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Method and device for controlling the braking system of a vehicle

US8457851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Epple · Heubach, DE
Jochen Wagner · Ruppertsweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2007
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T13/52
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method and a device for controlling the braking system of a vehicle having a vacuum brake booster and a vacuum source, it is provided that a variable triggering threshold value, at the exceeding of which an automatic braking procedure is triggered, is a function of the vacuum level or of the vacuum gradient of the vacuum brake booster.

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