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Brake system and brake control method

US8897986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 2011
Grant dateNov 25, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T2201/16
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to control unstable behavior of a vehicle body that arises when braking during turning.A brake control method for when a two-wheeled motor vehicle is turning includes the steps of: judging whether or not the two-wheeled motor vehicle is turning; calculating a maximum braking force with which slipping of a front wheel will not arise and updating, on the basis of the calculation result, a stored maximum braking force for the front wheel; calculating a maximum braking force with which slipping of a rear wheel will not arise and updating, on the basis of the calculation result, a stored maximum braking force for the rear wheel; limiting the braking forces on the front wheel and the rear wheel to predetermined percentages of the corresponding maximum braking forces in a case where there has been a brake operation by a driver during turning; and bringing the braking forces on the front wheel and the rear wheel that have been limited closer to the corresponding updated maximum braking forces.

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