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US 2019/0366989 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus for automatic calibration of electronic trailer brake gain
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlex James, Thomas Salmon, Donald A. Perlick, Bang Kim Cao
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for automatic calibration of electronic trailer brake gain. An example apparatus includes a trailer brake gain calibration module programmed to compare a calculated trailer brake torque to at least one of a first or second threshold, adjust a gain value based upon satisfaction of at least one of the first or second threshold, and apply a pressure to a trailer brake based on the gain value.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a threshold comparator to compare a calculated trailer brake torque to at least a first or a second threshold;
- a gain adjustment manager to adjust a gain value based upon the calculated trailer brake torque satisfying at least one of the first or second thresholds;
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- a brake signal applicator to generate a signal corresponding to a pressure to apply to a brake of a trailer based on the gain value.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a trailer brake gain calibration module programmed to compare a calculated trailer brake torque to at least one of a first or second threshold, adjust a gain value based upon satisfaction of at least one of the first or second threshold, and apply a pressure to a trailer brake based on the gain value.
A method comprising:
- comparing a calculated trailer brake torque to at least a first threshold or a second threshold;
- adjusting a gain value based upon the calculated trailer brake torque satisfying at least one of the first threshold or the second threshold;
- and
- applying a pressure to a brake of a trailer based on the gain value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.