Abstract: To obtain a straddle-type vehicle information processor and a straddle-type vehicle information processing method capable of recognizing that a straddle-type vehicle has crashed during travel with a high degree of accuracy at appropriate timing to contribute to improvement in occupant safety. A straddle-type vehicle information processor 10 includes: a travel state information acquisition section 11 that acquires, as information related to a travel state of a straddle-type vehicle 1, a physical quantity set that is configured to include at least two types of physical quantities; a crash recognition section 12 that acquires a Mahalanobis distance with respect to a referred sample group of the physical quantity set and determines whether the crash has occurred on the basis of a relationship between the Mahalanobis distance and a reference value; and an output section 13 that makes output corresponding to the recognition of the crash by the crash recognition section 12.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the interior of a vehicle including emitting electromagnetic waves of at least one frequency or at least one frequency band towards at least one seat arranged in the interior of the vehicle by means of an electromagnetic radiator, receiving reflected electromagnetic waves by means of a sensor, detecting a living object on the seat from the received reflected electromagnetic waves by means of a detection device, determining a volume of the detected object from the received reflected electromagnetic waves by means of the detection device, determining a weight characteristic of the detected object on the basis of the determined volume of the object by means of the detection device, outputting a detection signal representing the weight characteristic by way of the detection device, and actuating a safety system to make the interior safe in accordance with the detection signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag configured to be mounted to a seat back of a vehicle seat. The airbag is inflatable between the seat back and an adjacent side structure of the vehicle to one of a first deployed condition in which the airbag is configured for a non-reclined condition of the vehicle seat, and a second deployed condition in which the airbag is configured for a reclined condition of the vehicle seat. The airbag is configured to deploy to the first deployed condition in response to determining a non-reclined condition of the vehicle seat and to the second deployed condition in response to determining a reclined condition of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary bar securing device (3) of a safety bar (4) of an amusement ride, comprising: a primary securing device which keeps the safety bar (4) in an angular position that is adapted to the anatomy of the passenger during travel of the amusement ride, at least one first blocking element (21) and at least one second blocking element (22), wherein the at least one first blocking element (21) and the at least one second blocking element (22) are arranged at a distance (25) to each other, wherein, in the event of a malfunction of the primary securing device, the safety bar (4) can be moved in a tolerance opening angle, wherein the tolerance opening angle correlates to the distance (25) between the at least one first and the at least one second blocking element (21, 22), and, wherein, if the tolerance opening angle is exceeded, the at least one first blocking element (21) and the at least one second blocking element (22) block the safety bar (4).

Abstract: An airbag device for a driver's seat adapted to be mounted on a boss of a steering wheel disposed at a center of a rim is disclosed. The airbag device includes an inflatable airbag folded in the form of an airbag package. The airbag includes a vehicle-side wall that includes a gas inlet port and is configured to be supported by the rim when deployed, and a driver-side wall. The airbag, before folded into the airbag package, has a flat initial folded form in which the driver-side wall lies over the vehicle-side wall. The initial folded form includes a folded-in portion in which a front edge portion of the vehicle-side wall is folded inwardly and rearwardly beneath a front edge portion of the driver-side wall, and a folded-back portion in which the front edge portion of the driver-side wall which adjoins the folded-in portion is folded towards the inlet port on the vehicle-side wall.

Abstract: An all thermoplastic olefin (TPO) airbag system for an automotive vehicle including a TPO airbag module housing coupled with a TPO airbag cover or chute, the system being particularly suitable as a front airbag system, and method of making the same. The airbag module housing may couple with the chute through a plurality of projections and windows, or through bolts.

Abstract: A seatback carrier module includes first and second side portions spaced-apart from one another and interconnected by an upper portion. A cradle portion is disposed along the first and second side portions and the upper portion of the seatback carrier module. The cradle portion includes inner and outer edges with a rearwardly extending body portion. A mounting portion is disposed along a portion of the inner edge of the cradle portion. The mounting portion includes inner and outer edges with a body portion disposed therebetween. The mounting portion further includes a rearwardly extending sidewall disposed along the inner edge of the mounting portion. An airbag assembly is received within the cradle portion and has an inverted U-shaped configuration to substantially surround the outer perimeter of the seatback frame. The airbag assembly is an elongate member defining an overhead airbag assembly.

Abstract: A seatback assembly includes a seatback frame having first and second side members defining a back support portion of the seatback frame. An upper frame member interconnects the first and second side members of the seatback frame to define a headrest support portion of the seatback frame. The seatback frame includes an outer perimeter disposed around the first and second side members and the upper frame member. A front carrier module is operably coupled to a rear carrier module is operably around the seatback frame. The outer perimeter of the seatback frame is inset from a front edge of the rear carrier module to define a raceway therebetween. An airbag assembly is received in the raceway for outward deployment therefrom. The airbag assembly is an elongate member disposed on opposed sides of the back support portion of the seatback frame and over the headrest support portion of the seatback frame.

Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes an airbag, an upper holder, and a tension member. The airbag is disposed along side surfaces of a seat from an upper part of the seat into space under a seat surface. The upper holder is configured to hold an upper part of the airbag and disposed between and above shoulders of an occupant to sit on the seat in a right-to-left direction. The tension member is configured to, upon deployment of the airbag, apply a tensional force to a lower part of the deploying airbag to pull the lower part in a direction opposite to a side surface on which the airbag is deployed.

Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus is configured to protect an occupant to sit on a seat of a vehicle. The apparatus includes an airbag in a shape of a rod at least in part. The airbag extends downward from above shoulders of the occupant to deploy on sides of the shoulders. At a completion of deployment, part of the airbag becomes approximately straight, and an upper part of the airbag tilts toward a center of the seat in a right-to-left direction.

Abstract: A seat cushion airbag apparatus includes a support portion, an airbag, and a fastening portion. The support portion is arranged below the cushion portion of a conveyance seat. The airbag is arranged between the cushion portion and the support portion and at the center portion in the width direction of the conveyance seat. The fastening portion fastens the airbag to the support portion and is disposed in the lower portion of the airbag in the inflated state at a position rearward of the center in the front-rear direction.

Abstract: An airbag device with a horn switch body, configured so as to be installed in an upper surface side in a boss portion near a center of a steering wheel, includes: an airbag which inflates by receiving inflation gas; an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag; a pad covering the folded airbag: a mounting base made of sheet metal which holds the airbag, the inflator, and the pad; a horn switch body having an assembling pin to be assembled to a main body side of the steering wheel; and a support plate made of a sheet metal which supports the horn switch body as a configuration attached to a lower surface side of the mounting base. A case around the assembling pin, the mounting base, or the support plate is provided with a spacer capable of preventing rattling of the switch disposition portion in the case.

Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag, an inflator and an attachment base. The airbag includes a body portion, and an inflow port portion, into which the distal end side of the inflator is inserted. The attachment base includes a holding plate portion including a pressing portion and a support portion that are provided at positions displaced around an axial center of the inflator so as to surround a periphery of the inflow port portion into which the distal end side of the inflator is inserted. The pressing portion is plastically deformable so as to approach a side of the support portion by being crimped, and the distal end side of the inflator inserted between the pressing portion and the support portion and the inflow port portion are sandwiched between the crimped pressing portion and the support portion, and are held by the attachment base.

Abstract: An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. The system may also include a transverse ceiling trim panel and one or more side ceiling trim panels configured to be coupled to a ceiling of the vehicle, with the transverse ceiling trim panel extending substantially transversely with respect to the one or more side ceiling trim panels. Portions of the ceiling trim panels may be configured to deflect and allow expansion of the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to the deployed state. The system may also include a deployment controller and one or more inflators configured to cause deployment of the expandable curtain at a first time and deployment of the expandable bladder at a second time after the first time.

Abstract: An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. The system may also include a transverse ceiling trim panel and one or more side ceiling trim panels configured to be coupled to a ceiling of the vehicle, with the transverse ceiling trim panel extending substantially transversely with respect to the one or more side ceiling trim panels. Portions of the ceiling trim panels may be configured to deflect and allow expansion of the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to the deployed state. The system may also include a deployment controller and one or more inflators configured to cause deployment of the expandable curtain at a first time and deployment of the expandable bladder at a second time after the first time.

Abstract: A non-coated air bag fabric according to the present invention is woven using fibers containing polyethylene terephthalate as a main raw material, the fabric has a cover factor of 2350 or more, and a single fiber fineness of a yarn that constitutes the fabric is 2.0 dtex to 4.0 dtex inclusive.

Abstract: A preparatory folded form is a form of an airbag in an initial stage in a folding process which has not yet been reduced in size for storage in a steering wheel, The airbag includes a driver-side wall, and a vehicle-side wall which includes an inlet port in a vicinity of the center, and a plurality of taken-in portions towards the outer edge for reducing a length of the outer edge of the vehicle-side wall. The preparatory folded form includes an upper-surface portion composed of a central portion of the driver-side wall, a lower-surface portion composed of a peripheral portion of the inlet port in the vehicle-side wall, and at least one invaginated portion that is composed of a portion of the airbag located between the upper- and lower-surface portions including the taken-in portions, and is invaginated in between the upper- and lower-surface portions towards the inlet port. The upper-surface portion, invaginated portion and lower-surface portion lie over one another.

Abstract: An airbag for a steering wheel is configured to cover an upper surface of the steering wheel generally all over when inflated. The airbag includes a driver-protection portion that is configured to be deployed towards a driver's seat and restrain a driver, a central protruding portion that is disposed in a vicinity of a center of the driver-protection portion and protrudes towards the driver's seat, a circumferential protruding portion that is disposed in a vicinity of an outer circumferential edge of the driver-protection portion and protrudes towards the driver's seat, and a small protruding portion that is disposed between the central protruding portion and circumferential protruding portion and protrudes towards the driver's seat. The small protruding portion is smaller in protruding amount than the central protruding portion and the circumferential protruding portion.

Abstract: An airbag comprises a front panel (22), a rear panel (24) and an additional panel (26), the front panel (22) and the rear panel (24) being directly connected to each other in a first circumferential portion (28) and the front panel (22) being connected to the additional panel (26) and the additional panel (26) being connected to the rear panel (24) in a second circumferential portion (30). Further, an airbag module (16), a vehicle (10) and a method of manufacturing the airbag (18) are shown.

Abstract: The invention relates to a recoil valve for the trigger capsule for the gas generator of a passenger restraint system in an automotive vehicle, in particular for the gas generator of an inflatable impact protection cushion (airbag), measures being taken in order to avoid a relative movement of the glass insulation or of the contact pin in the trigger capsule due to the released quantity of gas or during the ignition process.

Abstract: An energy absorbing structure includes a base, a loading platform, a pair of side supports, a center support, and a pair of flexible segments. The loading platform is spaced apart from the base. The side supports project from the base toward the loading platform. The center support projects from the loading platform toward the base. The flexible segments extend from the side supports to the center support and connect the side supports to the center support. The flexible segments have straight edges and curved surfaces disposed between the straight edges. The straight edges extend from the side supports to the center support and are oriented at an oblique angle relative to the base. Each of the curved surfaces faces one of the base and the loading platform.

Abstract: An airbag device is to be mounted on a vehicle and includes an outer airbag, an inner airbag and a friction generating member. The outer airbag is made of a base cloth and configured to expand and deploy outward of the vehicle. The inner airbag is made of a base cloth and configured to expand and deploy in the outer airbag. The friction generating member is provided on at least one of an inner surface of the outer airbag and an outer surface of the inner airbag. When the inner surface of the deployed outer airbag contacts the outer surface of the deployed inner airbag, the friction generating member generates a frictional force that is greater than a frictional force that is generated when the base cloths of the outer airbag and the inner airbag overlap one another.

Abstract: An airbag device is to be mounted on a vehicle and includes an airbag, an inflator, and a deformation member. The airbag configured to expand and deploy outward of the vehicle. The inflator configured to supply expansion gas into the airbag. The deformation member provided in the airbag and configured to be deformed by heat of the expansion gas supplied from the inflator.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, and an immobilization system coupled to the seat bottom and the seat back to immobilize an occupant. The immobilization system includes at least one bottom strap kit operatively attached to the seat bottom and at least one back strap kit operatively attached to the seat back at predetermined locations with each of the at least one bottom strap kit and the at least one back strap kit including a strap having a stowed position hidden from view and a deployed position visible to secure an occupant in a seated position against the seat bottom and the seat back.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body rear structure including: a rear roof rail extending in a vehicle width direction and being attached with a retractor for a seat belt; a bracket which is connected to the rear roof rail, so that the retractor is arranged between the bracket and the rear roof rail, and defines an opening portion at an end portion in the vehicle width direction thereof with the rear roof rail; and an extension which connects an end portion in the vehicle width direction of at least one of a top surface and a rear surface of the bracket to a front wall of the rear roof rail. The rear roof rail includes a protruding portion which protrudes frontward to have the retractor arranged therein, and the front wall extending in a vertical direction at a front side of a vehicle body.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a spool elongated along an axis. The seatbelt retractor includes a cylinder supported in the spool and having a thread. The seatbelt retractor includes a torsion bar in the cylinder and having a thread engaged with the thread of the cylinder. The seatbelt retractor includes a stopper supported by the torsion bar at the thread of the torsion bar and spaced from the cylinder.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a spool. The seatbelt retractor includes a torsion bar elongated along an axis within the spool and defining passages elongated parallel to the axis, the passages spaced from each other surrounding the axis.

Abstract: The relates to a sensor for activating a vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism of a belt retractor, comprising an inertia body, a bearing supporting the inertia body, a release element which can be moved out of an idle position by movement of the inertia body so as to activate the vehicle occupant restraint system, wherein the inertia body can be pivoted about a stationary point of rotation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt tightener (1) with a mass body drive for a seat belt of a motor vehicle with a force-limiting device with —a belt shaft (3) mounted rotatably in at least one opening (15) of a housing (14) that can be fastened fixedly to the vehicle, it being possible to wind up the seat belt on said shaft, —a tightener drive wheel (24) connected non-rotatably to the belt shaft (3) and having recesses (14) distributed at regular intervals over the circumference, —a chain forming the mass body drive made of loose mass bodies (19), which are guided in a tightener tube (10) and can be driven by pressure application of the tightener tube (10), wherein —the belt shaft (3) can be driven in the winding direction of the seat belt by engagement of the driven mass bodies (19) in the recesses (14) of the tightener drive wheel (24), wherein —the mounting of the belt shaft (3) in the opening (15) of the housing (14) is designed to be flexible in the radial direction.

Abstract: A parking enforcement system configured to impair the view of a driver through a windshield of a vehicle is provided. The parking enforcement system includes a plurality of covering assemblies. Each of the covering assemblies has one or more suction assemblies configured for placement against a windshield of a vehicle. A pump assembly is configured for pneumatic communication with the one or more suction assemblies. The pump assembly is configured to develop a partial vacuum between the suction assemblies and the windshield. A release assembly is configured for pneumatic communication with the one or more suction assemblies. The release assembly has a servo motor configured to actuate release of the suction assemblies from the windshield.

Abstract: A method for actuating a locking mechanism on a container, the method including receiving, at a computing device associated with the container, a policy for actuating the locking mechanism; determining, at the computing device, that conditions within the policy have been met; and actuating the locking mechanism.

Abstract: An in-vehicle control apparatus using a smart key provided with a display and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes sensing, by an integrated apparatus, at least one of a vehicle state, an attachment state of the smart key, and a detachment state of the smart key, the smart key including a magnet, and adjusting a magnetic force of at least one electromagnet provided in a smart key recognizer disposed in a predetermined attachment region inside the vehicle based on a plurality of levels and a result of the sensing. The levels include at least a first level occurring before driving and a second level occurring during driving, and a magnetic force corresponding to the second level is greater than a magnetic force corresponding to the first level.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle on the basis of a detection result of a detector configured to detect a situation outside the vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, and a door controller configured to perform opening control for opening a door of the vehicle. The door controller starts opening control for opening the door of the vehicle if the recognizer has recognized a predetermined motion of a user when the vehicle travels according to control of the driving controller.

Abstract: A use control ECU is provided with an ECU storage section that stores wireless communication terminal information, an ECU wireless communication section that communicates with the portable terminal based on the wireless communication terminal information, an authentication information generation section that generates start authorization authentication information for authorizing the vehicle to start, an authentication information notification section that notifies within the vehicle the start authorization authentication information generated by the authentication information generation section, a vehicle start authentication section that performs, when the ECU wireless communication section receives the start authorization authentication information notified from the authentication information notification section from the portable terminal, authentication related to starting the vehicle based on the received start authorization authentication information, and a vehicle start authorization section that auth

Abstract: An input information management system for a vehicle that can be used by using each of a plurality of electronic keys, the system managing input information that is input by a user, where the system includes a key information acquisition unit that acquires and stores key information of an electronic key, when an operation is performed on the vehicle using the electronic key, and an input information erasure unit that erases the input information that is stored in a storage device, where, when the key information is acquired by the key information acquisition unit, the input information erasure unit compares current key information that is acquired with last key information that is last stored by the key information acquisition unit before acquisition of the current key information, and erases the input information that is stored in the storage device on a basis of a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle including an RFID module and a button module cooperates with a vehicle controller and a remote control. The button module triggers the RFID module to transmit a querying code to the remote control upon being pressed. The remote control transmits a confirmation code and a remote ID code to the RFID module, and the RFID module determines whether the confirmation code corresponds to the querying code. If yes, the RFID module further forwards the remote ID code to the controller in order for the controller to determine whether the remote ID code is identical with a pre-stored ID code, and to control a lock actuator to switch from a locking position to an unlocking position, or vice versa, when it is determined that the remote ID code is identical with the pre-stored ID code.

Abstract: A method of remotely controlling access to a resource comprising: transmitting a plurality of signals wherein each signal is transmitted using a different antenna from a plurality of antennas, detecting a received signal at a remote key, performing angle-of-arrival analysis on the received signal; and transmitting an authorisation message from the remote key if the received signal comprises a plurality of signal components with a predetermined characteristic.

Abstract: A vehicular authentication device that includes: a first processor; and a second processor. The first processor is configured to: perform a first permission to permit release of a steering lock of a vehicle in a case in which a verification of key information of the vehicle has been performed successfully, and in a case in which the steering lock has been released by the first permission, perform a second permission to permit deactivation of an immobilizer of the vehicle based on a successful verification of biometric information by the second processor.

Abstract: An HVAC case configured to heat airflow for a vehicle HVAC system. The HVAC case has a defrost outlet, a primary demist outlet, a secondary demist outlet, and an airflow control door. The airflow control door is configured to control airflow through each one of the defrost outlet, the primary demist outlet, and the secondary demist outlet.

Abstract: A lifter for windshield wiper blade includes a body having first and second opposite end portions. The body is horizontally elongate with a vertically low profile. The first and second end opposite portions are without any corners. The first opposite end portion releasably contacts the windshield when the body portion is positioned between a wiper arm and a windshield. The second opposite end portion releasably supports the wiper arm in a spaced apart relationship to the windshield when the first opposite end portion contacts the windshield and the body portion is positioned between the wiper arm and the windshield. The first and second end opposite portions are free from attachment to the wiper arm and the windshield, The body is supportively firm along the vertically low profile and vertically flexible along the second opposite end portion in supporting the wiper arm. The body has a positive water buoyancy.

Abstract: An adhering substance removing device is configured to remove adhering substances on an exterior member of a vehicle body. The device includes a vibration generator and a vibration transmitting member. The vibration generator is configured to generate vibrations. The vibration transmitting member includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface faces the exterior member. The second surface is inclined with an acute angle relative to the first surface. The vibration generator is mounted on the second surface. The vibration transmitting member is softer than the exterior member. The vibration transmitting member is configured to generate surface waves that advance in a predetermined direction in the exterior member.

Abstract: A vehicle optical device comprises an optical module including a lens through which external light passes; a cover glass arranged on a front surface of the lens; a motor driving the cover glass; a cleaner for accommodating a portion of the cover glass; and a controller driving the motor to accommodate a portion of the cover glass, which is arranged on the front surface of the lens and contaminated, in the cleaner through rotation of the cover glass if the portion of the cover glass is contaminated. The vehicle optical device may acquire exact information by removing particles that disturb acquisition of external information.

Abstract: In a cleaning nozzle unit including an inner liquid passage guiding a cleaning solution, an inner air passage feeding air to an outlet of the inner liquid passage, and an injection port that mixes the cleaning solution guided by the inner liquid passage and the air fed by the inner air passage and injects a mixture of the cleaning solution and the air to a surface of an object, a plurality of the injection ports are provided, are disposed at predetermined intervals and inject the mixtures in directions such that the mixtures hits each other in the surface at a substantially predetermined angle in a front view of the surface.

Abstract: A device for acquiring a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The device includes a sensor housing and at least one sensor situated inside the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a transmit/receive window. The device has a cover made transparent for the sensor signals, and the cover is designed to cover the transmit/receive window, and thus the at least one sensor, relative to an external surrounding environment of the device. The device has a cleaning unit that is situated on an outer side of the sensor housing and is movable along the sensor housing by a drive unit. The cleaning unit is designed to remove contamination from the cover of the transmit/receive window. The cleaning unit is realized as a space that is closed relative to the external surrounding environment.

Abstract: A cleaner finger assembly for cleaning compactor teeth on a compactor wheel of a compactor machine includes at least one cleaner finger assembly. The cleaner finger assembly includes a cleaner finger stack and a plurality of fasteners for mounting the cleaner finger stack. The cleaner finger stack includes at least one cleaner finger with a longitudinal axis, a tip for engaging a compactor wheel surface, and a plurality of mounting apertures. The cleaner finger also includes a notch extending from an edge of the cleaner finger toward the longitudinal axis. The cleaner finger failing at the location of the notch when the cleaner finger tip is engaged by debris with a tension force greater than a tip anchor tension capacity of the finger tip anchoring mechanism.

Abstract: An actuator includes a control part, a first rotation sensor, and a second rotation sensor able to detect rotation of an output shaft. The control part performs a first rotation angle acquisition control for acquiring a target rotation angle of the output shaft when a movable part is moved from the second position to the first position as a first rotation angle. The first rotation angle is a rotation angle of the output shaft that is closer to the second position side than when the movable part abuts the first wall part. In the first rotation angle acquisition control, the control part causes the movable part abuts the first wall part, acquires a rotation angle of the output shaft when the movable part has abutted the first wall part, and calculates the first rotation angle based on the rotation angle of the output shaft that has been acquired.

Abstract: Disclosed are an EPB compatible with an autohold function, a starting method and a vehicle. According to the EPB, during starting, by converting the vehicle from a brake state where the EPB acts into a brake state where an autohold function acts and enabling the vehicle to start from the brake state where the autohold function acts, the vehicle is started stably, the starting noise of the vehicle is reduced and the driving experience is improved.

Abstract: For rapid and precise actuation of a friction brake, the thermal expansion of the friction brake is determined using a thermal model of the friction brake and therefrom the temperature-dependent shift in the contact point is determined for the braking operation and the temperature-dependent shift in the contact point is taken into account when determining the actuation measure of the friction brake to be adjusted.

Abstract: A brake wear component is disclosed. In various embodiments, the component includes a linear position sensor disposed within a housing and configured to contact a pressure plate of a brake mechanism; a bias element coupled to the linear position sensor and configured to bias the linear position sensor a distance away from the pressure plate during a deactivated state; and an actuating mechanism coupled to the linear position sensor and configured to translate the linear position sensor toward the pressure plate during an activated state.

Abstract: An electric braking system (1) for braking an aircraft, the system comprising: a brake (3) comprising an electromechanical actuator (5) designed so that when it applies a force to the friction members (4) that is less than or equal to a first maximum threshold, no degradation of the actuator occurs, and when it applies a force to the friction members (4) that is greater than the first maximum threshold, degradation is likely to occur; control means (7) configurable to occupy a first mode in which the controlled braking force cannot exceed the first maximum threshold, and to occupy a second mode in which the controlled braking force can reach the second maximum threshold; and configuration means (10) arranged to configure the control means (7) to occupy the second mode when in a situation preceding a potential interruption of takeoff (RTO) of the aircraft, and otherwise to occupy the first mode.