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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Toshihisa Nihei, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Susono, JP;
Koichi Kondoh, Kasugai, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagai, Nagoya, JP;
Yasunori Sakata, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Itabashi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aishin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An antilock brake system (ABS) control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle, having a slope identifier for determining the drive status of the vehicle along a slope before an ABS control is started, and a controller that changes the usual ABS control to a control in which the ABS control is restricted on condition that the state of the drive along the slope has been decided, whereby the braking distance of the vehicle during the drive along the slope can be shortened.