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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.:

US 8977418 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2011

Operator interface for vehicles

Applicant:

Jay E. Bissontz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Inventor:

Jay E. Bissontz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Assignee:

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Jeffrey P. Calfa

Mark C. Bach

Primary Examiner:

Richard Camby

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/196 (2012.01); B60T 1/10 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); F02D 13/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/196 (2013.01); B60T 1/10 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); F02D 13/04 (2013.01); B60T 2270/604 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0066 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y10S 903/947 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control interface for drivetrain braking provided by a regenerative brake and a non-regenerative brake is implemented using a combination of switches and graphic interface elements. The control interface comprises a control system for allocating drivetrain braking effort between the regenerative brake and the non-regenerative brake, a first operator actuated control for enabling operation of the drivetrain braking, and a second operator actuated control for selecting a target braking effort for drivetrain braking. A graphic display displays to an operator the selected target braking effort and can be used to further display actual braking effort achieved by drivetrain braking.

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