Method and braking system for regulating the driving stability of a motor vehicle

• US 6,409,286 B1
• Filed: 09/27/2000
• Issued: 06/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Company HG (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Fennel, Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA
• Application Number:
  US09/582,751
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 303/140, 303/146, 303/147, 303/155, 303/156, 303/157, 303/158, 303/115.4, 303/115.5, 303/116.4, 180/197, 701/70, 701/71, 701/72, 701/78, 701/83
• US Class Current: 303/140
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2201/16 Curve braking control, e.g. turn control within ABS control algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/313 with less than three sensors (yaw rate, steering angle, lateral acceleration)
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1755 Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve road vehicle drive control systems for control of driving stability otherwise than by controlling a particular sub-unit B60W30/02

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of improving the control , behavior of an electronically regulated and/or controlled driving stability control system, wherein input quantities for the control are derived from the rotational behavior of the wheels and wherein in situations which are critical for driving stability, the driving stability is increased by braking pressure introduction and/or braking pressure modulation. In order to obviate the need for a precharging pump, the present invention proposes that criteria for evaluation of the driving situation and for the early detection of a driving situation inhering an increased risk are derived from the rotational behavior of the wheels, and that the commencement of driving stability control is prepared upon detection of a driving situation inhering an increased risk. A brake system for implementing the method is also an object of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for controlling driving stability of an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of:

determining a steering angle, a rotational behavior of individual wheels, a vehicle yaw velocity, a vehicle forward speed, and a coefficient of friction between tires and road;

determining an intervention threshold based on differences in the rotational behavior of individual wheels,

adjusting brake pressure by use of a hydraulic pump having a clocked actuation to vary the vehicle yaw velocity toward the intervention threshold by one of increasing or decreasing brake pressure,

whereby a clock frequency for driving the hydraulic pump is increased when the intervention threshold is exceeded.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the brake pressure is increased when the vehicle yaw velocity exceeds the intervention threshold.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the brake pressure is decreased when the vehicle yaw velocity does not exceed the intervention threshold.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steering angle and the vehicle forward speed are considered when determining whether the vehicle yaw velocity exceeds the intervention threshold.

5. A method for controlling driving stability of an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of:

determining a steering angle, a rotational behavior of individual wheels, a vehicle yaw velocity, a vehicle forward speed, and a coefficient of friction between tires and road;

determining an intervention threshold based on differences in the rotational behavior of individual wheels;

issuing a signal to commence driving stability control when the intervention threshold is exceeded; and

adjusting brake pressure by use of a hydraulic pump having a clocked actuation to vary the vehicle yaw velocity toward the intervention threshold by one of increasing or decreasing brake pressure,

whereby a clock frequency for driving the hydraulic pump is increased when the intervention threshold is exceeded.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of increasing brake pressure when the signal is issued to commence driving stability control.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising the step of decreasing the brake pressure when the intervention threshold is no longer exceeded.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the steering angle and the vehicle forward speed are considered when determining whether the intervention threshold has been exceeded.

9. A brake system for controlling driving stability of an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a controller comprising a steering angle generator for measuring a steering angle, a first measuring data emitter for measuring a yaw velocity, a second measuring data emitter for measuring wheel rotational speeds, an evaluating circuit for receiving signals of the steering angle, the yaw velocity and the wheel rotational speeds, the controller determining an intervention threshold based on the wheel rotational speeds, and a comparator for comparing the yaw velocity with the intervention threshold, and

a hydraulic pump having a clocked actuation for adjusting brake pressure, a clock frequency for driving the hydraulic pump being increased when the intervention threshold is exceeded,

wherein brake pressure is adjusted to vary the yaw velocity toward the intervention threshold by one of increasing or decreasing brake pressure.

10. The brake system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the brake pressure is increased when the yaw velocity exceeds the intervention threshold.

11. The brake system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the brake pressure is decreased when the vehicle yaw velocity does not exceed the intervention threshold.

12. The brake system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the steering angle and a vehicle forward speed are considered when determining whether the yaw velocity exceeds the intervention threshold.