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Brake system for a motor vehicle with yaw moment control
Assignee: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1998-03-24
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Expires: 2015-06-07
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a plurality of wheels, each wheel having an individually operable brake. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for determining the steering angle of the vehicle. A yawing moment controller receives the steering angle and determines a moment that is applied to the vehicle to prevent an undesirable yaw angle, yaw rate or yaw acceleration. Distribution logic receives the output of the yawing moment controller. The distribution logic determines a respectively different weighted coefficient for each individual brake, and an individual braking pressure to be applied to each respective one of the brakes based on the moment and the respective weighted coefficient of the one brake.
Inventors
- 👤 Alfred Eckert
- 👤 Stefan A. Drumm
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:25
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60W; B60W10/00; B60W10/18; B60W10/184; B60T; B60T8/00; B60T8/17; B60T8/1755; B60W30/00; B60W30/02; B60W40/00; B60W40/02; B60W40/06; B60W40/064; B60G; B60G2400/00; B60G2400/10; B60G2400/104; B60G2400/1042; B60T2210/00; B60T2210/10; B60T2210/12; B60T2230/00; B60T2230/02; B60T2270/00; B60T2270/30; B60T2270/313; B60W2422/00; B60W2422/95; B60W2520/00; B60W2520/12; B60W2520/125; B60W2520/14; B60W2520/20; B60W2720/00; B60W2720/14; B60W2720/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
Apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle, the vehicle having a plurality of wheels, each wheel having an individually operable brake, said apparatus comprising: means for determining a steering angle of the vehicle; yawing moment control means responsive to the steering angle for determining a yawing moment that is to be applied to the vehicle to prevent one of the group consisting of an undesirable yaw angle, yaw rate and yaw acceleration; and distribution logic means responsive to the yawing moment control means for determining: a respectively different weighted coefficient for each individual brake, and an individual braking adjustment to be applied to each respective one of the brakes based on said yawing moment and the respective weighted coefficient of said each respective one brake.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
Apparatus for controlling an automotive vehicle, the vehicle having a plurality of wheels, each wheel having an individually operable brake, said apparatus comprising: means for determining a steering angle of the vehicle; yawing moment control means responsive to the steering angle for determining a yawing moment that is to be applied to the vehicle to prevent one of the group consisting of an undesirable yaw angle, yaw rate and yaw acceleration; and distribution logic means responsive to the yawing moment control means for determining: a respectively different weighted coefficient for each individual brake, and an individual braking adjustment to be applied to each respective one of the brakes based on said yawing moment and the respective weighted coefficient of said each respective one brake.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for determining a value of an attribute of the vehicle that changes over time and for providing said value to the distribution logic means, wherein the distribution logic means determines the weighted coefficients based on said value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the value determining means include means for determining, as said attribute, a coefficient of friction between a plurality of tires of the vehicle and a surface on which the vehicle is traveling.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the value determining means include means for determining, as said attribute, a weight of the vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the value determining means include means for determining, as said attribute, an axle load distribution of the vehicle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing a plurality of vehicle specific values, wherein said distribution logic means determines the weighted coefficients based on the vehicle specific values.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing a brake specific value for each respective brake, wherein said distribution logic means determines the weighted coefficients based on the brake specific values.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distribution logic means include: means for calculating an individual wheel brake coefficient for each of the brakes, means for calculating a sum of the squares of each of the individual wheel brake coefficients, and means for dividing each of the individual wheel brake coefficients by the sum of the squares to form the respective weighted coefficients.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the brakes are hydraulic brakes, and the distribution logic means include means for multiplying the weighted coefficient of each respective brake by said moment to determine the individual brake pressure applied to each brake.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distribution logic means include means for calculating an individual wheel brake coefficient for each one of the brakes based on a first value which is independent of the steering angle and a second value which is determined by the steering angle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
82 words
Apparatus according to claim 10, wherein: each one of the wheels that is a steering wheel is located in a respective plane that is determined by the steering angle, said distribution logic means determines a respective distance between the center of gravity of the vehicle and the respective plane in which each individual wheel is located, and said distribution logic means determines the second value for each individual brake based on the respective distance of the wheel to which said brake corresponds.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
Apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said distribution logic means include means for setting said second value to zero if said second value is a negative number.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
188 words
Brake system for a motor vehicle with more than two wheels, in which at least some of the wheels are provided with a braking means, wherein the braking means associated with one particular wheel can be actuated independently from the others, comprising: a control device responsive to a steering angle value for determining the individual braking torques, which the braking means shall exert, and which sends the corresponding control commands to the braking means, a means for determining the steering angle, which sends a variable characterizing the steering angles; with a means for determining an additional yawing moment around the vertical axis of the motor vehicle, which is sufficient for preventing one of the group consisting of an undesired yaw angle, an undesired yaw rate and an undesired yaw acceleration, and which sends a corresponding value to the control device; wherein the control device determines an individual wheel brake coefficient for each wheel provided with a braking means, and said control device determines the braking torques for the individual wheels from the additional yawing moment and from a respective weighted coefficient corresponding to each individual wheel brake coefficient.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
188 words
Brake system for a motor vehicle with more than two wheels, in which at least some of the wheels are provided with a braking means, wherein the braking means associated with one particular wheel can be actuated independently from the others, comprising: a control device responsive to a steering angle value for determining the individual braking torques, which the braking means shall exert, and which sends the corresponding control commands to the braking means, a means for determining the steering angle, which sends a variable characterizing the steering angles; with a means for determining an additional yawing moment around the vertical axis of the motor vehicle, which is sufficient for preventing one of the group consisting of an undesired yaw angle, an undesired yaw rate and an undesired yaw acceleration, and which sends a corresponding value to the control device; wherein the control device determines an individual wheel brake coefficient for each wheel provided with a braking means, and said control device determines the braking torques for the individual wheels from the additional yawing moment and from a respective weighted coefficient corresponding to each individual wheel brake coefficient.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 13, further comprising means for determining additional variables, which change during the travel of the motor vehicle or from one use of the motor vehicle to the next, wherein corresponding variables are sent to the control device, and they are used by the control device during the determination of the individual wheel brake coefficients.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 14, wherein the additional variable determining means is able to determine the coefficient of friction between the tire and the road surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 14, wherein the additional variable determining means is able to determine the weight of the vehicle.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 14, wherein the additional variable determining means is able to determine the axle load distribution.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 13, wherein the control device stores motor vehicle-specific values, which are taken into account at the time of the determination of the individual wheel brake coefficients.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
36 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 13, further comprising a memory for storing specific values for the braking means, which are taken into account at the time of the determination of the individual wheel brake coefficients.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
42 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 13, wherein the control device determines the respective weighted coefficients from the individual wheel brake coefficients by dividing each individual wheel brake coefficient by the sum of the squares of all the individual wheel brake coefficients.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
38 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 13, wherein the braking means build up a braking torque by hydraulic means, wherein the individual wheel brake coefficients are defined such that the pressure to be applied can be directly determined.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
41 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 21, wherein the control device determines the braking torque or the brake pressure for the braking means of one of the wheels from the product of the respective weighted coefficient and the additional yawing moment.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
43 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 13, wherein the control device for each wheel determines the individual wheel brake coefficients thereof from a first value, which is independent from the steering angle, and a second value, which is determined by the steering angle.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
32 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 23, wherein the second value is determined by the distance between the center of gravity of the vehicle and the instantaneous plane of the corresponding wheel.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
28 words
Brake system in accordance with claim 24, wherein the second value is set to equal zero when the calculation of the second value leads to a negative value.
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