Method for automatic braking of a vehicle

US6637839B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Alexander Fuchs · Tuttlingen, DE
• Wolfgang Kiesewetter · Waiblingen, DE
• Bernd Knoff · Jeffery Road, DE
• Carsten Lauer · Stuttgart, DE
• Lorenz Maack · Eppelheim, DE
• Eberhard Pfeifle · Lorch, DE
• Manfred Steiner · Rennweg am Katschberg, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2220/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for carrying out an automatic braking operation in a vehicle, a stte variable for describing driver's reactions and/or events outside the vehicle is sensed by means of a sensor, compared with a reference value and, when the reference value is exceeded, a higher braking pressure than the braking pressure corresponding to the brake pedal position is generated. In order to increase reliability, the automatic generation of braking pressure is suspended for a specific holding time if the state variable which is sensed by sensor means lies outside an acceptable tolerance range.