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Method for controlling the initiation sensitivity of an automatic braking procedure

US5584542A · kind A · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Martin Klarer · Weingarten, DE
Franz Brugger · Winnenden, DE
Bernd Knoff · Jeffery Road, DE
Albrecht Eckl · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 1995
Grant date	Dec 17, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S188/01
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for defining the initiation sensitivity of an automatic braking procedure, in which method the threshold value for the initiation of an automatic braking procedure is reduced as a function of the pedal distance which has been traversed. The object of the invention is to ensure that in the event of actuation of the brake shortly after the automatic braking procedure has terminated, the automatic braking procedure is again initiated rapidly and easily. For this purpose, the initiation threshold value for the automatic braking procedure is reduced within a time period after the satisfaction of the interruption criterion.

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