Systems and methods for electric brake force estimation tolerant to drivetrain stiction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610927-B2
Application number	US-201514752611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2015
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stiction tolerant brake force estimation. In various embodiments, a method for stiction tolerant brake force estimation may comprise receiving, by a controller, a first motor state at a first time, calculating, by the controller, a first uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the first motor state, calculating, by the controller, a first linear speed based upon the first motor state, and calculating, by the controller, a first stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the first linear speed and the first uncompensated brake force estimate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for stiction tolerant brake force estimation comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a first motor state at a first time;
calculating, by the controller, a first uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the first motor state;
calculating, by the controller, a first linear speed based upon the first motor state; and
calculating, by the controller, a first stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the first linear speed and the first uncompensated brake force estimate.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the controller, a second motor state at a second time;
calculating, by the controller, a second uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the second motor state;
calculating, by the controller, a second linear speed based upon the second motor state; and
calculating, by the controller, a second stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the second linear speed and the second uncompensated brake force estimate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a brake force rate of change is calculated by calculating a difference between the first stiction compensated brake force estimate and the second uncompensated brake force estimate,
wherein a rate of change limiter uses the brake force rate of change to calculate a limited brake force rate of change,
wherein an integrator calculates the second stiction compensated brake force estimate by integrating the limited brake force rate of change over a specified domain.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the specified domain comprises a difference between the second time and the first time.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the limiter uses the second linear speed to determine the limited brake force rate of change.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first linear speed and the second linear speed comprise a linear speed of a ball nut.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first motor state and the second motor state comprise at least one of a motor angular velocity, a motor temperature, a motor supply voltage, or a motor supply current.

8. A system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation, comprising:
a controller configured to receive a motor state;
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the controller, a first motor state at a first time;
calculating, by the controller, a first uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the first motor state;
calculating, by the controller, a first linear speed based upon the first motor state; and
calculating, by the controller, a first stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the first linear speed and the first uncompensated brake force estimate.

9. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 8 , wherein the tangible, non-transitory memory causes the controller to perform operations further comprising:
receiving, by the controller, a second motor state at a second time;
calculating, by the controller, a second uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the second motor state;
calculating, by the controller, a second linear speed based upon the second motor state; and
calculating, by the controller, a second stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the second linear speed and the second uncompensated brake force estimate.

10. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 9 , wherein the tangible, non-transitory memory causes the controller to perform operations further comprising:
calculating, by the controller, a brake force rate of change, wherein the brake force rate of change is calculated by calculating a difference between the first stiction compensated brake force estimate and the second uncompensated brake force estimate;
calculating, by the controller, a limited brake force rate of change, the limited brake force rate of change being limited according to a drive train speed; and
calculating, by the controller, an integral of the limited brake force rate of change over a specified domain, wherein the resulting integral is the second stiction compensated brake force estimate.

11. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 10 , wherein the specified domain comprises a difference between the second time and the first time.

12. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 10 , wherein the second linear speed is used to determine the limited brake force rate of change.

13. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 9 , further comprising:
an electro-mechanical brake actuator (EBA), wherein the EBA comprises:
a motor, wherein a motor shaft is coupled to the motor,
a ball screw, and
a ball nut, wherein the ball nut is in communication with the ball screw.

14. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 9 , wherein the first motor state and the second motor state comprise at least one of a motor angular velocity, a motor temperature, a motor supply voltage, and a motor supply current.

15. The system for stiction tolerant brake force estimation of claim 14 , wherein the first uncompensated brake force estimate and the second uncompensated brake force estimate are based upon the motor angular velocity.

16. A tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with a controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the controller, a first motor state at a first time;
calculating, by the controller, a first uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the first motor state;
calculating, by the controller, a first linear speed based upon the first motor state; and
calculating, by the controller, a first stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the first linear speed and the first uncompensated brake force estimate.

17. The tangible, non-transitory memory of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
receiving, by the controller, a second motor state at a second time;
calculating, by the controller, a second uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the second motor state;
calculating, by the controller, a second linear speed based upon the second motor state; and
calculating, by the controller, a second stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the second linear speed and the second uncompensated brake force estimate.

18. The tangible, non-transitory memory of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
calculating, by the controller, a brake force rate of change, wherein the brake force rate of change is calculated by calculating a difference between the first stiction compensated brake force estimate and the second uncompensated brake force estimate;
calculating, by the controller, a limited brake force rate of change, the limited brake force rate of change being limited according to a drive train speed; and
calculating, by the controller, an integral of the limited brake force rate of change over a specified domain, wherein the resulting integral is the second stiction compensated brake force estimate.

19. The tangible, non-transitory memory o

Assignees

• Goodrich Corp

Inventors

• Ayichew Efrem E

Classifications

• B60T8/171

  Detecting parameters used in the regulation; Measuring values used in the regulation · CPC title

• B60T8/172 Primary

  Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters {(B60T8/17551 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60T8/1703 Primary

  for aircrafts · CPC title