Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Brake performance optimizer
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Application No.: US17200804Application Date: 2021-03-13
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Publication No.: US11713027B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Magnus Brandin , David Ekholm
- Applicant: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Ningbo
- Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
- Current Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Ningbo
- Agency: Tucker Ellis LLP
- Priority: EP 195260 2018.09.18
- Main IPC: B60T7/22
- IPC: B60T7/22 ; B60T17/00 ; B60T17/22 ; B60T8/171 ; B60T8/172 ; B60W10/04 ; B60W10/184 ; B60W30/09 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W40/06 ; F16D66/00

Abstract:
A brake system for controlling the brake performance of a vehicle includes a brake, a control unit connected to one or more external condition sensors, and one or more brake performance sensors. The external condition sensors obtain parameters regarding conditions surrounding the vehicle, which are monitored by a driver assistance unit to estimate a probability value that the brakes should be applied to avoid a collision. The brake performance sensors obtain parameters regarding conditions of the brake. The control unit receives the obtained parameters from the external condition sensors and the estimated probability value and determines a surrounding threat level of the vehicle. The control unit receives the obtained parameters from the brake performance sensors and determines a brake performance level, and heats the at least one brake if the brake performance level is below a first level and the surrounding threat level is above a second level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210197775A1 BRAKE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZER Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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