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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Luckevich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Kelsey-Hayes Company, Livonia, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364424051 ; 36442606 ;
Abstract
A method and system, for use with a vehicle including a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, and an anti-lock brake system (ABS), for detecting when the vehicle is executing a turning maneuver. The system includes means for performing the method steps of determining a speed difference between one pair of the vehicle wheels, determining the deceleration of each of the one pair of vehicle wheels, comparing the speed difference to a turning detection threshold, comparing the decelerations to a deceleration threshold, and detecting a turning maneuver based on those comparisons.