Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

Robert Boschgmbh

Stefan Hummel

Falk Hecker

Matthias Horn

Ulrich Guecker

Klaus-Dieter Leimbach

Herbert Schramm

Michael Herges

Oliver Jundt

Hans Veil

Dieter Woerner

Adnan Mustapha

Frank Schwab

Andreas Ziegler

Jonas Leibbrand

Ulrich Gücker

Rüdiger Weis

Hendrik Telges

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 method for increasing the driving stability of a vehicle, particularly of a commercial vehicle, which counteracts a vehicle instability by a control intervention in a control system operating the drive and/or the brakes of the vehicle, in which the control intervention occurs as a function of the ratio between the height of the center of gravity of the vehicle and a spring constant of the vehicle suspension.

Method for increasing the driving stability of a vehicle

A method is for effecting a computer-aided estimation of the mass of a vehicle, e.g., of a goods-carrying vehicle, based on the equilibrium ratio between the driving force and the sum of the inertial force and drive resistances, in which the mass and a gradient angle of the roadway are contained as quantities. The method may include: a) computer-aided differentiation of the equilibrium ratio according to the time with the assumption that the gradient angle is constant; and b) calculating the mass of the vehicle and/or the reciprocal value of the mass from the equilibrium ratio differentiated according the time.

Method and device for effecting a computer-aided estimation of the mass of a vehicle, particularly of a commercial vehicle

A steering device for vehicles having a pair of wheels which can be steered freely as a function of the current driving state of the vehicle or whose steered position can be locked by an electronically actuable locking device, having an electronic control device and having sensors which are connected to the electronic control device and have the purpose of monitoring current driving state values, with the electronic control device actuating the locking device when a minimum velocity of the vehicle is exceeded, in such a way that the steered position of the pair of wheels is locked, characterized in that driving state values which characterize critical driving situations are additionally stored in the electronic control device, in which the steered position of the pair of wheels is locked in critical driving situations, and in which, after a critical driving situation, the locking device does not release the pair of wheels again until predefined critical driving state values are undershot at least for a predefined period of time.

Steering device for vehicles having a pair of wheels which can be steered freely by means of lateral forces

A method and a device for the computer-assisted calculation of the axle load of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, in which the axle loads are calculated on the basis of a function f(&#x3bb;), which describes the dependence of the ratio of the longitudinal force Fto the vertical force Fin a wheel on the longitudinal slip &#x3bb;.

Method and device for the computer-assisted calculation of the axle loads of a vehicle

The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising a compressed-air braking system. Said vehicle has two braking cylinders, which can be impinged by compressed-air from a compressed-air reserve by means of a manually actuated brake valve. The braking cylinders have ABS pressure-control valves, which can be selectively impinged by compressed air from the compressed-air reserve, using a slip control valve. A stability sensor detects a motor vehicle position and a control device selectively supplies the slip control valve and the ABS pressure-control valves with compressed air, in accordance with the signals of the stability sensor.

Stabilizing device for motor vehicles comprising compressed-air braking systems

According to the invention, the driving stability of a utility vehicle combination, which is comprised of a towing vehicle and of a towed vehicle, is monitored (-) when the towed vehicle is braked. In the event of an unstable driving state, the vehicle combination is stabilized by effecting a cyclic or clocked reduction of the towed vehicle brake pressure ().

Method for stabilizing the driving state of a utility vehicle combination

A mass value is determined which represents the mass of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a drive unit and a clutch unit. By the disengagement of the clutch unit, the force flow between the drive unit and the vehicle wheels can be essentially interrupted. At least a first acceleration value is detected which represents the vehicle acceleration at a first time point. Furthermore, at least a first drive value is detected which represents the drive force or the drive torque of the drive unit at the first time point. At least a second acceleration value is detected which represents the vehicle acceleration at a second time point whereat the clutch unit is disengaged. A comparison then takes place of the detected second acceleration value with at least one pregivable threshold value. The determination of the mass value takes place at least in dependence upon the comparison and at least in dependence upon the detected first acceleration value and the detected first drive value.

Process and device for determining a vehicle's mass

A method and a system for ascertaining a mass value representing the vehicle mass of a motor vehicle, particularly of a commercial vehicle, having a drive unit. An acquisition at least of a first and a second acceleration value is provided for this determination. These acceleration values represent the vehicle acceleration at a first and a second point of time. Further, at least one first and one second drive value are acquired. These drive values represent the drive force or the drive torque of the drive unit at the first and the second point of time. At least as a function of the acquired acceleration values and the acquired drive values, at least a first and a second driving-resistance value are then determined. The mass value is ascertained at least as a function of a comparison of the determined first driving-resistance or mass estimated value to the determined second driving-resistance or mass estimated value. A roadway slope is detected using the comparison, whereby an erroneous mass determination caused by the roadway slope is avoided.

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Stefan Hummel