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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John G. Fraser, Joachim, CA;
Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jason Christopher Matthews, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Lawrence Robert Rhein, China, MI (US);
Jeremy Mateyk, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/20 (2006.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60T 7/20 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); F16D 66/00 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1064 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1072 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1076 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); B60T 2210/00 (2013.01); B60T 2210/20 (2013.01); B60T 2250/00 (2013.01); B60T 2250/02 (2013.01); B60T 2250/04 (2013.01); F16D 2066/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller can display via an instrument cluster a brake capacity based on a temperature of friction material of at least one brake of a vehicle and a predicted brake fade threshold that is derived from a speed, mass, and current angle of inclination of the vehicle.