Abstract: A method for controlling the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle, where the vehicle has a friction brake system brakes, a drive system with an electromotive drive acting on at least one wheel, and a battery for supplying power to the electromotive drive determines state information which describes the state of the vehicle and/or the state of the brake system and/or of the drive system. Route information is determined which describes the route profile of the vehicle. An action plan for implementing a future braking request by the friction brakes and/or the electromotive drive on the basis of the state information and the route information is determined. The action plan specifies, for future times and/or areas on the route, whether a braking request of the vehicle is to be implemented by means of the friction brake and/or the drive system and implements a braking request accordingly.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle. At least one of the motor vehicle wheels can be driven by an electric motor of the electromotive drive and the electromotive drive has at least one energy source for the electric motor. The method includes: identifying a request for applying a deceleration torque to the vehicle wheel, identifying status of the electromotive drive, selecting an operating mode of the electric motor according to the identified status, and controlling the electric motor in the selected operating mode for applying the deceleration torque. In a first operating mode, the electric motor is controlled such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted at a first efficiency into electrical energy. In a second operating mode, the electric motor is controlled such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted at a second efficiency into electrical energy.

Abstract: The abutment of a drum brake is formed from a solid material which deforms under load, wherein measurement devices are provided which detect this deformation. The abutment has two limbs, on which the brake shoes are supported. The changing distance between the two brake shoes under load is determined by detecting the distance between extension rods on the limbs by a measurement device comprising magnets and Hall sensors or AMR sensors.

Abstract: A method for controlling the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle, where the vehicle has a friction brake system brakes, a drive system with an electromotive drive acting on at least one wheel, and a battery for supplying power to the electromotive drive determines state information which describes the state of the vehicle and/or the state of the brake system and/or of the drive system. Route information is determined which describes the route profile of the vehicle. An action plan for implementing a future braking request by the friction brakes and/or the electromotive drive on the basis of the state information and the route information is determined. The action plan specifies, for future times and/or areas on the route, whether a braking request of the vehicle is to be implemented by means of the friction brake and/or the drive system and implements a braking request accordingly.

Abstract: Differentials having plate packs for exerting a braking torque onto the output shafts of the gear unit are known. The brake device is intended to be designed such that effective braking can be achieved using it and that it is easy to service. To this end, the invention makes provision for the brake device to be a drum brake having a passive element, exhibiting a cylindrical frictional surface, and brake shoes, the frictional surfaces of which brake shoes can be placed against the cylindrical frictional surface of the passive element. The passive element can be a brake drum or a radial brake disk, the cylindrical edge of which serves as a frictional surface. The passive element is fastened to the differential cage and/or one of the shafts. The brake shoes are held in a pivotable manner on a carrier plate fastened to the outside of the differential housing.

Abstract: The abutment of a drum brake is formed from a solid material which deforms under load, wherein measurement devices are provided which detect this deformation. The abutment has two limbs, on which the brake shoes are supported. The changing distance between the two brake shoes under load is determined by detecting the distance between extension rods on the limbs by a measurement device comprising magnets and Hall sensors or AMR sensors.

Abstract: Differentials having plate packs for exerting a braking torque onto the output shafts of the gear unit are known. The brake device is intended to be designed such that effective braking can be achieved using it and that it is easy to service. To this end, the invention makes provision for the brake device to be a drum brake having a passive element, exhibiting a cylindrical frictional surface, and brake shoes, the frictional surfaces of which brake shoes can be placed against the cylindrical frictional surface of the passive element. The passive element can be a brake drum or a radial brake disk, the cylindrical edge of which serves as a frictional surface. The passive element is fastened to the differential cage and/or one of the shafts. The brake shoes are held in a pivotable manner on a carrier plate fastened to the outside of the differential housing.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel system for motor vehicles includes a central wheel disc having an attachment flange for arrangement on a chassis component, and having a brake rotor which is provided coaxially with respect to a central rotational axis Ax and whose external circumference is secured to the wheel disc but is otherwise freely oriented in the radially inward direction. An aspect is a vehicle wheel system which is of lightweight construction and easy to maintain. The aspect is based on the brake rotor being secured in an exchangeable fashion by a plurality of support sections at its outer circumference with a detachable attachment and, for the purpose of conducting away heat, is secured in a thermally conductive fashion to a plurality of abutment sections on the circumference of the wheel disc, with the result that overall a modular design (MAB) is obtained.

Abstract: An electromechanically actuated vehicle brake having a hydraulically and/or mechanically actuated piston and at least one spindle-nut-arrangement. The invention further relates to a piston. To prevent unnecessary play, vibration, noises between adjacent components it is proposed that in the area of a coupling between the spindle-nut-arrangement and the piston at least one compensating element be provided, which prevents unwanted component oscillations.

Abstract: A drum brake module for motor vehicles operable by electric motor and performs at least one parking brake function, having an electromechanical actuator mounted on one side of the armature plate and a rotational-translational movement converter converting a rotational drive rotational movement into a translational activation movement of brake shoes arranged on a side of the armature plate facing away from the actuator in a brake drum, and including at least one supporting device between the brake shoes such that the latter can carry out an activation movement in the direction of the brake drum. A drive nut is supported by the rotational-translational movement converter in an axially secure and rotatable fashion on the armature plate to assist the braking force. The drive nut drives a spindle arrangement mounted in a rotationally fixed and axially displaceable fashion and engages with an activation cable on at least one brake shoe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brake actuation unit for a motor vehicle brake system, a vacuum brake booster and a motor pump unit which is provided for supplying a vacuum and comprises a pump connected to the vacuum brake booster and an electric motor driving the pump. According to the invention, an additional sound absorbing element is provided in the connection between the vacuum brake booster and the pump in order to lower the sound level in the vehicle interior.

Abstract: A drum brake module for motor vehicles operable by electric motor and performs at least one parking brake function, having an electromechanical actuator mounted on one side of the armature plate and a rotational-translational movement converter converting a rotational drive rotational movement into a translational activation movement of brake shoes arranged on a side of the armature plate facing away from the actuator in a brake drum, and including at least one supporting device between the brake shoes such that the latter can carry out an activation movement in the direction of the brake drum. A drive nut is supported by the rotational-translational movement converter in an axially secure and rotatable fashion on the armature plate to assist the braking force. The drive nut drives a spindle arrangement mounted in a rotationally fixed and axially displaceable fashion and engages with an activation cable on at least one brake shoe.

Abstract: There is the problem of adjusting a clearance in electromechanically or electromotively operated brakes because automatic resetting means, which are provided for hydraulic brakes, cannot be used in brakes of the above type. Initially, it is necessary to determine a neutral position of the motor which is defined by the friction elements just abutting the brake disc in this position. This situation is determined by a detection device which exhibits the following operation in one preferred embodiment. The motor is driven from an unknown position by a constant motor torque so that the friction linings are moved towards the brake disc. The motor will speed up because the resistances remain constant in the starting stroke. An abrupt deceleration of the motor will be caused when the friction linings are applied to the brake disc. The zero passage of the angular acceleration can be sensed and interpreted as an application of the friction linings on the brake disc.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an electromechanically operable disc brake for automotive vehicles which comprises a floating caliper as well as an actuating unit arranged on the caliper. The actuating unit includes an electric motor which, by the intermediary of a reduction gear, readjusts an actuating element which is used to move one of two friction linings that are slidable in the brake caliper into engagement with a brake disc. To permit an individual adjustment of the desired brake force, especially for use of the disc brake in an automotive vehicle, according to the present invention, a force-measuring device (23) is interposed in the flux of force between the caliper (1) and the actuating unit (2), and the output signals of device (23) are adapted to be sent to a control circuit (26) that influences the current supplied to the electric motor (6), and/or the voltage.

Abstract: A device and method of adjusting a variable boosting factor of a brake power booster is provided. A variable boosting factor is achieved by constructively defining a basic boosting factor of a brake power booster that may be overridden by electronic independent activation. In a preferred embodiment, the driver's pedal force is measured either directly at the brake pedal, or after the pedal force is boosted by the brake pedal on the piston rod of the brake power booster by means of a force. A nominal pressure specification is generated from this quantity by way of a variable amplifier and an electrical signal-adapting unit. The braking pressure which is produced from the driver's pedal force and the basic boosting factor of the brake power booster can be overridden by this independent activation.

Abstract: In a brake system, the actuating force of a pneumatic brake power booster, which is adapted to be independently activated, is indirectly determined. For this purpose, there is provided a pressure sensor which senses hydraulic pressure introduced into a master brake cylinder connected downstream of the brake power booster, and a differential pressure sensor which senses the pneumatic differential pressure which prevails in the housing of the brake power booster. An electronic controller calculates from both sensor signals the actuating force acting at an actuating pedal.