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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1997
Aleksander Boguslaw Hac, Dayton, OH (US);
John Francis Hoying, Centerville, OH (US);
Rowland Curl Augustus, Dayton, OH (US);
Joachim Busshardt, Paris, FR;
Sean Padraig O'Connell, Paris, FR;
William Chin-Woei Lin, Troy, MI (US);
Youssef Ahmed Ghoneim, Macomb Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
Hsien Heng Chen, Troy, MI (US);
David Michael Sidlosky, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Yuen-Kwok Chin, Troy, MI (US);
David John Barta, Dayton, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A brake system control for use in a vehicle with wheels, wheel brakes and a body, comprising the steps of: measuring a plurality of vehicle parameters; responsive to the measured parameters, determining at least a vehicle yaw rate, a vehicle slip angle, a desired yaw rate and a desired slip angle; responsive to the measured parameters, estimating a coefficient of adhesion between the vehicle wheels and a road surface; implementing a control responsive to the vehicle yaw rate and the desired yaw rate with a first authority and responsive to the vehicle slip angle and the desired slip angle with a second authority, wherein the first authority increases as the estimated coefficient of adhesion increases and decreases as the estimated coefficient of adhesion decreases; and controlling the wheel brakes responsive to the control to reduce a first difference between the vehicle yaw rate and the desired yaw rate and to reduce a second difference between the vehicle slip angle and the desired slip angle.