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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Thilo Stephan, Heilbronn, DE;
Ralf Kinder, Backnang, DE;
Dirk Mahnkopf, Eglosheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for detecting air in the brake circuit of a motor vehicle having a hydraulic brake system that has a vacuum brake booster, the pressure prevailing in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum brake booster in the operated and the non-operated states of the brake is measured, and a parameter characteristic of the brake performance is determined as a function of the measured pressure, and the characteristic parameter is compared to a reference value.