US 12,227,157 B2
Methods and apparatus to extend brake life cycle
Chad Michael Korte, Grosse Ile, MI (US); John P. Joyce, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Karl-Peter Hesseler, Siegburg (DE); Thomas Svensson, Leichlingen (DE); and Harold John Felch, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,145.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106755 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60T 8/172 (2006.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/08 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 8/171 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 8/172 (2013.01) [B60T 1/005 (2013.01); B60T 7/085 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 2210/20 (2013.01); B60T 2220/00 (2013.01); B60T 2240/00 (2013.01); B60T 2250/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a first brake associated with a first wheel of the vehicle;
a second brake associated with a second wheel of the vehicle;
memory; and
a brake controller to execute instructions to:
detect a parking event;
determine, via a first sensor, a condition of the vehicle;
determine a first holding force based on the condition in response to determining the condition satisfies a threshold;
engage the second brake at the first holding force, the second brake engaged without engaging the first brake;
detect, via a second sensor, a rotation of at least one of the first wheel or the second wheel during the engaging the second brake at the first holding force without engaging the first brake; and
engage the second brake at a second holding force greater than the first holding force in response to the detected rotation of the at least one of the first wheel or the second wheel, the second brake engaged at the second holding force without engaging the first brake.