Patent ID: 6062657
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B60L,B60T,B60W

Abstract:
A method for providing braking to a vehicle having a first car and a second car articulately connected to one another and having three brake sets intended to deliver braking forces based upon a deceleration rate request which is used to generate a brake force request for the first car and a brake force request for the second car, wherein a first brake set is dedicated to the first car, a second brake set is dedicated to the second car, and a third brake set is common to both the first car and the second car, comprising the steps of:a) directing the braking force request for the first car to the first brake set,b) determining the braking force actually provided by the first brake set,c) directing any deficit in the braking force request for the first car not satisfied by the first brake set to the common third brake set,d) determining the braking force actually provided by the first brake set and the common third brake set to the first car, ande) directing any deficit in the braking force request for the first car not satisfied by the first brake set and the common third brake set to the second brake set.