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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1995
Blaise J Ganzel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald Sorensen, Erie, MI (US);
Kelsey Hayes, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
An anti-lock brake system having a switchable orifice control valve disposed between the master brake cylinder and the brake assembly. The switchable orifice control valve, having a valve body, a stationary member, a movable member and a solenoid coil actuated armature. The switchable orifice control valve has a normally open state, a closed state and a third state during an anti-lock mode of operation. In the third state the brake fluid from the master brake cylinder to the brake assembly flows through a calibrated re-apply orifice which controls the rate at which the pressure of the fluid being applied to the brake assembly is increased at a predetermined rate. The switchable orifice control valve is held in the third state by a pressure differential orifice between the input and output ports of the switchable orifice control valve.