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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Daniel Dunn, Canton, MI (US);
Charles Bannon, Northville, MI (US);
Douglas Marsden, El Paso, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Dunn, Canton, MI (US);
Charles Bannon, Northville, MI (US);
Douglas Marsden, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 31/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01); B60T 8/58 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An anti-lock braking system (ABS) calculates driven wheel speed without any sensors on the driven axle assembly. A powertrain control module (PCM) receives signals from an output shaft speed (OSS) sensor and adds the speed and axle ratio information to a control network bus. Access to the CAN bus is provided to enable calculation of the rear wheel speed based on such information so that ABS may implement anti-lock braking functionality by taking into account such information.