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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Patrick Joseph Curran, Northville, MI (US);
Dale Scott Crombez, Livonia, MI (US);
Asi Perach, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Patrick Joseph Curran, Northville, MI (US);
Dale Scott Crombez, Livonia, MI (US);
Asi Perach, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A braking systemfor use with an electric vehicleincluding an electric motor/generator assembly, and a conventional electrical energy storage device. Motor/generatorselectively drives wheelsof vehicle. The braking systemincludes a motor control modulewhich is communicatively coupled to motor/generatorand which selectively causes motor/generatorto provide a regenerative braking function at wheelsof vehicle. Braking systemfurther includes an antiskid braking system which selectively provides friction braking at wheelsandof vehicle. The braking systemis effective to detect antiskid braking events at each of the wheels, to selectively provide an antiskid braking function at each of wheelswhere the antiskid braking events are detected, and to selectively disable the regenerative braking function only when an antiskid braking event is detected at either of wheels