Abstract: The invention relates to a valve system comprising a housing, an actuator, a main valve disposed between an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, and a pilot chamber. Said pilot chamber is linked with the outlet chamber via a main valve, comprising at least one pilot valve member and one valve body linked with the electromagnetic actuator, and with the inlet chamber via at least one connecting channel. The invention is characterized in that the stationary seat of the main valve is formed by an insert that is mounted in the; housing of the valve system. The main valve member is impinged upon on its diametrically opposed surfaces by the pressure present in the inlet chamber and the pressure present in the pilot chamber. The pilot chamber is linked with the inlet chamber via a connecting channel that extends through the main valve member. The pilot valve member is formed by the insert mounted in the housing of the valve system or by the housing.

Abstract: The underlying idea of the invention is to reduce the pressure force resulting from the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure of the back-up valve and affecting the valve body of the back-up valve. The valve body is a switching piston with a first and second switching piston side. The first switching piston side is pressurized by brake operating valve pressure or with brake cylinder pressure and the second switching piston side is pressurized on a first partial surface with brake cylinder pressure and on a second partial surface with brake operating valve pressure. The pressures affecting both sides of the switching piston thus cancel each other out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a valve system (2, 3) comprising a housing (25), an actuator, a main valve (9.1, 9.2) disposed between an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber (18.1, 18.2), and a pilot chamber (26.1, 26.2). Said pilot chamber is linked with the outlet chamber (17.2) via a main valve (8.1, 8.2), comprising at least one pilot valve member (12.1, 12.2) and one valve body (12.1, 12.2) linked with the electromagnetic actuator (4.1, 4.2), and with the inlet chamber (17.1, 17.2) via at least one connecting channel (27.1, 27.2). The invention is characterized in that the stationary seat (11.1, 11.2) of the main valve (9.1, 9.2) is formed by an insert (31.1, 31.2) that is mounted in the housing of the valve system (2, 3). The main valve member (10.1, 10.2) is impinged upon on its diametrically opposed surfaces (32.1, 32.2, 33.1, 33.2) by the pressure present in the inlet chamber (17.1, 17.2) and the pressure present in the pilot chamber (26.1, 26.2). The pilot chamber (26.1, 26.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronically regulated brake system comprising a central control device (Z1; Z2) and at least one pressure control valve (A). According to the invention, the electronically regulated brake system additionally includes at least one pressure regulating valve (B) and/or at least one pressure regulating module (C).

Abstract: The invention relates to an automotive braking system which is actuated by a pressure fluid, comprising at least one first brake circuit and a second brake circuit, whereby a first brake cylinder and a second brake cylinder are associated with the second brake circuit and can be connected to a second pressure liquid source for the second brake circuit via a second control valve device according to a control signal provided by a multicircuit braking transmitter. A reversing valve arrangement is arranged between the second control valve device and the first brake cylinder, whereby a valve actuating member can be pressure controlled by the control signal associated with the first brake circuit in such that the first brake cylinder can be connected to a pressure fluid source which is independent with respect to the pressure fluid source of the second brake circuit. A switching device is shifted into a blocking state when anti-slip braking occurs.

Abstract: Control of an ABS of an axle-assembly, formed by a principal axle and one or more additional axles, is provided to achieve this control the wheel speed behavior sensors located on the principal axle of the axle-assembly are used exclusively for monitoring the wheel speed behavior.

Abstract: The underlying idea of the invention is to reduce the pressure force resulting from the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure of the back-up valve and affecting the valve body of the back-up valve. The valve body is a switching piston with a first and second switching piston side. The first switching piston side is pressurized by brake operating valve pressure or with brake cylinder pressure and the second switching piston side is pressurized on a first partial surface with brake cylinder pressure and on a second partial surface with brake operating valve pressure. The pressures affecting both, sides of the switching piston thus cancel each other out.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling the brake system of a vehicle consisting of at least two component vehicles is described, where the brake system of the second component vehicle is controlled from the first component vehicle. The first time the brake pedal is actuated or the first time the brake pedal is released after the braking force has been built up, actuation pulses for the brake system of the second component vehicle are formed, which are derived from the application point of the brakes of the second component vehicle.

Abstract: A process and device for controlling a vehicle brake system, in which a central controller and a plurality of other decentralized control units are provided. This system is initialized from the central controller over the communication connecting the control units, at least by transferring corresponding addresses. When the brake pedal is actuated before or during the initializing phase, the brake system is electronically controlled as a function of specified reference values even if the system initialization has not yet been carried out or was not completely carried out.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling the brake system of a vehicle consisting of at least two component vehicles are proposed, where at least one of these component vehicles is equipped with an electrically controlled brake system. As a function of the actuation of the brake pedal, nominal values for the control of the wheel brakes are formed. An actuating variable for controlling the wheel brakes of the second component vehicle is formed in this first component vehicle. During a braking operation of the complete vehicle, the actuating variable for one component vehicle is modified by a value which, in the event that the brakes of the first component vehicle are not engaged, is determined by adjustment of the actuating variable for the second component vehicle or by adjustment of the nominal values for the wheel brake of the first component vehicle.

Abstract: In a vehicle having a duty brake and a sustained-action brake (retarder), the actual braking moment produced by the sustained-action brake, as well as the braking command of the driver, are taken into consideration in the electrically controlled adjustment of the duty brake.

Abstract: A central control module generates nominal values for braking based on a pedal input value form a pedal sensor which detects actuation of the brake pedal by the driver, and sensor signals representing wheel speeds. First and second brake control modules transmit sensor signals to the central module, receive nominal values from the central module, and transmit nominal values to the actuators. The first brake control module receives the pedal input value from the pedal sensor directly, and calculates the nominal values as a function of the pedal input value when the central module has failed.

Abstract: An electronic control unit adjusts the pressure in the brake cylinders of at least one axle during the braking process on the basis of measured static and dynamic loads at the other axle.

Abstract: In a selected operating situation, the automatic control circuit, which is closed during normal operation, is opened, the final control element of the wheel brake being actuated within the scope of an open-loop control process. The drive signal value for the wheel brake changes in accordance with a predetermined time function, and the application pressure or release pressure is found on the basis of the characteristic behavior of a value representing the braking action.

Abstract: The extent to which the brake pedal is actuated is detected, and the braking action in the wheel brakes with the greater amount of wear is reduced as a function of this pedal actuation. The reduction in brake pressure takes place primarily in a low range of brake pressures, the amount of reduction decreasing continuously in a middle range of brake pressures, and not taking place at all at high brake pressures.

Abstract: The onset and the end of the braking action, especially the braking action of the component vehicles of a combination vehicle, are determined on the basis of the course of the deceleration of the vehicle. On the basis of the values found for the onset and end of the braking action, the hysteresis between the component vehicles is compensated, so that the braking action begins and ends at essentially the same time at all the wheel brakes.

Abstract: A process and a device for determining the application pressure of a brake mechanism for a vehicle are proposed, where a measure of the pressure in the brake system and a measure of the rotational speed of at least one of the wheels to be braked are detected, and where the time of application of the brake mechanism and thus its application pressure are derived from the change over time in this rotational speed.

Abstract: The pressure in the brake system is adjusted by an electronic control unit to conform to a nominal value, and the onset of the braking action is derived from the detection of the reaction of the vehicle body during the braking operation. The nominal value is determined based on the driver's command and the measured pressure in the brake system at the onset of braking.

Abstract: During one or more braking processes, the application pressures of the wheel brakes and the characteristic brake values of the wheel brakes of at least one axle are determined. The application pressure represents the beginning of brake action at the wheels and can be determined from an inflection point in the curve representing brake pressure at the wheels as it increases in response to a driver's command, and further from the wheel velocity or a derivative thereof. The characteristic brake values are determined based on the brake pressure, the application pressure, and the deceleration of the vehicle. The application pressures and the characteristic brake values are stored for use in subsequent brake actions, in order to control the brakes so that wheels at each axle are uniformly braked.

Abstract: At least one measurement device detects the wheel load or axle load of the vehicle on at least one wheel, and an electronic control unit produces control signals for the wheel brakes at least as a function of the braking demand from the driver and of the detected wheel load or axle load selecting from characteristic brake pressure profiles the profile prescribing the required brake pressure based on driver's braking demand and the load state of the vehicle determined from the load state of the wheel or of the axle, and controlling the brakes in accordance with this profile during the braking process.