Process for the adjustment of a braking value to a desired braking value

Claim 2

A process for adjusting a braking value B to a desired braking value BS in a braking system having at least one brake (12, 13), wherein said braking value B evolves as functions of brake application energy Z for brake actuation and for brake release, and a difference between said brake actuation function V and said brake release function T is a hysteresis Hy of the braking system for a given braking value B, comprising feeding brake application energy Z to said at least one brake, producing an actual braking value BI by said braking system as said brake application energy Z is fed to said brake (12, 13), and decreasing existing brake application energy ZS by a value HyS+W, which comprises hysteresis HyS associated with said desired braking value BS and an effect drop-off W, when the actual braking value BI deviates from the desired braking value BS in the direction of higher braking values B after a rise in said brake application energy Z.

Claim 3

The process according to claim 1, further comprising recognizing a deviation BI-BS between said actual braking value BI and said desired braking value BS only when said deviation reaches at least a predetermined limit value L.

Claim 4

The process according to claim 1, wherein said effect drop-off W depends at least on the magnitude of said deviation BI-BS.

Claim 5

The process according to claim 1, further comprising, if a residual deviation BIE1-BS is present after decreasing said brake application energy, further reducing said brake application energy Z in steps until said desired braking value BS is reached.

Claim 6

The process according to claim 1, further comprising, using a new hysteresis HyG in a subsequent braking process in which a deviation BI-BS occurs, if a residual deviation BIE1-BS is still present during brake actuation in the braking process after the reduction of the existing brake application energy ZS.

Claim 7

The process of claim 5, wherein said new hysteresis HyG comprises an increase by a correction value G of the hysteresis HyS associated with the desired braking value BS.

Claim 8

The process according to claim 6, further comprising if a residual deviation BIE1-BS is still present in a subsequent braking process after the reduction of the existing brake application energy ZS by using the new hysteresis HyG, repeating utilization of correction value G in at least one further braking process in which a deviation BI-BS occurs until reduction through said using of said new hysteresis HyG results in the desired braking value BS.

Claim 9

The process according to claim 1, further comprising if a new deviation BS-BIE2 of another actual braking value BIE2 from the desired braking value BS in direction of lower braking values B is present during brake actuation in a braking process after reduction of the existing brake application energy ZS, using a new hysteresis HyV in a subsequent braking process in which a deviation BI-BS occurs, wherein said new hysteresis HyV comprises a reduction of the hysteresis HyS associated with said desired braking value BS by a correction value V.

Claim 10

The process according to claim 8, wherein said actual braking value BIE2 is obtained by reducing the existing brake application energy ZS by the value HyS+W.

Claim 11

The process according to claim 8, further comprising if during said subsequent braking process the actual braking value BIE2 deviates from the desired braking value BS in the direction of lower braking values B after the reduction of the existing brake application energy ZS with the utilization of the new hysteresis HyV, repeating said utilization of the correction value V in at least one further braking process in which a deviation BI-BS occurs until the desired braking value BS is obtained through utilization of the new hysteresis HyV.

Claim 12

A braking system for adjusting an actual braking value B to a desired braking value BS, comprising at least one brake (12, 13), a braking value indicator (2) for emitting an electrical desired-braking value signal, a braking value sensor (1) for emitting an electrical actual braking value signal, an electrically controlled energy distributor (11) having a control system (14) and an output connected to said brake (12, 13), and regulating electronics (4) having a first input connected to said braking value indicator (2) and a second input connected to said braking value sensor (1) and an output connected to said control system (14) of the energy distributor (11), wherein said regulating electronics compare the actual braking value signal to the desired braking value signal to determine a brake application energy signal, transmit said brake application energy signal to the control system (14) of the energy distributor (11), store a hysteresis Hy as a function of the braking value B, and reduce said brake application energy signal by a value resulting in reduction of existing brake application energy ZS by a value HyS+W, which value comprises hysteresis HyS associated with the desired braking value BS and an effect drop-off W, when a deviation of the actual braking value BI from the desired braking value BS in direction of higher braking values B is detected following a rise in the brake application energy signal.

Claim 13

A braking system for adjusting an actual braking value B to a desired braking value BS, comprising at least one brake (12, 13), a braking value indicator (2) for emitting an electrical desired-braking value signal, a braking value sensor (1) for emitting an electrical actual braking value signal, an electrically controlled energy distributor (11) having a control system (14) and an output connected to said brake (12, 13), and regulating electronics (4) having a first input connected to said braking value indicator (2) and a second input connected to said braking value sensor (1) and an output connected to said control system (14) of the energy distributor (11), wherein said regulating electronics compare the actual braking value signal to the desired braking value signal to determine a brake application energy signal, transmit said brake application energy signal to the control system (14) of the energy distributor (11), store a hysteresis Hy as a function of the braking value B, and reduce said brake application energy signal by a value resulting in reduction of existing brake application energy ZS by a value HyS+W, which value comprises hysteresis HyS associated with the desired braking value BS and an effect drop-off W, when a deviation of the actual braking value BI from the desired braking value BS in direction of higher braking values B is detected following a rise in the brake application energy signal.

Claim 14

The braking system as in claim 11, wherein said regulating electronics (4) further reduces the brake application energy signal in a subsequent braking process, in which a deviation BI-BS occurs, by a value corresponding to the application of a hysteresis HyG increased by a correction value G, if a residual deviation BIE1-BS still exists during a brake actuation in a braking process after the reduction of the brake application energy signal, and repeats the reduction in subsequent braking processes which follow a braking process in which a residual deviation has appeared until the desired braking value BS is attained.

Claim 15

The braking system as in claim 11, wherein said regulating electronics (4) further reduces the brake application energy signal by a value corresponding to the application of a hysteresis HyV reduced by a correction value V in subsequent braking process in which a deviation BI-BS occurs when a deviation BS-BIE2 of the actual braking value BIE2 from the desired braking value BS in direction of lower braking value B is present during a brake actuation in a braking process after the reduction of the brake application energy signal, and repeats said reduction in subsequent braking processes following a braking process in which such a deviation BE-BIE2 has occurred until the desired braking value BS is obtained.