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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Trevor Hunt, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Daniel Maitlen, South Lyon, MI (US);

Assignee:

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/171 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01); B60T 8/176 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/323 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60T 8/176 (2013.01); B60T 8/1708 (2013.01); B60T 2230/06 (2013.01); B60T 2240/00 (2013.01); B60T 2250/00 (2013.01); B60T 2270/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques of braking a trailer with a trailer braking system. In one example, a controller receives a brake request from a vehicle to apply the trailer braking system, receives a plurality of wheel speed signals from a plurality of wheel speed sensors, and determines a velocity of the trailer based on the plurality of wheel speed signals. The controller determines a wheel speed of one of a plurality of wheels based on one of the plurality of wheel speed signals, compares the velocity of the trailer to the wheel speed to obtain a difference value, and determines that one of the plurality of wheels is unstable when the difference value exceeds a threshold. A braking signal to reduce a braking force on one of the plurality of wheels is generated when one of the plurality of wheels is unstable and when the brake request is received.


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