Lucas Automotive Gmbh

Lucas Industries Limited

Lucas Industries Public Limited Company

Thomas Bach

Harald Thelen

Elmar Hoffmann

Michael Bleser

Josef Knechtges

Bernd Schmitt

Frank Heller

Stefan Wöll

Andreas Marx

Helmut Gegalski

Hubert E Schmitt

Thomas Wald

Michael Schwarz

Thomas Wagner

Stefan Helbing

Christian Chemnitz

Josef Knechtgens

A hydraulic brake system for a land vehicle including a hydraulic connection between a master cylinder and wheel brakes that is established or blocked by valve arrangements in dependence upon trigger signals from an electronic control with the electronic control unit devised and programmed in such a way that, in order to set a brake pressure characteristic required for a specific vehicle behavior, the electronic control unit supplies trigger signals through which the setting of a respective brake pressure characteristic in two brake circuits in predefined pressure stages (delta-p) is staggered in terms of time by a substantially predefined time stage (delta-t).

Hydraulic braking system for a land craft

A method and an apparatus for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in particular during a hill ascent are described. In a PID controller acting upon the brake system of the motor vehicle the change of the vehicle inclination is fed into the I branch of the controller, thereby providing an adaptive speed control.

Method and device for speed regulation when travelling on an incline

A method for operating an electrically controllable brake system for a motor vehicle having at least one electrically actuated valve arrangement for setting a pressure difference between a second brake pressure and a first brake pressure, wherein in a first time interval a predetermined first pressure difference is set and an associated first power consumption value of the pump is identified; in a second time interval a predetermined second pressure difference is set and an associated second power consumption value of the pump is identified; a correction value is obtained from the first power consumption value and the second power consumption value; the correction value is taken into account for setting a set-point value for the pressure difference.

Method of operating an electrically controllable brake system and brake system which is operated according to the method

A method for starting a motor vehicle on a downhill route from an idle state includes the steps of maintaining a sufficient brake force to hold the motor vehicle in the idle state, even if brake actuation by the driver is withdrawn; detecting a wish by the driver to drive off; reducing, independently of the driver, the brake force which is maintained independently of the driver, in such a way that the resulting movement of the motor vehicle follows a preset course.

Technique for starting a motor vehicle on a downhill route

A system for a hill descent control in the braking equipment of a motor vehicle comprising an electrically controllable service brake system, which is designed both for an anti-locking control function and for a braking function irrespective of actuation by the driver, a brake actuator which permits an individual adjustment of the braking pressures or braking moments generated for the individual wheels of a motor vehicle, which are the respective manipulated variables controlled by the hill descent control, an electronic control unit being provided for the electronic control and/or regulation which directly or indirectly detects variables related to operating conditions of the motor vehicle and adjusts additional braking moments when driving on steeply inclined roads, irrespective of whether a brake pedal is actuated.

System for controlling a motor vehicle driving downhill

A method for starting a motor vehicle, which is held at a standstill on an inclined route by a brake force which is maintained independently of the driver, after a predetermined holding time has elapsed gradually reduces the brake force which is generated independently of the driver, to put the motor vehicle into motion, and then controls the movement of the motor vehicle, corresponding to a preset course.

Method for starting a motor vehicle on an inclined route

An anti-locking brake system for a land vehicle, which is set up in particular for traction control and vehicle dynamics control, comprises a pump ( ) for actuating a wheel brake ( ) which removes brake fluid from a brake pressure generating unit ( ) and supplies it to the wheel brake ( ), wherein a first valve arrangement ( ) blocks in a non-actuated (normal) position ( ) the connection between the brake pressure generating unit ( ) and an input connection ( ) of the pump ( ) and in at least one actuated position ( ) establishes a primary flow connection (A), a first electromagnetic valve ( ) establishes in a non-actuated position ( ) the connection between an output connection ( ) of the pump ( ) and the brake pressure generating unit ( ), and blocks it in an actuated position ( ), a second electromagnetic valve ( ) blocks the connection between the wheel brake ( ) and the input connection ( ) of the pump ( ) in a non-actuated position, and in an actuated position establishes it, and a third electromagnetic valve ( ) establishes the connection between the output connection ( ) of the pump ( ) and the wheel brake ( ) in a non-actuated position ( ) and blocks it in an actuated position ( ). To generate a more accurate pressure modulation during the operating phase &ldquo;maintain pressure&rdquo; (II), the third electromagnetic valve ( ) is in the actuated position during said operating phase.

Anti-locking brake system for a land vehicle

Anti-slip control

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