Abstract: In a method for determining the temperature of a wheel-braking device of a brake system, the current disc temperature of the brake disc is determined based on the last-determined disc temperature, the energy supplied to the brake disc since the last temperature determination, and the energy discharged by the brake disc since the last temperature determination. The current caliper temperature of the brake caliper of the wheel-braking device is determined by means of the current disc temperature of the brake disc.

Abstract: The invention relates to a traction slip control method for an automotive vehicle wherein a traction slip control phase for a respective drive wheel is activated by way of a control strategy when the traction slip of said wheel exceeds a predeterminable slip threshold value This method includes a reference transverse acceleration that is recorded for a cornering maneuver to be expected, then an actual transverse acceleration is determined, a difference between the reference transverse acceleration (ay-ref) and the actual transverse acceleration (ay-ist) is calculated, and it is determined whether the amount of the difference exceeds a limit value, and wherein in the case when the amount of the difference exceeds the limit value, the control strategy is modified so that a higher torque can be achieved at least on two wheels than in the case that the amount of the difference does not exceed the limit value. Further, the invention provides a control circuit that implements the above method.

Abstract: In a method for determining the temperature of a wheel-braking device of a brake system, the current disc temperature of the brake disc is determined based on the last-determined disc temperature, the energy supplied to the brake disc since the last temperature determination, and the energy discharged by the brake disc since the last temperature determination. The current caliper temperature of the brake caliper of the wheel-braking device is determined by means of the current disc temperature of the brake disc.

Abstract: A method for electronic traction systems using brake intervention on the low-adhesion wheel damps and thereby substantially avoids the undesired traction control oscillations, such as pull-away tramping and drive train oscillations. In particular, an interchange of the low-adhesion wheel to be controlled from one driving wheel to the other is undertaken only when the rotational speed of the previous high-adhesion wheel is greater by a certain amount than that of the previous low-adhesion wheel and when there is no longer any controlling brake pressure at the latter. Also or in addition, the threshold value for the activation of the brake intervention is set to increase traction dynamically by suitably raising the threshold value when drive train oscillation behavior is recognized.

Abstract: A method for increasing the drive torque achieves the action of a differential lock in that controlled brake engagement takes place on one side of a driven axle provided that there is a speed difference between the wheels on the different sides of a driven vehicle axle which exceeds a threshold value. The regulation engagement is started even when there are only small speed differences between the wheels on the two sides of the driven axle. A reference velocity of the vehicle is determined and, on the basis of the determined reference velocity, wheel calibration and cornering correction take place, and thereafter, the speed difference is determined therefrom. The speed difference thus determined is substantially based on the difference in the adhesion on both sides of this axle.

Abstract: A method controls the driving stability in the event of increased slip at the driving wheels of a motor vehicle having an electronic traction system with braking intervention at the driving wheels. With excessive high-adhesion wheel slip, synchronous braking intervention on both sides is undertaken at the driving wheels when the vehicle is travelling around a curve. A reduction takes place in the brake pressure at the low-adhesion wheel, as used for controlling drive slip or increasing traction, when the vehicle is travelling in a straight line, the high-adhesion wheel slip is used as the control parameter in either situation. This method permits braking interventions at the driving wheels for the purpose of controlling drive slip and/or for increasing traction while still maintaining a high level of driving stability.

Abstract: A method provides a continuous indirect termination of the braking-surface temperature for vehicles having a wheel-slip control system using active brake actions, in which the instantaneous temperature value is reduced cyclically up to, at most, a predetermined minimum temperature by a decrement allowing for the cooling and, if brake activation is recognized, is additionally increased by a heating increment. This increment is ascertained solely by recording the wheel speeds or from data of a possibly present brake-valve control, for example a wheel-slip control system, and from filed characteristic diagrams obtained empirically. This provides a reliable estimation of brake temperature at a minimum outlay in terms of sensors.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for performing calibration of the wheel speeds of a motor vehicle by periodically calculating and applying correction factors. The instantaneous speed of each wheel is measured periodically, and a vehicle turning rate is determined based on the time derivative of the differential between left and right wheel speeds. Actuation of the vehicle brakes is also detected. According to the invention, a new correction factor is determined only after the following criteria have been satisfied concurrently for a predetermined time period: vehicle speed is above a specified minimum, acceleration is within a specified range, vehicle turning is below a specified limit and the brakes are not actuated. In a second embodiment, vehicle driving torque is used as a criteria in place of acceleration.

Abstract: Brake-force control system (ABS) for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, with separate control of the front wheel brakes and with joint or separate rear wheel brakes which can be switched over to "select high" control or individual control and/or with a limited-slip differential at the rear axle, the switchover of the rear wheel brakes and/or of the limited-slip differential being effected at different coefficients of friction (.mu.-split) with a specifiable rate of rise dependent on the travelling speed, and in which, in order to increase directional stability during a braking procedure, a switching device is provided which blocks a switchover of the rear wheel brakes and/or of the limited-slip differential until the travelling speed from the time of the detection of different coefficients of friction has decreased to a specified value, the rate of rise of the switchover being dependent at least one the duration of the reduction of the vehicle speed to the specified value.