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Patent No.:

US 12036972 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2022

Device and method for arbitrating brake demands from a plurality of foot brake modules and providing an output to a brake controller

Applicant:

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Llc, Avon, OH (US);

Inventors:

Ryan S. Hurley, Lakewood, OH (US);

Joshua L. Cochran, Rocky River, OH (US);

Assignee:

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Avon, OH (US);

Attorney:

Crowell & Moring LLP

Primary Examiner:

Long T Tran

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B60T 8/88 (2006.01); B60T 17/04 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B60T 8/885 (2013.01); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); G06F 13/382 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); B60T 2270/406 (2013.01); G06F 2213/38 (2013.01);

Abstract

A brake demand arbitrating device is provided comprising: a first transceiver configured to receive a first brake demand generated by a first brake pedal of a vehicle; a second transceiver configured to receive a second brake demand generated by a second brake pedal of the vehicle; a processor configured to determine which of the first brake demand and the second brake demand is greater; and a third transceiver configured to send the greater brake demand to a brake controller of the vehicle. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

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