Abstract: A braking device for a motor vehicle having a first brake circuit (10) with a master cylinder (11) controlled by a brake pedal (12), a second brake circuit (20) with at least one pump (27) that is controlled by a computer (C), and a pedal travel simulation mechanism (40). The simulation mechanism (40) includes a solenoid valve (41) that is mounted in a pipe (42) connected to a hydraulic fluid storage chamber (43) and controlled by the computer (C) so as to allow the brake fluid to flow toward the chamber (43) when the second brake circuit (20) is active and when the driver presses on the brake pedal. The pipe (42) is also connected to another pipe (44) in which hydraulic fluid is displaced by a first part (45) of a control rod connected to the brake pedal (12) and second part (46) associated with the master cylinder (11).

Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling a vehicle with a braking system including a modulator pump. A first fluid line can communicate brake fluid from the master cylinder to a brake caliper. An isolation valve including a pressure bypass can be disposed along the fluid line between the master cylinder and the brake caliper. A second fluid line can extend from a first position along the first fluid line between the master cylinder and the isolation valve to a second position along the first fluid line between the isolation valve and the brake caliper. A modulating pump is disposed along the second fluid line to pump fluid to the brake caliper during a controlled brake event. The modulator pump is engaged to pump fluid to the brake caliper until the pressure in the first fluid line reached slightly below the predetermined pressure to prevent the isolation valve from opening in response to excessive pressure.

Abstract: A vehicle braking system having a hydraulic booster which applies output hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic power source to a boosted hydraulic pressure chamber after regulating the output hydraulic pressure as a control piston balances a reaction force generated by hydraulic pressure of the boosted hydraulic pressure chamber with brake operating input. The boosted hydraulic pressure chamber faces a rear face of a master piston of a master cylinder; and a brake stroke simulator installed between a brake operating member and the control piston. The hydraulic booster includes a backup piston slidably housed in a casing with its front face turned to the boosted hydraulic pressure chamber and which can directly push the master piston in response to operation of the brake operating member when the hydraulic pressure of the boosted hydraulic pressure chamber decreases. The control piston and the brake stroke simulator are contained in the backup piston.

Abstract: A fail-safe system for a brake of a hybrid electric vehicle and a method of its use. The system includes: a connection tube for providing fluid communication between an intake system and a brake booster, a vacuum pressure supply element for supplying a negative pressure to the brake booster through the connection tube, a first valve for interrupting the fluid communication between the intake system and the brake booster, and a control unit for determining a brake fail condition. If the brake fail condition is determined, the control unit controls the first valve to interrupt the fluid communication, and controls the vacuum pressure supply element to supply the negative pressure to the brake booster.

Abstract: A brake pedal feel simulator is provided which reduces the simulation force provided to the brake pedal during emergency or failed conditions. The simulator generally comprises a first spring having a first spring rate and a second spring having a second spring rate. The second spring rate is selected to be lower than the first spring rate. When a predetermined force level is achieved at the brake pedal and simulator, the spring rate provided by the simulator shifts to the second spring rate. In this manner, the rate resistance to translation of the brake pedal is reduced, thereby improving the operator's ability to brake the vehicle.

Abstract: In a brake hydraulic pressure generating device in which the brake operating force is applied to a pressure adjusting valve through a stroke simulator and the hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic pressure source is adjusted to a value corresponding to the brake operating force, during return of the brakes, the return stroke before the brake hydraulic pressure begins to drop is large, so that the brake feeling is bad. This invention proposes a solution to this problem. Hysteresis is imparted to the stroke simulator so that the output hydraulic pressure of the pressure adjusting valve for the stroke of the simulator piston stroke during increase of the brake operating force will be higher than that during reduction of the brake operating force by setting the sliding resistance of the simulator piston greater than that of the input piston.

Abstract: A brake module provides a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit of pressurized brake fluid. A first set and second set of brake actuators are operated by the application of pressurized brake fluid. A first and second fluid separator unit are integrated between the first and second circuit, and the first and third circuit, respectively, for substantially preventing any intermixing of pressurized brake fluid between the first, second, and third circuits. The first and second fluid separator units include a moveable pressure boundary which enables the second circuit and third circuit of pressurized brake fluid to selectively act upon the first set and second set of brake actuators in response to the first circuit of pressurized brake fluid acting upon the first and second fluid separator units. At least one proportional valve selectively controls the pressurized brake fluid of the first circuit for acting on the first and the second fluid separator units.

Abstract: A second piston includes a first protruding portion that protrudes toward a first piston and a second protruding portion that protrudes toward a stopper. By changing a height of the first protruding portion and a height of the second protruding portion it is possible to adjust both a stroke S1 and a stroke S2, and an overall stroke. Further, it is possible to independently change the respective heights of the protruding portions using a cutting process.

Abstract: Braking system including a master cylinder having at least two pressurizing pistons partially defining at least two mutually isolated pressurizing chambers, and wherein a working fluid in each pressurizing chamber is pressurized by an advancing movement of the corresponding pressurizing piston, a hydraulically operable brake cylinder for activating a brake, and a valve device having a first state in which the pressurized fluid is delivered from two pressurizing chambers of the at least two pressurizing chambers to the brake cylinder, and a second state in which the pressurized fluid is delivered from only one of the two pressurizing chambers.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle, including a braking device which puts brake on a vehicle; an operating device which includes an operating member that is operated by a driver of the vehicle in a braking force increasing direction, that is, an operating direction in which a braking force of the braking device is increased or in a braking force decreasing direction, that is, an operating direction in which the braking force of the braking device is decreased; and a control device which decides a target control value for controlling the braking device based on an operation state amount of the operating member and which controls the braking device based on the decided target control value, wherein the control device includes an operating direction-dependant target control value deciding portion which sets an increasing direction target control value that is the target control value when the operating member is operated in the braking force increasing direction, and a decreasing direction target control value that

Abstract: A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure controller provided with a stroke simulator including a dummy cylinder includes a base member, a plurality of electromagnetic valves, a motor and pumps. The base member is constituted with a flow path in correspondence with a brake system. A plurality of the electromagnetic valves is attached to one face of the base member for controlling a flow of a brake fluid in the flow path. The motor is attached to other face constituting a back face side of the one face of the base member. The pumps are attached to a side face contiguous to the one face of the base member and are driven by the motor for delivering the brake fluid to the flow path. The dummy cylinder and the pumps are aligned at the base member with axis lines in a longitudinal direction being substantially in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A vehicular brake hydraulic pressure control device has a first operation unit T1 including a first brake operation element; a first brake system K1 for braking a first wheel brake R corresponding to the first operation unit T1; and a first control valve unit A and B for controlling brake hydraulic pressure in the first brake system. In the device, the first operation unit T1 and the first brake system K1 are separated so as not to flow a brake fluid, and the device further comprises a brake fluid tank 30 having a reservoir function for supplying the brake fluid to the separated first brake system K1.

Abstract: In a BBW type brake system, first ports of fluid pressure generators are closed to generate brake fluid pressure in respective wheel cylinders before a master cylinder generates brake fluid pressure, by initiating the operation of the fluid pressure generators based on the output of a pedal stroke sensor. Therefore, the brake fluid pressure generated by the master cylinder is prevented from being transmitted to wheel cylinders, even when a shutoff valve, which closes during normal operation of a conventional BBW type brake system, is not provided, thereby providing reliable operation of the BBW type brake system. Thus, since the master cylinder and the fluid pressure generators are kept in communication at a non-braking time, a reservoir of the master cylinder can be also used as the reservoir of the fluid pressure generators without providing the system with an atmosphere valve, which is conventionally required.

Abstract: In order to achieve a good brake feeling, a brake control system includes a master cylinder which discharges pressurized operating fluid according to an operating amount of a brake operating member by a driver, a stroke simulator which is connected to the master cylinder and creates a reaction force with respect to that operation according to the operating amount of the brake operating member, and a control portion which calculates a target deceleration using hydraulic pressure in the stroke simulator. The brake control system is also provided with a master cylinder pressure sensor that measures the hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder. The control portion may also calculate the target deceleration using an estimated value of the hydraulic pressure in the stroke simulator calculated based on the measured value from the master cylinder pressure sensor.

Abstract: A brake pedal feel simulator is provided which eliminates the simulation force during emergency, non-assisted and failure conditions. The brake pedal feel simulator generally comprises a spring, a spring seat and a spring stop. The spring is operatively connected to the brake pedal for providing the simulation force, while the spring seat receives an end of the spring. A spring stop is operable between an extended position and a retracted position to prevent and permit rearward axial translation of the spring seat. By permitting rearward axial translation of the spring seat, a simulation force provided by the spring is removed so that there is essentially no resistance to translation of the brake pedal, thereby improving the operator's ability to brake the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular motor-driven brake apparatus includes an open circuit in which reciprocation of a master cylinder generating a brake pressure is caused by an actuator that operates according to a pedal operation amount, and brake fluid discharged from a wheel cylinder during pressure decrease is directly returned to a master reservoir subject to atmospheric pressure. A fluid amount replenishment control is executed during pressure increase of the master cylinder in which a master stroke is returned for only a predetermined time by operation of the actuator, and thus brake fluid is sucked up from the master reservoir to the master cylinder. Accordingly, when an ABS control continues for a long time period, even if the brake pedal is being depressed, reduced pressure brake fluid in the master cylinder is sucked up. Therefore, there is no limit to pressure decrease, and bottoming-out of the master cylinder does not occur.

Abstract: This invention mainly relates to a reaction-disk device, to its manufacturing process and to a pneumatic servomotor for an assisted braking, including such reaction device. A reaction device according to the present invention comprises a receiving cavity, fitted with a reaction disk made of incompressible or substantially incompressible materials, comprising: a) an applying surface for the plunger (or a similar member, connected to a member, actuated by the driver, such as the brake pedal, and advantageously connected to at least one element of the three-way valve of a pneumatic assistance servomotor); b) an applying surface for the push rod (or a similar member for a force transmission to the master cylinder, more particularly a tandem master cylinder); and c) a surface with a resilient response to the working pressures exerted on the reaction disk, so as to be elastically deformable on braking or, at the very least, during an emergency braking operation.

Abstract: A brake module provides a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit of pressurized brake fluid. A first set and second set of brake actuators are operated by the application of pressurized brake fluid. A first and second fluid separator unit are integrated between the first and second circuit, and the first and third circuit, respectively, for substantially preventing any intermixing of pressurized brake fluid between the first, second, and third circuits. The first and second fluid separator units include a moveable pressure boundary which enables the second circuit and third circuit of pressurized brake fluid to selectively act upon the first set and second set of brake actuators in response to the first circuit of pressurized brake fluid acting upon the first and second fluid separator units. At least one proportional valve selectively controls the pressurized brake fluid of the first circuit for acting on the first and the second fluid separator units.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regulating a predetermined modifiable brake pressure in the wheel brakes of a brake system, wherein input quantities determining the brake pressure in the individual wheel brakes are evaluated and correcting variables of hydraulic valves are defined in a control and/or data processing system. To obviate the need for additional pressure sensors which register the pressure in the wheel brakes, it is arranged for by the invention that a characteristic curve is stored in the control or data processing system, said curve correlating the valve characteristics of the hydraulic valve with a pressure difference of the hydraulic valve, and the correcting variable of the hydraulic valve is defined according to the characteristic curve.

Abstract: A brake hydraulic pressure generator is proposed which is simple in structure and can suppress fluctuations in the brake pedal operating amount due to fluctuations in the amount of brake fluid consumed in the brake circuit. The brake hydraulic pressure generator includes an input shaft operated by a brake pedal, a stroke simulator for imparting a stroke and a reaction force corresponding to the brake pedal operating amount to the input shaft, a master cylinder for generating brake hydraulic pressure, and a pressure detector member for applying a reaction force corresponding to the hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder to a valve member of the control valve. The reaction force is transmitted through the pressure detector member to the control member. The input to the brake pedal is transmitted to the control valve through the stroke simulator so as to oppose the reaction force. The control valve operates to balance the reaction force and the input.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle is described, including a hydraulic service braking system and an electric service braking system having wheel brakes, to which braking pressure is applied when a brake pedal is operated. To maintain essentially constant vehicle braking behavior during a change in the braking-force distribution between the hydraulic and the electric service braking systems, it is proposed to provide a control unit, which is capable of varying the braking-force distribution and to equip the hydraulic service braking system with a braking pressure modulator that is controlled by the control unit and is able to effect a variable braking-force distribution as a function of the control by the control unit.

Abstract: The invention proposes a master cylinder 1 with a device for detecting actuation of a braking system. The detection device is fixed to a body 2 of the master cylinder 1 at a pressure chamber 5. The detection device comprises a magnetic circuit 9 able to be opened and closed by a moving magnetic piece 19. The moving magnetic piece 19 is, for example, fixed to a piston 4 of the master cylinder 1. Actuation of a brake pedal causes the piston 4 and the moving piece 19 to advance in the master cylinder 1. The magnetic circuit 9 therefore changes state (opened or closed). The change in state of the magnetic field switches the brake lights on and off.

Abstract: The problem of maintaining fluid modulus during a fast mode release of fluid pressure in a force generating apparatus having a force generating actuator fluidically coupled to a force generating device is solved by limiting the rate at which the actuator can reduce fluid pressure in an apply chamber of the actuator to a rate low enough to preclude a change in modulus of the fluid during the fast mode release.

Abstract: In an electronic control brake system capable of controlling the braking force by adjusting the hydraulic pressure applied to each wheel cylinder through the use of a pressurization source and a hydraulic pressure adjusting portion, the hydraulic pressure applied to a wheel cylinder is increased by a pressurization source while the brake is not operated during a stop of the vehicle. After that, a master cutoff valve is opened so as to release the hydraulic pressure to a master cylinder. Changes in the master pressure are investigated via a master pressure sensor so as to determine whether there is an abnormality in a stroke simulator or a simulator cutoff valve.

Abstract: The brake control apparatus sets a target deceleration (1) in accordance with an amount of operation of the brake pedal. It calculates another target deceleration (2) on the basis of the target deceleration (1). In this calculation, limit values of deceleration increasing and decreasing gradients with respect to the target deceleration (1) are set on the basis of the target deceleration (1), and then the target deceleration (2) is obtained by correcting the target deceleration (1) on the basis of the established deceleration increasing and decreasing gradients. Accordingly, the deceleration increasing/decreasing gradient becomes small when braking is gentle. This makes it possible to curb an abrupt change in brake force to achieve smooth brake control. Further, the deceleration increasing/decreasing gradient becomes larger when braking is abrupt. Accordingly, it is possible to create a great change in brake force to provide a high response.

Abstract: A braking pressure control apparatus including a first pressure source including a power-operated pressurizing device, a second pressure source operable by a manually operable brake operating member to pressurize a fluid to a pressure higher than a level corresponding to the operating force of the brake operating member, a switching device for selectively placing the braking system in a first state in which a brake cylinder is operated with the fluid pressurized by the first pressure source and a second state in which the brake cylinder is operated with the fluid pressurized by the second pressure source, and a change restricting device operable upon a switching between the first and second states, to restrict a change of the operating state of the brake operating member and a change of the brake cylinder pressure, which change take place due to the switching, or a switching control device for controlling the switching device on the basis of the running condition of a vehicle whose wheel is braked by the brak

Abstract: In an enabled mode of a first-fill device, if a fluid pressure in a first pressurizing chamber is lower than a predetermined value, a working fluid can be supplied to a brake cylinder from both the first pressurizing chamber and a second pressurizing chamber. If the fluid pressure in the first pressurizing chamber becomes higher than the predetermined value, the working fluid can be supplied only from the second pressurizing chamber. On the other hand, in a disabled mode of the first fill device, no matter how high the fluid pressure in the first pressurizing chamber is, the working fluid is supplied to the brake cylinder only from the second pressurizing chamber or supplied from both the first pressurizing chamber and the second pressurizing chamber.

Abstract: A hydraulic braking apparatus for a motor vehicle having a service braking system (A) fed by a central hydraulic unit (3) and an emergency braking system (B). A simulator (M) resists a forward motion of an actuator member (D, 16) for a master cylinder (17) to define a reaction corresponding to the progress of a braking operation. Admission solenoid values (9a-9d) and exhaust solenoid values (14a-14d) connected to the wheel brakes (2a-2d) modulate pressurized fluid supplied by a central hydraulic unit (3) in effecting the braking operation. Sensors (8, 13a-13d, 24, 29) in the motor vehicle detect various braking parameters that are communicated to a computer (C) to control the solenoid valves (9a-9d; 14a-14d) such that the braking operation is a function of the travel of the actuator member (D, 16).

Abstract: A torsion spring is equipped to provide a resilient force toward an opposite direction of a manipulation force of a driver's pedal and an magnetorheological damper is equipped to promptly actively attenuate the resilient force of the torsion spring and the manipulation force of the driver's pedal. Thereby, contributing to a wide control range of the reaction force of the pedal, an effective response, and a proper formation of hysteresis of the reaction force of the pedal.

Abstract: A brake booster having a housing is separated into a first chamber and a second chamber by a wall connected to a hub. The hub has a cylindrical body with an axial bore that retains a control valve for sequentially connecting the first chamber with the second chamber to provide for the equalization of fluid pressure therein to define a first mode of operation and interrupting communication between the first and second chambers while connecting the second chamber to a surrounding environment to allow air to enter into the second chamber and create a pressure differential across the wall to defining a second mode of operation. The pressure differential acts on the wall to develop an output force that pressurize fluid to effect a brake application. The brake booster is characterized by a first input member responsive to a manual input and a second input member responsive to an ECU for moving the control valve from the first mode to the second mode to respectively develop first and second brake applications.

Abstract: A target wheel cylinder pressure for each wheel is calculated according to an amount of braking operation performed by a vehicle operator. When anti-skid control is required, the wheel cylinder pressure is controlled to be equal to the target wheel cylinder pressure for reducing the brake slip of the wheel. When one of the rear-left and the rear-right wheels is anti-skid controlled, the target wheel cylinder pressure for the other wheel for which the anti-skid control is not performed is set to the same value as the target wheel cylinder pressure for the wheel for which the anti-skid control is performed. Linear valves are controlled based on the target wheel cylinder pressure, controlling the wheel cylinder pressures for the rear-left and the rear-right wheels to have substantially the same value.

Abstract: A sensor module including a processing unit, a stroke sensor and a force sensor (3) for obtaining data relating to both a force exerted on an axially-moving rod (1) and the travel of the rod through a determination of the position of the piston (2) with respect to the rod (1). The sensor module is characterized by a first stationary electrical coil (5) that is arranged about the piston (2) and the rod (1) and a second moving electrical coil (6) that is disposed about the rod (1) and connected to the force sensor (3). The first (5) and second (6) coils are coaxial and as a result induced oscillatory voltage within the stationary coil (5) generates an eddy current within the piston (2) that permit a measurement of the stroke of the piston (2) by means of eddy-current signal received by the stroke sensor using the piston (2) as a test body, and supplying the force sensor with electrical power through the second moving electrical coil (6).

Abstract: A hydraulic booster is provided between a M/C pressure and a W/C pressure. The hydraulic booster is composed of a pump and an amplifying piston amplifying the brake fluid amount discharged from the pump. The brake fluid discharged from the amplifying piston is supplied to the W/C via a first pipeline. The brake fluid discharged from the pump is supplied directly to the W/C via a second pipeline. First and a second control valves select the first or the second pipeline as a pressurizing path to the wheel cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator for an electro-hydraulic braking system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type comprised of a hydraulic pressure generator or master brake cylinder and a travel simulator, with said master brake cylinder including at least one piston that is operable by an actuating pedal, and wherein a device for detecting a driver's deceleration wish is provided, said device cooperating with said piston and being at least partly arranged in a master brake cylinder housing. To optimize the assembly in terms of packaging, production costs, weight, and function, the present invention discloses that the device for detecting a driver's deceleration wish comprises an annular housing embracing the piston in a radial direction and accommodating signal receiving elements which cooperate with signal transmitting elements mounted on the piston surface.

Abstract: In order to impart to the vehicle operator the usual feeling at the brake pedal in an electrohydraulic brake system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type or ensure a pre-selected flexibility of the brake pedal by means of an electrically controllable valve assembly, the invention discloses that the electrically controllable valve assembly is formed of the separating valve, a pressure regulating or control valve connected to the outlet side of the separating valve and having its outlet port connected to the pressure fluid reservoir, as well as further valves that allow applying the pressure introduced into at least one wheel brake and/or the pressure generated by the pressure source to the pressure chamber of the master brake cylinder.

Abstract: A braking system for electric vehicles that gives a driver the feel of a conventional hydraulic braking system while maximizing the recuperation of electrical power is described herein. A single brake pedal is used to control both electric and hydraulic braking assemblies. A feedback force generator is provided to give the driver the impression that a completely hydraulic braking system is used. Therefore, the driver is not inclined to further depress the pedal, thereby preventing the premature activation of the hydraulic braking system.

Abstract: A vehicle braking force control device for executing a follow-up (or servo) control of braking force for individual wheels is improved for canceling the difference of braking force between left and right wheels especially during transient condition of braking force variation due to the difference of input-output response characteristics in braking force generating apparatuses and components associated therewith in a braking system. In the inventive control device, a relation between actual values of braking force on left and right wheels, such as the difference between braking force or pressure values on the left and right wheels, is fed back to these braking force generating apparatuses through the modification of target barking force or pressure values. The modification amounts of the target values may be determined so as to keep appropriate braking force distribution among front and rear wheels.

Abstract: This master cylinder comprises a body (12) defining a primary pressure chamber (14) and a secondary pressure chamber (16), separated by an axially movable piston (22), the so-called secondary piston; means (28) for the hydraulic connection of the primary pressure chamber (14) with braking-force simulation means (30); and complementary moving and stationary means (32, 34) for the sealing of the hydraulic connection means (28). The moving and stationary sealing means (32, 34) are borne by the secondary piston (22) and the body (12) respectively. The secondary piston (22) is axially movable between a rest position, in which the complementary sealing means (32, 34) are spaced apart from each other, and a position in which said complementary sealing means (32, 34) are cooperating with each other.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle is equipped with a brake servo assistance unit for the automatic generation of brake force and with at least one sensor for the generation of a measuring signal. This signal represents an activity on the part of the driver and can be fed to a brake pressure control unit. An activation control signal for the actuation of the brake servo assistance unit can be generated should the measuring signal lie within an activation value range. In order to improve operating reliability, at least two sensors are provided for measurement of an activity on the part of the driver, and an activation control signal can be generated should the measuring signals from the sensors each exceed a reference value.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic braking system of the type which operates normally in a brake-by-wire mode wherein hydraulic pressure is applied to braking devices at the vehicle wheels in proportion to the driver's braking demand as sensed electronically at a brake pedal, and which, if the brake-by-wire mode should fail, at least as far as the front brakes are concerned, operates in a push-through mode wherein hydraulic pressures are applied to the braking devices at the front wheels of the vehicle by way of a tandem master cylinder coupled mechanically to the brake pedal, wherein, in the situation where push-through operation has been selected at the front brakes but the rear brakes are continuing to be operated under EHB, a rear brake demand is calculated as a “multiple average” from the expression: [P2+(P1+P3)/2]/2 where P1 and P3 are signals from the master cylinder and a front brake sensor in the same push-through circuit and P2 is a signal from the front brake sensor in the ot

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-hydraulic brake system for motor vehicles which is controllable in a ‘brake-by-wire’ operating mode by the vehicle operator as well as independently of the vehicle operator, and which can be operated in a back-up operational mode where only operation by the vehicle operator is possible. The brake system includes an emergency pressure generator or master brake cylinder which has at least one pressure chamber and is operable by way of a brake pedal, and a hydraulic auxiliary pressure source whose pressure is used to act upon wheel brakes that are connectable to the master brake cylinder by way of at least one hydraulic connection closable by a separating valve, as well as an electronic control and regulating unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for controlling braking equipment with a function for the driveaway assistance of a motor vehicle. After setting an initial operating state of the braking equipment in which the function for the driveaway assistance is selectively switched on or off, an operating state of the motor vehicle in which the motor vehicle is stationary or nearly stationary is determined. If the motor vehicle is stationary and a characteristic control parameter capable of being influenced by the driver is detected, the braking equipment of the motor vehicle is controlled in such a way that, by switching on or off the function for the driveaway assistance of the motor vehicle, an operating state of the braking equipment differing from the initial operating state is produced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating unit for an electrohydraulic braking system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type, which is designed as a tandem master cylinder having a first and a second piston biased by each one resetting spring in opposition to the actuating direction. The first pressure chamber of the tandem master cylinder is connected to a hydraulic chamber defined by a simulator element. The simulator element also defines a simulator chamber accommodating a simulator spring and connected to a pressure fluid supply reservoir. A valve device is provided which closes or opens the hydraulic connection between the simulator chamber and the pressure fluid supply reservoir.

Abstract: In an electronic control brake system capable of controlling the braking force by adjusting the hydraulic pressure applied to each wheel cylinder through the use of a pressurization source and a hydraulic pressure adjusting portion, the hydraulic pressure applied to a wheel cylinder is increased by a pressurization source while the brake is not operated during a stop of the vehicle. After that, a master cutoff valve is opened so as to release the hydraulic pressure to a master cylinder. Changes in the master pressure are investigated via a master pressure sensor so as to determine whether there is an abnormality in a stroke simulator or a simulator cutoff valve.

Abstract: A braking device for an industrial truck, comprising an electromagnetic brake unit on a load-bearing wheel and/or driving motor, a brake pedal the position of which is detected by an electric position detector which generates an analog electric braking signal, and a brake control into which the analog braking signal in input and which generates a control signal to actuate the brake unit electromagnetically in response to the analog braking signal, characterized in that the area of the end position of the brake pedal has associated therewith a signal transmitter connected to the brake control which provides a first signal to the brake control when the brake pedal is within the range of response of the signal transmitter and the brake control generates a control signal for the brake unit that causes a hard stop.

Abstract: The invention proposes a master cylinder 1 with a device for detecting actuation of a braking system. The detection device is fixed to a body 2 of the master cylinder 1 at a pressure chamber 5. The detection device comprises a magnetic circuit 9 able to be opened and closed by a moving magnetic piece 19. The moving magnetic piece 19 is, for example, fixed to a piston 4 of the master cylinder 1. Actuation of a brake pedal causes the piston 4 and the moving piece 19 to advance in the master cylinder 1. The magnetic circuit 9 therefore changes state (opened or closed). The change in state of the magnetic field switches the brake lights on and off.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake apparatus includes a brake master cylinder having a rod piston moving in response to a brake pedal; a separation valve provided in a hydraulic brake circuit in order to establish and shut off communication between the brake master cylinder and the brake wheel cylinders; a pressure control valve unit for controlling fluid pressure to be supplied from an external fluid-pressure supply source to the brake wheel cylinders while the separation valve is in a shutoff condition; and a stroke simulator mechanism for allowing an idle stroke of the rod piston so as to ensure a stroke of the brake pedal in accordance with an input load to the brake pedal. An orifice is provided in a passage which establishes, during the idle stroke of the rod piston, communication between a pressure chamber and an atmospheric pressure chamber which are defined within the brake master cylinder by means of the rod piston.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator for an electro-hydraulic braking system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type comprised of a hydraulic pressure generator or master brake cylinder and a travel simulator, with said master brake cylinder including at least one piston that is operable by an actuating pedal, and wherein a device for detecting a driver's deceleration wish is provided, said device cooperating with said piston and being at least partly arranged in a master brake cylinder housing.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for monitoring a pressure fluid reservoir that is equipped with an elastically-shaped media-separating element and a terminal position seal in which fluid reservoir is connected in a pressure fluid loop having a pressure generator driven by a drive unit and having at least one measuring instrument, which detects a parameter representing the operating pressure in the pressure fluid loop. The parameter is delivered to an electronic control unit, where it is further processed into a trigger signal, among others for the drive unit of the pressure generator. After the operating pressure in the pressure fluid loop has dropped below a prestressing pressure the drive unit of the pressure generator is triggered by the control unit, and via a predeterminable time interval beginning with this triggering, the signal course of the measuring instrument is plotted by the control unit and compared with a suitably memorized set-point value course.

Abstract: In a hydraulic vehicle braking systems operable via hydraulic external energy from a pump or, in the event the pump malfunctions, via hydraulic energy made available using a master brake cylinder via muscle-powered energy, provision is made for safe braking via muscle-powered energy such that at least one cylinder-piston configuration isolates at least two wheel brakes from the hydraulic pressure medium that is able to be pumped by the pump. The hydraulic vehicle-braking system incorporates wheel brakes of one axle that is isolated from a hydraulic pump in terms of pressure medium by a cylinder-piston configuration, which wheel brakes are supplied with pressure medium by one master cylinder chamber of a master brake cylinder. The other master brake cylinder chamber is allocated to the two other wheel brakes of the other vehicle axle, so that given bubble-free pressure medium downstream from the pump, the wheel brakes of both vehicle axles make a contribution to vehicle deceleration.