Method for reducing braking distance

US6473681B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Alfred Eckert · Mainz, DE
• Thomas Berthold · Munich, DE
• Erwin Tieleman · Axel, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2002
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T8/3275
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a process for shortening the braking distance of a vehicle equipped with a brake servo unit which during a standard braking action is only triggered by the brake pedal pressure caused by the driver and in case of a critical driving situation is so triggered by a control device that in comparison to the standard braking action an increased amplification factor is set at the brake servo unit. The invention distinguishes itself by the fact that a danger potential is determined, stating the probability that the vehicle to be braked will be involved in an accident and that the increase of the amplification factor is controlled in accordance with the danger potential.