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Granted Patent B2
US 12,122,375 · App. 17/264,142 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Method for operating a motor vehicle, control unit, motor vehicle

Inventors: Alexander Trofimov (Ludwigsburg, DE); Franz Dahlke (Karlsruhe, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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Patent No.
US 12,122,375
App. No.
17/264,142
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle, which includes a drive system, including an electric drive machine, a friction braking system and an actuating element. The actuating element is continuously movable between a first end state and a second end state, a position of the actuating element in the first end state corresponding to a percentage value of 0%, and the position of the actuating element in the second end state corresponding to a percentage value of 100%. An acceleration torque for the motor vehicle is predefined if the positon has a percentage value that is greater than a predefined threshold value, and a deceleration torque for the motor vehicle being predefined if the position has a percentage value that is less than the threshold value. The friction braking system is activated in such a way that the friction braking system generates at least partially the predefined deceleration torque.

Claims (33)

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, which includes a drive system including an electric drive machine, a friction braking system, and an actuating element, the actuating element being continuously movable between a first end state and a second end state, a position of the actuating element in the first end state corresponding to a percentage value of 0%, and the position of the actuating element in the second end state corresponding to a percentage value of 100%, the method comprising the following steps:

predefining an acceleration torque for the motor vehicle when the position of the actuating element has a percentage value that is greater than a predefined threshold value;

predefining a deceleration torque for the motor vehicle when the position of the actuating element has a percentage value that is less than the threshold value; and

activating the friction braking system in such a way that the friction braking system generates, at least partially, the predefined deceleration torque, wherein:

a relative speed of the motor vehicle to ground is detected, and the predefined deceleration torque is changed as a function of the detected relative speed,

the predefined deceleration torque is reduced with a reduction of the relative speed,

a first threshold speed is predefined, the predefined deceleration torque being reduced only when the detected relative speed is less than the first threshold speed, and

a second threshold speed is predefined, which is greater than the first threshold speed, the predefined deceleration torque being increased with the reduction of the relative speed when a relative speed is detected, which is greater than the first threshold speed and less than the second threshold speed.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the friction braking system is a hydraulic friction braking system, and wherein, in the activating step, the friction braking system generates completely the predefined deceleration torque.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the electric drive machine of the drive system is operated as a generator for generating the predefined deceleration torque in such a way that the drive machine generates at least partially the predefined deceleration torque.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the deceleration torque is predefined as a function of a previously stored characteristic curve.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the characteristic curve exhibits a slope, which becomes greater and/or smaller with decreasing relative speed.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the motor vehicle is decelerated to a standstill by the predefined deceleration torque.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a minimum value is predefined for the deceleration torque.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a base deceleration torque is generated by the friction braking system, a difference between the base deceleration torque and the predefined deceleration torque being compensated for by operating the electric drive machine as a motor or as a generator.

9. A control unit for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a drive system including an electric drive machine, a friction braking system, and an actuating element, the actuating element being continuously movable between a first end state and a second end state, a position of the actuating element in the first end state corresponding to a percentage value of 0%, and the position of the actuating element in the second end state corresponding to a percentage value of 100%, wherein the control unit is configured to operate the motor vehicle, the control unit being configured to:

predefine an acceleration torque for the motor vehicle when the position of the actuating element has a percentage value that is greater than a predefined threshold value;

predefine a deceleration torque for the motor vehicle when the position of the actuating element has a percentage value that is less than the threshold value; and

activate the friction braking system in such a way that the friction braking system generates, at least partially, the predefined deceleration torque, wherein:

a relative speed of the motor vehicle to ground is detected, and the predefined deceleration torque is changed as a function of the detected relative speed,

the predefined deceleration torque is reduced with a reduction of the relative speed,

a first threshold speed is predefined, the predefined deceleration torque being reduced only when the detected relative speed is less than the first threshold speed, and

a second threshold speed is predefined, which is greater than the first threshold speed, the predefined deceleration torque being increased with the reduction of the relative speed when a relative speed is detected, which is greater than the first threshold speed and less than the second threshold speed.

10. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a drive system which includes an electric drive machine, a friction braking system, and an actuating element, the actuating element being continuously movable between a first end state and a second end state, a position of the actuating element in the first end state corresponding to a percentage value of 0%, and the position of the actuating element in the second end state corresponding to a percentage value of 100%; and

a control unit configured to operate the motor vehicle, the control unit being configured to:

predefine an acceleration torque for the motor vehicle when the position of the actuating element has a percentage value that is greater than a predefined threshold value,

predefine a deceleration torque for the motor vehicle when the position of the actuating element has a percentage value that is less than the threshold value, and

activate the friction braking system in such a way that the friction braking system generates, at least partially, the predefined deceleration torque, wherein:

a relative speed of the motor vehicle to ground is detected, and the predefined deceleration torque is changed as a function of the detected relative speed,

the predefined deceleration torque is reduced with a reduction of the relative speed,

a first threshold speed is predefined, the predefined deceleration torque being reduced only when the detected relative speed is less than the first threshold speed, and

a second threshold speed is predefined, which is greater than the first threshold speed, the predefined deceleration torque being increased with the reduction of the relative speed when a relative speed is detected, which is greater than the first threshold speed and less than the second threshold speed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: TROFIMOV, ALEXANDER; DAHLKE, FRANZ
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 056087/0649 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018214953.4 · Sep 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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