Braking system for motor vehicles

US6209968A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Mark Bayens · Mörfelden, DE
• Alfred Eckert · Mainz, DE
• Thomas Berthold · Munich, DE
• Jürgen Pfeiffer · Balve, DE
• Christof Klesen · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T13/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake system for motor vehicles with an adjustable pneumatic brake force booster includes a control valve which can be actuated by an electromagnet independently of the driver's actions. A brake pressure controller generates signals which serve to actuate the electromagnet. In order to be able to implement a quick-action, low-noise pressure regulating system at low cost, the brake pressure controller (8) is formed by connecting in parallel an electromagnetic control circuit (60) that processes the nominal brake pressure signal (P.sub.nominal) into a first current value (I.sub.A) and a regulating circuit (70) that processes a control difference (.DELTA.P) formed from the nominal brake pressure signal (P.sub.nominal) and the actual pressure signal (P.sub.actual) into a second current value I.sub.B, with the output variable (I.sub.nominal) of the brake pressure controller (8) being formed by adding together the two current values (I.sub.A, I.sub.B).