Patent ID: 6416139
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B60T,G01P,H05K

Abstract:
A brake control assembly for a vehicle brake system, the vehicle having an axis, the brake control assembly comprising:a hydraulic control valve body including electrically controlled components, said valve body adapted to be hydraulically connected to the vehicle wheel brakes; an electronic control unit for controlling the valve body components, said electronic control unit mounted upon said hydraulic control valve body to define said brake control assembly; means for mounting said brake control assembly upon the vehicle in a predetermined off axis orientation relative to the vehicle axis; and at least one motion sensor mounted within said electronic control unit, said motion sensor being oriented within said electronic control unit to compensate for the off axis mounting of the brake control assembly upon the vehicle such that, when the brake control assembly is mounted upon the vehicle, said motion sensor will properly sense motion of the vehicle relative to the vehicle axis.