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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Shane Groner, Plainwell, MI (US);
James M. Walker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Leon Duo, Portage, MI (US);
Marcell Amsallen, Angola, IN (US);
Ben Karrer, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Gerard Devito, Plainwell, MI (US);
Shane Groner, Plainwell, MI (US);
James M. Walker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Leon Duo, Portage, MI (US);
Marcell Amsallen, Angola, IN (US);
Ben Karrer, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Gerard Devito, Plainwell, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of a Hill Start Aide system for a vehicle includes a brake system. The brake system including a brake actuator for manually actuating the brake system. The brake system is selectively configurable in a stopped configuration, where the brake system is manually maintained via the brake actuator such that a vehicle road wheel speed is about zero rpm, a released configuration, where the brake system will not generally inhibit rotation of at least one vehicle road wheel, and a control stop configuration, where the vehicle road wheel speed is about zero rpm. The Hill Start Aide system also includes a controller for at least partially controlling the brake system. The controller will selectively send a signal to maintain the brake system in the control stopped configuration when the brake actuator is manually released. The controller will send a signal to the brake system to release the brakes when a predetermined amount of time has elapsed after a transmission is manually shifted to a neutral configuration while the brake system is in the control stopped configuration.
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