Vehicle braking control device
US7260464B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60T2201/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for controlling a braking force of the vehicle has a braking force boosting control portion that increases the braking force in response to a detection of a possibility of a collision with an obstacle in the driving course of the vehicle, and a boost-reducing control portion that controls the boosting control portion so as to reduce the braking force when a steering operation is executed by a driver of the vehicle as compared to a braking force to be generated when no steering operation is executed. The braking forces on individual wheels are reduced depending upon the lateral force on the corresponding wheel. In the device, the precrash safety braking operation does not interfere with the steering operation of the driver so that the steering controllability may be ensured while the vehicle is slowed down.
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