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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Thomas Garbe, Affalterbach, DE;
Thomas Garbe, Affalterbach, DE;
Abstract
A brake device for a motor vehicle has a brake pedal device () that can be operated by a driver with a variable force/travel pedal characteristic curve (V-PKL), a brake apparatus () for braking the motor vehicle with a braking effect corresponding to a degree of activation of the brake pedal device () and corresponding to the varible force/travel pedal characteristic curve (V-PKL), a memory device () with a stored characteristic diagram (KFL) of possible force/travel pedal characteristic curves and with a control device () for selecting the variable force/travel pedal characteristic curve (V-PKL) from the characteristic diagram (KFL) of the possible force/travel pedal characteristic curves.