Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

Michael Herges

Falk Hecker

Dieter Woerner

Friedbert Roether

Frank Schwab

Eduard Hilberer

Gerhard Wieder

Oliver Jundt

Martin Mederer

Bernhard Miller

Andre Kluftinger

Juergen Steinberger

Christoph Huber

Eduard Gerum

Janos Toth

Mathias Mayr

Markus Eissner

Huba Nemeth

Johann Baumgartner

Uwe Neumann

Christian Huber

Levente Balogh

Adnan Mustapha

Thomas Feucht

Matthias Gradl

Markus Deeg

Dirk Ganzhorn

Markus Stoehr

Stefan Hummel

Christian Staahl

Andreas Ziegler

Bernhard Schwendemann

Alain Fantazi

Andreas Eisenberger

Peter Frank

Manuel Marx

Peter Szell

Andreas Buch

Florian Finkl

Matthias Schaefer

Roland Klement

Kai Werner

Martin Vorreiter

Péter Frank

Franck Hemery

Jacques Lanquetot

Friedbert Röther

Denis Battistella

Bence Csák

Nicolas Savagner

Frank Werner

Klaus Krockenberger

Zoltan Skriba

Andreas Wimmer

Rainer Lang

Huba Németh

Vincent Boehler

Jürgen Steinberger

Péter Széll

Martin Blanc

Juergen Dorsch

Bence Csàk

Stephan Lange

Wolfgang Kiener

Gernot Melcher

Matthias Reichert

Johannes Kleppe

Ulrich Gücker

Dieter WÖRNER

Sarah Heeg

Markus SCHÖNECK

Matthias Schäfer

Matthew Fry

Braulio Fonseca

Braulio Junqueira Da Fonseca

Raoul Cadeddu

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 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 rotational speed sensor, including: a cylindrical sensor head having a measuring tip; and a tongue, which is arranged on an outer diameter of the sensor head, and which is formed to interact with a counter-contour of a fixing device as an anti-rotation lock for the rotational speed sensor. Also described are a related fixing device, a receiving device, a sensor system, and a method.

Rotational speed sensor, fixing device for a rotational speed sensor, receiving device for a rotational speed sensor, sensor system having a receiving device and a rotational speed sensor and method for the rotationally locked positioning of a rotational speed sensor

An electro-pneumatic central pressure control module having at least a single channel, and which is implemented as a component for an electro-pneumatic service brake of a vehicle, having at least one pressure control channel which is electrically controllable with regard to a brake pressure. Also described is an electronic control device of the pressure control module having a board carrying electrical and electronic components, at least one inertial sensor being arranged on or at the at least one board and being electrically conductively connected to at least several of the electrical and electronic components on the board, in which an arrangement/apparatus ensures a lower vibration load of the inertial sensor on the board.

Electro-pneumatic pressure control module implemented as a component and having an integrated inertial sensor

A contacting device for resiliently contacting a printed circuit board with a contact element for a solenoid or a sensor for a vehicle system, including a contacting apparatus, including: a helical spring element, which is formed such that it can be clamped in between the printed circuit board and the contact element; and a printed-circuit-board fastening element with a fastening surface and a centering surface opposite the fastening surface, wherein the fastening surface is formed such that it is fastened or can be fastened on the printed circuit board and, in an operating state of the contacting device, at least one portion of the centering surface is arranged so as to protrude into an interior-space portion of an interior space of the spring element in order to guide and/or to center the spring element. Also described are a related vehicle system, a method, a device, and a storage medium.

Contacting device for the resilient contacting of a printed circuit board with a contact element for a solenoid or a sensor for a vehicle system, vehicle system with a contacting device and method for producing a contacting device

A method for determining a speed using a measurement-sensor in a vehicle, the measurement-sensor including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element, including: changing the inductance of the coil, using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and the ferromagnetic-transmitter-element; recording a change in the coil inductance, and determining the speed based on the changed coil inductance; in which in each case one inductive-speed-sensor is a wheel-speed-sensor for at least two vehicle wheels, and in which a reversal of the direction of movement of the ferromagnetic-transmitter-element as to the coil or a reversal of the direction of travel of the vehicle from forward travel to reverse travel or from reverse travel to forward travel is recognized based on at least one temporal-phase-offset of the temporal-profiles of the inductances recorded by the wheel-speed-sensors of the at least two wheels. Also described is a related driver assistance system and vehicle.

Method and device for determining a speed by means of an inductive speed sensor

The invention relates to electropneumatic equipment () of a vehicle comprising an electropneumatic parking brake device () having an electropneumatic parking brake control unit (EPB). According to the invention, the electropneumatic parking brake control unit (EPB) is supplied with electric energy by only two electric energy sources) which are independent of each other, a first electric energy source () and a second electric energy source ().

Electropneumatic equipment of a vehicle

A method for determining a speed between a measurement-sensor, including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element (FEM), including: changing the inductance of the coil and the voltage induced therein, in a vehicle using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and FEM; recording the inductance-change of the coil, and determining the speed based on the changed-inductance; in which the inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance only until the determined-speed has reached a speed-limit-value (SLV) starting from lower-speeds, in which a voltage-change induced in the coil is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-voltage when the determined-speed has exceeded the SLV starting from lower-speeds, and in which an inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance when the determined-speed has reached/dropped below the SLV starting from higher-speeds. Also described are a related driver assistance system and vehicle.

An electropneumatic brake system (EBS) of a vehicle, which electronically controls a brake-pressure, including: a) a service-brake actuating-element, which is actuatable by a driver, of a service-brake-actuating-device, which has an electrical-channel and at least one pneumatic-channel, wherein, depending on the actuation of the service-brake-actuating-element, an electrical-brake-request-signal, representing a setpoint-brake-pressure, is generated in the electrical-channel and a pneumatic-backup-pressure is generated in the pneumatic-channel; b) a first electronic-control-system, which, depending on a brake-request-signal output by the electrical-channel, outputs an electrical-brake-control-signal; c) at least one electropneumatic-pressure-control-module, which, depending on the electrical-brake-control-signal, outputs an actual-brake-pressure, in the course of a brake-pressure-control adjusts the actual-brake-pressure to the setpoint-brake-pressure and inputs this into at least one pneumatic-brake-actuator; d) wherein the pressure-control-module includes at least one electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV), at least one relay-valve (RLV), at least one electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV), a second electronic-control-system and at least one pressure-sensor (DS), wherein, depending on the electrical-brake-control-signal, the electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV) generates a control-pressure for a control-input of the relay-valve (RLV), which, depending on the control-pressure, generates an actual-brake-pressure for the at least one pneumatic-brake-actuator, which the pressure-sensor (DS) measures/reports to the second electronic-control-system of the pressure-control-module, e) wherein the electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV) and the at least one electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV) are electrically-controlled by the second electronic-control system, f) wherein the electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV) is connected by an input to the pneumatic-channel and by an output to the control-input of the relay-valve (RLV) and can be switched between a pass-through-position, in which the input is connected to the output, and a shut-off position, in which the input is shut-off with respect to the output, g) wherein the electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV) connects the control-input of the relay-valve (RLV) to a pressure-sink or to a compressed-air-supply or shuts it off from the pressure-sink and from the compressed-air-supply, h) wherein a pneumatic-backup-brake-circuit of the electropneumatic-brake-system includes at least the pneumatic-channel of the service-brake-actuating-device, the relay-valve (RLV), the at least one electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV) and at least one pneumatic-line connecting the at least one pneumatic-channel to the input of the at least one electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV), and i) wherein an electrical-brake-circuit of the electropneumatic-brake-system includes at least the electrical-channel of the service-brake-actuating-device, the first electronic-control-system, the second electronic-control-system, the electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV), the at least one electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV), the relay-valve (RLV) and the pressure-sensor (DS), j) wherein test routines of a test-mode that are configured so that the following test-mode-conditions are cumulatively satisfied when the electrical-brake-circuit is intact and the test-mode is activated are implemented in the first electronic-control-system and/or in the second electronic-control-system: j1) when a vehicle is being driven, the service-brake-actuating-device is actuated by the driver so that a partial-braking, deviating from emergency-braking or full-braking, is performed, and j2) a difference between the backup-pressure generated in the pneumatic-channel and a first pressure-value is greater than the actual-brake-pressure measured by the at least one pressure-sensor (DS), k) wherein the brake-pressure-control ends and the electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV) and the electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV) are switched into a test-switching-state, in which the control-input of the relay-valve (RLV) is shut-off by the electromagnetic-control-valve-device (EV, AV) from the compressed-air-supply and from the pressure-sink and the electromagnetic-backup-solenoid-valve (BV) is switched from the shut-off-position into the pass-through-position, and l) if the pressure-gradient of the brake-pressure measured by the at least one pressure-sensor (DS), l1) is greater than zero, a first signal, representing an intact-backup-brake-circuit, is generated, or l2) is equal to zero or less than zero, a second signal, representing a defective backup-brake-circuit, is generated, or m) then a difference between the backup-pressure generated in the pneumatic-channel and a second pressure-value is greater than the actual-brake-pressure measured by the pressure-sensor (DS), the second-signal, representing a defective backup-brake-circuit, is generated.

Electropneumatic brake system having a test mode for the pneumatic backup brake circuit

A method and related apparatus for determining an orientation of a sensor unit in a vehicle, the sensor unit having at least one acceleration sensor, including: capturing a first sensor signal from the acceleration sensor in an acceleration-free state of the vehicle; capturing a second sensor signal from the acceleration sensor in response to a linear acceleration of the vehicle; and ascertaining the orientation of the sensor unit relative to the vehicle based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.

Method and device for ascertaining an orientation of a sensor unit

A steering gear for a vehicle includes a linear drive having at least one displacement element, which is displaceable substantially along a vehicle longitudinal axis of the vehicle and which is fastenable to a steering drag link of the vehicle, in which the linear drive is configured to convert a rotational movement of a steering column of the vehicle into a movement of the displacement element substantially along the vehicle longitudinal axis. Also described is a related vehicle having the steering gear, a method for actuating the steering gear, and a method for steering the vehicle.

Steering gear for a vehicle, vehicle, method for controlling a steering gear and method for steering a vehicle

A method for operating a vehicle brake system, including: classifying a fault signal, indicating a fault of an electronic actuating device of the brake system, the actuating device outputting a brake pressure for a brake of the vehicle in a normal operating mode and a pneumatic actuating device for outputting the brake pressure in a backup operating mode, as a fault signal of a first fault category if the fault is a fault in which a switchover from the electronic actuating device afflicted with the fault to the pneumatic actuating device leads to an improvement in the outputting of the brake pressure; and switching from the electronic actuating device to the pneumatic actuating device, to output the brake pressure using the pneumatic actuating device, if the fault signal is a fault signal of the first fault category. A related computer readable medium, apparatus and brake system are also described.

Method and device for operating a brake system for a vehicle and brake system

A brake system for a vehicle includes a first brake device for braking a first wheel of the vehicle, a second brake device for braking a second wheel of the vehicle, a first brake pedal which is paired with the first wheel, a second brake pedal which is paired with the second wheel, a brake control valve which is designed to act on the first brake device and/or the second brake device, a first control valve for controlling a brake pressure in the first brake device, and a second control valve for controlling a brake pressure in the second brake device. The brake system further has an electromechanical switching module in order to block or at least reduce a braking effect of the second brake device while the first brake pedal is being actuated, and the switching module is designed to block or at least reduce a braking effect of the first brake device while the second brake pedal is being actuated.

Brake system for a vehicle, and method for operating a brake system for a vehicle

A service brake device for vehicles is provided which permits rapid venting of a service brake pressure chamber. The service brake device includes at least one pneumatic service brake device with at least one piston and/or a diaphragm. The piston and/or diaphragm delimits the service brake pressure chamber on one side which can be supplied with compressed air from a brake line for applying the service brake and can be purged of compressed air for releasing the service brake, delimits a spring chamber on the other side which receives a spring that prestresses the piston and/or the diaphragm in the release position of the service brake. The pressure chamber includes a pressure connection communicating with the brake line. A quick air release valve between the brake line and the pressure chamber is arranged to connect the brake line to the pressure chamber when the pressure in the brake chamber is greater than in the pressure chamber, and to connect the pressure chamber to the spring chamber when the pressure in the pressure chamber is greater than the brake line pressure.

Service brake device with quick air release valve

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