The invention relates to a control system for controlling a torque generator of a vehicle. The control system is configured to receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand; select a surface type from a plurality of predetermined surface types based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; determine a target vehicle deceleration in dependence on the selected surface type; determine, based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand, a requirement to decelerate the vehicle; and in dependence on determining said requirement, output a control signal to the torque generator. The control signal is configured to cause the torque generator to provide the target vehicle deceleration.

The invention relates to a control system for controlling a torque generator of a vehicle. The control system is configured to receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; receive one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand; select a surface type from a plurality of predetermined surface types based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a surface indicator; determine a target vehicle deceleration in dependence on the selected surface type; determine, based on said one or more electrical signals indicative of a deceleration demand, a requirement to decelerate the vehicle; and in dependence on determining said requirement, output a control signal to the torque generator. The control signal is configured to cause the torque generator to provide the target vehicle deceleration.

A method for operating a brake system for a motor vehicle, wherein the brake system comprises an eddy current brake mechanically coupled to at least one wheel of the motor vehicle for providing a braking force acting on the wheel, wherein an electric machine is mechanically coupled or can be coupled to the wheel and is electrically connected to the eddy current brake. In this case, it is provided that, in an emergency braking mode for braking the wheel, the eddy current brake is supplied in parallel with energy provided by means of the electric machine operating as a generator and with electrical energy taken from an energy accumulator. The disclosure furthermore relates to a brake system for a motor vehicle.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a vehicular brake system that uses both friction braking force generated by an electrical braking unit and regenerative braking force generated by a regenerative braking unit, and can reduce a shortage in braking force when a slip has occurred on a wheel and antilock control is activated. The vehicular brake system includes: an electrical braking unit that supplies operational pressure generated in operational fluid by an electrical brake actuator to wheel cylinders and thereby applies friction braking force to wheels; a regenerative braking unit for applying regenerative braking force generated by an electrical motor to a driving wheel; and an antilock control unit for activating antilock control that increases and decreases the friction braking force to stop slip of a wheel.

The electric motorcycle (M) comprises a support frame, a rear wheel (RW), a front wheel (FW), an electric propulsion motor (E), an electronic control unit (2) for driving the electric motor (E) and a wheel anti-lock system (1) operatively connected to the control unit (2), the system (1) having detection means (18) of a slippage condition (SLP) of at least one of the wheels (RW, FW) and limiting means (19) operatively connected to the detecting means (18), able to receive at input at least a maximum regeneration torque value (RT.sub.MAX) of the electric motor (E) of the electric motorcycle (M) and able to limit the maximum regeneration torque (RT.sub.MAX) in case of detection of the slippage condition (SLP), wherein the system (1) comprises verification means (20) of the friction conditions of the wheels (RW, FW) on the road surface, in order to verify the presence or not of a high friction condition (HIGH_MU) or a low friction condition (LOW_MU), wherein the limiting means (19) are operatively connected to the verification means (20) and, in case of detection of the slippage condition (SLP), are able to limit the maximum regeneration torque (RT.sub.MAX) according to the high friction (HIGH_MU) or low friction (LOW_MU) condition, and wherein the verification means (20) of the friction conditions comprise: a first detection unit (35) able to detect the high friction condition (HIGH_MU) according to at least an acceleration value (AV_ACC), a pressure value (P1) of a front brake of the electric motorcycle (M) and an instantaneous torque value (T_IN) of the electric motor (E); a second detection unit (36) able to detect the low friction condition (LOW_MU) according to at least a pressure value (P1) of a front brake of the electric motorcycle (M) and an instantaneous torque value (T_IN) of the electric motor (E)-.

A method for braking a vehicle, which is moving along a carriageway, by a braking device which has at least one friction brake and at least one regenerative brake for braking at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein an anti-lock braking operation is carried out by the braking device, at least one braking torque which is to be applied to the wheel by the braking device being at least temporarily limited to a prespecifiable value by a regulating device of the vehicle during the anti-lock braking operation to at least temporarily prevent locking of the wheel relative to the carriageway, wherein the braking torque for braking the wheel is applied to the wheel at least partially by the regenerative brake at least during a portion of the anti-lock braking operation, and also to a vehicle which executes the disclosed method.

The vehicle control apparatus include: an inputter receive a regenerative braking signal and an anti-lock brake system operation signal output, and a driver's current necessary braking pressure value, in a regenerative braking state and in an ABS started state, a determiner determines whether the input driver's current necessary braking pressure value is in a first state in which the driver's current necessary braking pressure value is less than or equal to a set target pressure value, a calculator configured to calculate a current pressure value corresponding to a coast regeneration torque value when the input driver's current necessary braking pressure value is in the first state and a controller to convert the calculated current pressure value into a ratio of the current pressure value to the driver's current necessary braking pressure value to compensate for the target pressure value, and transmit a compensated target pressure value to the braking apparatus.

A system and method of applying a coast regeneration torque of a vehicle are provided. The method corrects a magnitude of slip (or a slip ratio) which is considered when a coast regeneration torque is to be variably controlled while the vehicle is coasting.

An energy storage system comprising at least one energy storage module adapted to supply electrical energy to a hybrid vehicle. The energy storage module comprises an enclosure, at least one battery array located within the enclosure, and an energy storage controller module located within the enclosure and electrically connected to the battery array. The energy storage module further comprises a compliant tipped thermistor which may be installed within a flexible clip. The thermistor is positioned to monitor the temperature of one or more of the batteries within the energy storage system.

The invention relates to a control device for a voltage transformer of an electrically operated vehicle, which voltage transformer feeds an n-phase electric machine, n>1. The control device comprises an observer unit, which is designed to determine a present rotational speed of the electric machine and a present output current of the voltage transformer, a computing unit, which is coupled to the observer unit and which is designed to compute an instantaneous wheel speed of the wheels of the vehicle in dependence on the determined present rotational speed, and a slip control unit, which is coupled to the computing unit and which is designed to at least temporarily apply a current correction amount to the output current of the voltage transformer if the present change of the wheel speed of the wheels exceeds a first predetermined threshold value.