Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for controlling a vehicle
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Application No.: US15149665Application Date: 2016-05-09
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Publication No.: US10384546B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Jeffrey John Wolff , Douglas Vroman
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Philip S. Hof
- Main IPC: B60L7/18
- IPC: B60L7/18 ; B60T8/172 ; B60L7/26 ; B60T10/00 ; B60T13/58 ; B60T13/66 ; F16D57/00

Abstract:
A braking system includes a drive system having a traction motor coupled in driving relationship to a wheel of a vehicle, a braking device configured to brake the vehicle, and a control unit. The motor is configured to provide both motive power for the vehicle in a propel mode of operation and retarding effort to brake the vehicle. The control unit is configured to determine a total retarding effort required to brake the vehicle in a braking mode of operation, and an amount of traction motor retarding effort available from the traction motor. The control unit is further configured to control the traction motor and the braking device so that at least one of the traction motor and the braking device brake the vehicle in the braking mode of operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160250931A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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