Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for controlling the brake system of a vehicle

US6016694A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

7References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz Decker · Leinfelden, DE
Dieter Blattert · Lauffen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 1996
Grant date	Jan 25, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T17/221
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a brake system with electromechanical actuation, a test run is carried out when the vehicle is started, in the course of which at least one wheel brake is acted on by a control signal, which corresponds to a predetermined minimum braking action. If this minimum braking action is not reached in any one of the wheel brakes, the parking brake is not unlocked.

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