| US 7,497,526 B2 | ||
| Brake system with distributed electronic control units | ||
| Peter Nilsson, Orkelljunga (Sweden); and Anders Lindqvist, Landkrona (Sweden) | ||
| Assigned to Haldex Brake Products AB, (Sweden) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/88,589. | ||
| Application 11/088589 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/672806, filed on Sep. 26, 2003, granted, now 6,991,302. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0161298 A1, Jul. 28, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. B60T 13/72 (2006.01); B60T 15/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 303—20 [303/189] | 29 Claims |
| 1. An electronically controlled braking system comprising:
at least one central control unit, said at least one central control unit operable to assign identifiers during an identifier
assignment routine;
a first distributed electronic control unit;
a second distributed electronic control unit;
a control network over which said at least one control unit, said first distributed electronic control unit and said second
distributed electronic control unit are communicable; and
wherein the identifiers comprise a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein one of the first identifier or the second
identifier is assigned to said first distributed electronic control unit and the other of the first identifier or the second
identifier is assigned to said second distributed electronic control unit at least in part based upon the positions of said
first distributed electronic control unit and said second distributed electronic control unit within the braking system, and
wherein the positions of said first distributed electronic control unit and said second distributed electronic control unit
within the braking system are determined at least in part by the timing of identification signals generated by said first
distributed electronic control unit and said second distributed electronic control unit reaching said central control unit
via said control network.
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