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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
May. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jae-Woong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188163 ; 188164 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a magnetic brake system for a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of brake disk solenoids for generating the magnetic force; a plurality of brake pad solenoids for generating the magnetic force; a braking sensor for detecting whether a brake pedal is applied; a wheel speed sensor for detecting wheel speed; a magnetic polarity sensor for detecting magnetic polarity of the brake disk solenoids; and a control unit for controlling the brake pad solenoids using signals from the braking sensor, the wheel speed sensor and the magnetic polarity sensor.