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Vehicle anti-lock brake control apparatus including means for regulating brake pressure based on smoothed wheel acceleration and determined vehicle acceleration

US5187666A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1991
Grant dateFeb 16, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T8/4275
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle anti-lock brake control apparatus for controlling a fluid pressure in a brake cylinder for a wheel, having a pressure-regulating valve device, a slip detecting device for detecting a slip of the wheel, and a control device for controlling the valve device based on the detected wheel slip, so as to prevent excessive slipping of the wheel. The slip detecting device includes a device for detecting a smoothed wheel acceleration value which is an acceleration value of the wheel smoothed by a predetermined time constant, and a device for determining an acceleration value of the vehicle. The control device includes a device for generating control commands to be applied to the valve device, for increasing and decreasing the fluid pressure such that a mean wheel acceleration value intermediate between adjacent minimal values of the smoothed wheel acceleration value approaches the vehicle acceleration value.

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