Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

Robert Boschgmbh

Knorr-bremse Systeme Fur Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

Falk Hecker

Oliver Jundt

Michael Herges

Ulrich Guecker

Adnan Mustapha

Friedbert Roether

Stefan Hummel

Herbert Schramm

Matthias Horn

Frank Schwab

Huba Nemeth

Klaus-Dieter Leimbach

Gerhard Wieder

Alexander Werth

Juergen Steinberger

Robert Theil

Ian C Faye

Oliver Sawodny

Csaba Horvath

Dieter Woerner

Levente Balogh

Tamas Rapp

Bernhard Miller

Gabriel Wetzel

Werner Koch

Mathias Mayr

Wolfgang Kraemer

Thomas Feucht

Christian Kaufmann

Benedek Pour

Christian Staahl

Andreas Ziegler

Andreas Arlt

Markus Klein

Jonas Leibbrand

Max Michalski

Andreas Schaefers

Peter Frank

Jens-Hauke Mueller

Tamas Rozsa

Kai Werner

Friedbert Röther

Jan Mayer

Roman Sauer

Simon Goeltz

Winfried Geiger

Rainer Lang

Matyas Krabot

Jacques Lanquetot

Martin Vorreiter

Csaba Doczy

Guenther Fecht

Gergely Jozsa

Vincent Boehler

Christian Weber

Huba Németh

Thilo Schmauider

Munir Kayalar

Laszlo Palkovics

Klaus Peterreins

Hendrik Telges

Ulrich Gücker

Günther Fecht

Peter Heimbrock

Marco Schmidt

Claus Beyer

Jürgen Steinberger

Rüdiger Weis

Tobias Schöfberger

Tamás Rapp

Jens-Hauke MÜLLER

Simon GÖLTZ

Sarah Heeg

Andreas SCHÄFERS

Münir Kayalar

An electronically controlled pneumatic operating brake system, having a backup control pressure for a pneumatic fall back level, wherein the backup control pressure is generated from a compressed air supply which is independent from two compressed air supplies for a front axle circuit and a rear axle circuit. This assures additional pneumatic redundancy and facilitates omitting a pneumatic channel in a foot brake module.

Electronically controlled operating brake system having backup control pressure generated on a basis of an additional compressed air consumer circuit

A method for testing functionality of a brake-system's select-high valve (SHV), including: comparing the pressure in a main-supply-circuit (MSC) with the pressure in a service-brake-circuit (SBC) and ascertaining that the SBC is being supplied with pressure from the other supply-circuit (OSC) if the pressure in the SBC is higher than the pressure in the MSC; increasing the pressure in the MSC above the pressure of the OSC; comparing the pressure in the MSC with the pressure in the SBC and ascertaining that the SBC is being supplied with pressure from the MSC when the pressure in the SBC at least approximately corresponds to the pressure in the MSC; and ascertaining that the SHV is functional if it has been ascertained that the SBC is being supplied with pressure from the OSC and that the SBC is being supplied with pressure from the MSC.

Brake system for a utility vehicle, and method for testing the functionality of a select-high valve of the brake system

Method and equipment for estimating a braking factor for a braking system for a vehicle. The method includes estimating a braking factor (k) for a braking system for a vehicle, in which the braking factor (k) is by applying the following equation: k=a+b*v+c*p+d*T+f*p, in which a, b, c, d and f are model parameters, vis a velocity of the vehicle, pis a braking pressure, and Tis a brake temperature.

Method and equipment for estimating a braking factor for a braking system for a vehicle

An electric system of a vehicle including an electronically controlled braking system. The electric system has a steering angle sensor unit, at least one control module, at least one first inertia sensor and an electronic braking system central control unit EBS ECU. The at least one control module is external to the steering angle sensor unit. The at least one control module is also external to the EBS ECU. At least one of the at least one control module has mounted within it one of the at least one first inertia sensor.

Electric system for a vehicle

Method and equipment for estimating a brake temperature, method for estimating a braking factor and computer program product, including a method for estimating a brake temperature of a brake disc of a vehicle, by performing the following: virtually separating the brake disc in a brake disc body and a brake disc contact surface layer; and estimating the temperature of the brake disc contact surface layer in dependence of the temperature of the braking disc body and a heat input in the brake disc contact surface layer due to a braking action, in which the estimated temperature of the brake disc contact surface layer corresponds to the brake temperature.

Method and equipment for estimating a brake temperature, method for estimating a braking factor and computer program product

An electric-parking-brake for a utility-vehicle, including: a feed-line for brake-pressure air; a discharge-line for brake-pressure air for a pneumatic-brake-device; a first-valve and a second-valve, each being switchable between a stable-state and an activated-state in response to electrical control-signals; and a valve-device which is connected between the feed-line and the discharge-line and exhibits a control-input, the valve device being switchable between a stable-state and an activated-state in response to control signals at the control-input, the feed-line being connected to the discharge-line in the activated-state, in which the first-valve in the stable-state or in the activated-state connects the control-input of the valve-device to the discharge-line, to retain a current-state of the valve-device when the brake-pressure air is applied to the discharge-line, and in the activated or stable state connects the control-input to the second-valve. Also described are an electric parking brake system, a utility vehicle, and a related method.

Electric parking brake

A steering assistance device includes an input shaft, a torque sensor, and output shaft, a gear unit, a steering housing, and a drive unit. The drive unit and the torque sensor are arranged so as to be in mechanical contact with the steering housing. The drive unit has a pump for conveying the working medium and a motor for driving the pump. The drive unit has a reservoir for containing working medium, wherein at least the pump is arranged within the reservoir. The input shaft, the torque sensor, the gear unit, and the drive unit are arranged in a row along a longitudinal axis.

Power steering mechanism for a vehicle

A method for operating an anti-lock braking system control unit for a highly automated vehicle with at least one steering axle, including: reading in an activation signal, which represents an activated steering brake function of the vehicle and/or a deactivated electrically actuatable steering function of the vehicle; and transmitting a control signal using the activation signal, wherein the control signal is for setting a control mode for controlling an ABS function of the anti-lock braking system control unit for at least the steering axle of the vehicle. Also described are a related apparatus, anti-lock braking system control unit, and computer readable medium.

Method and device for operating an anti-lock braking system control unit for a highly automated vehicle with at least one steering axle

A module for providing control signals for a brake system of a vehicle which has a supply source, including: at least one interface to be connected to a compressed-air source; at least one interface to transmit the control signals to at least one processing unit for the purposes of generating brake pressures; wherein the module is configured to be provided with a supply by a further supply source. Also described are a related redundancy system, an electronically controlled brake system, and a method.

Redundancy architecture for systems of high-level automation

An apparatus for determining a rotational speed of at least one wheel of a vehicle, including: a detection device for detecting an angular velocity of the wheel that is correlated to the rotational speed, wherein the detection device is configured to provide an electrical detection signal depending on the angular velocity detected; a first control unit with a first measurement device for measuring the detection signal, wherein the first control unit is electrically joined to the detection device; and a second control unit with a second measurement device for measuring the detection signal, wherein the second control unit is electrically joined to the detection device, wherein the detection device can be electrically switched or is electrically switched between the first measurement device and the second measurement device. Also described is a related method.

Apparatus and method for determining a rotational speed of at least one wheel of a vehicle

A device for decoupling and/or protecting against compensation currents when at least one electropneumatic actuator is used jointly by a plurality of independently voltage-supplied control unit devices in redundant systems for autonomous driving. The electropneumatic actuator has, in each case, a common connection, via which the electropneumatic actuator can be coupled and switched to a common connection of other electropneumatic actuators, and has at least one dedicated connection via which the at least one electropneumatic actuator can be individually supplied with current. Switching devices, corresponding to the common connection and the number of dedicated connections of all the electropneumatic actuators, are arranged to apply or not apply a switched current in the at least one electropneumatic actuator. Provided is at least one current flow blocking device to prevent an unwanted current flow to a non-active electronic control unit of the first and second control unit devices.

Protective device for decoupling electric control circuits in a redundant system for autonomous driving

A control apparatus for controlling a brake system for a vehicle, including: an actuable control valve for loading at least one brake device of the brake system with a brake pressure; a pressure container connector for connecting the control apparatus to a pressure container to provide a supply pressure; and a pressure limiting valve which is arranged or can be arranged between the control valve and the pressure container connector to limit the supply pressure to the brake pressure. Also described are a related brake system, a method for operating, a method for loading, a control unit, and a computer readable medium.

Control apparatus for controlling a brake system for a vehicle, brake system for a vehicle, method for operating a control apparatus and method for applying brake pressure to at least one brake device of a brake system for a vehicle

A vehicle-electrical-apparatus, including: a service-brake-valve-device (SBVD) having an electropneumatic service-brake-device (ESBVD), which is an electronically-brake-pressure-regulated-brake-system (EBPRBS), having an ESBVD, a first-electronic-brake-control-device (EBCD), electropneumatic-modulators (EM) and pneumatic-wheel-brake actuators (PWBA); a sensor-device; the first-EBCD controls the EMs generating pneumatic brake-control-pressures (PBCP) for the PWBAs, and the ESBVD has a service-brake-actuation-member (SBAM) and an electrical-channel containing an electrical-brake-value-transmitter, actuate-able by the SBAM, and a second-EBCD couples brake-request signals into the first-EBCD depending on the AS, and, within a pneumatic-service-brake-circuit, a pneumatic-channel in which a control-piston of the SBVD is loaded with a first-actuation-force (AF) by actuating the service-brake-actuation-member based on a driver brake-request, and the control-piston controls a double-seat valve of the SBVD to generate PBCPs for the PWBAs; generating a second AF that acts on the control-piston; brake slip/driving-dynamics-regulation are in the second-EBCD, the second-EBCD receives sensor-signals, and for braking requested, generating the second AF to perform a brake-slip and/or driving-dynamics-regulation.

Electrical equipment of a vehicle having redundant ABS and driving dynamics control

A steering method for an autonomously steered vehicle having a hybrid steering system, including: identifying a malfunction during an autonomous driving procedure, wherein the hybrid steering system includes a hydraulic steering assistance system, an electromechanical steering assistance system and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the autonomous driving procedure of the vehicle, and switching the steering task by the control unit to a steering braking procedure, by which the vehicle is steered by braking at least one wheel, wherein due to the braking force that is acting on the scrub radius, a steering torque is produced that causes the wheels to turn. Also described is a related a servo-assisted steering assembly.

Steering method for an autonomously steered vehicle

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