Abstract: An air supply system for a fuel cell unit and a pneumatic system includes: a fuel cell compressor which is designed to induct air from its intake side and by way of its outlet side convey said air to a fuel cell outlet of the air supply system, the fuel cell outlet being able to be connected to a fuel cell unit; a pneumatic system compressor which is designed to induct air from its intake side and by way of its outlet side convey the air to a pneumatic system outlet of the air supply system, the pneumatic system outlet being able to be connected to a pneumatic system; an intake opening; a fuel cell intake line which connects the intake side of the fuel cell compressor to the intake opening; and a pneumatic system intake line which connects the intake side of the pneumatic system compressor to the intake opening. The fuel cell compressor and the pneumatic system compressor can induct air by way of the intake opening.

Abstract: An actuating device for a motor vehicle brake may include an actuating device/brake pedal, a pressure supply device driven by an electric motor, a (master) piston-cylinder unit that may be actuated by the actuating device, and which is connected hydraulically with a fluid reservoir, a valve assembly for wheel-specifically adjusting brake pressures and for connecting or disconnecting the wheel brakes to/from the pressure supply device and the piston-cylinder unit, an electronic control unit, and one or more sensor devices that may be used to provide sense various conditions and to provide inputs to the electronic control unit.

Abstract: A brake apparatus, for electrically driven motor vehicles, includes a traction motor at an axle of a vehicle, which traction motor is used both as drive motor and as brake system with recuperation of brake energy, a first piston-cylinder unit, which is actuatable by means of an actuating device, in particular brake pedal, a second piston-cylinder unit, which is actuatable by means of an electromotive drive and a non-hydraulic gearing apparatus, in particular spindle drive. The piston-cylinder units are connected via hydraulic connecting lines to wheel brakes of the motor vehicle. A pressure chamber of the first piston-cylinder unit is connected to two wheel brakes of a vehicle axle, and a pressure chamber of the second piston-cylinder unit is connected to a vehicle axle for active brake force feedback control and recuperation control in interaction with the traction motor.

Abstract: A brake apparatus, for electrically driven motor vehicles, includes a traction motor at an axle of a vehicle, which traction motor is used both as drive motor and as brake system with recuperation of brake energy, a first piston-cylinder unit, which is actuatable by means of an actuating device, in particular brake pedal, a second piston-cylinder unit, which is actuatable by means of an electromotive drive and a non-hydraulic gearing apparatus, in particular spindle drive. The piston-cylinder units are connected via hydraulic connecting lines to wheel brakes of the motor vehicle. A pressure chamber of the first piston-cylinder unit is connected to two wheel brakes of a vehicle axle, and a pressure chamber of the second piston-cylinder unit is connected to a vehicle axle for active brake force feedback control and recuperation control in interaction with the traction motor.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus having a plurality of hydraulic actuators (Si) and a piston-cylinder unit (K), one working chamber (AK1) of which is connected, via at least one hydraulic connection line (HL) and supply lines (ZLi), to working chambers (ASi) of the hydraulic actuators (Si), wherein each working chamber (ASi) of a hydraulic actuator (Si) is connected to a supply line (ZLi) and switch valves (EVi) for selective opening and closing of the hydraulic supply lines (ZLi) are provided such that, in the opened position of the associated switch valve (EVi), a pressure change in the working chamber (ASi) of the actuator (Si) or an adjustment of the actuator (Si) can occur, wherein at least one pressure sensor (DSi) for determining the pressure in a working chamber (ASi) of an actuator (Si) or a hydraulic line (HL, ZLi, ALi) and a control device (ECU) is provided, characterized in that, for simultaneous pressure change in at least two actuators, (Si, Sk), the (ECU) permanently opens the switch valve

Abstract: An actuating device for a motor vehicle brake may include an actuating device/brake pedal, a pressure supply device driven by an electric motor, a (master) piston-cylinder unit that may be actuated by the actuating device, and which is connected hydraulically with a fluid reservoir, a valve assembly for wheel-specifically adjusting brake pressures and for connecting or disconnecting the wheel brakes to/from the pressure supply device and the piston-cylinder unit, an electronic control unit, and one or more sensor devices that may be used to provide sense various conditions and to provide inputs to the electronic control unit.

Abstract: A brake apparatus, for electrically driven motor vehicles, includes a traction motor at an axle of a vehicle, which traction motor is used both as drive motor and as brake system with recuperation of brake energy, a first piston-cylinder unit, which is actuatable by means of an actuating device, in particular brake pedal, a second piston-cylinder unit, which is actuatable by means of an electromotive drive and a non-hydraulic gearing apparatus, in particular spindle drive. The piston-cylinder units are connected via hydraulic connecting lines to wheel brakes of the motor vehicle. A pressure chamber of the first piston-cylinder unit is connected to two wheel brakes of a vehicle axle, and a pressure chamber of the second piston-cylinder unit is connected to a vehicle axle for active brake force feedback control and recuperation control in interaction with the traction motor.

Abstract: A shift gearbox may include at least two driven piston-cylinder units, which are each driven via a transmission of a drive, and the piston-cylinder units may each comprise a piston, which delimits a working chamber, and each working chamber is in hydraulic connection with at least one clutch actuator and at least one gear selector via a hydraulic main line, whereby the clutch actuator comprises a working chamber delimited by a piston. A valve may be respectively arranged between each working chamber of a clutch actuator and a hydraulic main line, and both the pressure build-up and the pressure reduction in the clutch actuators may occur by adjusting the piston of a piston-cylinder unit.

Abstract: A shift gearbox, a control unit, and at least one electric motor-driven driven piston-cylinder unit with a piston, which delimits at least one working chamber, which is connected via hydraulic lines to multiple shift gearbox units of the shift gearbox and shifts these, wherein the shift gearbox units comprise at least one gear selector unit and at least one clutch units, characterised in that the control unit for shifting at least one of the shift gearbox units rotates the electric motor drive by a predetermined angle and the piston of the piston-cylinder unit is adjusted by a predetermined path (?s) (path control) and the piston thereby conveys a required hydraulic volume to or from at least one shift gearbox unit.

Abstract: A shift gearbox, a control unit and at least one electric-motor-driven piston-cylinder unit which has a piston and is connected via hydraulic lines to multiple shift gearbox units of the shift gearbox and shifts them, the shift gearbox units comprising at least two clutch units, characterised in that the piston of the piston-cylinder unit is in the form of a dual-action reciprocating piston, wherein the dual-action reciprocating piston sealingly separates two working chambers from each other, wherein each working chamber is connected via a main hydraulic line to one clutch each, and at least one working chamber of the dual-action reciprocating piston can be connected hydraulically via a switch valve to the reservoir.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating device for a motor vehicle brake, comprising the following components: an actuating device, in particular in the form of a brake pedal, a pressure supply device (11), in particular a reciprocating pump or double-acting reciprocating pump, driven by an electric motor drive (M), a piston-cylinder unit (main cylinder) (10) that can be actuated by means of the actuating device, that is connected hydraulically with a hydraulic fluid reservoir (BFR) and that forms at least two pressure chambers that are connected with hydraulic brake circuits, a valve assembly (HCU) with valves for adjusting brake pressures in a wheel-specific manner and for disconnecting or connecting the wheel brakes from or to the pressure supply device (11) and the piston-cylinder unit (10), an electronic control unit (ECU), at least one sensor device, having at least one sensor or evaluation element (3, 4, 5, 24, 24a) and a sensor target (5a, 23, 23a), preferably based on an electromagnetic principle,

Abstract: The invention relates to a travel simulator arrangement, in particular for motor vehicle braking systems, having a travel simulator which has a means, in particular a resilient or elastic one, to represent an actuating travel as a function of an actuating force, characterised in that the travel simulator (8) has assigned to it an adaptive means which produces a variable opposing force to the travel simulator force.