Abstract: A fail-safety valve unit is for a failure braking function of a pneumatic braking system for a vehicle. The fail-safety valve unit has a first and a second failure brake valve configured as monostable valves, and a main line which pneumatically connects a main port, which provides a first pressure, and a failure port. The first and second failure brake valves are connected pneumatically in series in the main line. The first and the second failure brake valves are controllable by different control units. The failure brake valves are open in an open position when not actuated such that the first pressure prevailing at the main port is provided as a failure brake pressure at the failure port such that, in a fault situation, in an electrical failure, and/or in a diagnostic situation, a failure braking operation is triggered via provision of the failure brake pressure at the failure port.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method for safe emergency stopping of a utility vehicle having an electronically controllable pneumatic brake system with spring brake cylinders on at least one axle. The electronically controllable pneumatic brake system has a service brake system and a first redundancy system. In the event of a first fault in the service brake system, the vehicle is braked by the redundancy system. The electronically controllable brake system furthermore has an unthrottled ventilation path, and a ventilation path, for the ventilation of the spring brake cylinders. The method includes determining a second fault in the redundancy system, and, in response, automatically throttling ventilation of at least one of the spring brake cylinders via the throttled ventilation path to effect slow, safe stopping of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electropneumatic trailer control-valve unit for a vehicle, including a storage port for coupling a store of compressed air for a trailer, a brake-pressure port, a brake-pressure pilot-control unit configured to output at least one first control pressure, a brake-pressure main-valve unit configured to receive the at least one first control pressure and to output a brake pressure at a brake-pressure port, a trailer operating-pressure port configured to receive a trailer operating pressure, and a pneumatically switched trailer protection valve with a protection-valve control port which is connected to the trailer operating-pressure port for receiving the trailer operating pressure, wherein the trailer protection valve switches from a first switching position into a second switching position if the trailer operating pressure exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, and wherein the trailer operating pressure is a supply control pressure.

Abstract: An electropneumatic parking brake module (1) includes a supply connection (2), a spring-type actuator connection (4), an inlet-outlet valve unit (10) having a first switching position and a second switching position, and an electropneumatic pilot control unit (12) for outputting at least a first control pressure (p1) at the inlet-outlet valve unit (10). In the first switching position of the inlet-outlet valve unit (10), a spring brake pressure (pF) can be fed through directly from the supply connection (2) to the spring-type actuator connection (4) by virtue of the fact that the spring-type actuator connection (4) is connected to the supply connection (2), and, in the second switching position of the inlet-outlet valve unit (10), when the first control pressure (p1) is below a first threshold value, the spring-type actuator connection (4) is connected to a ventilating connection (14.3) of the inlet-outlet valve unit (10).

Abstract: An electropneumatic control module has a trailer control unit, which has a trailer brake pressure port and a trailer feed pressure port, a holding brake unit, which has a spring-type actuator port and a holding brake pilot control unit, and an electronic control unit, which switches a holding brake pilot control unit into a ventilation position, wherein a second holding brake pilot control port is connected in pressure-conducting manner to a first holding brake pilot control port and the spring-type actuator port is connectable to a vent. The holding brake unit is connected to a redundancy port and is configured to output a first holding brake pressure at the spring-type actuator port when the holding brake pilot control unit is in the ventilation position and a redundancy pressure is provided. The trailer control unit outputs a brake pressure at the trailer brake pressure port when a redundancy pressure is provided.

Abstract: An electronically controllable brake system for a vehicle includes at least one service brake circuit with service brakes and a service brake control module. A service-brake brake pressure can be fed to the service brakes, and the service-brake control module is configured to generate a service-brake control signal as a function of a braking specification. The service-brake brake pressure can be generated as a function of the service-brake control signal and specified to the service brakes, for the implementation of the braking specification via the at least one service brake circuit, under electrical control. The brake system further includes a trailer control valve with a trailer control module. The trailer control module is configured to receive and process an electronically communicated braking specification and the trailer control valve is configured to generate and output, under the control of the trailer control module, a redundancy control pressure.

Abstract: An electronically controllable braking system for a commercial vehicle is provided, including a service brake system having a front axle brake circuit with a front axle modulator, a rear axle brake circuit, and a central control module. The central control module is configured to implement a braking specification via the front axle brake circuit and the rear axle brake circuit. A parking brake module that is configured, in the event of a defect in the central control module, to process the braking requirement and to output a rear axle redundancy brake pressure to spring-brake parts for the redundant implementation of the braking specification. It is further provided that the front axle modulator is configured to process the braking specification and to output a front axle redundancy brake pressure to the front axle brakes for the further redundant implementation of the braking specification.

Abstract: An electropneumatic brake system for a utility vehicle includes a front first brake cylinder and a front second brake cylinder on a front axle, the front first brake cylinder and the front second brake cylinder being configured to brake respective first and second front vehicle wheels. The system also includes a rear first brake cylinder and a rear second brake cylinder on a rear axle, the rear first brake cylinder and the rear second brake cylinder being configured to brake respective first and second rear vehicle wheels. The system additionally includes a central brake control device configured to output brake control signals for pneumatic pressurization of the front first and second brake cylinders and the rear first and second brake cylinders, and further includes two front wheel revolution rate sensors and two rear wheel revolution rate sensors configured to sense respective wheel revolution rates.

Abstract: An electropneumatic trailer control-valve unit for a vehicle includes a storage port for coupling a store of compressed air for a trailer, a brake-pressure port, and a brake-pressure pilot-control unit configured to output at least one first control pressure. The electropneumatic trailer control-valve unit further includes a brake-pressure main-valve unit configured to receive the first control pressure and to output a brake pressure at a brake-pressure port, a trailer operating-pressure port configured to receive a trailer operating pressure; and a pneumatically switched trailer protection valve with a protection-valve control port which is connected to the trailer operating-pressure port for receiving the trailer operating pressure. The trailer protection valve switches from a first switching position into a second switching position if the trailer operating pressure exceeds a predetermined first threshold value.

Abstract: An electronically controllable braking system for a vehicle is provided. The electronically controllable braking system includes a service brake sub-system and a redundancy brake sub-system. The service brake sub-system includes a front axle service brake circuit with front axle service brakes and a rear axle service brake circuit with rear axle service brakes. The redundancy brake sub-system includes a front axle redundancy brake circuit and a rear axle redundancy brake circuit. A service brake control module is configured to generate a service brake control signal in dependence upon a braking specification for generating a front axle service brake pressure. A redundancy brake control module is configured to generate a redundancy brake control signal in dependence upon a braking specification for generating a front axle redundancy brake pressure.

Abstract: A parking brake assembly for an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system for a vehicle includes a parking brake unit having a supply connection to receive a supply pressure, a brake request connection to receive a parking brake request, and a parking brake pressure connection to provide a parking brake pressure. The parking brake assembly further includes a first ABS valve unit for a first channel and a second ABS valve unit for a second channel. The first ABS valve unit is configured to provide a pressure for a first spring-loaded brake cylinder at the first channel and to admit air to the first channel, in stages. The second ABS valve unit is configured to provide a second brake pressure for at least one second spring-loaded brake cylinder at the second channel and to admit air to the second channel, in stages.

Abstract: A redundancy module for a pneumatic braking system of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, with spring brakes on at least one axle, includes: a parking brake pressure port for receiving a parking brake pressure; a spring brake port for providing a spring brake pressure; a redundancy pressure port for receiving a redundancy pressure; and a piston assembly, with a reverse piston having a parking brake pressure control surface, a spring brake control surface, and a redundancy pressure control surface. The parking brake pressure acting on the parking brake pressure control surface causes a control of the spring brake pressure in a same direction. The redundancy pressure acting on the redundancy pressure control surface causes an inverse control of the spring brake pressure.

Abstract: An electronically controllable braking system for a commercial vehicle is provided, including a service brake system having a front axle brake circuit with a front axle modulator, a rear axle brake circuit, and a central control module. The central control module is configured to implement a braking specification via the front axle brake circuit and the rear axle brake circuit. A parking brake module that is configured, in the event of a defect in the central control module, to process the braking requirement and to output a rear axle redundancy brake pressure to spring-brake parts for the redundant implementation of the braking specification. It is further provided that the front axle modulator is configured to process the braking specification and to output a front axle redundancy brake pressure to the front axle brakes for the further redundant implementation of the braking specification.

Abstract: A parking brake valve device for controlling a storage spring parking brake in an electropneumatic brake system includes a compressed air input configured to be connected to a compressed air supply, a parking brake output configured to control a storage spring parking brake, and a trailer-control control output configured to control a trailer control valve (TCV) for a trailer brake system. The parking brake valve device further includes a relay valve pilot control region and a relay valve, a TCV pilot control region configured to control the trailer-control control output, an inlet valve configured to be controlled with a first electrical control signal for supplying air to the TCV pilot control region and the relay valve pilot control region, and a connecting valve configured to be controlled by a second control signal to connect and disconnect the TCV pilot control region and the relay valve pilot control region.

Abstract: An electronically controllable brake system for a vehicle includes at least one service brake circuit with service brakes and a service brake control module, wherein a service-brake brake pressure can be fed to the service brakes, and the service-brake control module is designed to generate a service-brake control signal as a function of a braking specification. The service-brake brake pressure can be generated as a function of the service-brake control signal and specified to the service brakes, for the implementation of the braking specification via the at least one service brake circuit, under electrical control by the service-brake control module. The electronically controllable brake system further includes a parking brake circuit with spring-loaded brakes, wherein a parking-brake brake pressure can be fed to the spring-loaded brakes, wherein the parking-brake brake pressure can be generated as a function of the braking specification and specified to the spring-loaded brakes.

Abstract: A redundancy module for a pneumatic braking system of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, with spring brakes on at least one axle, includes: a parking brake pressure port for receiving a parking brake pressure; a spring brake port for providing a spring brake pressure; a redundancy pressure port for receiving a redundancy pressure; and a piston assembly, with a reverse piston having a parking brake pressure control surface, a spring brake control surface, and a redundancy pressure control surface. The parking brake pressure acting on the parking brake pressure control surface causes a control of the spring brake pressure in a same direction. The redundancy pressure acting on the redundancy pressure control surface causes an inverse control of the spring brake pressure.

Abstract: An actuator module for a vehicle includes an actuator control device configured to output an actuator activation signal and at least one actuator configured to receive the actuator activation signal and perform, based on the actuator activation signal, an actuator operation. The actuator control device includes a driving dynamics sensor device configured to measure at least one driving dynamics measurement variable of the vehicle and to generate a driving dynamics measurement signal. The actuator control device also includes a signal compensation device configured to receive the driving dynamics measurement signal and an actuator information signal indicating the actuator operation of the actuator control device, to filter the driving dynamics measurement signal in a manner dependent on the actuator information signal, and to output a compensated driving dynamics measurement signal.

Abstract: An electropneumatic parking brake system for a utility vehicle includes a pilot module configured to control at least a first control pressure. The pilot module has a pilot store connection configured to receive a store pressure from a compressed air device and at least one pilot valve combination. The electropneumatic parking brake system further includes at least one manually actuatable piston valve connected to a valve store connection and having a parking brake connection. The parking brake connection is ventilated in a first switching position of the piston valve and a parking brake pressure at the parking brake connection is controllable in a second switching position of the piston valve. The piston valve has a first pneumatic control connection at which the first control pressure is configured to be controlled in order to pneumatically switch the piston valve.

Abstract: A method for automatic electronic control of a brake system in a vehicle includes reading a brake signal for the automatic electronic control of brakes in the vehicle, wherein requests to be implemented by the brakes are transmitted via the brake signal to bring about automatically requested target vehicle longitudinal dynamics. The method further includes determining a brake pressure distribution indicating a ratio of a front axle brake pressure of a front axle to a rear axle brake pressure of a rear axle, and providing at least a first brake pressure signal of the first electronic control unit to at least a first electropneumatic control device, taking into account the braking request signal and the brake pressure distribution for controlling the front axle brake pressure and the rear axle brake pressure, and receiving the brake pressure distribution at a second electronic control unit and storing the detected brake pressure distribution.

Abstract: An electro-pneumatic parking brake arrangement includes a shut-off valve and a parking brake module. The parking brake module includes a reservoir connection configured to connect to a compressed air reservoir, a first spring-loaded accumulator connection configured to connect to the shut-off valve, an electro-pneumatic valve unit having at least one electro-pneumatic valve configured to output a spring-loaded brake pressure at the first spring-loaded accumulator connection, and an electronic control unit configured to receive parking brake signals from an electronic parking brake switch and/or a higher-order control unit. The shut-off valve comprises a second spring accumulator connection configured to connect the spring-loaded brakes of the further axle and to shut off the second spring accumulator connection depending on a shut-off signal provided by the parking brake module.