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Monitoring method and device in automatic braking process

US5499866A · kind A · utility

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3References

22Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Brugger · Winnenden, DE
Martin Klarer · Weingarten, DE
Bernd Knoff · Jeffery Road, DE
Albrecht Eckl · Stuttgart, DE
Manfred Steiner · Rennweg am Katschberg, AT
Siegfried Rump · Waiblingen, DE
Joachim Nell · Hanau, DE
Fredy Eckstein · Winnenden, DE
Christoph Steffi · Backnang, DE
Brian Douglas · Knoxville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 1994
Grant date	Mar 19, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T17/22
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device monitors an automatic braking process by using a fault-detecting, operational testing method which takes place via an automatic braking process lasting only briefly, typically about 50 ms. The method is initiated by a test control device and can take place during different vehicle states. If, for example, current through a solenoid valve does not lie within specific acceptable limit values or pedal travel which results from the actuation is not determined at the brake pedal, the device concludes that an operational fault has occurred

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