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US 10,328,921 B2Granted
Brake fade and brake capacity gauge
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn G. Fraser, Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Jason Christopher Matthews, Lawrence Robert Rhein, Jeremy Mateyk
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Abstract
A controller can display via an instrument cluster a brake capacity based on a temperature of friction material of at least one brake of a vehicle and a predicted brake fade threshold that is derived from a speed, mass, and current angle of inclination of the vehicle.
Claims11
An information console for a vehicle comprising:
- a gauge configured to display a capacity of vehicle brakes;
- and
- a controller configured to output the capacity to the display based on a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of friction material of the vehicle brakes and a predicted brake fade threshold derived from a speed, mass, and current angle of inclination of the vehicle, and a brake material coefficient characterized by historical changes in brake temperature associated with a brake force and brake duration.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- outputting by a controller a capacity of vehicle brakes to a display based on a temperature associated with a friction material of the vehicle brakes and a predicted brake fade threshold derived from a speed, mass, and current angle of inclination of the vehicle, and a brake material coefficient characterized by historical changes in brake temperature associated with a brake force and brake duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.