Abstract:
An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle includes fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between a tandem master cylinder and the front wheels of the vehicle, and a control unit receiving outputs of wheel speed sensors to assess skid conditions of the wheels and to control the valve devices. The apparatus discriminates between "low side" and "high side" of the road by assessing skid conditions of either the rear wheels or the front wheels. The braking pressure of the rear or front wheel that is on the low side and that of the wheel connected diagonally to it are controlled in either a "select-high" or a "select-low" manner, and the pressures of the other diagonally opposite wheels are controlled in the opposite manner. In the alternative, the apparatus may assess the skid condition of the one rear wheel based on the larger of the braking frictional coefficients of the sides of the road, on the basis of the acceleration and slip conditions of the one rear wheel, while it judges the skid condition of the other rear wheel on the smaller one of the braking frictional coefficients of the sides of the road only on the basis of the acceleration condition of the other rear wheel, and the braking pressures of the respective conduit systems are controlled in the select-low manner.
Abstract:
Anti-skid control apparatus includes wheel speed sensors for front and rear wheels. First and second fluid pressure control valve devices control brake fluid pressures of wheel cylinders of the front and rear wheels, arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinders respectively. A control unit receives outputs of the sensors for measuring or judging the skid conditions of the wheels and for generating instructions for controlling the valve devices. A valve apparatus generates fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressures of the front wheels controlled with the valve devices arranged between the wheel cylinders of the front wheels and those of the rear wheels. When the wheel speed difference between the front and rear wheels on the same side of the road becomes larger than a predetermined value, or when the deceleration of the one rear wheel becomes larger than a predetermined deceleration for the one rear wheel which is smaller than a second predetermined deceleration for the one front wheel running on the same side as the one rear wheel, before the one front or rear wheel on the same side first generates a brake relieving signal, the control unit generates the instruction which controls the first or second fluid pressure control valve device for the same side so as to maintain the pressure constant, or to reduce the rising gradient of the pressure.
Abstract:
An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle braking system includes a fluid pressure control valve arranged between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder of a wheel brake apparatus, and receiving instructions from a control unit for judging or measuring skid conditions of wheels to control brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinder. The apparatus includes a hydraulic reservoir for reserving brake fluid discharged through the fluid pressure control valve from the wheel cylinder to lower the brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinder with the control of the fluid pressure control valve and a fluid pressure pump for pressurizing the discharged brake fluid of the hydraulic reservoir and supplying the pressurized brake fluid into a conduit between the master cylinder and the wheel cylinder. The fluid pressure control valve is changeable over into at least two positions, making the master cylinder and the wheel cylinder communicate with each in the first of the two positions, and making the wheel cylinder and the hydraulic reservoir communicate with each other in the second position of the two positions, while making the master cylinder and the wheel cylinder interrupt each other. The apparatus also includes members for circulating the brake fluid discharged from the wheel cylinder in the second position of the fluid pressure control valve through a path such as the outlet of the fluid pressure pump through the hydraulic reservoir and then through the inlet of the fluid pressure pump.
Abstract:
An anti-skid control apparatus including front and rear wheels diagonally connected with each other; fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between a tandem master cylinder and the wheels; a control unit; and a valve apparatus for generating a fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the pressures of the front wheels. The control unit logically combines the judging results of the skid conditions of the front wheels with judging results of the skid conditions of the rear wheels located at the same side of the road to generate the instructions for controlling the fluid pressure control valve devices. A decrease instruction for decreasing the brake fluid pressure is formed by the logical sum of first skid conditions as the judging results of the front and rear wheels. An increase instruction for increasing the brake fluid pressure, after the decrease instruction disappears, is formed on the basis of the one of the front and rear wheels which are most likely to lock.
Abstract:
An anti-skid control vehicle braking apparatus with pairs of front and rear wheels; wheel speed sensors associated with the wheels; first and second fluid pressure control valve devices for respectively controlling the brake fluid pressure of the wheel cylinders of the front wheels; a control unit receiving outputs of the wheel speed sensors for measuring or judging the skid conditions of the front and rear wheels and for generating instructions for controlling the fluid pressure control valve devices; and a valve apparatus for generating a fluid pressure in accordance with the lower one of the brake fluid pressures of the front wheels controlled with the control valve devices, being arranged between the front wheel cylinders and rear wheel cylinders the control unit discriminates the frictionally lower one of the sides of the road on which the wheels are running, on the basis of the measuring or judging results of the skid conditions of rear wheels, combines logically the measuring or judging results of the skid conditions of the rear wheels with the measuring or judging result of the skid condition of one front wheel running on the lower side for generating the instruction for controlling one of fluid pressure control valve devices, and generates the instruction for controlling the other control valve device, on the basis of the measuring or judging result of the skid condition of the other front wheel running on the frictionally higher side independently of those of the rear wheels.
Abstract:
A brake adjusting apparatus for a vehicle includes an engine brake detector for detecting that the engine brake is applied; a drive wheel speed detector for detecting speed or acceleration of a drive wheel; a reference drive wheel speed setting circuit for setting a reference drive wheel speed or reference drive wheel acceleration to be compared with the output of the drive wheel speed detector; and an idle speed controller for controlling an idle speed of the engine, wherein the idle speed controller is so adjusted that the drive wheel is rotated at the reference drive wheel speed or the reference drive wheel acceleration, when engine brake application is detected by the engine brake detector.
Abstract:
An anti-skid control apparatus for a vehicle includes fluid pressure control valve devices arranged between fluid pressure generating chambers of a tandem master cylinder and the wheel cylinders of the front wheels, respectively, and a control unit receiving outputs of wheel speed sensors for measuring or judging the skid conditions of the front and rear wheels and for generating instructions for controlling the fluid pressure control valve devices. The control unit discriminates the frictionally lower side of the road on which the wheels are running, on the basis of the measuring or judging results of the skid conditions of the rear and/or front wheels, combines logically the measuring or judging result of the skid condition of the one rear wheel running on the low side of the road or the measuring or judging results of the skid conditions of the rear wheels, with that of the one front wheel running on the low side, for generating the instruction for controlling the first or second fluid pressure control valve device for the corresponding front wheel, and generates the instruction for controlling the second or first fluid pressure control valve device for the other front wheel, on the basis of the measuring or judging result of the skid condition of the measuring or judging result of the skid condition of the other front wheel running on the high side independently of those of the rear wheels. The low side can be changed over in accordance with the measuring or judging result. Or the control unit will reset the low side.
Abstract:
A control unit for judges braking slip and/or driving slip of front and rear wheels. Fluid pressure control valve devices receive instructions from the control unit for controlling brake fluid pressure of the front and rear wheel brake apparatuses. A first fluid pressure pump pressurizes and supplies brake fluid from hydraulic reservoirs into main conduits connecting a tandem master cylinder with the fluid pressure control valve devices. A first valve device is arranged between the tandem master cylinder and the first fluid pressure pump in the main conduit means connected through the fluid pressure control valve devices to front and/or rear brake apparatuses. The first valve device is normally in free communication and changed over into a position to prohibit brake fluid to flow from the discharging side of the first fluid pressure pump towards the master cylinder side under a first predetermined condition. A second valve device is arranged between the master cylinder and first fluid pressure pump in main conduits connected through the control valve devices at least to the front brake apparatus. The second valve device is normally in free communication and changeable into a position to prevent brake fluid having the discharging side of the first fluid pressure pump towards the master cylinder side under a second predetermined condition. The hydraulic reservoirs consist of a first hydraulic reservoir for previously reserving brake fluid and a second hydraulic reservoir. A second fluid pressure pump is arranged in a conduit connecting the first hydraulic reservoir with the second hydraulic reservoir, the discharging side of which is directed to the suction side of the first fluid pressure pump.
Abstract:
A brake fluid pressure control apparatus for a vehicle includes a fluid pressure control valve device arranged between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder, receiving control signals from a control unit measuring the skid condition of the wheel to control the brake fluid pressure to the wheel cylinder. A hydraulic reservoir stores the brake fluid discharged through the fluid pressure control valve device from the wheel cylinder and a pressure fluid supply conduit connects the master cylinder with the fluid pressure control valve device. A fluid pump returns the brake fluid from the hydraulic reservoir into the pressure fluid supply conduit and a valve apparatus is arranged in a conduit connecting the discharge side of the fluid pump with the master cylinder side, in the pressure fluid supply conduit. The valve apparatus takes a first position connecting both sides and a second position that cuts off the fluid flow from the discharging side of the fluid pump toward the master cylinder side. The valve apparatus is normally in the first position. During anti-skid control, it takes the first position continuously for a certain time depending on the control time of the fluid pressure decrease and continuously for another certain time depending on the control time if the fluid pressure is increased after the fluid pressure decrease, and it takes the second position continously for times other than the certain time and/or the other certain time. Alternatively, it cycles between the first and second position for a certain time depending on the control time of the fluid pressure decrease and/or for another certain time depending on the control time of increasing again the fluid pressure after the fluid pressure decrease, and it takes the second position for times other than the certain time and/or the another certain time.
Abstract:
A skid control system for a vehicle having at least one wheel and a brake for the wheel includes a wheel speed detector for providing an output signal representative of the speed of the wheel; differentiater for differentiating the output signal of the wheel speed detector and providing an output signal representative of acceleration or deceleration of the wheel; a deceleration signal generator connected to the differentiater, the deceleration signal generator generating a deceleration signal when the output signal of the differentiater exceeds a predetermined threshold deceleration; an acceleration signal generator connected to the differentiater, the acceleration signal generator generating an acceleration signal when the output signal of the differentiater exceeds a predetermined threshold acceleration; a brake relieving circuit for decreasing the brake pressure to the brake for the wheel in response to the deceleration signal of the deceleration signal generator; a first brake control circuit for maintaining the brake pressure to the brake for the wheel constant, or gradually increasing the brake pressure to the brake for the wheel, in response to the acceleration signal of the acceleration signal generator; and a second brake control circuit for rapidly increasing the brake pressure to the brake for the wheel for a predetermined time in accordance with the slope of the output signal of the differentiator within the time when the acceleration signal generator generates the acceleration signal.