A system for a vehicle for controlling/adjusting the wheel behaviour of at least one vehicle wheel comprises at least one unit for determining the wheel vertical force of at least two vehicle wheels which are mounted on the same axle of the vehicle. The system is adapted to determine for each of the at least two vehicle wheels at least one parameter indicative of the wheel behaviour. The system is further adapted to determine, on the basis of the wheel vertical forces determined by the unit for determining the wheel vertical force for the at least two vehicle wheels, at least the vehicle wheel with the higher wheel vertical force. The system is further adapted to set the at least one parameter indicative of the wheel behaviour determined for the at least one vehicle wheel with the higher wheel vertical force as the target value for the vehicle wheel with a lower wheel vertical force.

The method includes: when the vehicle satisfies a one-pedal activating condition, controlling the vehicle to enter a one-pedal-function activating mode; when the vehicle enters the one-pedal-function activating mode and satisfies a parking-controlling-function activating condition, acquiring current-vehicle-speed information, road-slope information and a first electric-motor recovering torque; based on the current-vehicle-speed information and the road-slope information, calculating to obtain a parking torque; acquiring a first torque difference between the parking torque and the first electric-motor recovering torque; and performing pressure buildup to the vehicle based on the first torque difference, to control the vehicle to complete a parking operation.

Disclosed herein is an electric brake system including: a hydraulic feeder configured to move a piston forward or backward according to a pedal effort from a brake pedal to discharge oil; a motor position sensor configured to measure a position of the piston; and a controller configured to control, when an Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) control starts, a change in direction of the piston based on predicted displacement information of the piston while the ABS control is performed such that the piston is at a target position at target vehicle speed.

A control device in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a vehicle information acquisition unit, an obstacle information acquisition unit, and a sudden braking detection unit, and controls a warning information transmission unit to transmit, to an other vehicle, warning information including obstacle information when a sudden braking is performed by a subject vehicle. When receiving the warning information from the other vehicle, a target vehicle determination unit confirms that the other vehicle is a warning target vehicle, and a risk calculation unit calculates a collision risk of the subject vehicle to collide with an obstacle, and a collision avoidance unit performs a collision avoidance control according to the calculated collision risk.

This disclosure relates to remote control of a brake controller for a towed vehicle. An example communication system includes a controller management application operating on a mobile device and a brake controller that includes a wireless network controller to communicatively couple to the mobile device. The controller management application manages a plurality of profiles. Each profile includes characteristics of a corresponding towed vehicle. The controller management application receives a selection of one of the plurality of profiles, and determines braking characteristics based on the selected one of the plurality of profiles. The brake controller controls a braking signal to brakes of the towed vehicle according to the braking characteristics.

The present disclosure relates to a method for cooling an endurance braking arrangement of an electric vehicle, the vehicle comprising an electrical power storage device and the endurance braking arrangement, the vehicle comprising a cabin and a fifth wheel for connection of a trailer to the vehicle, the cabin and the fifth wheel being located at an initial distance from each other; wherein the vehicle comprises a cooling system configured to receive cooling air from a position between the cabin and the fifth wheel for cooling the endurance braking arrangement of the vehicle wherein the method comprises arranging the cabin and the fifth wheel such that an increased distance between the cabin and the fifth wheel is obtained as compared to the initial distance for increasing air flow to the cooling system.

A road surface state estimation device includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device is disposed in a tire. The vehicle-body-side system is disposed in a vehicle body. The tire-side device outputs a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of vibration of the tire, generates road surface data based on the detection signal, and performs data communication with the vehicle-body-side system. The vehicle-body-side system acquires information related to the road surface state, performs the data communication with the tire-side device, transmits vehicle-body-side information indicating that the change in the road surface state occurs to the tire-side device when determining that a change in the road surface state occurs based on the information related to the road surface state, and estimates the road surface state based on the road surface data received by the second transceiver.

A bicycle braking system includes a server, a portable device such as a smartphone, a display unit, a control unit, a power supply unit, a rotating electrical machine, and a bicycle. The portable device includes an image display unit, a braking condition transmitting unit, and a braking condition setting unit. The control unit regeneratively brakes the bicycle using the rotating electrical machine in accordance with the braking condition set by the braking condition setting unit. The braking system enables a non-user to set braking conditions for the bicycle and to perform braking based on the conditions set by the non-user.

An arithmetic model generation system includes a sensor information acquisition unit, a tire force calculator, and an arithmetic model update unit. The sensor information acquisition unit acquires acceleration of a tire. The tire force calculator includes an arithmetic model for calculating tire force F based on the acceleration, and calculates the tire force F by inputting the acceleration acquired by the sensor information acquisition unit. The arithmetic model update unit compares tire axial force measured by the tire and the tire force F calculated by the tire force calculator, and updates the arithmetic model.

A method for braking a vehicle, including checking whether a trigger criterion for braking the vehicle is present, and if the trigger criterion is satisfied, causing a conditioning braking pulse through brief pulsed braking such that passengers experience brief braking of the vehicle, and immediately thereafter initiating a braking phase in which the vehicle is braked in at least two partial braking regions by an actual ego deceleration that varies with respect to time, wherein each partial braking region is extended over a partial braking interval and merge into one another without the actual ego deceleration changing abruptly, and the actual ego deceleration in at least one of the partial braking regions is changed continuously over the respective partial braking interval such that a different actual jerk is obtained in each partial braking region, and wherein the actual jerk behaves degressively over at least some partial braking regions.