Patent ID: 8831854
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A method of reducing shimmy of a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel including a wheel brake and being rotatable about a central axis, steerable by varying a steering angle of the wheel about a steering axis that is arranged orthogonal to the central axis, and having either a positive or a negative scrub radius, the method comprising: detecting an oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel about the steering axis in a first direction; and selectively applying a braking load with the wheel brake to decelerate rotation of the wheel about the central axis, and due to the wheel having the scrub radius, bias the wheel about the steering axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction to counteract the oscillation/shimmy of the steering angle of the wheel about the steering axis: wherein selectively applying the braking load includes: