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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hassen Hammoud, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Gilberto Burgio, Trento, IT;
Todd N. Clark, Dearborn, MI (US);
Otto Hofmann, Erfstadt, DE;
Mohsen Lakehal-Ayat, Aachen, DE;
Shweta M. Farmer, Keego Harbor, MI (US);
Jason Shomsky, Taylor, MI (US);
Roland Schaefer, Haan, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle braking system includes commanding vehicle brakes to provide braking torque based on a driver braking request in response to a detected collision and an anticipated application of a driver-actuated brake pedal after the collision. The method additionally includes activating the vehicle brakes in the absence of application of the brake pedal in response to a subsequent application and release of the brake pedal while a motion sensor reading exceeds a predefined threshold.