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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc, Elyria, OH (US);
Phillip J. Kasper, Elyria, OH (US);
Andrew J. Pilkington, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Subashish Sasmal, Elyria, OH (US);
Jeffrey M. Carbaugh, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Timothy Carritte, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Nicholas A. Broyles, Elyria, OH (US);
Michael D. Tober, Avon, OH (US);
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
A braking controller and method in a towing vehicle towing one or more towed vehicles as a combination vehicle provides brake control of the one or more towed vehicles based on a level of braking force applied to the towing vehicle. A non-enhanced braking mode applies a first level of braking force to the towed vehicles in a predetermined reduced proportion relative to the level of braking force applied to the towing vehicle, and an enhanced braking mode applies a second level of braking force to the towed vehicles greater than the first level of braking force. A controller deceleration command input receives a deceleration command signal which is compared against predetermined threshold deceleration rate value or against a current deceleration value being executed by the combination vehicle and, based on a result of the comparisons, either the enhanced or the non-enhanced braking modes are implemented by the controller.