Abstract: A method and system for controlling vehicle stability may comprise determining whether a vehicle is oversteering or understeering and, if the vehicle is oversteering or understeering, determining an amount by which to reduce a speed of the vehicle to correct for understeering or oversteering and applying brake pressure to at least the rear brakes of the vehicle to reduce vehicle speed. The method and system also may comprise determining an engine torque reduction amount based on vehicle oversteer or understeer conditions, reducing engine torque by the determined amount or to zero if the determined amount of engine torque reduction is greater than an actual engine torque, and applying braking to at least the rear brakes of the vehicle if the determined amount of engine torque reduction is greater than the actual engine torque.

Abstract: A brake system for a railway vehicle having wheel slide protection includes a main brake pipe fluidly connected to a distributor, and an auxiliary reservoir fluidly connected to the brake distributor, the distributor being fluidly connected to one or more brake cylinders. A further reservoir is provided, compressed air flow to and from the further reservoir being controllable by a valve, operation of the valve being controlled by a control unit adapted to detect wheel slide. The control unit is adapted to switch air supply between air from the auxiliary reservoir and air from the further reservoir in the event that wheel slide is detected.

Abstract: A system that performs anti-slip and anti-lock functions of the wheels in a vehicle provided with a pneumatic braking system. The system includes a brake control apparatus to which is connectable a plurality of electro-pneumatic valve units for control of the brake cylinders associated with the wheels/axles. These valve units are controlled in such a way as selectively to permit application of a braking pressure to the associated brake cylinders, holding this pressure, and discharge of the pressure from the brake cylinders.

Abstract: The brakes of the front axle of the trailer of a utility vehicle are impinged upon with a brake pressure by way of a single, common ABS valve. Said ABS valve is electrically actuated by an EBS module associated with the rear wheel brakes depending on a differential slip between the front axle and the rear axle.

Abstract: A method for providing traction control when starting off a vehicle on a road surface having different adhesive friction values between the right and left sides of the vehicle, the driven low-&mgr; wheel being regulated to a specified setpoint slip pre-control value by a braking intervention if spinning occurs. In order to improve driving comfort, the engine speed is adjusted to the particular standing start conditions. To this end, the engine torque actually required for starting off is determined as soon as the vehicle is set in motion and has exceeded a specified speed threshold, and the engine speed actually required for starting off under the given conditions is determined from this. From this in turn, a new, corrected setpoint slip value is calculated and the setpoint slip is abruptly reduced or increased from the setpoint slip pre-control value to the newly calculated, corrected setpoint slip value.

Abstract: A method and a system for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle having traction control are described. The brake system contains sensors which are assigned to the individual vehicle wheels and with which a quantity representing at least the driving and/or braking forces acting between the road surface and the vehicle wheel is detected for the respective vehicle wheel. For operation of the brake system having traction control, pressure quantities which describe the brake pressure established for the respective vehicle wheel are analyzed. The pressure quantities are determined as a function of the quantities detected by the sensors.

Abstract: A brake control device for a vehicle includes a brake pedal, vehicle wheels, wheel brake cylinders, an automatic hydraulic pressure generating device, a pressure control valve unit, and an automatic brake control unit for controlling the pressure control valve unit in response to a vehicle driving condition. The brake control device for the vehicle regulates any of the pressure control valve unit corresponding to the wheels in response to the brake pedal operation when the automatic brake control is performed under the brake pedal being operated. Therefore, the brake control device resembles the brake hydraulic pressure of the wheel brake cylinders corresponding to the controlled pressure control valve to the brake pedal depression. The brake control device generates a vehicle deceleration in response to a brake pedal operation when an automatic brake pressure increase control is performed at any of the vehicle wheels when the brake pedal is operated.

Abstract: A moving behavior control device for a vehicle calculates first target braking forces to be applied to the respective wheels for stabilizing the vehicle against a turn instability, second target braking forces to be applied to the respective wheels for stabilizing the vehicle against a roll instability, and target overall braking forces to be applied to the respective wheels by integrating the first and second target braking forces, and applies braking forces to the respective wheels according to the target overall braking forces, wherein the applied braking forces are decreased according to a first rate schedule by which the applied braking forces are decreased at a first rate according to an excess of the applied braking forces relative to the target overall braking forces when the vehicle is running at no probability of rolling beyond a predetermined threshold roll, and according to a second rate schedule by which the braking forces are lowered at a second rate smaller than the first rate according to the

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle having a traction control or anti-spin function for controlling wheel slip on differentially driven wheels of a vehicle. The system includes left and right fluid pressure operated brake mechanisms associated with left and right driven wheels of the vehicle. First and second brake valves control the communication of fluid pressure to the left and right brake mechanisms. In normal operation, an operator actuatable treadle concurrently operates both valves to simultaneously apply fluid pressure to the brake mechanisms as a function of treadle depression. Each brake valve includes a pilot pressure operated section for actuating a main fluid control section. Wheel speed sensors associated with the left and right driven wheels continuously monitor the rotational speed of the wheels.

Abstract: A traction control system and method of a four-wheel drive vehicle comprises an engine control apparatus, a brake drive apparatus for automatically and independently applying brake to each of four wheels, wheel speed detecting means, vehicle speed detecting means, steering angle detecting means, yaw rate detecting means, target yaw rate calculating means, yaw rate deviation calculating means, slip amount calculating means for calculating an actual slip amount, reference slip amount storing means for memorizing a reference slip amount, target slip amount determining means for determining a target slip amount based on the reference slip amount, traction control judging means for outputting a traction control signal when a traction control is needed, target braking force calculating means, target engine torque calculating means. When a traction control is needed, the target slip amount determining means determine a target slip amount of a wheel needing the traction control.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing relative spin speed traction control on a railway vehicle. Such apparatus includes a wheel spin detection device connected to receive a plurality of input signals; one of such input signals being an externally generated axle rate signal which represents an acceleration/deceleration rate of a particular wheel/axle set being monitored with respect to wheel slippage. This device generates a spin speed selection output signal and a respective axle's wheel spin detection signal. A wheel spin correction device connected to receive as input signals; a power/brake signal which represents when such vehicle is either in a braking mode or not, a spin speed selection output signal and the respective axle's wheel spin detection signal. This device determines the appropriate output force command signal selected from remove, hold and apply and also generates an output signal indicating a spin correction being in progress or not in progress for a respective axle.

Abstract: In order to avoid faults as a result of different diameters of tires, under prescribed conditions a correction of one wheel speed with respect to the other on each side of the vehicle is performed. The conditions are based on a comparison of the throttle valve angle to the zero torque angle, and a comparison of the speed of the driven wheel to the speed of the non-driven wheel.