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Granted Patent B2
US 11,840,207 · App. 16/995,814 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Method for controlling ESC integrated braking system

Inventor: Yong Cheol Seol (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
B60T17/22B60T8/885B60T8/92B60T13/142B60T13/686B60T2220/04B60T2270/402B60T2270/88
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,840,207
App. No.
16/995,814
Filed
Aug 18, 2020
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3665
USPC
701/70
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of controlling an electronic stability control (ESC) integrated braking system, which includes, when a failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in a master cylinder unit is detected during braking of a vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system, maintaining, by a controller, a braking force applied during the braking by closing designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and a flow channel of a circuit, and when pressure (PC 1 ) of a pedal cylinder becomes equal to or greater than pressure (MC 1 ) of the circuit based on the maintained braking force, by a brake pedal stepped on by a driver, controlling, by the controller, the designated oil pressure relief valves to be in an open state and then switching the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to a mechanical backup state.

Claims (49)

1. A method of controlling an electronic stability control (ESC) integrated braking system, the method comprising:

when a failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in a master cylinder unit is detected during braking of a vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system, maintaining, by a controller, a braking force applied during the braking by closing designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and a flow channel of a circuit; and

when pressure (PC 1 ) of a pedal cylinder unit becomes equal to or greater than pressure (MC 1 ) of the circuit based on the maintained braking force, by a brake pedal stepped on by a driver, controlling, by the controller, the designated oil pressure relief valves to be in an open state and then switching the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to a mechanical backup state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the circuit is a flow channel comprising inlets valve and outlet valves for forming braking pressure in respective wheel cylinders of front wheels and rear wheels via the designated oil pressure relief valves.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising immediately switching, by the controller, the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to the mechanical backup state when the failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in the master cylinder unit is detected prior to the braking of the vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

when a failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in the master cylinder unit is not detected prior to the braking of the vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system,

checking, by the controller, whether a required braking force is generated through a pedal stroke sensor; and

determining, by the controller, that the required braking force has not been generated if a pedal stroke is 0 as a result of the check and performing initial location control for maintaining the master cylinder unit in an initial state.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

if, the pedal stroke is not 0 as a result of the check,

calculating, by the controller, required pressure corresponding to the pedal stroke value; and

performing, by the controller, pressure control over the master cylinder unit in accordance with the calculated required pressure by driving an actuator of the master cylinder unit.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

if pressure of the master cylinder unit corresponding to the pressure control is unable to be formed after the performing of the pressure control over the master cylinder unit in accordance with the calculated required pressure,

checking, by the controller, whether the designated oil pressure relief valves are in a normal state; and

immediately switching, by the controller, the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to the mechanical backup state if the designated oil pressure relief valves are not in the normal state as a result of the check of the states of the designated oil pressure relief valves.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the designated oil pressure relief valves comprise:

a fourth oil pressure relief valve for coupling the master cylinder unit and a flow channel of a front wheel-side circuit, and

a fifth oil pressure relief valve for coupling the master cylinder unit and a flow channel of a rear wheel-side circuit.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

if the designated oil pressure relief valves are in the normal state,

performing, by the controller, duty control over the designated oil pressure relief valves in a closed state; and

controlling, by the controller, a sixth oil pressure relief valve to be in the closed state, the sixth oil pressure relief valve being a split block valve formed in a flow channel for coupling the designated oil pressure relief valves.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in the maintaining of the braking force applied during the braking by closing the designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and the flow channel of the circuit,

in a state in which a pedal stroke continues to be input,

controlling to continue to maintain, by the controller, the designated oil pressure relief valves in the closed state when the pressure of the pedal cylinder unit is smaller than the pressure of the circuit.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after the maintaining of the braking force applied during the braking by closing the designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and the flow channel of the circuit,

when the brake pedal is released,

performing, by the controller, duty control over the designated oil pressure relief valves in the open state in accordance with a released degree of the brake pedal.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the maintaining of the braking force applied during the braking by closing the designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and the flow channel of the circuit, the controller releases the maintaining of the braking force when a required braking force does not occur because the driver does not step on the brake pedal or the pressure of the pedal cylinder unit is equal to or greater than the pressure of the circuit.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein when the maintaining of the braking force is released, the controller switches the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to the mechanical backup state and turns on a warning lamp.

13. An electronic stability control (ESC) integrated braking system, the system comprising:

a master cylinder unit;

oil pressure relief valves;

a pedal cylinder unit; and

a controller,

wherein, when a failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in the master cylinder unit is detected during braking of a vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system, the controller maintains a braking force applied during the braking by closing designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and a flow channel of a circuit, and

wherein, when pressure (PC 1 ) of the pedal cylinder unit becomes equal to or greater than pressure (MC 1 ) of the circuit based on the maintained braking force, by a brake pedal stepped on by a driver, the controller controls the designated oil pressure relief valves to be in an open state and then switches the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to a mechanical backup state.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the circuit is a flow channel comprising inlets valve and outlet valves for forming braking pressure in respective wheel cylinders of front wheels and rear wheels via the designated oil pressure relief valves.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller immediately switches the state of the designated oil pressure relief valves to the mechanical backup state when the failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in the master cylinder unit is detected prior to the braking of the vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein, when a failure in which pressure is unable to be formed in the master cylinder unit is not detected prior to the braking of the vehicle by the ESC integrated braking system, the controller checks whether a required braking force is generated through a pedal stroke sensor, and determines that the required braking force has not been generated if a pedal stroke is 0 as a result of the check and performs initial location control for maintaining the master cylinder unit in an initial state.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein, if the pedal stroke is not 0 as a result of the check, the controller calculates required pressure corresponding to the pedal stroke value, and performs pressure control over the master cylinder unit in accordance with the calculated required pressure by driving an actuator of the master cylinder unit.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein, in a state in which a pedal stroke continues to be input, the controller controls to continue to maintain the designated oil pressure relief valves in the closed state when the pressure of the pedal cylinder unit is smaller than the pressure of the circuit.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein, after maintaining the braking force applied during the braking by closing the designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and the flow channel of the circuit,

when the brake pedal is released, the controller performs duty control over the designated oil pressure relief valves in the open state in accordance with a released degree of the brake pedal.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein when maintaining the braking force applied during the braking by closing the designated oil pressure relief valves for coupling the master cylinder unit and the flow channel of the circuit, the controller releases the maintaining of the braking force when a required braking force does not occur because the driver does not step on the brake pedal or the pressure of the pedal cylinder unit is equal to or greater than the pressure of the circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2020
From: SEOL, YONG CHEOL
To: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0101579 · Aug 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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