IP Library Granted Patent US 10,065,613
Granted Patent B2
US 10,065,613 · App. 15/109,461 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Brake system for vehicles

Inventors: Paul Linhoff (Neu-Anspach, DE); Alfred Eckert (Mainz-Hechtsheim, DE)
Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
B60T7/12B60T7/042B60T8/348B60T8/4854B60T8/4872B60T8/92B60T13/146B60T13/662B60T17/18B60T2270/413
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Patent No.
US 10,065,613
App. No.
15/109,461
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brake system for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, including a master brake cylinder, in particular a tandem master brake cylinder, a brake booster which is connected upstream of the master brake cylinder, in particular at least four hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes, and a first electrohydraulic brake control device which includes a first pressure regulating valve arrangement for adjusting wheel-specific brake pressures, in particular an electrically actuatable pressure source, and a wheel-specific outlet pressure connection for each wheel brake, wherein the brake booster is designed to be electrically actuatable, and a second electrohydraulic brake control device is provided which includes a second pressure regulating valve arrangement, in particular for adjusting wheel-specific brake pressures, and which is connected in series between the first brake control device and the wheel brakes.

Claims (22)

1. A brake system for vehicles, comprising a main brake cylinder,

a brake booster which is arranged upstream of the main brake cylinder,

at least four hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes and

a first electrohydraulic brake control device which comprises:

a first pressure control valve arrangement for adjusting brake pressures independently for each of the at least four wheel brakes, and

an electrically controllable pressure source, and for each of the at least four wheel brakes a wheel-specific output pressure connection,

wherein the brake booster is constructed so as to be able to be electrically controlled and there is provided a second electrohydraulic brake control device which comprises a second pressure control valve arrangement, for adjusting brake pressures independently for each of the at least four wheel brakes and which is connected in series between the first brake control device and the at least four wheel brakes.

2. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second brake control device does not comprise any pressure source.

3. The brake system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the electrically controllable brake booster is an active vacuum brake booster which is configured to be actuated by a lifting magnet.

4. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrically controllable brake booster is an active vacuum brake booster which is configured to be actuated by a lifting magnet.

5. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second brake control device is constructed to control the electrically actuatable brake booster.

6. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first brake control device has at least one input pressure connection to which the main brake cylinder is connected.

7. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second brake control device comprises a wheel-specific input pressure connection for each wheel brake.

8. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each output pressure connection of the first brake control device is connected to an input pressure connection of the second brake control device.

9. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second brake control device comprises for each wheel brake a wheel-specific output pressure connection which is connected to one wheel brake.

10. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second brake control device comprises for each wheel brake an electrically actuatable input valve which is configured to be controlled in an analog manner or which is constructed so as to be analogized, an electrically actuatable output valve and a low-pressure store, and a pressure sensor.

11. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first brake control device is constructed integrally as a brake control device having an electronic control and regulation unit (ECU) and a hydraulic control and regulation unit (HCU).

12. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second brake control device is constructed integrally as a brake control device having an electronic control and regulation unit (ECU) and a hydraulic control and regulation unit (HCU).

13. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for each of the wheels which are provided with a wheel brake

at least two devices are provided for detecting a wheel speed, wherein a signal of one of the devices is supplied to the first brake control device and a signal of the other device is supplied to the second brake control device or

at least one redundant device for detecting a wheel speed is provided, wherein in each case one signal of the device is supplied to the first brake control device and an other signal is supplied to the second brake control device.

14. The brake system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising means for controlling the brake booster by the second brake control device.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2024
From: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 068794/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2016
From: LINHOFF, PAUL; ECKERT, ALFRED
To: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
Reel/Frame 039867/0661 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2014 200 662 · Jan 16, 2014 · national
DE 10 2014 220 441 · Oct 9, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160325719A1 · Nov 10, 2016