# US 7,407,235 B2 · Method for improving the control behavior of a controlled vehicle braking system

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 7,407,235 B2
- Document ID: US7407235B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/472,594
- Filed: 2002-03-06
- Published: 2004-12-23
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2001-03-20
- Assignees: Continental Teves, Inc.
- Inventors: Robert Schmidt; Dieter Burkhard; Micro Loos; Christina Lorang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407235B2

## CPC

- B60T 8/1755: Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve (road vehicle drive control systems for control of driving stability otherwise than by controlling a particular sub-unit B60W30/02)
- B60T 8/1725: {Using tyre sensors, e.g. Sidewall Torsion sensors [SWT] (for tyre pressure and temperature detection B60C23/00)}
- B60T 8/17616: {Microprocessor-based systems}
- B60T 2240/02: Longitudinal grip
- B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for improving the control behavior of a controlled automotive vehicle system, in particular an anti-lock brake system (ABS), a driving stability control system (ESP), or another brake system extended by other functionalities, wherein evaluated wheel dynamics data (dyn) and evaluated wheel slip data (slip) are taken into account as a criterion for the initiation of a control intervention for each individual wheel, and the sum thereof is compared to a control threshold (ψ). For a better weighting of wheel dynamics and slip, the invention discloses determining evaluation parameters (α, β) that can be modified in response to driving conditions and taking them as a reference in the evaluation of the wheel dynamics data (dyn) and in the evaluation of the wheel slip data (slip).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for improving the control behavior of a controlled automotive vehicle system,
wherein evaluated wheel dynamics data (dyn) and evaluated wheel slip data (slip) are taken into account as a criterion for the initiation of a control intervention for each individual wheel, and the sum thereof is compared to a control threshold (ψ),
wherein evaluation parameters (α,β) that can be modified in response to driving conditions are determined and taken as a reference in the evaluation of the wheel dynamics data (dyn) and in the evaluation of the wheel slip data (slip),
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) are modified in dependence on a longitudinal force prevailing between tires and roadway,
wherein the control threshold includes first and second control thresholds (ψ2 RA,FA, ψ20 FA) relating to a pressure reduction and a third control threshold (ψ4 RA,FA) relating to maintaining pressure wherein said first, second, and third thresholds will rise approximately linearly with an increasing vehicle reference speed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) are derived from data of a driving stability system and/or an enhanced stability brake system.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein said longitudinal forces are categorized into three degrees of magnitude—
wherein said three degrees of magnitude include (a) low, (b) transitional, and (c) great,
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) for wheel dynamics (dyn) and wheel slip (slip) are substantially constant, or rise linearly for longitudinal forces categorized as transitional.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein one of said evaluation parameters (α) is associated with wheel slip (slip) of the wheels of a rear axle (RA) of said vehicle, and wherein one of said evaluation parameters (α) is substantially constant for all longitudinal forces exerted upon said wheels of said rear axle (RA).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein said longitudinal forces are categorized into three degrees of magnitude—wherein said three degrees of magnitude include (a) low, (b) transitional, and (c) great,
wherein the one of said evaluation parameters (β) is associated with the wheel dynamics (dyn) of the wheels of a front axle (FA) of the vehicle, and wherein one of said evaluation parameters (β) assumes a constant value for longitudinal forces categorized as transitional (b), and wherein the evaluation parameter (β) is greater than said constant value for longitudinal forces categorized as low and for longitudinal forces categorized as great.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first threshold (ψ2 RA,FA) relates to pressure reduction used when an active anti-lock brake control (ABS) is decreased quantitatively compared to said second control threshold (ψ20 FA), when the anti-lock brake control (ABS) is inactive.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein for the wheels of a rear axle (RA), while anti-lock brake control (ABS) is inactive; a separate control threshold (ψ20 RA) for pressure reduction is provided,
wherein the separate control threshold (ψ20 RA) starting from an initial value in a range of low to medium vehicle reference speed (w,x) is lowered approximately linearly toward a minimum, and
wherein the control threshold (ψ20 RA) in a range of increased and high vehicle reference speed (y,z) is approximately linearly raised.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the control thresholds (ψ2 RA,FA, ψ20 RA, ψ20 FA, ψ4 RA,FA) are incremented by a compensating factor (Δ) responsive to a steering angle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method as claimed in claim 8,
wherein the compensating factor (Δ) is raised linearly with an increasing steering angle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) for wheel dynamics (dyn) and wheel slip (slip) are substantially constant, or rise linearly for longitudinal forces categorized as great.

### Claim 11

A method for improving the control behavior of a controlled automotive vehicle system,
wherein evaluated wheel dynamics data (dyn) and evaluated wheel slip data (slip) are taken into account as a criterion for the initiation of a control intervention for each individual wheel, and the sum thereof is compared to a control threshold (ψ),
wherein evaluation parameters (α,β) that can be modified in response to driving conditions are determined and taken as a reference in the evaluation of the wheel dynamics data (dyn) and in the evaluation of the wheel slip data (slip),
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) are modified in dependence on a longitudinal force prevailing between tires and roadway,
wherein one of said evaluation parameters (β) is associated with wheel dynamics (dyn) of the wheels of a rear axle (RA) of the vehicle, and wherein said evaluation parameter (β) assumes a substantially constant value for longitudinal forces categorized as transitional and great, and is greater than said substantially constant value for longitudinal forces categorized as low (a).

### Claim 12

A method for improving the control behavior of a controlled automotive vehicle system,
wherein evaluated wheel dynamics data (dyn) and evaluated wheel slip data (slip) are taken into account as a criterion for the Initiation of a control intervention for each individual wheel, and the sum thereof is compared to a control threshold (ψ),
wherein evaluation parameters (α,β) that can be modified in response to driving conditions are determined and taken as a reference in the evaluation of the wheel dynamics data (dyn) and in the evaluation of the wheel slip data (slip),
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) are modified in dependence on a longitudinal force prevailing between tires and roadway,
wherein the evaluation parameters (α,β) for wheel dynamics (dyn) and wheel slip (slip) are substantially constant, or drop linearly for longitudinal forces categorized as low and
wherein one of said evaluation parameters (β) is associated with wheel dynamics (dyn) of the wheels of a rear axle (RA) of the vehicle, and wherein one of said evaluation parameters (β) assumes a substantially constant value for longitudinal forces categorized as transitional and great and is greater than said substantially constant value for longitudinal forces categorized as low (a).