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US 2013/0211683 A1Published application
Method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorsDaniel Philpott, Joseph Kay
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Abstract
A method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle. The method may include determining whether an environmental brake pad wear condition is detected that may be indicative of wear of a friction material of a brake pad assembly due to an environmental contaminant.
Claims20
A method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle comprising:
- determining whether an environmental brake pad wear condition is detected when the brake system does not actuate a friction material of a brake pad assembly into engagement with a brake friction member;
- and
- checking a clearance between the friction material and the brake friction member when the environmental brake pad wear condition exists.
A method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle comprising:
- actuating a brake pad assembly against a friction brake member of the brake system;
- and
- determining whether environmental brake pad wear is detected that is indicative of wear of a friction material of a brake pad assembly by an abrasive slurry through which the vehicle is driven.
A method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle comprising:
- providing a set of friction brakes, wherein each member of the set of friction brakes is configured to brake a different member of a set of wheel assemblies;
- determining whether an environmental brake pad wear condition exists in which an abrasive slurry through which the vehicle is driven passes between a friction material and a brake friction member of a member of the set of friction brakes to wear the friction material;
- and
- checking a clearance between the friction material and the brake friction member of a member of the set of friction brakes when the environmental brake pad wear condition exists.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.