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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Helge Westerfeld, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Ogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Markus Hamm, Ismaning, DE;
Bosch Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To further improve, in a brake control method and device for a two-wheeled motor vehicle that utilizes a wheel cylinder pressure as a parameter for predicting the potential for lifting of a rear wheel, the accuracy of predicting lifting of the rear wheel. A brake control method of the present invention comprises the steps of inputting a signal of an input sensor (step); detecting a front wheel cylinder pressure (step); detecting an amount of change in the front wheel cylinder pressure (step); determining whether or not the front wheel cylinder pressure and the amount of change in the front wheel cylinder pressure that have been detected correspond to a brake condition where lifting of a rear wheel can occur (step); and, when it is determined that the front wheel cylinder pressure and the amount of change in the front wheel cylinder pressure that have been detected correspond to the brake condition, reducing a pressure amplification gradient of the front wheel cylinder pressure.