Braking force control system of vehicle

• US 5,474,369 A
• Filed: 01/11/1994
• Issued: 12/12/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Saito, Wataru, Sakurai, Kazuya, Kawamoto, Yoshimichi, Inagaki, Hiromi, Suto, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Oberleitner, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Young, Lee W.
• Application Number:
  US08/179,723
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 303/3, 303/15, 303/91, 303/100, 303/103, 303/105, 303/111, 303/113.4, 364/424.05, 364/426.01
• US Class Current: 303/146
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2220/04 Pedal travel sensor, stroke sensor; Sensing brake request
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/326 Hydraulic systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/3665 Sliding valves

Abstract

A braking force control system of a vehicle, capable of independently controlling at least braking forces of front wheel brakes, a braking force of a left rear wheel brake and a braking force of a right rear wheel brake. The braking force control system includes front wheel-side controls for controlling the braking forces of the front wheel brakes on the basis of a quantity of operation of a brake operating member and a deceleration of the vehicle, and rear wheel-side controls for independently controlling the braking forces of the left rear wheel brake and the right rear wheel brake on the basis of a turning level of the vehicle. Thus, it is possible to provide a sufficient braking force, while stabilizing the behavior of the vehicle, during braking in a turning state of the vehicle, by conducting a control of deceleration for the front wheels increased in load during braking, and by conducting a control of turning for the rear wheels largely contributing to the control of turning.

Claims

1. A braking force control system of a vehicle for independently controlling at least braking forces of front wheel brakes, a braking force of a left rear wheel brake and a braking force of a right rear wheel brake, said control system comprising

front wheel-side control means for controlling the braking forces of said front wheel brakes together by feeding-back to said front wheel brakes a target deceleration of said front wheels derived from an operation of a brake operating member and a deceleration of the vehicle detected by deceleration detecting means;

and

rear wheel-side control means for independently controlling the braking forces of the left rear wheel brake and the right rear wheel brake by feeding-back to each of said left rear and right rear brakes a turning level of the vehicle detected by turning-level detecting means and a target turning level of the vehicle.

2. A braking force control system of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said front wheel-side control means comprises:

brake operation quantity detecting means for detecting the quantity of operation of the brake operating member;

target deceleration determining means for determining the target deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of a detection value detected by said brake operation quantity detecting means; and

a front wheel-side control circuit for controlling the braking forces of the front wheel brakes together on the basis of outputs from said target deceleration determining means and said deceleration detecting means, so that the deceleration of the vehicle becomes equal to said target deceleration.

3. A braking force control system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said rear wheel-side control means comprises:

steering quantity detecting means for detecting a steering quantity;

vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;

target turning-level determining means for determining the target turning level of the vehicle on the basis of detection values detected by said steering quantity detecting means and said vehicle speed detecting means; and

a rear wheel-side control circuit for independently controlling the braking forces on the left and right rear wheel brakes on the basis of outputs from said target turning-level determining means and said turning-level detecting means, so that the turning level of the vehicle becomes equal to said target turning level.

4. A braking force control system of a vehicle according to claim 1, further including:

brake operation quantity detecting means for detecting the quantity of operation of the brake operating member;

total braking force determining means for determining a total braking force which is a sum total of the braking forces of the brakes on the basis of a detection value detected by said brake operation quantity detecting means; and

reference braking force determining means for determining a reference braking force for every brake by distributing said total braking force in accordance with a shared load ratio defined for every brake; and

wherein said front wheel-side control means comprises;

target deceleration determining means for determining the target deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the detection value detected by said brake operation quantity detecting means;

front wheel-side correcting means for correcting the reference braking force for every front wheel on the basis of a deviation between said target deceleration and the detected deceleration; and

front wheel-side driving means for driving each front wheel brake on the basis of the corrected reference braking force; and

said rear wheel-side control means comprises;

steering quantity detecting means for detecting a steering quantity;

vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;

turning level detecting means for detecting the turning level of the vehicle;

target turning-level determining means for determining the target turning level of the vehicle on the basis of detection values detected by said steering quantity detecting means and said vehicle speed detecting means;

rear wheel-side correcting means for correcting the reference braking force for each rear wheel on the basis of a deviation between said target turning level and the detected turning level; and

rear wheel-side driving means for driving each rear wheel brake on the basis of the corrected reference braking force.

5. A braking force control system of a vehicle, capable of independently controlling at least braking forces of front wheel brakes, a braking force of a left rear wheel brake and a braking force of a right rear wheel brake, comprising:

brake operation quantity detecting means for detecting a quantity of operation of a brake operating member;

deceleration detecting means for detecting a deceleration of the vehicle;

target deceleration determining means for determining a target deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of a detected value detected by said brake operation quantity detecting means;

steering quantity detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;

turning level detecting means for detecting a turning level of the vehicle;

target turning level determining means for determining a target turning level of the vehicle on the basis of detection values detected by said steering quantity detecting means and said vehicle speed detecting means;

a front wheel-side control means for controlling the braking forces of the front wheel brakes together on the basis of outputs from said target deceleration determining means and said deceleration detecting means, so that the deceleration of the vehicle becomes equal to said target deceleration; and

a rear wheel-side control means for controlling at least one of the braking forces of the left rear wheel brake and the right rear wheel brake independently from each other on the basis of outputs from said target turning level determining means and said turning level detecting means to provide a difference between the brake forces of the rear wheel brakes, so that the turning level of the vehicle becomes equal to said target turning level.

6. A braking force control system of a vehicle according to claim 5, further including:

total braking force determining means for determining a total braking force which is a sum total of the braking forces of the brakes on the basis of a detection value by said brake operation quantity detecting means; and

reference braking force determining means for determining a reference braking force for every brake by distributing said total braking force in accordance with a shared load ratio defined for every brake; and

wherein

said front wheel-side control means includes a front wheel-side correcting means for correcting the reference braking force for each front wheel on the basis of a deviation between said target deceleration and the detected deceleration, and controls braking force of the front wheel brakes together on the basis of the corrected reference braking forces; and

said rear wheel-side control means includes a rear wheel-side correcting means for correcting the reference braking force for each rear wheel on the basis of a deviation between said target turning level and the detected turning level, and controls the braking forces of the rear wheel brakes on the basis of the corrected reference braking forces.

7. A braking force control system of a vehicle capable of independently controlling at least braking forces of front wheel brakes together, a braking force of a left rear wheel brake and a braking force of a right rear wheel brake, comprising:

brake operation quantity detecting means for detecting a quantity of operation of a brake operating member;

total braking force determining for determining a total braking force which is a sum of the braking forces of the front and rear wheel brakes on the basis of a detection value detected by said brake operation quantity detecting means;

reference braking force determining means for determining reference braking forces for the brakes by distributing the total braking force in accordance with a shared load ratio defined for every brake;

deceleration detecting means for detecting a deceleration of the vehicle;

target deceleration determining means for determining a target deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the detection value detected by said brake operation quantity detection means;

front wheel-side correcting means for correcting the reference braking force for the front wheel brakes together on the basis of a deviation between said target deceleration and the detected deceleration;

steering quantity detecting means for detecting a steering quantity;

vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed;

turning level detecting means for detecting a turning level of the vehicle;

target turning level detecting means for detecting a target turning level of the vehicle on the basis of detecting values detected by said steering quantity detecting means and said vehicle speed detecting means;

rear wheel-side correcting means for correcting the reference braking force for each rear wheel on the basis of a deviation between said target turning level and the detected turning level; and

driving means for driving each wheel brake on the basis of the corrected reference braking force.