Brake system with slip control for automotive vehicles

Claim 1

A brake system with slip control for an automotive vehicle having a plurality of wheel brake cylinders associated with the driven wheels of the vehicle, said system comprising, in combination: a pedal-actuated braking pressure generator including a master cylinder; a plurality of pressure fluid lines respectively connecting each of said wheel brake cylinders with said master cylinder; an auxiliary energy source connected to said master cylinder by way of at least one multiple-way valve; a plurality of wheel sensors respectively coupled to each of said driven wheels for providing electrical signals indicative of wheel rotational behavior; means coupled to said sensors for providing an output signal indicative of a predetermined wheel rotational behavior; means responsive to said output signal for controlling said multiple-way valve, wherein braking pressure is made available at said wheel brake cylinder associated with said driven wheels independently of the actuation of said pedal-actuated braking pressure generator; and, wherein said master cylinder is a two-chamber tandem master cylinder which is connected to a pressure supply reservoir (70") by way of a double valve assembly (52) and said double valve assembly (52) being further connected to said auxiliary energy source through said multiple-way valve wherein said auxiliary energy source communicates with the chambers of said two-chamber tandem master cylinder in response to said output signal said double valve assembly (52) being connected to said two-chamber tandem master cylinder by way of first and second pressure fluid lines which are separated from one another, said double valve assembly (52) having first and second valve pistons respectively disposed in said first and second pressure fluid lines each piston being resiliently urged against a valve seat in a control chamber (59) of said double valve assembly (52), said control chamber (59) being connected to said multiple way valve whereby introduction of pressure into said control chamber (59) translates said pistons away from said valve seats thereby connecting said auxiliary energy source to said two-chamber tandem master cylinder.