Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for braking a vehicle on a slope
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Application No.: US15809181Application Date: 2017-11-10
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Publication No.: US10906541B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Erik Alpman , Kai Skolik , George Neugebauer , Stephan Strahl
- 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: Burgess Law Office, PLLC
- Agent Raymond L. Coppiellie
- Priority: DE102016222172 20161111
- Main IPC: B60W30/14
- IPC: B60W30/14 ; B60W10/18 ; B60W10/22 ; B60W40/13 ; B60T8/00 ; B60T8/17 ; B60T7/04 ; B60T7/12

Abstract:
A method for braking a vehicle to a stop on a sloping section of a roadway wherein a slope inclination of the roadway section, a vehicle speed, an acceleration, and a vehicle brake operation status of the vehicle are continuously ascertained. The slope inclination of the roadway section and the vehicle brake operation status are compared with predetermined threshold values. The method includes activating a braking torque, continuously determined based on the slope inclination, the driving speed, and the acceleration when the instantaneous slope inclination of the roadway section reaches or exceeds the predetermined threshold value for a sloping section and the vehicle brake operation status lies within a predetermined range or value. The braking torque being independent of the vehicle brake operation status.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180134292A1 Method For Braking A Vehicle On A Slope Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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