Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for regulating the brake system of a vehicle

US5615931A · kind A · utility

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23References

8Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Stumpe · Kornwestheim, DE
Andreas Schlichenmaier · Zaberfeld, DE
Bernhard Schwendemann · Schorndorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 1995
Grant date	Apr 1, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 21, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T13/683
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

At least one measurement device detects the wheel load or axle load of the vehicle on at least one wheel, and an electronic control unit produces control signals for the wheel brakes at least as a function of the braking demand from the driver and of the detected wheel load or axle load selecting from characteristic brake pressure profiles the profile prescribing the required brake pressure based on driver's braking demand and the load state of the vehicle determined from the load state of the wheel or of the axle, and controlling the brakes in accordance with this profile during the braking process.

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