Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Todd Anthony Brittingham

Yuri Anatoly Karpenko

Moses Alexander Fridman

Zachary Konchan

Peter Kowalow

Jinkoo Lee

Ravi Lanka

J Christopher Oakwood

Methods and apparatus to control braking of a vehicle during low deceleration operations are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a deceleration of a vehicle, compare the deceleration to a threshold, and modulate, at a predetermined frequency, a brake pressure of the vehicle in response to the deceleration being below the threshold.

Methods and apparatus to control braking of a vehicle during low deceleration operations

A disc brake assembly comprising a brake rotor including a rotor flange having a circular countersink extending through a thickness of the rotor flange, with a smooth, beveled outer portion for receiving a rotor retention screw in a recessed position, and a threaded inner portion for receiving a prying screw; and a wheel hub including a hub flange having a circular bore for the rotor retention screw extending through a thickness of the hub flange, the circular bore having a threaded inner portion for receiving the rotor retention screw from the countersink for securing the brake rotor to the wheel hub. A diameter of the inner portion or the circular countersink is larger then a diameter of the circular bore to allow insertion of the prying screw into the circular countersink but not into the circular bore.

Device and method for securing and removing a disk brake rotor to a wheel hub

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Todd Anthony Brittingham