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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Hauke Christian Schlimme, Braunschweig, DE;
Arne Bartels, Wolfsburg, DE;
Frank Bärecke, Wolfsburg, DE;
Christian Alstadt, Braunschweig, DE;
Abstract
A brake system for a transportation vehicle having a brake device for braking a wheel of the transportation vehicle, an actuator device for targetedly actuating the brake device, a control device for controlling the actuator device, and an emergency brake device for braking the wheel in response to a malfunction of the transportation vehicle. The emergency brake device has an energy store for storing energy for actuating the brake device and a triggering device for releasing the stored energy in the energy store to actuate the brake device, the triggering device releases the energy store in response to a failure of an on-board electrical system of the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is a method for operating a brake system and to a transportation vehicle having such a brake system.