Patent ID: 8180548

Claim:
A brake controller for controlling a brake system of a vehicle comprising a brake input device, a plurality of rotating wheels and a plurality of electrically operated brakes, each brake of the plurality of brakes corresponding to one wheel of the plurality of wheels and operative to provide a braking force thereto, at least two rotating wheels in the plurality of rotating wheels configured so as to rotate at substantially the same angular velocity, the brake controller comprising logic circuitry configured to: receive data indicative of a deflection of the brake input device; use the data indicative of the deflection of the brake input device to derive a target deceleration rate; provide a braking command to each of the plurality of brakes, wherein the logic circuitry is further configured to vary the braking command for each brake to regulate a deceleration rate of the vehicle in accordance with the target deceleration rate, receive data indicative of wheel deceleration, use the data indicative of wheel deceleration to regulate the deceleration rate of the vehicle, and share a brake load between the brakes of the at least two rotating wheels.