Braking control system for a hybrid or electric vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBrandon Jay Woodland, Zachary March, Bryan Michael Bolger, Joseph James Gallo
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Abstract
A vehicle includes active grill shutters and a controller. The active grill shutters are configured to open to increase a drag on the vehicle and to close to decrease the drag on the vehicle. The controller is programmed to, in response to regenerative braking via an electric machine and an absence of friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in a closed position. The controller is further programmed to, in response to friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in the open position.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- active grill shutters configured to open to increase a drag on the vehicle and to close to decrease the drag on the vehicle;
- and
- a controller programmed to, in response to regenerative braking via an electric machine and an absence of friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in a closed position, and in response to friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in an open position.
A vehicle comprising:
- an electric machine configured to brake the vehicle via regenerative braking;
- friction brakes configured to brake the vehicle;
- shutters configured to open to increase a drag on the vehicle and to close to decrease the drag on the vehicle;
- and
- a controller programmed to,
- close the shutters based on a utilization of regenerative braking and an absence of friction braking, and
- open the shutters based on a utilization of friction braking.
A vehicle comprising:
- an accelerator pedal;
- a brake pedal;
- an electric machine configured to propel the vehicle in response to depressing the accelerator pedal and to brake the vehicle via regenerative braking in response to depressing the brake pedal or in response to releasing the accelerator pedal according to a one-pedal driving operation;
- friction brakes configured to brake the vehicle in response to depressing the brake pedal or in response to releasing the accelerator pedal according to the one-pedal driving operation;
- active grill shutters configured to direct air across a heat exchanger when in an open position, wherein the active grill shutters increase an aerodynamic drag on the vehicle when in the open position relative to a closed position of the active grill shutters;
- and
- a controller programmed to,
- in response to releasing the accelerator pedal, an increase in regenerative braking, and an absence of friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in the closed position,
- in response to depressing the brake pedal, an increase in regenerative braking, and an absence of friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in the closed position,
- in response to releasing the accelerator pedal and an increase in friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in the open position, and in response to depressing the brake pedal and an increase in friction braking, transition or maintain the active grill shutters to or in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.