Anti-rollover brake system
DCFirst Claim
1. A brake system for a vehicle having front and rear wheels, the system comprising:
- a set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of the front and rear wheels, said set of brakes including a front set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of said front wheels and a rear set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of said rear wheels;
a sensor for producing a rollover signal in response to a predetermined force urging the vehicle to rollover; and
a control for applying said front set of brakes in a predetermined program in response to said rollover signal.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a brake system for preventing a friction rollover of a vehicle. The brake system includes a set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of the respective wheels of the vehicle, a sensor for producing a rollover signal in response to a predetermined force urging the vehicle to rollover, and a control for actuating the brakes in a predetermined program in response to the rollover signal. In one embodiment of the present invention, the controller actuates both front brakes in response to the rollover signal. In another embodiment of the present invention, the controller brakes the most heavily loaded front tire in response to the rollover signal.
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28 Claims
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1. A brake system for a vehicle having front and rear wheels, the system comprising:
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a set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of the front and rear wheels, said set of brakes including a front set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of said front wheels and a rear set of brakes for applying pressure to resist the rotation of said rear wheels; a sensor for producing a rollover signal in response to a predetermined force urging the vehicle to rollover; and a control for applying said front set of brakes in a predetermined program in response to said rollover signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for preventing a rollover of a vehicle having at least a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, the steps of the method comprising:
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providing a set of front brakes;
said front brakes including an independently actuable brake for each front wheel for separately applying pressure to resist the rotation of each of the front wheels;providing a sensor for sensing an impending rollover condition; providing a control for actuating at least one of said independently actuable brakes; sensing an impending rollover condition; and applying said at least one independently actuable brake, braking at least one of said front wheels of the vehicle in response to sensing the impending rollover condition, said control acting independently of other vehicle control systems. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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