Abstract: An electromagnetic valve including a valve housing machine from free cutting steel wherein the housing and the valve's magnetic core are made from identical, high-alloyed chromium and molybdenum constituents, and wherein the valve housing is fabricated from a chromium-nickel alloy and a high-alloyed chromium-molybdenum compound.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an arrangement for attaching a brake force booster, that is operable by a push rod, to the splashboard of an automotive vehicle by means of an adapter, wherein a sealing element is interposed between the adapter and the splashboard which additionally is in a radially sealing abutment with the push rod. In order to ensure the correct positioning of the sealing element during the assembly of the brake force booster, the present invention arranges for the brake force booster to include at least one connecting bolt having attaching elements at its ends for attaching the brake force booster to the adapter and for attaching a master brake cylinder connected downstream of the brake force booster to the booster housing, and the adapter has at least one recess which accommodates the attaching element associated with it, and the sealing element includes at least one guide bush which is adapted to be slipped on the attaching element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor-driven assembly with a motor unit and a working machine, wherein the motor unit includes a rotatable rotor with a motor shaft to drive at least one working element. The nub of the present invention is the provision of a holding element which extends through the motor shaft and pivotably mounts the rotor. These measures ensure a space-saving mounting support of the rotor, on the one hand, and a drive of the working machine with practically no vibrations and with little noise in operation, on the other hand. The holding element may be arranged, for example, as a tie rod, between the electric motor and the cover for an electronic unit and may serve for the attachment of the construction units on a pump housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of transmitting data in pulse intervals of a rotational speed signal, wherein the maximum number of the transmittable data is determined from the period of time which is required for transmitting an information and from a time, which corresponds to the length of the pulse interval, and the maximum number of the data transmittable in a pulse interval is adapted by setting as time, which corresponds to the length of the pulse interval, a value that results from at least one recently measured pulse interval in consideration of a maximum value of the wheel acceleration. The present invention also relates to a circuit arrangement for implementing the method.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a pressure fluid accumulator with a housing having its interior subdivided into two chambers by a media-separating element, the first chamber being filled with a gas and the second chamber being filled with a liquid, and wherein in a hydraulic port a bottom valve is provided whose closure member is operable by the media-separating element and which permits filling the second chamber with liquid and prevents complete evacuation of the second chamber. In order to prevent a damage of the bottom valve and an inadvertent escape of fluid and, thus, ensure a considerable increase in the reliability in operation, according to the present invention, the closure member can be moved by the media-separating element to adopt a position in which it fulfils the function of a hydraulic piston.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum brake force booster which includes a valve piston with a pedal push rod that is axially slidable in a vacuum housing, further including a control housing and a poppet valve connected to the valve piston, and an air filter. The air filter is arranged in the valve piston and forms, in conjunction with an associated valve piston sealing seat for the air filter abuttable thereon, a variable flow cross-section for the outside air that flows through the poppet valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic control and/or regulating device, in particular for anti-blocking and/or anti-slipping brake systems, comprising control and regulating electronics arranged in a control housing as well as a valve block connected to said control housing, whereby at least one driving means is provided for at least one pressure-generating element. A cavity associated with the pressure-generating element receives leakage fluid from the pressure-generating element and a discharge channel that is connected to the cavity is provided in the valve block. According to the present invention, a means is associated with the discharge channel, and said means prevents fluid from entering into the discharge channel.

Abstract: For externally actuating a brake system, both the surroundings of the brake pedal and, if necessary, additional parameters (d,d ,Vref) are monitored a sensor unit (6,10,11). Then the brake pressure (pnom) will be set automatically in an expedient manner in dependence of the individual parameters that were evaluated. Advantageous further embodiments include proposals for precharging the brake or braking slightly or automatically applying a higher brake pressure in dependence of the measuring results, in so far as this is reasonable with respect to road conditions and the driver's wishes as they were assumed by the system.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting a defective condition on a pressure switch arrangement which at least assumes a defective condition on the said pressure switch assembly whenever a signal arrives at an input of an electronic computing unit which cannot be associated either to the opened or to the closed condition of the pressure switch. Moreover, a defective condition on the pressure switch arrangement mounted in the brake system of a vehicle is assumed, once the pressure switch signal refers to an actuated brake although the vehicle is significantly accelerated. Conversely, a defective condition is also assumed if the vehicle significantly decelerates although the pressure switch signal refers to a lack of brake pressure. Also, an appropriate pressure switch arrangement is provided which, with the pressure switch closed, generates a rectangular signal and, with the pressure switch opened, generates a high level on the input II of an electronic computing unit.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for shortening the braking distance of a vehicle equipped with a brake servo unit which during a standard braking action is only triggered by the brake pedal pressure caused by the driver and in case of a critical driving situation is so triggered by a control device that in comparison to the standard braking action an increased amplification factor is set at the brake servo unit. The invention distinguishes itself by the fact that a danger potential is determined, stating the probability that the vehicle to be braked will be involved in an accident and that the increase of the amplification factor is controlled in accordance with the danger potential.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for determining a characteristic quantity for an instantaneously maximum coefficient of friction between the tires of a vehicle and a roadway, which is calculated from the ratio between the frictional force and the wheel contact force, especially for defining a following time of the vehicle in relation to another vehicle which is directly in front thereof in the direction of travel, for collision avoidance purposes. In this arrangement, the characteristic quantity of the coefficient of friction is assigned to one of at least two classes and is then presented to a driver of the vehicle and/or sent to the collision avoidance system of the vehicle, by logically linking data output values of sensor means provided in the vehicle, on the one hand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake force booster with a panic braking function for automotive vehicles. The present invention includes that the first sealing seat arranged movably in relation to the control housing wherein the sealing seat is fixed to a lever such that when a predetermined relative displacement between valve piston and control housing is exceeded so that the lever prevents at least a movement of the sealing seat in the actuating direction. The brake force booster with a brake assist function is easy to manufacture and, in addition, ensures a controllability of the brake force in the emergency braking position.

Abstract: In a closure device for closing ducts, which are arranged in a housing and in which pressure fluid is conveyed, by means of a closure member that is attached in a duct by a clinch-type engagement, the said closure member including a first recess at its outside periphery, a particularly safe attachment and sealing of the closure member in the housing and a simple and inexpensive design is achieved because the closure member has at least one further recess at its outside periphery.

Abstract: In a method of controlling the braking pressure variation during EBD control, during a braking operation, the vehicle deceleration is sensed and evaluated as a control criterion, and an increase in the braking pressure in the rear-wheel brakes is only permitted if the vehicle deceleration after commencement has risen above a predetermined minimum value, or if there are criteria which indicate brake fading or a brake malfunction, or if the vehicle deceleration exceeds a defined limit value.

Abstract: A device for determining set values for the braking forces or braking torque of the brake system of a vehicle comprising an electric drive, a friction brake applying braking forces to all wheels according to corresponding set values, an electrodynamic regenerative brake applying braking forces to at least one axle according to corresponding set values, and an element for determining the set values according to the desired vehicle deceleration, wherein such element for determining the set values according to the deceleration requirement either makes the set value for the electric regenerative as large as possible or sets the set values for the electrodynamic regenerative brake and for the friction brake primarily according to criteria concerning the distribution of the braking forces on the axles. In addition, an element for correcting a set value for the friction brake, preferably at the front axle according to the dynamic behavior of the electrodynamic regenerative brake may be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a space-saving and weight-saving motor-and-pump assembly which comprises a drive motor and a pump unit driven by the shaft of the said motor. In order to supply in parallel as many media as possible with an assembly of this type, the present invention suggests the additional integration of at least one second pump unit, driven by the motor shaft of the drive motor, into the motor-and-pump assembly.

Abstract: In a piston pump, in particular, for the pressure fluid conveyance in hydraulic, slip-controlled brake systems, comprising at least one piston, a suction valve and a pressure valve, it will be possible for the suction and pressure valves to be externally checked in that the suction valve and the pressure valve are formed on a structural unit adapted to be separately handled. Preferably, the structural unit comprises a sleeve-type section in which the piston is guided.

Abstract: A method of compensating inaccuracies in a wheel speed sensor wherein signal-forming elements are arranged on a sensor wheel and wherein a determined angle is allocated to a given number of signal-forming elements to determine a wheel speed, and wherein the wheel speed is determined by evaluating the time during which the wheel rotates around the angle, wherein a correction factor which is included in the determination of the wheel rotational speed is memorized with respect to each element to compensate for variations of the signal-forming elements and/or the positioning of the elements, and the correction factors are updated during the driving operation, wherein updating is performed so that the non-corrected wheel speed measured by the sensor is compared with a reference value of the wheel speed established by means of a calculating model, and the correction factor is updated in dependence of this comparison.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of detecting pressure loss in vehicle tires, wherein a reference value is produced from signals, especially time measurement values, representative of the wheel rotational speeds of a plurality of vehicle wheels, and pressure loss is concluded from a comparison of a currently determined reference value with at least one comparative value in case the currently determined reference value exceeds or falls below the comparative value, and pressure loss in vehicle tires is detected by using at least one reference value which is produced by dividing the sums of respectively two signals representative of the wheel rotational speeds.

Abstract: The invention consists in the determination of road conditions during unbraked or partially braked ride of a vehicle through a time derivative of characteristics which are detected on at least one wheel of the vehicle and whose averages are created.