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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Winfried Hommen, Munich, DE;
Georg Stauble, Munich, DE;
Thomas Storzinger, Stamberg, DE;
Tiberius Wieser, Munich, DE;
Thomas Wissler, Munich, DE;
Knorr-Bremse AG, , DE;
Abstract
The electrically controllable pressure medium brake comprises an electric pressure means (EP) converter (1) to convert an electrical brake request signal into a brake pressure. By way of an emergency brake valve (1), this brake pressure (in the normal case) and a vehicle load-dependent emergency brake pressure limited by a limiting valve (12) (in an emergency), is fed to the brake cylinder (14). For vehicle load-dependent limitation of the emergency brake pressure, a second EP converter (1a) generates from a vehicle load-dependent, electrical signal a vehicle load-dependent pressure medium pressure, which is stored in a pressure medium reservoir (18) and is fed to the limiting valve (12) in order to control it. The second EP converter (1a) is closed in the currentless state, during a power failure, whereby the vehicle load-dependent pressure medium pressure is preserved and the limiting valve (12) can thus continue to limit the emergency brake pressure as a function of the vehicle load. In another embodiment supplemented by a switching valve, only one EP converter serves to generate both the brake pressure and the vehicle load-dependent pressure medium pressure.