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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

William Plow, Avon, OH (US);

Randy J. Salvatora, Columbia Station, OH (US);

Jeremy Beaulieu, High Point, NC (US);

John V. Ripley, Elyria, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/34 (2006.01); B60T 8/1761 (2006.01); B60T 8/40 (2006.01); B60T 13/68 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/342 (2013.01); B60T 8/1761 (2013.01); B60T 8/349 (2013.01); B60T 8/4072 (2013.01); B60T 13/683 (2013.01); B60T 13/746 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01); B60T 2270/602 (2013.01);
Abstract

A brake controller determines if an amount of regenerative braking needed to achieve a requested deceleration will exceed a driveline capability of a tractor. If it will, the brake controller redistributes some of the requested deceleration to a braking system of a trailer. That way, the requested deceleration can be achieved by the combination of regenerative braking of the tractor and the braking system of the trailer. Other braking mechanism(s) of the tractor can also be used, if needed.


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