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:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1990
William C Eddy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kenneth S Towers, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A braking system (8) comprising: a master cylinder (10); rear brakes (12a,b) communicated to the master cylinder (10); front brakes (14a,b) hydraulically isolated from the rear brakes; an isolation valve (16; 16') interposing the master cylinder (10) and the front brakes (14a,b) having a first state communicating the master cylinder to the front brakes and a second state isolating the master from the front brakes and connecting a pump (42) to the front brakes; a motor (44) for powering the pump (42); a reservoir (54) communicated to an inlet of the pump (42); a control unit (40) for causing front brake pressure to follow rear brake pressure comprising: a first pressure sensor (30) for generating a signal indicative of rear brake pressure; electric proportioning device (94) for generating a commanded front brake pressure signal (P.sub.C); a second pressure sensor (32) for generating a signal of actual front brake pressure (P.sub.A); a comparator (96) for comparing the command brake pressure signal to the actual brake pressure signal and for generating an error signal (P.sub.E); a motor control circuit responsive to an error signal for activating the motor and for powering the pump (42).