OPERATION OF A BRAKE BOOSTER AS A PEDAL SIMULATOR
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The invention describes a method for operating a controllable electromechanical brake booster and the corresponding brake booster which, via a coupling element between the brake booster and pedal rod, is capable of applying a force in opposition to the pedal activation force of a driver, and can therefore be operated as a pedal simulator. For this purpose, a pedal opposing force can be set by a characteristic curve as a function of a pedal position which is predefined by the driver, and can give the driver a pedal sensation even if there is no reaction of, for example, a conventional brake system. In a further operating mode, the brake booster can be operated in its original form.
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34 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
- 15. A brake booster that is mounted in a motor vehicle and is able to boost a force exerted by a driver by means of a brake pedal, the brake booster being embodied so that it is able to produce a counteracting force acting on the brake pedal, which acts in opposition to the force exerted by the driver.
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29. A method for operating a brake booster in a motor vehicle, which booster is able to boost a force exerted by a driver by means of a brake pedal, comprising the steps of:
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producing a counteracting force acting on the brake pedal by means of the brake booster, which counteracting force acts in opposition to the force exerted by the driver; and adjusting the counteracting force as a function of the brake pedal actuation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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