Method and apparatus for controlling the brake system of a vehicle

US6062658A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Stumpe · Kornwestheim, DE
• Martin Blanc · Knittlingen, DE
• Bernhard Schwendemann · Schorndorf, DE
• Juergen Wrede · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Matthias Horn · Tettnang, DE
• Andreas Seiche · Gerlingen, DE
• Jurgen Knott · Adenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 1996
• Grant date: May 16, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T13/66
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vehicle having a duty brake and a sustained-action brake (retarder), the actual braking moment produced by the sustained-action brake, as well as the braking command of the driver, are taken into consideration in the electrically controlled adjustment of the duty brake.