Patent ID: 6142587
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
An anti-lock braking system for an automobile having a front right road wheel, a front left road wheel, a rear right road wheel, and a rear left road wheel, the braking system comprising:a wheel cylinder for one of the road wheels to be controlled;a brake unit operative in response to a control signal to regulate brake pressure within said wheel cylinder; anda control unit operative to apply said control signal to said brake unit,said control unit being operative to determine a controlled wheel speed for the one road wheel to be controlled,said control unit being operative to compare said controlled wheel speed with a reference value,said control unit being operative to develop said control signal in response to result from comparing said controlled wheel speed with said reference value;wherein said control unit is operative to select a higher one of the actual wheel speeds of road wheels on the opposite side, with respect to a longitudinal center line of the automobile, to the side where the one road wheel to be controlled exists,said control unit is operative to select a lower one of said selected higher one actual wheel speed and the actual wheel speed of the one road wheel to be controlled, andsaid control unit is operative to set said selected lower one actual wheel speed as said controlled wheel speed.