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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Russell T. Capito, Shelby Township, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for applying a counter torque to at least one axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has an electronic parking brake (EPB) subsystem, to thus enhance a braking action of the vehicle while the EPB subsystem is engaged. In one embodiment the system may have an all wheel drive (AWD) system configured to process electronic information received by the AWD system that informs the AWD system that the EPB subsystem has been engaged, and to then apply a counter torque to the at least one axle of the vehicle. The system may also at least one of release the counter torque after receiving electronic information informing the AWD system that the EPB subsystem has been disengaged, or return to a torque value required for AWD system operation.