Deere + Company

Dieter Gawlick

Manfred A Becker

A vehicle brake control valve includes a piston assembly which is movable a stepped cylindrical bore of a valve housing in response to an actuating force against the force of a spring. The piston assembly includes port control edges which control communication between a brake pressure chamber which can be connected to the vehicle brakes, a reservoir, and a pump. Both the pump and the actuating force contribute to the brake pressure which builds up in the brake pressure chamber. The piston assembly includes an actuator piston and an annular piston that sealingly slides within a larger portion of the stepped bore. After the actuator piston moves a pre-set distance (H) it carries with it the annular piston. The annular piston, the actuator piston and a wall of the larger diameter portion of the stepped bore enclose a fill pressure chamber which is separated from the brake pressure chamber to achieve two-stage pressure build-up during manual braking (emergency braking) when the pump is inoperative. The fill pressure chamber and the brake pressure chamber are connected to each other via a pressure reducing valve which opens towards the brake pressure chamber.

Brake control valve

A two-stage brake control valve has a larger first stage and a smaller second stage. First stage operates to fill a brake. Then, after a transition phase only the second stage is used to supply the working pressure. A check valve is between the first stage pressure chamber a sump. The check valve opens if the pressure in the first stage pressure chamber exceeds a predetermined value. To minimize the operating force of the valve and to avoid a sudden change of the valve working pressure during the changing phase, the closing force of the check valve is controlled as a function of the valve working pressure. The valve working pressure acts on a valve spool which influences the closing force of the check valve in the way that the closing force decreases with increasing working pressure.

Two-stage valve

A two-stage brake valve includes a stepped valve bore and pressure piston defining a first stage with a large effective area and a second stage with a smaller effective area. The two stages become effective in succession so that, initially the first stage is used to fill a system and then, following a transitional phase, the second stage generates an operating pressure. A relief channel communicates the pressure chamber of the first stage with a reservoir. A relief valve closes the relief channel in response to an excess pressure generated by operation of the second stage.

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Dieter Gawlick