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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brian Marvin Lemmer, Dearborn, MI (US);
Curtis Hargitt, Howell, MI (US);
Greg David Folta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chad Michael Korte, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Scott Mlynarczyk, South Lyon, MI (US);
Alexander Ferencz, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Sallee, Ferndale, MI (US);
Jason St. John, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Performance electric parking brake controllers determine braking control signals for a performance electric parking brake system based on a position of a parking brake lever. A parking brake lever has a first rate of resistance associated with movement in a first direction away from a neutral position and a second rate of resistance associated with movement in a second direction away from the neutral position opposite the first direction. The first and second rates of resistance are different. A controller is configured to electromechanically actuate rear brake calipers of the vehicle in response to a first set of operating conditions of the vehicle, to hydraulically actuate front brake calipers and the rear brake calipers of the vehicle in response to a second set of operating conditions of the vehicle, and to hydraulically actuate only the rear brake calipers in response to a third set of operating conditions of the vehicle.