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Granted Patent B2
US 9,718,363 · App. 15/106,643 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Motor vehicle

Inventor: Martin Stemmer (Niederding, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
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Patent No.
US 9,718,363
App. No.
15/106,643
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising: a number of wheels; a brake system having hydraulically actuatable brakes corresponding to each wheel; at least one brake circuit via which the brakes can be actuated; a brake booster via which the brake circuit can be operated, said brake booster being actuatable via a brake pedal to be actuated by the driver; and at least one pressure generation device and/or pressure accumulator device, which can be controlled by a control device, and via which the hydraulic pressure inside the brake circuit can be modulated. At least one electric motor ( 9 ) is provided, which motor is used in the event of a detected failure inside the brake system ( 2 ) to generate a deceleration torque by automatically switching into a generator operation, in order to brake the vehicle ( 1 ) until same has reached a standstill.

Claims (12)

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of wheels; and

a braking system including hydraulically actuatable brakes operably connected to the wheels in one-to-one correspondence, at least one brake circuit configured for actuation of the brakes, a brake booster operably connected to the brake circuit and actuated by a driver through actuation of a brake pedal, at least one pressure generating and/or pressure storage device which is configured for modulation of hydraulic pressure within the brake circuit for generating a pressure buildup by a pump of an electronic stability control (ESC) block, said ESC block including a valve block having a plurality of separately switchable valves, which lead to respective brake lines, and a control device configured to control the at least one pressure generating and/or pressure storage device;

at least one electric motor configured to generate a deceleration torque for braking the vehicle to a standstill through automatic switching into a regenerative mode, when a malfunction within the braking system is detected and the motor vehicle is at least in a semi-autonomous driving mode; and

an axle, said electric motor configured to power the axle.

2. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is integrated into a drive train of the motor vehicle and provided to power the motor vehicle which is designed as hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle.

3. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising two of said electric motor operably connected to at least two of the wheels in one-to-one correspondence, each said electric motor being configured as wheel-hub motor.

4. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the axle is a front axle.

5. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is operably connected to one of the wheels.

6. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is operably connected to at least two of the wheels.

7. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an electromechanical parking brake device configured to automatically provide additional deceleration with or after switching the electric motor into the regenerative mode.

8. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an electronic parking brake device or a transmission lock configured to automatically hold the vehicle in position, after the motor vehicle has been brought to the standstill.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2016
From: STEMMER, MARTIN
To: AUDI AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 021 872 · Dec 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170008401A1 · Jan 12, 2017