Kelsey-hayes Company

Brian C Tuck

Mark S Luckevich

Peter W Schnerer

Edward Nelson Fuller

Thomas M Atkins

Dan Negrin

Peter Every

Darryl C Weber

Bernard W Johnson

Jeffrey E Shaya

James H DeVore

Timothy J Schnobel

A method and system for controlling an anti-lock brake system cycle rate in a vehicle wherein the cycle includes a primary apply stage and a secondary apply stage in which increasing pressure is applied to the brake. The primary and secondary stages are separated by a hold stage in which a substantially constant pressure is applied to the brake for a time interval which varies as a function of the estimated average vehicle deceleration.

Anti-lock brake method and system including a variable primary to

A non-volatile RAM stores a selectable trim indicator which, in turn, is used to select one of a plurality tables of trim constant data from read-only memory. The selected table of trim constant data is loaded into working memory of a microprocessor-based control unit to thereby calibrate control logic of an automotive ABS for the vehicle in which the control unit is mounted.

Method and system for automatically calibrating control logic of a

A reduced brake switch dependence (RBSD) control method and system for a vehicle anti-lock brake system (ABS) having a brake switch. The control method includes generating a RBSD control signal when the brake switch is inoperative, and performing RBSD control of the ABS in response to the RBSD control signal. The control system includes wheel speed sensors, ABS control valves, and a programmable microprocessor ABS control unit for performing the control method.

Reduced brake switch dependence control method and system for vehicle

The method and system for controllably restricting the on time of a pump of an electro-hydraulic control system for a hydraulic brake system by modeling the amount of hydraulic brake fluid in a low pressure accumulator (LPA) of the hydraulic brake system. Sensors sense wheel speed of their respective wheels of a vehicle. Control valves, including isolation and dump valves, together with the pump, vary the amount of brake fluid in the LPA. A control unit electrically coupled to the pump, the control valves and the wheel speed sensors, initially detects an electro-hydraulic control event based on the sensed wheel speeds and then activates the control valves and pump which vary the amount of brake fluid in the LPA. The control unit models the amount of brake fluid in the LPA during the activation and controls the state of the pump based on the modeled amount of brake fluid in the LPA. The modeled amount of brake fluid in the LPA consequently is based on the on time of the pump and the total on time of all of the dump valves in the electro-hydraulic control system.

Method and system for controllably restricting the on time of a

Method and system for testing components, such as a motor, of a vehicular system capable of controlling the relative slip between a vehicle wheel and a road surface, for functionality prior to performing antilock functions utilizing a progressively increasing energization duty cycle, so as to minimize perception of noise by the vehicle operator by minimizing motor energization duration and minimizing peak motor rotational speed. The method includes energizing the motor successively with a plurality of electrical signals, each electrical signal being applied to the motor for a predetermined period of time and having at least one pulse having a width which is progressively increased with respect to the width of the at least one pulse of the previous electrical signal. Each pulse has a width sufficiently long to permit motor operation to test functionality and yet sufficiently short so that the noise associated with the operating motor during this test is minimized.

Method and system for testing vehicular antilock brake system components

An antilock brake system selectively, controllably applies and relieves braking force to and from a vehicle wheel. The system determines when the wheel exhibits a tendency to lock during the application of braking force, and when the wheel recovers from its tendency to lock after relief of braking force, and calculates a tuner time which represents the time elapsed between when the wheel recovers from one tendency to lock and when the wheel exhibits its next tendency to lock. When the wheel exhibits a tendency to lock, the braking force is initially relieved, and is thereafter increased as a function of the tuner time from a previous cycle.

Vehicular antilock brake system incorporating improved adaptive control

A vehicle braking system such as an anti-lock brake system and/or a traction control utilizes a separate solenoid-actuated, two position, three-way valve in each controlled channel of the brake system for controlling the application of pressure to the respective wheel brake circuit. The valve includes a first port connected to the controlled wheel brake(s), a second port connected to an outlet of a hydraulic pump, and a third port connected to the inlet of the hydraulic pump. The valve is only moveable between a first position wherein the outlet of the pump is connected to the wheel brake to increase pressure to the wheel brake, and a second position wherein the wheel brake is connected to the inlet of the pump to decrease pressure to the wheel brake. An electronic control is provided for operating the valve to control the application of pressure to the selected wheel brakes. The control cyclically moves the valve between the first and second positions during a predetermined time period to alternately increase and decrease pressure to the wheel brake. More specifically, the control generates a pulse-width-modulated signal to modulate the time periods during which the valve is maintained in either the first or second positions to control the effective pressure to the wheel brake to obtain a net increase, decrease, or constant pressure to the wheel brake during the predetermined time period.

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Brian C Tuck