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Brake system for a vehicle and method for operating a brake system of a vehicle

US8950826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Kunz · Steinheim an der Murr, DE
Stefan Strengert · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2011
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 24, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T8/348
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brake system and a method for operating same for a vehicle having a first wheel brake cylinder, into which a first brake medium volume is displaceable from a master brake cylinder, a second wheel brake cylinder, into which a second brake medium volume is displaceable from the master brake cylinder, a first pump associated with the first wheel brake cylinder and a second pump associated with the second wheel brake cylinder, the brake system including a block valve coupled to the brake medium reservoir, the first pump being able to pump a third brake medium volume through the at least partially open block valve and a first non-return valve into the first wheel brake cylinder, and the second pump being able to pump a fourth brake medium volume through an at least partially open block valve and the second non-return valve into the second wheel brake cylinder.

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