Robert Boschgmbh

Robert Bosch Gmbh

Jochen Wagner

Helmut Wiss

Stefan Epple

Bernhard Mattes

Rainer Moritz

Stefan Rychlak

Martin Marquart

Florian Haag

Thomas Toelge

Berend-Wilhelm Doden

Stefan Bayer

Herbert Vollert

So that an impermissibly high brake pressure in a hydraulic power vehicle brake system () having a slip control system () is prevented in the event of an error, the invention proposes hydraulic function signals (), upon the presence of which the generation of a brake pressure or a boost to the brake pressure is reduced if an electronic function signal of a power brake pressure generator () is absent.

Method for reducing a boost to the braking force in the event of an error

A method for operating a vehicle brake system including a brake booster and an electronic traction control device, which is used as a fallback level in a malfunction of the brake booster. The position of an accelerator pedal is ascertained when a malfunction of the brake booster is detected, and under the precondition that the accelerator pedal is released, a predefined initial pressure is built up in a pressure chamber of a master brake cylinder of the vehicle brake system with the aid of the traction control device so that a deceleration of the vehicle is induced. A control unit which is designed to carry out the method, and a vehicle having a vehicle brake system and a control unit, are also described.

Method for operating a vehicle brake system, control unit, and vehicle

In a method and a device for controlling the braking system of a vehicle having a vacuum brake booster and a vacuum source, it is provided that a variable triggering threshold value, at the exceeding of which an automatic braking procedure is triggered, is a function of the vacuum level or of the vacuum gradient of the vacuum brake booster.

Method and device for controlling the braking system of a vehicle

A method for shifting the braking assistant function into an activatable state, in which method:

Method and apparatus for enabling a braking assistant function in a motor vehicle

A collision prevention method for motor vehicles is provided, in which method obstacles in front of the vehicle are detected by an on-board positioning system, a collision probability is calculated from the position data, and one or more responses to prevent a collision are triggered as a function of the collision probability. At least one of the responses is a preparatory measure accelerating the implementation of a command, which may be output later, to decelerate the vehicle, without the preparatory measure itself having any significant decelerating effect on the vehicle.

Method for preventing collisions involving motor vehicles

A method of ensuring the braking effect of brake actuators in a vehicle is described, each brake actuator having first and second components for producing the braking effect, where films on the first components which would interfere with the deployment of the braking effect are removed. In this method, when an activation condition is met, the brake actuators are activated to remove the films so that the second components are applied to the first components, thereby setting the vehicle deceleration so that little or no deceleration is perceived by the driver. In checking on whether the activation condition is met, a quantity describing operation of the accelerator pedal is taken into account.

Method and device for ensuring the braking effect of brake actuators in a vehicle

A method and a device for the open-loop control of a vehicle hydraulic braking system having an anti-lock braking system, the vehicle having two axles to which wheels are attached and having wheel brakes that are coupled to a pedal-actuated master brake cylinder via hydraulic lines in which valve devices are provided. When the anti-lock system is triggered at at least one wheel of an axle, an active brake-pressure buildup is carried out at the wheel brakes of the other axle in order to attain a fully developed deceleration of the vehicle. The initial pressure between the master brake cylinder and the valve devices is used as the control criterion for the active brake-pressure buildup. In response to the fulfillment of a switch-off condition for the fully developed deceleration, the fully developed deceleration is switched off using a delay ramp.

Method for controlling a hydraulic braking system in open loop

An inlet pressure effected by the driver is detected in the brake system, and a driver's wish value formed from this pressure is used as the basis for controlling the brake system. In the formation of the driver's wish value the measured pressure value is corrected according to control parameters including either status information for a return pump and associated values, or flow information such as volume change in the master cylinder.

Method and apparatus for controlling the brake system of a vehicle

A deceleration regulator which generates a nominal deceleration value, preferably a PID controller, can be adapted to the requirements of the brake engagement. A guidance magnitude filter is used, a preliminary control dependent on the nominal deceleration is performed, and the integral component of the regulator is activated only in certain states of operation. In certain courses of the nominal value, a portion of the regulator is corrected.

An acceleration signal is generated in a motor vehicle having acceleration and deceleration states. The signal generated is used in a vehicle control system. A first value, representing vehicle acceleration, is initially determined as a function of at least one value acquired by a sensor. Furthermore, a second value representing the instantaneous acceleration and deceleration state of the vehicle is determined. The magnitude of the first value determined is limited as a function of the second value determined. Then, the signal representing the vehicle acceleration is generated as a function of the limited first value.

Process and device for generating an acceleration signal

An operational state of a brake system is determined by detecting operating parameters such as actual vehicle acceleration, state of the brake light switch, vehicle velocity, inlet pressure at the master cylinder, and status of the ABS. A nominal value for vehicle deceleration is then determined based on the operation state of the vehicle. During a control phase, which may be switched on based on the rate of build-up of inlet pressure, the nominal value is determined independently of the magnitude of pedal actuation by the driver.

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Jochen Wagner