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Method for monitoring a brake system
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1996-12-30
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Granted: 1998-07-14
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Expires: 2016-12-30
Abstract
Abstract In a brake system with a controllable hydraulic pump in a hydraulic circuit, and with at least one solenoid valve, the operating state of the valve is changed in response to a control signal. As a result of the change in the operating state of the solenoid valve, the flow resistance in the hydraulic circuit is changed. Monitoring structure is provided which, in the presence of certain operating conditions, monitor the run-down behavior of the hydraulic pump in different operating states of the solenoid valve and actuate a display device to display a malfunction of the brake system when a malfunction is detected. Additionally, or alternatively, the automatic brake control can be turned off in reaction to the detection of a malfunction. It is possible for the control unit and the hydraulic unit to be replaced separately and for the installation to be tested for proper functioning.
Inventors
- 👤 Rolf-Hermann Mergenthaler
- 👤 Jost Brachert
- 👤 Ruediger Poggenburg
- 👤 Bernard Witsch
- 👤 Norbert Polzin
- 👤 Robert Kornhaas
- 👤 Ulrich Gottwick
- 👤 Thomas Braun
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:49
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60T; B60T8/00; B60T8/32; B60T8/88; B60T8/885; B60T17/00; B60T17/18; B60T17/22; B60T8/34; B60T8/48; B60T8/4809; B60T8/4827; B60T8/4863; B60T8/4872; B60T8/90; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S303/00; Y10S303/02; Y10S303/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
Method for monitoring a brake system comprising a hydraulic circuit with a hydraulic pump and at least one solenoid valve having at least two operating states, wherein changing the operating state changes the flow resistance of the hydraulic circuit, said method comprising determining whether at least one specified operating condition is present, determining run-down behavior of the hydraulic pump in a first operating state of the solenoid valve when said at least one specified operating condition is present, determining run-down behavior of the pump in a second operating state of the solenoid valve, comparing said run-down behaviors in said first and second operating states, determining whether a malfunction is present based on said comparison, and actuating a display device when it is determined that a malfunction is present.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
Method for monitoring a brake system comprising a hydraulic circuit with a hydraulic pump and at least one solenoid valve having at least two operating states, wherein changing the operating state changes the flow resistance of the hydraulic circuit, said method comprising determining whether at least one specified operating condition is present, determining run-down behavior of the hydraulic pump in a first operating state of the solenoid valve when said at least one specified operating condition is present, determining run-down behavior of the pump in a second operating state of the solenoid valve, comparing said run-down behaviors in said first and second operating states, determining whether a malfunction is present based on said comparison, and actuating a display device when it is determined that a malfunction is present.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
113 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein, in the presence of the at least one specified operating condition, the pump is actuated a first time until it reaches a first predetermined operating state; the first run-down behavior of the pump is determined after it has reached the first predetermined operating state; the solenoid valve is actuated to change its operating state; the pump is actuated a second time until it reaches second predetermined operating state; the second run-down behavior of the pump is determined after it has reached the second predetermined operating state; and a display device is actuated to display a malfunction as a function of the comparison between the two run-down behaviors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the specified operating condition is determined to be present when the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle (V x ) is below a first threshold value (V max ).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein, to determine the presence of the operating condition, it is determined whether or not a brake signal (BLS), which indicates that the vehicle is being braked, is present.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein, to determine the run-down behavior of the pump (sRFP 1 ), a signal (U p ) representing the speed (N p ) of the pump is evaluated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
Method according to claim 5 wherein the predetermined operating state of the pump (sRFP 1 ) is reached when the speed (N p ) of the pump or the signal (U p ) representing the speed (N p ) of the pump has reached a predefinable first threshold value (N high ).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
Method according to claim 5 wherein, to determine the first and second run-down behavior of the pump, the speed (N p ) of the pump or the signal (U p ) representing the speed (N p ) of the pump is compared with a predefinable threshold value (N low ).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
98 words
Method according to claim 7 wherein, to determine the first and second run-down behavior of the pump, the lengths of time (T 1 , T 2 ) it takes for the speed (N p ) of the pump or for the signal (U p ) representing the speed (N p ) of pump to fall to the predefinable second threshold value (N low ) are measured, and in that, to compare the two run-down behaviors with each other, the difference (|T 1 -T 2 |) between the two measured times is compared with a third threshold value (S).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the pump is driven by an electric motor (M), and a signal (U p ) representing the speed (N p ) of the pump is obtained by an evaluation of the generator voltage produced by the pump motor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the operating states of the solenoid valve (ASV) are the solenoid valve being either open or closed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the specified operating condition is determined to be present when the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle is above a threshold value (V min ).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the specified operating condition is determined to be present when the longitudinal velocity of the vehicle is within a range between a first threshold value (V max ) and a second threshold value (V min ).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first or second time the pump (sRFP 1 ) reaches the determined operating state, a signal (use of P) representing the speed (N p ) of the pump is evaluated.
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