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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2003
Applicants:

Hermann J. Goebels, Sheffield Village, OH (US);

Richard E. Beyer, Westlake, OH (US);

Christopher M. Knaack, Bay Village, OH (US);

William P. Amato, Avon, OH (US);

Inventors:

Hermann J. Goebels, Sheffield Village, OH (US);

Richard E. Beyer, Westlake, OH (US);

Christopher M. Knaack, Bay Village, OH (US);

William P. Amato, Avon, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A roll stability control system for a pneumatically operated vehicle brake system is implemented using simpler ABS hardware rather than more complex EBS hardware. For each brake chamber or channel, two 3/2 solenoid controlled valves are used. An ECU is operative to control the solenoids. The ECU is preferably operative to provide a selected delivery pressure to the brake chamber without measurement of delivery pressure to the brake chamber. Supply air is provided at a known pressure to a first solenoid controlled valve that is associated with the brake chamber; the amount of time of energization and de-energization of the first valve that is needed to provide an output therefrom of a given pressure, is calculated; and the first valve is energized and de-energized for the calculated times, thereby to cause a low-pressure test pulse to be provided to the brake chamber.


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