Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle, in particular a traction-slip control system (TCS), wherein a diagonal axle twist is detected and evaluated as a regulating variable.
Abstract:
A process of testing individual components of a system in an automotive vehicle, wherein the system comprises at least one software-operated controller and the controller is adapted to be connected to an input station, with software being adapted to be uploaded to the input station from the controller and a test software being uploaded from the input station to the controller prior to a check of the components of the system.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method for use in automotive vehicles with an electronically controlled brake system (for example, ABS), wherein for controlling the braking pressure (re)increase during a control operation the rotational behavior of the individual wheels is measured and evaluated to determine braking pressure control signals, and wherein during a braking pressure control operation the braking pressure reduction in the previous cycle (26) is taken into account for the control of the braking pressure reincrease (27). According to the present invention, a braking pressure rise gradient (G) is calculated on the basis of the braking pressure increase in the preceding braking pressure increase phase (25), and the braking pressure increase or the variation of the braking pressure increase is calculated and predetermined on the basis of the rise gradient (G) and the calculated wheel cylinder pressure (P2) at the commencement of the current braking pressure increase phase (27) and on the basis of the current calculated locking pressure level (N3).
Abstract:
A method of electronic brake force distribution is applied to contribute to vehicle stability even in the event of failure of the system that detects failure of the front-axle brake circuit (13) in a vehicle (1). The method involves initiating a pressure maintenance or pressure reduction phase only after the standards with respect to a minimum vehicle deceleration upon brake circuit failure are met. This way, it is ensured that the standards are observed, on the one hand, and locking of the rear wheels (6,7) before the front wheels (4,5) is prevented with great likelihood, on the other hand. Thus, electronic brake force distribution (EBD) is switched over to less sensitive criteria. This makes allowance for both possibilities in the event of a failure of a pressure switch (15), i.e., that the front-axle brake circuit (13) is intact or that it is defective.
Abstract:
A circuit configuration for a brake system comprising an anti-locking control is furnished with circuits which: (1) at a low friction coefficient on either vehicle side, individually control the brake pressure on the rear wheel brakes upon commencement of a control process, (2) after the first entrance of a rear wheel into a stable phase switch to "select-low", and (3) in the select-low control phased if during a predetermined period of time no instability occurs on the non-selected rear wheel, increase the brake pressure on the non-selected wheel in the next pressure build-up phase by a fixed or variable amount. According to a first embodiment, the brake pressure is delivered prematurely into a wheel brake of the rear wheel if the wheel speed falls below a slip threshold if, at the same time, the factual reacceleration is above a threshold value and if another value derived from the maximum value of the filtered wheel acceleration is exceeded.
Abstract:
A circuit configuration for improving the driving behavior of an automotive vehicle tending to oversteering, which vehicle is equipped with an anti-lock control system, causes the slip and deceleration thresholds, decisive for the onset of control at the front wheel on the outside of the bend, to be raised upon the occurrence of a cornering identification signal.
Abstract:
A method of monitoring a brake system which is equipped with anti-lock control (ABS) and a system for electronic control of brake force distribution (EBV). The system includes two brake circuits in a black/white brake circuit split-up, the EBV function or control is principally released only when the vehicle deceleration exceeds a predetermined limit value (GWN). To identify a front-axle brake circuit failure, acceleration criteria, i.e., criteria responsive to the acceleration behavior of the vehicle wheels, are predetermined and monitored. Further, slip range monitoring in conjunction with acceleration range monitoring is performed. Upon `detection` of an acceleration criterion or when a limit value (GW2) predetermined as an acceleration criterion is exceeded, and/or upon `detection` of values which are outside the slip range (GW1) or the acceleration range (GW5), a `suspected` front-axle brake circuit failure is signaled, and intervention into the electronic control of the brake force distribution (EBV) is performed.
Abstract:
A process for monitoring tire pressure by comparing and evaluating the rotating speeds of the individual wheels of the vehicle which is based on the formation of speed correction factors. The values of the individual correction factors, correlations between the correction factors for typical travel situations, and tolerances for the correction factors, which depend on the actual travel situation, are determined during a learning phase (i.e. phase 1). The deviations of the correction factors from the learned values are determined and evaluated during a subsequent identification phase (i.e. phase 2), taking into account the travel situation-dependent tolerances and the progression of the learning process. Loss of tire pressure is signaled when the current speed correction factor determined for a wheel during the identification phase becomes smaller, taking into account the current deviation, than the speed correction factor already learned, taking into account the tolerance already determined for the current travel situation.
Abstract:
For the reduction of disadvantageous effects of engine stall torques on the braking behavior of a vehicle which is equipped with a brake unit having an anti-lock control system, the brake slip of the driven wheels is monitored independently of any actuation of the brake. In the event of a rotational behavior of the driven wheels which is typical of the effect of engine stall torques, in particular in the event of a brake slip at the driven wheels exceeding a limit value, brake pressure existing in the wheel brakes of the driven wheels is maintained constant or reduced, or, if the braking action has not yet commenced, the supply of brake pressure into the wheel brakes of the driven wheels is prevented.
Abstract:
A circuit configuration for an anti-lock brake system, including a master cylinder (1) with a travel switch (27, 27') and an electromotively (31, 31') driven hydraulic pump (32, 32'), disposes of a "pump control" (45) which switches on the drive motor (31, 31') of the hydraulic pump (32, 32') in dependence on the vehicle deceleration and on the pressure fluid requirement during an anti-lock controlled braking operation, or on corresponding criteria and test results.