Abstract:
An apparatus for preventing a brake force from increasing in excess upon starting of an anti-lock brake control for enhancing initial brake performance of an anti-lock brake control system. Rotation speed of each of wheels is detected, and wheel acceleration is determined. Further, a corrected acceleration is determined by correcting the wheel acceleration with a torsion torque detected from a driving shaft. In dependence on the statuses of the wheel acceleration and the corrected acceleration, a rate at which the brake force is increased is modified. Enhanced brake performance in the initial control phase can be ensured when the motor vehicle is running on a road exhibiting high friction coefficient while stability of the motor vehicle running on a road of low friction can be realized. Besides, even when difference frictions act on left and right wheels, the motor vehicle is protected against yawing moment.
Abstract:
In the present invention, the conditions necessary for the change from the reducing-pressure mode to the holding pressure mode are changed based on the length of the period of instability from the beginning of wheel slippage to the stopping of this slippage, and the length of the period of continued severe locking in which the slip ratio of the wheel exceeds a certain fixed value. Therefore, even when there is a disturbance in the form of roughnesses in the road surface or the like, this is determined to be a temporary phenomenon and the switching of the setting from the reducing-pressure mode to the holding pressure mode can take place in a reliable manner, and the usual, stable braking power can be achieved in correspondence with the relationship between the road surface and the tires.
Abstract:
In an electric control apparatus for a hydraulic brake control system of a vehicle, a feedback control portion is provided to produce a feedback control pulse signal indicative of a difference between a target slip ratio and an actual slip ratio. A feedforward control portion is provided to successively convert the target slip ratio in relation to a required braking force, a hydraulic braking pressure and an amount of hydraulic braking fluid, in sequence, and to convert the amount of hydraulic braking fluid into a feedforward control pulse signal. A pulse mixing circuit is connected to control portions to mix the control pulse signals for producing a mixed control pulse signal as a distinct control pulse signal. A driving circuit is connected to the pulse mixing circuit to control a hydraulic braking pressure applied to each wheel of the vehicle in accordance with the control pulse signal, regardless of the extent to which a brake pedal of the vehicle is depressed.
Abstract:
A method is provided for the generation of wheel acceleration control signals and wheel deceleration control signals for an anti-lock system for wheels of a vehicle. The vehicle is furnished with a digital electronic anti-lock system with at least one microprocessor. The microprocessor calculates a wheel comparison speed (v.sub.diff). The wheel comparison speed is obtained by a filtering of the actual wheel speed (v.sub.wheel), and follows in time to the actual wheel speed (v.sub.wheel). A deceleration signal (-b) or an acceleration signal (+b), respectively, is then furnished when the absolute value of the difference (.DELTA.) between the wheel comparison speed (v.sub.diff) and the actual wheel speed (v.sub.wheel) surpasses a preset value as based on the sign of the difference (.DELTA.).
Abstract:
Engine speed is measured at successive moments and the gradient DN.sub.mot of the engine speed is determined based on successively measured engine speeds. Speeds of the driven wheels are measured and used to generate wheel speed signals, which in turn are used to control slippage of the driven wheels. The wheel speed signals are subject to a rise limitation dependent on the gradient DN.sub.mot of the engine speed. In a preferred embodiment the rise limitation is active when the vehicle is in first gear, the gradient DN.sub.mot is positive, VABS (n) is greater than or equal to VASR(n-1) , and VABS(n) is greater than or equal to VASR(n-1)+DN.sub.mot /K, where VABS(n) is a wheel speed signal generated by the ABS at moment n and VASR(n-1) is the wheel speed signal generated by the ASR in the previous moment.
Abstract:
A method of and a system for controlling brakes. A target slip ratio of each of wheels at the start of antilock control is estimated and a vehicle deceleration prior to the start of the anti-lock control is detected. The target slip ratio at the start of the antilock control is corrected based on the detected vehicle deceleration. Thus, vehicle controllability correlated to the vehicle deceleration can be prevented from being impaired. It is therefore possible to reliably improve the control performance of a vehicle and to effect the optimum brake control.
Abstract:
An anti-lock control system includes wheel speed detecting device, wheel acceleration/deceleration detecting device, vehicle pseudo-speed calculating device for calculating a vehicle pseudo-speed on the basis of a wheel speed detected by the wheel speed detecting device, storing device for storing a wheel speed or vehicle pseudo-speed at a sampling time at which the wheel acceleration/deceleration has become equal to or less than preset acceleration set at a value near "0" (zero), including "0" (zero), after passing a peak in the course of increasing of the wheel speed, speed difference calculating device for calculating a speed difference between wheel speeds or vehicle pseudo-speeds stored currently and last time in the storing device, lapsed-time counting device for counting the time lapsed from the last sampling time to the current sampling time, and division device for dividing the speed difference by the lapsed time to provide a value corresponding to a friction coefficient of a road surface. In this anti-lock control system, a value corresponding to a friction coefficient can be obtained with a good accuracy without any influence by an instantaneous behavior of a wheel.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to an arrangement for controlling a braking force applied to each of the road wheels of a part time four-wheel drive vehicle depending upon a braking condition, with a hydraulic braking pressure supplied to each of wheel brake cylinders through pressure control valves respectively. The pressure control valves are controlled by the braking force controller into which output signals of wheel speed sensors are fed. A deceleration of the vehicle is detected by a deceleration sensor. In a counter, counted is the number of repetitions of decrease of the wheel speed of each road wheel down to below a predetermined standard speed and recovery of the wheel speed up to and over the standard speed. The value counted in each road wheel during a predetermined period of time in the counter is compared with a predetermined value in a comparator. When it is determined that the value counted for each road wheel is equal to or greater than the predetermined value respectively and the deceleration detected by the deceleration sensor does not reach to a predetermined deceleration, a drive mode determination unit determines that the vehicle is in the four-wheel drive mode. In accordance with the result of the drive mode determination unit, the braking force control to be executed is selected in the controller.
Abstract:
A device for detecting a bad or bumpy road from a moving vehicle includes a plurality of wheel speed detectors for detecting the corresponding wheel speeds of a plurality of different wheels, an arithmetic circuit for calculating a difference between values detected in the individual wheel speed detectors, a filter, receiving outputs from the arithmetic circuit, for processing only components in a predetermined frequency band, and a determination circuit for determining if a vehicle is travelling on a bad road based on outputs from the filter. The device easily detects a bad road from a moving vehicle on the basis of outputs from said wheel speed detectors, without being affected by instantaneous variation in the wheel speeds.
Abstract:
An antilock brake control device controls the brake pressure of first and second rear wheels in accordance with one of a select-low mode and an independent mode. The select-low mode is carried out when the sum of the slip rates of the first and second rear wheels exceeds a predetermined value, and the independent mode is carried out when the sum of the slip rates of the first and second rear wheels is less than the predetermined value. In the select-low mode, control of the brake pressure applied to the first and second rear wheels is carried out in accordance with the rotation of the one of the first and second rear wheels having the slower wheel speed. In the independent mode, the braking control of each of the first and second rear wheels is independently carried out in accordance with the rotation of the first and second rear wheels, respectively.