Patent ID: 7152934

Claim:
Method for a motor vehicle with a regenerative and an anti-lock conventional brake system (ABS) for coordinating the application of the regenerative and the anti-lock system, wherein the regenerative brake system is switched off upon entry into an ABS control phase, comprising the steps of: identifying the termination of the ABS control phase; determining criteria representative of a braking demand and an instantaneous coefficient of friction at the termination of the ABS control phase; and applying post ABS regenerative braking by the regenerative brake system at the termination of the ABS control phase, a value of the post ABS regenerative braking being based on the determined criteria and being in a modified form compared to a regenerative braking value prior to the entry into the ABS control phase, wherein the regenerative brake system has a maximum regenerative braking value and the post ABS regenerative braking is limited for a given period to a predetermined limit value which is less than maximum regenerative braking value.