IP Library Granted Patent US 11,142,177
Granted Patent B2
US 11,142,177 · App. 16/325,189 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Method for adjusting brake pressures, brake system of a motor vehicle for carrying out such method, and motor vehicle comprising such a brake system

Inventors: Nikolai Flaum (Hannover, DE); Van Tien Nguyen (Hannover, DE); Torsten Wallbaum (Duingen, DE)
Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
B60T8/17616B60T8/1766B60T8/34B60T2250/04B60T2270/10
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Patent No.
US 11,142,177
App. No.
16/325,189
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating an electronic brake system for motor vehicles includes determining, by a brake control unit, respective brake pressures acting on wheel brakes by controlling a pressure distribution ratio of brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a front axle to brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a rear axle of the motor vehicle. The method further includes receiving, by the brake control unit, driver brake requests determined by a driver of the motor vehicle and/or external brake requests and determining, by the brake control unit, appropriate brake pressures. The brake control unit takes into consideration an initial pressure distribution ratio value, which is ascertained in a driver braking mode or in a pressure control mode and is stored and kept available for later consideration.

Claims (41)

1. A method for operating an electronic brake system for motor vehicles, the method comprising:

determining, by a brake control unit, respective brake pressures acting on wheel brakes by controlling a pressure distribution ratio of brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a front axle to brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a rear axle of the motor vehicle;

receiving, by the brake control unit, driver brake requests determined by a driver of the motor vehicle and/or external brake requests; and

determining, by the brake control unit, appropriate brake pressures,

wherein the brake control unit takes into consideration an initial pressure distribution ratio value, which is ascertained in a driver braking mode or in a pressure control mode and is stored and kept available for later consideration,

wherein the initial pressure distribution ratio value is determined:

by recording a first speed measurement of the front axle and a second speed measurement of the rear axle, and

by recording, at a same time of measurement, a velocity of the motor vehicle as a reference value,

by linking each of the speed measurement of the front axle and the speed measurement of the rear axle with the reference value in a manner that represents a wheel slip on the respective axle, and a first slip value relating to the front axle and a second slip value relating to the rear axle, which are generated in this way, are set in relation to each other, and

by linking a distribution index thereby determined with a predetermined pressure distribution ratio.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein to determine the slip values from the first speed measurement of the front axle and from the second speed measurement of the rear axle, a velocity is identified and is linked with the reference value.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the initial pressure distribution ratio value for the controller is determined during braking operations with accelerations between −1 m/s 2 and −1.5 m/s 2 .

4. An electronic brake system of a motor vehicle, the electronic brake system comprising:

one wheel brake and one speed sensor per wheel;

an electronic brake control unit configured to:

determine respective brake pressures acting on wheel brakes by controlling a pressure distribution ratio of brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a front axle of the motor vehicle to brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a rear axle of the motor vehicle,

receive driver brake requests determined by a driver of the motor vehicle and/or external brake requests,

receive and evaluate speed measurements of the speed sensors of the wheels,

control an ideal pressure distribution ratio of brake pressure at the front axle to brake pressure at a rear axle while taking into account the speed measurements, and

determine an initial pressure distribution ratio value by:

recording a first speed measurement of the front axle and a second speed measurement of the rear axle,

recording, at a same time of measurement, a velocity of the motor vehicle as a reference value,

linking each of the speed measurement of the front axle and the speed measurement of the rear axle with the reference value in a manner that represents a wheel slip on the respective axle, and a first slip value relating to the front axle and a second slip value relating to the rear axle, which are generated in this way, are set in relation to each other, and

linking a distribution index thereby determined with a predetermined pressure distribution ratio; and

a memory configured to store the initial pressure distribution ratio value for controlling the ideal pressure distribution ratio.

5. A motor vehicle comprising:

the brake system as claimed in claim 4 ,

the front axle and the rear axle,

a plurality of wheels, and

a drivetrain.

6. A method for operating an electronic brake system for motor vehicles, the method comprising:

determining, by a brake control unit, respective brake pressures acting on wheel brakes by controlling a pressure distribution ratio of brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a front axle to brake pressures acting on wheel brakes of a rear axle of the motor vehicle;

receiving, by the brake control unit, driver brake requests determined by a driver of the motor vehicle and/or external brake requests;

determining, by the brake control unit, appropriate brake pressures,

wherein the brake control unit takes into consideration an initial pressure distribution ratio value, which is ascertained in a driver braking mode or in a pressure control mode and is stored and kept available for later consideration,

wherein the initial pressure distribution ratio value is determined:

by recording, a first speed measurement of the front axle and a second speed measurement of the rear axle, and

by recording, at the same time of measurement, an acceleration of the motor vehicle as a reference value,

by linking each of the speed measurement of the front axle and the speed measurement of the rear axle with the reference value in a manner that represents a wheel slip on the respective axle, and a first slip value relating to the front axle and a second slip value relating to the rear axle, which are generated in this way, are set in relation to each other, and

by linking a distribution index thereby determined with a predetermined pressure distribution ratio.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein to determine the slip values from the first speed measurement of the front axle and from the second speed measurement of the rear axle, an acceleration is identified and is linked with the reference value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2021
From: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Reel/Frame 056196/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2019
From: FLAUM, NIKOLAI; NGUYEN, VAN TIEN; WALLBAUM, TORSTEN
To: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
Reel/Frame 048314/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 009 996.8 · Aug 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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