Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle braking system and method
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Application No.: US13862120Application Date: 2013-04-12
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Publication No.: US10065618B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Ralph Wayne Cunningham , Ross Dykstra Pursifull
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: B60T13/58
- IPC: B60T13/58 ; B60T8/17 ; B60T8/44 ; B60T17/02 ; F02M35/10

Abstract:
A system and method for increasing brake line pressure after brake booster vacuum has been exhausted is presented. In one example, brake line pressure is increased at a same rate after brake booster vacuum is exhausted as before brake booster vacuum is exhausted so that a driver experiences a continuous braking force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140306513A1 VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-10-16
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