IP Library Granted Patent US 7,346,443
Granted Patent B2
US 7,346,443 · App. 11/372,090 · Granted Mar 18, 2008

Method of servo-control in a braking system having electric brakes

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Patent No.
US 7,346,443
App. No.
11/372,090
Granted
Mar 18, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a vehicle braking system that includes at least one electric brake provided with at least one actuator comprising a pusher facing friction elements and driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively against the friction elements in response to a braking setpoint, the method making use of a relationship for transforming a setpoint for the braking that is to be applied by the pusher into a setpoint for the position of the pusher. The method of the invention includes the step of adjusting a particular relationship by imposing pauses in the position of the pusher.

Claims (8)

1. A method of servo-controlling a vehicle brake system including at least one brake electric having at least one actuator comprising a pusher that faces friction elements and is driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively against the friction elements in response to a braking setpoint, the method making use of a relationship for transforming a setpoint for the braking to be applied by the pusher into a setpoint for the position of the pusher, the method comprising the steps of:

operating the brake in conditions in which the force applied by the pusher against the friction elements depends essentially on a power supply current flowing through the electric motor;

for at least one operating point, identifying a position of the pusher and the corresponding power supply current of the electric motor, and deducing a corresponding force from the measured current; and

adjusting the relationship between the position setpoint and the braking setpoint as a function of the position and the force as determined in this way;

wherein said operating conditions include imposing at least one position pause on the pusher.

2. A method according to claim 1 , in which the at least one position pause is the result of using a position setpoint including at least one pause.

3. A method according to claim 1 , in which the at least one pause results from using a position setpoint that causes the pusher to be moved in such a manner that the power supply current of the electric motor reaches a maximum available current level.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment step is implemented at least once per utilization cycle of the vehicle.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 8, 2016
From: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
To: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 040851/0908 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 4, 2011
From: MESSIER-BUGATTI
To: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
Reel/Frame 027015/0397 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2006
From: THIBAULT, JULIEN
To: MESSIER-BUGATTI
Reel/Frame 017886/0821 →