Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh

Andreas Neu

Ralph Gronau

Tobias Scheller

Ralf Richard Reviol

Marco Besier

Georg Roll

Holger Kollmann

Sascha Gröger

Michel Wagner

Peter Leska

Jörg Berntheusel

Dieter Burkhard

Paul Linhoff

Christian Courth

Harald Biller

Cristiano Hoffmann

Michael Hitzel

Martin Brenn

Roland Caspari

Michael Jung

Artur Kost

Alexander Treib

Anne Seidel

Ulrich Lohse

Erik Händler

Silvio Färber

Patrik Henke

Tobias Franke

Jusuf Muratoski

Ralf Revoil

Boris Holzherr

Thomas Buch

Andreas Baltes

Sebastian Mihm

Michael Wagner

A method for monitoring a hydraulic brake system for a motor vehicle, wherein a diagnostic valve is omitted and, instead, air volume and leakage are identified by a volume balance during generation of a dynamic pressure. An associated brake system is also disclosed.

Method for monitoring a hydraulic brake system for a motor vehicle and brake system

A method for checking functionality of a motor vehicle braking system. The braking system has a main module, including: hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes, pairs being assigned to respective brake circuits; at least one electrically actuatable wheel valve per wheel brake sets wheel-specific brake pressures; a pressure provision device actively builds up pressure in the wheel brakes; a pressure-medium reservoir at atmospheric pressure, and an auxiliary module, which has for each of two wheel brakes: a pressure sensor for measuring pressure in a wheel brake line; an open when deenergized isolating valve in the wheel brake line; a pump. At least one variable is measured to assess functionality of the braking system. Using least one acceptance criterion, and checked whether the variable satisfies the acceptance criterion. Determining at least one variable representing the viscosity of the brake fluid, and the at least one acceptance criterion depends on a variable representing viscosity.

Method for checking the functionality of a braking system, and braking system

A method for operating a dual-circuit hydraulic brake system of a vehicle having an ABS function to feed back pressure medium from low-pressure reservoirs. When there is an autonomous pressure buildup request to increase brake pressure and an ABS control system is simultaneously activated, the following steps are carried out: monitoring the filling degree of the low-pressure reservoirs; emptying the low-pressure reservoir whose filling first reaches a defined threshold value; and if, during the execution of the low-pressure reservoir emptying process at the one low-pressure reservoir, the filling of the other low-pressure reservoir reaches the threshold value and the degree of emptying of the one low-pressure reservoir undershoots a defined threshold value, or the filling of the other low-pressure reservoir exceeds the threshold value by k/100, interrupting the low-pressure reservoir emptying process at the one low-pressure reservoir, and carrying out a low-pressure reservoir emptying process at the other low-pressure reservoir.

Method for operating a vehicle brake system

A method for operating a motor vehicle brake installation. An electrically controllable pressure modulation device having a pump-valve arrangement is hydraulically arranged between the primary brake system and the front axle brakes. The pump-valve arrangement includes, for each front brake, a first valve, arranged between the inlet valve of the primary brake system and the brake, and an electrically activatable pump, with a suction and pressures ports. The pressure port is connected to the brake. In the presence of a predetermined condition of the primary brake system and of an actuation of the master brake cylinder by the driver, a build-up of brake pressure at the front axle brakes is performed by the pump-valve arrangement. The pressure set by the pump-valve arrangement is higher than the brake pressure in the master brake cylinder, whereas the brake pressure of the master brake cylinder prevails at the brakes of the rear axle.

Method for operating a brake system for motor vehicles, and brake system

A method for operating a brake installation of a vehicle. A first electrically controllable pressure provision device provides brake pressure for actuating hydraulically actuatable brakes. A first electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit, and a first pressure detection device, measures brake pressure provided by a primary brake system. A secondary brake system between the primary system and a part of the wheel brakes has a second electrically controllable pressure provision device provides brake pressure for actuating at least the part of the brakes. A second electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit, and at least one second pressure detection device, the signals of which are processed in the second electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit. The secondary system monitors the primary system based on signals from the second pressure detection device and on a predefined brake pressure demand to build up a brake pressure corresponding to the predefined brake pressure demand.

Method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle, and brake system

In a method for optimizing the pressure setting accuracy, a hydraulic pressure is built up according to a pressure requirement of a hydraulic pump, and overflow control is performed using an analog-controlling hydraulic valve and a known control characteristic curve of the analog-controlling hydraulic valve, which overflow control counteracts a pressure build-up produced by the hydraulic pump that exceeds the pressure requirement. In addition to the known control characteristic curve of the analog-controlling hydraulic valve, at least one additional valve characteristic is taken into account for the overflow control.

Method for optimizing the pressure setting accuracy

A control valve conditioning method in an electrohydraulic pressure control unit comprising at least one electrically triggered solenoid valve that is controlled in an analog manner. The solenoid valve is operated at a specific operating current according to a functional correlation or characteristic diagram between the valve current and the differential pressure characteristic curve when the pressure is controlled, said functional correlation or characteristic diagram being stored in the pressure control unit. The method comprises the following steps: a) temporarily applying at least one anti-hysteresis pulse to the solenoid valve during which a current is set far below or far above the operating current in the valve; b) applying the anti-hysteresis pulse at the desired operating current before or during controlled operation, and c) applying the anti-hysteresis pulse wherein the duration is limited in such a way that the anti-hysteresis pulse has largely no influence on the brake pressure.

Method for conditioning a control valve

In a method for controlling the pressure buildup in an electronically controllable brake system, preferably for use in motor vehicles, including a master brake cylinder, in particular a tandem master brake cylinder (TMC), a vacuum brake booster (booster), at least one additional pressure source for brake force assistance, preferably a hydraulic pump which is drivable by a controlling unit and the pressure of which can be applied to wheel brakes of the vehicle, an approach of a point where the auxiliary-force to actuating-force ratio (operating point) of the vacuum brake booster (booster) falls below a predetermined ratio is detected, that a pressure gradient in the master brake cylinder (TMC pressure gradient) is detected, and that in the event of a detected approach of the operating point of the booster and when a pressure gradient limit value of the detected TMC pressure gradient is exceeded, the additional pressure source is activated for brake force assistance, for the purpose of building up additional brake pressure.

Method for controlling the pressure buildup in an electronically controllable brake system

In a method for determining or calibrating the brake control characteristic of a vacuum brake booster of a vehicle brake system, the pressure in the working chamber or the pressure difference between the working chamber and the vacuum chamber of the vacuum brake booster is determined, and either the brake control characteristic is determined on the basis of the determined pressure or pressure difference of the vacuum brake booster, or the stored brake control characteristic is changed according to the determined pressure or pressure difference.

Method for determining or calibrating the brake control characteristic of a vacuum brake booster

The present invention relates to a method for regulating a predetermined modifiable brake pressure in the wheel brakes of a brake system, wherein input quantities determining the brake pressure in the individual wheel brakes are evaluated and correcting variables of hydraulic valves are defined in a control and/or data processing system. To obviate the need for additional pressure sensors which register the pressure in the wheel brakes, it is arranged for by the invention that a characteristic curve is stored in the control or data processing system, said curve correlating the valve characteristics of the hydraulic valve with a pressure difference of the hydraulic valve, and the correcting variable of the hydraulic valve is defined according to the characteristic curve.

Method for regulating a predetermined modifiable brake pressure

In a method for improving the operation of a hydraulic vehicle brake system with an active hydraulic brake boost, wherein a pressure fluid volume flow between a master brake cylinder and the wheel brakes of the vehicle is controlled by means of an analog or analogized separating valve, and wherein a hydraulic pressure is determined in the master brake cylinder, an increase of the hydraulic pressure in the master brake cylinder is monitored and/or controlled on the basis of the hydraulic pressure determined in the master brake cylinder in a transition of the separating valve from a closed switch position to an open switch position.

Method for improving the operation of a braking system

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