102results about "ESP control systems" patented technology

A method of managing the braking force applied on the wheels of a vehicle including hybrid brake actuators is provided. In particular, safety functions, such as ABS and ESP are performed using hybrid actuators.

A vehicle stability control system and a vehicle stability control method which are capable of more improving lateral stability of a vehicle when the vehicle is turning on a descent inclined road, may enable the vehicle to turn along a turning trace intended by a driver through cooperative control of active front steering (AFS) control and an electronic stability control (ESC) when the vehicle is turning on the descent inclined road.

The invention relates to a solenoid valve (10) for a hydraulic braking system, comprising: a magnetic assembly; a pole core (11); a guide sleeve (13) joined to the pole core (11); a valve armature (20) running axially movably within the guide sleeve (13), the armature being drivable in opposition to a force of a restoring spring (16) by means of a magnetic force produced by the magnetic assembly,or being drivable by the force of the restoring spring (16), and said armature moving a plunger (30) comprising a closing element (34); and a valve body (15) connected to the guide sleeve (13) and comprising a valve seat (15.1) that is located between at least one first flow opening (15.2) and at least one second flow opening (15.3), the plunger (30) being fixedly connected to the valve armature (20). The invention also relates to a hydraulic braking system comprising a solenoid valve (10) of this type. The valve body (15) has a receiving region (19) which at least partially accommodates a guide assembly (40), the valve armature (20) running axially through at least one through-opening (41.1, 44.1) of the guide assembly (40), a mechanical detent device (18) being formed between the guide assembly (40) and the valve armature (20), the detent device releasing the valve armature (20) when the latter is in a de-energised closed position, such that the restoring spring (16) drives the valvearmature (20) and pushes the closing element (34) sealingly into the valve seat (15.1) to produce a sealing function, and said detent device fixes the valve armature (20) in a de-energised open position against the force of the restoring spring (16) in an axial detent position, such that the closing element (34) is raised from the valve seat (15.1).

The invention relates to a method in which the driving behavior of a vehicle is influenced depending on surroundings data in order to support an evasive maneuver as soon as a risk of collision is detected using the data from surroundings sensors and vehicle sensors. The vehicle has an electronically regulated braking system which allows a driver-independent build-up and a modulation of the braking forces on the individual wheels of the vehicle, and a steering input by the driver is supported in the event of a detected risk of collision by means of a driver-independent braking intervention. According to the invention, a brake slip of at least one wheel of the vehicle is limited to a first slip threshold in a first phase of the evasive maneuver and to a second slip threshold in a second phase of the evasive maneuver, wherein the first slip threshold is smaller than the second slip threshold. The invention further relates to an electronic controller.

A sensor device for a braking system equipped with an electromechanical brake booster, including evaluation electronics, which are configured to determine at least one braking request specification variable, while taking into account at least one actual variable with respect to a functionality of at least one component of the electromechanical brake booster and / or at least one setpoint variable for specifying the functionality of the at least one component of the electromechanical brake booster as a provided variable. A controller for a braking system equipped with an electromechanical brake booster, a braking system for a vehicle, a method for ascertaining a braking request specification variable to a braking system equipped with an electromechanical brake booster, and a method for operating a braking system equipped with an electromechanical brake booster, are also described.

Disclosed herein are control apparatus for electronic parking brake system and control method thereof. The control apparatus for electronic parking brake system and control method includes an inputter configured to receive an abnormal operation signal from an electronic stability control (ESC) system when a vehicle stopping control function is abnormally performed in the ESC system; a determiner configured to determine whether an operation availability signal of an electronic parking brake (EPB) system is input from the EPB system, when the abnormal operation signal is input; and a controller configured to transmit a control command to the EPB system to activate the EPB system and have the EPB system perform a braking operation, when the operation availability signal of the EPB is input.

The invention relates to an intelligent control system for automobile brake. The intelligent control system comprises a signal acquisition module, a signal processing module, a central controller, a brake mechanism driving module, at least two groups of vacuum brake mechanisms and an ESP system. By adopting the intelligent control system, the moving state of a running vehicle can be monitored in real time; a brake strategy of the vacuum brake mechanism matched with the current moving state of the car can be generated by virtue of signal analysis, the system can be matched with a main brake system of a car, the intelligent control system executes the auxiliary brake operation, so that the brake distance is significantly reduced, and the stability and safety of the car brake can be effectively improved; secondly, the state for pressing an accelerator pedal mistakenly can be avoided; and additionally, the ESP system is integrated into the auxiliary brake system, the optimum stability of the vehicle can be kept under various conditions, and the sideslipping of the vehicle can be avoided.

A control method of an idle stop and go system is provided. The method includes determining whether a stop condition of an engine operating in an idle state is satisfied and determining whether a pressure increase value of a brake oil formed during a predetermined time period is greater than a predetermined value when the stop condition of the engine is satisfied. A valve connected to a hydraulicline to which the brake oil pressure is transmitted is then temporarily closed and then reopened when the pressure increase value is greater than the predetermined value. The engine is stopped after the valve is temporarily closed and reopened.

The invention relates to a method (100) for ascertaining an orientation of a sensor unit (50), which has at least one acceleration sensor and is assembled into a vehicle (70). The method has the following steps: detecting (S110) a first sensor signal from the acceleration sensor in an acceleration-free state of the vehicle (70); detecting (S120) a second sensor signal from the acceleration sensorin response to a linear acceleration of the vehicle (70); and ascertaining (S130) the orientation of the sensor unit relative to the vehicle (70) on the basis of the first sensor signal and the secondsensor signal.

The present invention provides a graded braking control device and control method for vehicle tire burst, and belongs to the technical field of vehicles. It solves the problems of rear-end collision and more instability of the vehicle resulting from emergency brake after vehicle tire burst. The device includes a tire pressure sensor, a controller, a radar sensor, a stability detection module and an ESC, wherein the radar sensor and the stability detection module are respectively connected with input ends of the controller, the tire pressure sensor is in wireless connection with the controller, and the ESC is connected with an output end of the controller. The control method includes: 1. monitoring vehicle tire condition; 2. carrying out traffic state assessment and determining a first maximum braking deceleration value for preventing the rear-end collision with the follower vehicle after emergency brake of the present vehicle; 3. carrying out tire burst vehicle stability state assessment in combination with the current speed and setting the maximum braking deceleration under stable state; and 4. carrying out tire burst graded braking. The device and the method can ensure quick and stable braking of the tire burst vehicle, and avoid the rear-end collision of the present vehicle with the follower vehicle.

A brake control apparatus includes: a master cylinder that outputs a brake fluid at a master pressure; a master pressure changing device that is configured to change the master pressure irrespective of an operation of a brake pedal; a brake actuator; and a control unit that executes vehicle stability control by changing a brake pressure of a target wheel. Modes of the vehicle stability control include a normal mode and a pseudo mode. In the pseudo mode, the control unit operates the master pressure changing device such that the master pressure obtains a target value of the brake pressure of the target wheel, and changes the brake pressure of the target wheel in an interlocking manner with the master pressure. When the normal mode is unavailable, the control unit executes the vehicle stability control in the pseudo mode.

A method of changing an anti-lock brake system (ABS) control mode includes: determining, by a controller, whether a first stage of an electronic stability control (ESC) of the vehicle is in an off state and a launch control of the vehicle is in an on state, and determining, by the controller, whether a driver intends to slow down an operation of the ABS installed in the vehicle; and when it is determined that the driver intends to slow down the operation of the ABS, comparing, by the controller, revolutions per minute (RPM) of an engine of the vehicle, a vehicle acceleration speed, a vehicle speed, and a steering angle with predetermined threshold values, respectively, and when each of the comparison results is satisfied, changing, by the controller, an ABS general control mode to an ABS sport control mode which slows down the operation of the ABS.