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Method of controlling the brake pressure in an antilock vehicle brake system
Assignee: ZF International UK Ltd
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Filing: 1989-06-06
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Granted: 1991-07-23
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Expires: 2009-06-06
Abstract
Abstract A method of controlling the brake pressure in an antilock vehicle brake system in which rotational velocities of the vehicle wheels are measured and the brake pressure is modulated in dependence upon the retardation and the slip of a wheel on exceeding threshold values provides that for each braked wheel the difference between the vehicle reference velocity and a wheel reference velocity is determined for adjusting the length of the pressure maintaining or pressure diminishing phase in dependence upon the difference.
Inventors
- 👤 Volker Braschel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 21:35
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60T; B60T8/00; B60T8/32; B60T8/58; B60T8/17; B60T8/176; B60T8/1761; B60T8/17616; B60T2240/00; B60T2240/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
215 words
A method of controlling brake pressure in an antilock vehicle brake system, the method comprising the steps of a) measuring rotational speeds of the vehicle wheels, b) determining, on the basis of said measured rotational speeds of the wheels, a vehicle reference velocity (V ref ), c) determining, on the basis of said measured rotational speeds of the wheels, retardation and slip values of the wheels, d) comparing said determined retardation and slip values with pregiven threshold values, e) diminishing brake pressure at a wheel if at least one of its retardation and slip values exceeds one of said threshold values, f) increasing the brake pressure at a wheel if the retardation and slip values of said wheel are below said threshold values, characterized by the steps of g) determining for each wheel of the vehicle, on the basis of said measured rotational speeds of the wheels, an individual wheel reference speed (V refR ), h) determining for each wheel the difference (Δ ref ) between its determined reference speed (V refR ) and said determined vehicle reference velocity (V refF ) and i) delaying said increase of the brake pressure at a wheel in dependency of said determined difference (Δ ref ) between the reference speed of the wheel and the vehicle reference velocity.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
215 words
A method of controlling brake pressure in an antilock vehicle brake system, the method comprising the steps of a) measuring rotational speeds of the vehicle wheels, b) determining, on the basis of said measured rotational speeds of the wheels, a vehicle reference velocity (V ref ), c) determining, on the basis of said measured rotational speeds of the wheels, retardation and slip values of the wheels, d) comparing said determined retardation and slip values with pregiven threshold values, e) diminishing brake pressure at a wheel if at least one of its retardation and slip values exceeds one of said threshold values, f) increasing the brake pressure at a wheel if the retardation and slip values of said wheel are below said threshold values, characterized by the steps of g) determining for each wheel of the vehicle, on the basis of said measured rotational speeds of the wheels, an individual wheel reference speed (V refR ), h) determining for each wheel the difference (Δ ref ) between its determined reference speed (V refR ) and said determined vehicle reference velocity (V refF ) and i) delaying said increase of the brake pressure at a wheel in dependency of said determined difference (Δ ref ) between the reference speed of the wheel and the vehicle reference velocity.
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