Method and system for controlling brake equipment which can be activated when a motor vehicle is stationary

US7401872B2 · 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: Jul 22, 2008
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T2201/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a system for controlling a braking equipment of a motor vehicle in order to activate the braking equipment at a standstill of the motor vehicle such that braking forces are built up which are necessary to keep the motor vehicle in a state of standstill. To this end it is established on the basis of vehicle movements whether the vehicle is at a standstill. If vehicle movements are detected that cannot occur during driving modes of the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle is in a state of standstill. Subsequently, the braking equipment, and in particular a holding brake mechanism included in the braking equipment, are activated. In order to provide braking forces keeping the motor vehicle at a standstill also when it is on a slope, the braking equipment, and in particular the holding brake mechanism, are controlled in response of the vehicle inclination present in the state of standstill.