Method and device for controlling the braking equipment of a motor vehicle

US6994407B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Kinder · Eitelborn, DE
• Gerhard Klapper · Boppard, DE
• Reza Shokoufandeh · Coventry, GB
• Franz-Josef Endres · Selters (Westerwald), DE
• Ralf Leiter · Mendig, DE
• Lorenz Maack · Eppelheim, DE
• Andreas Söns · Grafenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W30/1819
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling braking equipment of a motor vehicle. Here, an operating state of a motor vehicle is determined, in which the motor vehicle is to be brought from a state, in which its speed is not zero, into a state, in which the vehicle no longer moves. If such a transition from a traveling state into a state of standstill is determined, braking equipment of the motor vehicle is controlled such that braking forces are produced, which are capable of bringing the motor vehicle into the state of standstill and/or assisting a vehicle driver in doing this. It is also possible to produce braking forces in the state of standstill, which are capable of holding the motor vehicle in the state of standstill. The present invention additionally enables to assist a vehicle driver when starting a motor vehicle. In this case, an operating state of the motor vehicle is detected in which the motor vehicle is to be brought from a state of standstill into a traveling state. If such an operating state is present, the braking equipment of the motor vehicle is controlled such that the braking forces produced by the braking equipment in the state of …