Method for automatic braking of motor vehicles with an anti-lock brake system

US5549369A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Siegfried Rump · Waiblingen, DE
• Manfred Steiner · Rennweg am Katschberg, AT
• Franz Brugger · Winnenden, DE
• Martin Klarer · Weingarten, DE
• Bernd Knoff · Jeffery Road, DE
• Albrecht Eckl · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 27, 1996
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T13/662
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for carrying out an automatic braking process for motor vehicles with an anti-lock brake system. An automatic braking process is triggered when it is detected by the anti-lock brake system that at least one wheel of an axle of the vehicle reaches the locking limit. The brake pressure for the axle of this wheel starts to be controlled by the anti-lock brake system. However, a further increase in brake pressure at the wheels of the other axles of the vehicle is possible since, because of the load distribution of the vehicle and because of the distribution of braking force, the locking limit of the said wheels is not yet reached. According to the invention, a further increase in the brake pressure at the other axles takes place during the automatic braking process.