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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
John Vincent Bond, III, Inkster, MI (US);
Gerald H Engelman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jonas Ekmark, Olofstorp, SE;
Jonas L. Z. Jansson, Gothenburg, SE;
M. Nabeel Tarabishy, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A brake control system ( ) for an automotive vehicle ( ) is provided. The system ( ) includes a vehicle sensor complex ( ) that generates a vehicle sensor complex signal and an object detection system ( ) that generates an object detection signal. A brake controller ( ) is electrically coupled to the vehicle sensor complex and the object detection system. The controller ( ) in response to the vehicle sensor complex signal and the object detection signal generates a brake ramping control signal. Controller ( ) adjusts brake pressure in response to the brake ramping control signal. A method for performing the same is also provided.