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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc, Elyria, OH (US);
Randy J Salvatora, Federal Way, WA (US);
Michael D Tober, Avon, OH (US);
Nicholas A Broyles, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Andrew J Pilkington, Avon Lake, OH (US);
David W Howell, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Thomas S Miller, Jr., Lagrange, OH (US);
Daniel T Boyce, Akron, OH (US);
Parth Kalra, Elyria, OH (US);
Subashish Sasmal, Elyria, OH (US);
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US);
Abstract
A controller comprises an electronic communication line configured to receive a system brake request control signal representing a requested system brake application and an identified urgency. A hardware processor, configured to perform a predefined set of basic operations in response to receiving the system brake request control signal, is capable of: determining a maximum braking pressure to be applied during the system braking application based on the identified urgency; generating a first system brake mode control signal, based on the determined maximum braking pressure, to set an associated first valve to a first valve state; generating a second system brake mode control signal, based on the determined maximum braking pressure, to set an associated second valve to a second valve state, the maximum braking pressure during the system braking application being set by the first valve state and the second valve state; determining an activation profile for an associated modulator based on the determined maximum braking pressure; the controller transmitting, via the electronic communication line, the first system brake mode control signal, the second system brake mode control signal and modulator control signals according to the activation profile.