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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Gross Pointe, MI (US);
Matthew Johnson, Toledo, OH (US);
David Michael Russell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Victor Martinez, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle control system may include a first friction brake member that rotates with a wheel of the vehicle, a second friction brake member that is displaced from an initial position to initiate contact with the first friction brake member to apply braking torque to the wheel, a displacement assembly operably coupled to the second friction brake member to move the second friction brake member responsive to a brake torque request, a sensor network to measure displacement information of the displacement assembly from the initial position to a point of contact between the first and second friction brake members, and a control module operably coupled to the sensor network to record the displacement information to define recorded displacement information, and to determine tapering of the second friction brake member based on the recorded displacement information.