Method for brake pressure distribution between the axles of a vehicle

• US 7,681,959 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2009
• Issued: 03/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fur Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH (Estate of Heinz Hermann Thiele)
• Original Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fur Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH (Estate of Heinz Hermann Thiele)
• Inventors: Herges, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams; Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US12/365,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20090134698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 413 Days
• Field of Search: 303/9.62, 303/9.71, 303/186, 303/DIG.6, 303/187
• US Class Current: 303/9.71
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1766 Proportioning of brake forces according to vehicle axle loads, e.g. front to rear of vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 303/06 Axle differential control

Abstract

A brake pressure distribution between axles is regulated as a function of a difference in wheel rotational speeds between axles or wheel slip values between axles at the axles. Exceeding a predefined limit value in difference in the wheel rotational speed between axles or the wheel slip values between axles during braking serves to regulate the distribution. On the basis of the dependency between at least the brake pressure at the rear axle and the vehicle deceleration after at least two preceding service braking operations, a critical deceleration value is determined.

Claims

1. In a method for brake pressure distribution between axles of a vehicle having a pressure medium brake, the vehicle including rotational speed sensors assigned to brakeable wheels and providing actual wheel speed signals, wherein the brake pressure distribution between axles is regulated as a function of a difference in wheel rotational speeds between axles or wheel slip values between axles at the axles and an exceeding of a predefined limit value by the difference serves for the brake pressure distribution regulation, the method comprising:

determining a brake pressure at the rear axle and determining a deceleration of the vehicle at first and second service braking operations of the vehicle;

interpolating or extrapolating based on a dependency between the brake pressure at the rear axle and the deceleration of the vehicle after at least the first and second service braking operations to acquire a critical deceleration value at which at least the brake pressure at the rear axle would become lower than a predefined brake pressure limiting value.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined brake pressure limiting value for the rear axle is equal to zero or corresponds to an application pressure of brakes of the rear axle.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined brake pressure limiting value for the difference in wheel speeds between the axles or in wheel slip values between the axles is equal to zero.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predefined brake pressure limiting value for the difference in wheel speeds between the axles or in wheel slip values between the axles is equal to zero.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein maximum deceleration of the vehicle during a braking operation is limited to a value which is smaller than the critical deceleration value.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein maximum deceleration of the vehicle during a braking operation is limited to a value which is smaller than the critical deceleration value.

7. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein maximum deceleration of the vehicle during a braking operation is limited to a value which is smaller than the critical deceleration value.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the brake pressure at the rear axle is set to smaller values than those predefined after the differential slip control process even before reaching the maximum deceleration.

9. A method for brake pressure distribution between axles of a vehicle having a pressure medium brake, the method comprising:

determining a dependence between at least a brake pressure at a rear axle and a deceleration of the vehicle after at least two preceding service braking operations of the vehicle;

acquiring a critical deceleration value at which at least the brake pressure at the rear axle would become lower than a predefinable brake pressure limiting value by interpolating or extrapolating from a determined dependence between the brake pressure and the deceleration; and

controlling a brake force distribution utilizing the critical deceleration value.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the critical deceleration value for the rear axle is equal to zero or corresponds to an application pressure of brakes of the rear axle.