Appeal No. 2006-2012
Application No. 10/408,875
the method comprising:
determining a coefficient condition;
determining vehicle yaw;
determining a driver’s corrective action;
determining a brake pressure control response based on
the coefficient condition, vehicle yaw, and the driver’s
corrective action.
THE REFERENCE
Hartmann et al. (Hartmann) 5,388,896 Feb. 14, 1995
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-7, 9-17 and 19-25 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Hartmann.
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejection.
The appellant states that the claims stand or fall together
(brief, page 4). We therefore limit our discussion to one claim,
i.e., claim 1. See 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004).
Hartmann discloses a method for braking motor vehicle wheels
on a split coefficient road surface where a yawing moment tends
to turn the motor vehicle in the direction of the higher
coefficient of friction (col. 1, lines 11-21). Hartmann
determines a maximum permissible rate of yaw with the aid of the
steering angle and the vehicle speed, compares that maximum
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