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Method for securing brake fluid

US12403884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

Roland Caspari · Frankfurt, DE
Martin Baechle · Völklingen, DE
Sebastian Mihm · Usingen, DE
Robert Grimm · Hofheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 2, 2022
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2270/413
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a brake system in the case of leaks is provided. The brake system has a mechanically actuable master brake cylinder, which is connected to a first partial reservoir of a brake fluid vessel, and has an electric linear actuator, which is connected to a second partial reservoir of the brake fluid vessel. The master brake cylinder and the linear actuator are connected via an electrically closable circuit isolating valve. In order to protect the brake fluid, in the event of a leak during a transition to a standby state, the linear actuator is activated to take a brake fluid volume out of the first partial reservoir via the open circuit isolating valve and to displace it into the second partial reservoir.

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