Method for optimizing triggering of an automatic braking process

US5564797A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Steiner · Rennweg am Katschberg, AT
• Wolfgang Kiesewetter · Waiblingen, DE
• Werner Reichelt · Jeffery Road, DE
• Christoph Steffi · Backnang, DE
• Joachim Nell · Hanau, DE
• Siegfried Rump · Waiblingen, DE
• Brian Douglas · Knoxville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 1994
• Grant date: Oct 15, 1996
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2201/03
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for determining the start and the end of an automatic braking process to optimize the triggering of the automatic braking process. When a set value is exceeded, an automatic braking process is triggered. The threshold value is changed as a function of the driving state, in particular, as a function of the speed of the vehicle when the brake pedal is actuated, and independently thereof, as a function of the position of the brake pedal. In addition, various criteria terminate the automatic braking process as a function of the actuation force of the brake pedal, of the speed of the vehicle and of the pedal travel.