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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Arvinmeritor Technology, Llc, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Philpott, Oxford, MI (US);
Joseph Kay, Highland, MI (US);
Assignee:
ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/00 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); F16D 65/38 (2006.01); B60T 7/16 (2006.01); B60T 7/18 (2006.01); F16D 66/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B60T 7/00 (2013.01); B60T 7/16 (2013.01); B60T 7/18 (2013.01); F16D 65/38 (2013.01); F16D 66/026 (2013.01); B60T 2210/16 (2013.01); B60T 2270/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle. The method may include determining whether an environmental brake pad wear condition is detected that may be indicative of wear of a friction material of a brake pad assembly due to an environmental contaminant.