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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Moses Alexander Fridman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/42 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60T 8/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); B60T 8/442 (2013.01); B60T 8/441 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided to reduce a hard brake pedal feel. A brake control variable is adjusted in anticipation of a hard pedal condition to increase hydraulic brake line pressure and maintain a normal pedal feel. A pedal force is inferred from brake line pressure relative to brake booster vacuum.
Pursifull, Ross. (2015). Method and system for brake control (U.S. Patent No. 8944528). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8944528
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