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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2009
Richard Pothin, Jouars-Ponchartrain, FR;
Alessandro De-rinaldis, Paris, FR;
Olivier Cayol, Versailles, FR;
Richard Pothin, Jouars-Ponchartrain, FR;
Alessandro De-Rinaldis, Paris, FR;
Olivier Cayol, Versailles, FR;
RENAULT s.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method of releasing brakes of a motor vehicle including: if no vehicle start command takes place, after manual application of the vehicle brakes in a position to immobilize the vehicle when at rest is over, an assistance device progressively releases the brakes according to a suitable control scheme configured to make the vehicle move under its own weight, generally tending towards predetermined non-zero speed and acceleration conditions, and then, when the predetermined conditions are considered to have been reached, the assistance device stops releasing the brakes.