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Feed-forward active brake control

US6056371A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1998
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T8/17555
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved active brake control in which differential braking is used in a feed-forward control to develop vehicle yaw in response to a desired yaw value determined as a function of steering wheel position and vehicle speed. The desired yaw rate value is used to develop a derivative yaw component and a proportional yaw component, which are summed to form a feed-forward yaw command for differential braking. Both proportional and derivative components have limited control authority determined by dead-band and saturation thresholds, and the proportional term is subjected to a diminishing integrator which reduces the yaw command as the desired yaw rate value approaches steady-state.

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