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Method and apparatus for controlling a braking system of a vehicle

US6003961A · kind A · utility

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29References

11Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Binder · Leutenbach, DE
Eberhardt Schunck · Landau, DE
Ulrich Gottwick · Stuttgart, DE
Michael Schubert · Coburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 1998
Grant date	Dec 21, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T13/686
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for controlling a braking system of a vehicle. The braking action is established or regulated at at least one wheel brake, by electrical structure, as a function of a driver's braking input. A capability for conventional action by the driver is cut off by a valve. A pressure medium is enclosed in a portion of the braking system. In at least one operating state in which an expansion in the volume of the enclosed medium may be expected, the valve is briefly opened in order to reduce the expansion in volume.

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