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Circuit configuration for a brake system with anti-lock or traction slip control

  • US 5,272,636 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1991
  • Issued: 12/21/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A brake system for a vehicle having wheels, each wheel having a rotational behavior, with anti-lock control and traction slip control for improving control during cornering, said brake system comprising:

  • means for supplying electrical signals representative of;

    (a) the rotational behavior of the wheels of the vehicle,(b) the vehicle reference speed,(c) a deceleration threshold,(d) an acceleration threshold, and(e) a slip threshold;

    first circuit means responsive to said electrical signals for;

    (a) identifying wheel rotational behavior typical of cornering,(b) generating wheel slip signals representative of the wheel slip, which is the deviation of the wheel speed from the vehicle reference speed, and(c) generating valve control signals when at least one of;

    (i) wheel deceleration exceeds the deceleration threshold,(ii) wheel acceleration exceeds the acceleration threshold, and(iii) the wheel slip exceeds the slip threshold;

    a valve block having valves responsive to the valve control signals for controlling pressure fluid flow to and from brakes associated with said wheels;

    and second circuit means, exclusively responsive to said wheel slip signals, for increasing the slip threshold by an offset for at least one of;

    (a) an invariably preset period of time, and(b) a period of time dependent on further wheel rotational behavior, when;

    (a) the wheel slip exceeds the slip threshold, and(b) the wheel acceleration and wheel deceleration are relatively small, and (2) the deceleration and acceleration thresholds are not reached by the relatively small wheel acceleration and said wheel deceleration, and(c) said first circuit has identified said wheel rotational behavior typical of cornering.

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