brake system. The brake system may decrease, based on an electrohydraulic input, the brake pressure that is supplied to the brake, via the valve configuration, to move the brake from the de-applied position to the applied position to apply the brake force to the wheel.

According to one embodiment, there is provided a vehicle behavior control system. The vehicle behavior control system includes a steering angle obtaining module, a steering angular velocity obtaining module, a vehicle speed obtaining module, a standard yaw rate calculation module, a limit yaw rate setting module and a behavior stabilization control module. The behavior stabilization control module executes a behavior stabilization control so as to stabilize a behavior of the vehicle by giving a braking force to a turning outer wheel of the vehicle based on a target braking force. The behavior stabilization control module sets a control intervention threshold based on the limit yaw rate and the steering angular velocity, and determines that the behavior stabilization control is to be started in case the standard yaw rate exceeds the control intervention threshold.