The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shun Maruyama, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A braking control apparatus for a combination vehicle including a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle coupled to each other comprises a braking device that applies braking forces to wheels and a control unit that controls the braking device. The control unit performs behavior control to stabilize behavior of the tractor vehicle by applying a braking force or braking forces to a predetermined wheel or wheels of the tractor vehicle when turning behavior of the tractor vehicle is not stable, and, when the control unit applies a braking force or braking forces to a predetermined wheel or wheels, applies braking forces to the wheels of the trailer vehicle which are according to a force acting on the trailer vehicle by the tractor vehicle due to the application of the braking force or braking forces being applied to the predetermined wheel or wheels of the tractor vehicle.