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US 10,391,987 B2Granted
Method for controlling a vehicle
AssigneeTRW Automotives US LLC
InventorGregory O Lynch
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Abstract
A method of controlling a vehicle including providing a system having a plurality of brakes and a curve detecting mechanism. Each brake of the plurality of brakes is configured to slow rotation of a respective wheel. The method further includes detecting a curve in a forward travel path of the vehicle using the curve detecting mechanism. At least two brakes but fewer than all of the plurality of brakes are pre-filled in response to the detection of a curve.
Claims20
A method of controlling a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- providing a system having a plurality of brakes and a curve detecting mechanism, each brake of the plurality of brakes being configured to slow rotation of a respective vehicle wheel,
- detecting a curve in a forward travel path of the vehicle using the curve detecting mechanism,
- pre-filling at least two brakes but fewer than all of the plurality of brakes in response to the detection of a curve,
- calculating a maximum speed that the vehicle can safely traverse the detected curve,
- determining a speed of the vehicle;
- and
- wherein the step of pre-filling occurs only when the determined speed of the vehicle exceeds the calculated maximum speed.
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A method of controlling a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- providing a system having a plurality of brakes and a curve detecting mechanism, each brake of the plurality of brakes being configured to slow rotation of a respective vehicle wheel,
- detecting a curve in a forward travel path of the vehicle using the curve detecting mechanism, and
- pre-filling at least two brakes but fewer than all of the plurality of brakes in response to the detection of a curve when the vehicle is at a predetermined time period of travel away from the detected curve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.