Vehicle brake control
US6193333A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H63/40
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic brake control system for a vehicle in which the brakes 16, 17 are controlled by a control unit 22 to limit vehicle speed when descending a hill is provided with an input from a sensor on the gear selector 28. The control unit has a vehicle speed characteristic associated with each gear, the characteristics relating vehicle speed as controlled by the brake system to the position of the accelerator pedal, and having a different minimum speed for each gear.
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