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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Control device for a brake system of a vehicle, and method for operating a brake system of a vehicle
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Bruex, Oberstenfeld, DE;
Benno Schmieg, Heilbronn, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A control device for a vehicle brake system, having a control device/arrangement by which a closing signal is outputtable to an isolation valve via which a first brake circuit is hydraulically connected to a main brake cylinder, and at least one first control signal is outputtable to at least one first hydraulic component, so that a first actual brake pressure in the first brake circuit can be varied, an existing functional impairment of the at least one first hydraulic component and/or of at least one further brake system component being determinable, or a warning signal being receivable, and, if warranted, a closing signal being outputtable to a changeover valve of a second brake circuit, and, after or simultaneously with an outputting of the closing signal to the changeover valve, an opening signal being outputtable to the isolation valve. Also described is a related method for operating the vehicle brake system.