Method and assembly for powertrain braking and friction braking a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10150461-B2
Application number	US-201615183135-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2016
Priority date	Jun 15, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

An exemplary method includes applying both friction braking and powertrain braking when decelerating a vehicle to a stop, the applying in response to a driver lifting off an accelerator pedal. An exemplary assembly includes a powertrain brake, a friction brake, and a braking controller configured to command the powertrain brake to apply powertrain braking and the friction brake to apply friction braking to stop a vehicle in response to a driver lifting off an accelerator pedal.

First claim

I claim:

1. A method, comprising: applying both friction braking and powertrain braking when decelerating a vehicle, the applying in response to a driver lifting off an accelerator pedal; and during the applying, decreasing the powertrain braking and compensating for the decreasing by increasing the friction braking.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a magnitude of a rate of the decreasing of the powertrain braking is the same as a magnitude of a rate of the increasing of the friction braking.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising, during the applying, decreasing deceleration due to the powertrain braking at a first rate and increasing deceleration due to the friction braking at a second rate, wherein a magnitude of the second rate is proportional to a magnitude of the first rate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is decelerated to a complete stop.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an electrified vehicle.

6. An assembly, comprising: a powertrain brake; a friction brake; and a braking controller configured to command the powertrain brake to apply powertrain braking and the friction brake to apply friction braking to decelerate a vehicle in response to a driver lifting off an accelerator pedal, the braking controller, in response to the driver lifting off the accelerator pedal, further configured to command the powertrain braking to decrease and to command the friction braking to increase to compensate for a decrease in the powertrain braking.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the powertrain brake is an internal combustion engine.

8. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the powertrain brake is an electric machine.

9. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the vehicle is an electrified vehicle.

10. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the powertrain braking and friction braking bring the vehicle to a complete stop.

11. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the controller is configured to command the powertrain braking to decrease at a first rate and to command the friction braking to increase at a second rate, wherein a magnitude of the second rate is the same as a magnitude of the first rate.

12. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the controller, in response to the driver lifting off the accelerator pedal, is configured to command powertrain braking to decrease deceleration due to powertrain braking a first rate and to command friction braking to increase deceleration due to the friction braking at a second rate, wherein a magnitude of the second rate is proportional to a magnitude of the first rate.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Crombez Dale Scott

Classifications

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