Vehicle with an anti-lock brake system and a method for braking a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10144398-B2
Application number	US-201214345904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2012
Priority date	Sep 20, 2011
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

In order to achieve a vehicle wheel (10) slip relative to a roadway (12) while braking the vehicle, said slip being as advantageous as possible, the rotational speed (w) of the wheel (10) can be actively reduced by an ABS by means of a braking intervention and passively allowed to accelerate again via the roadway (12) when the brake is released. The slip of the wheel (10) oscillates by an optimal slip value during the ABS regulating process. The aim of the invention is to improve an anti-lock braking system for a vehicle. In the method according to the invention, at least one wheel (10) of the vehicle is supplied with a braking torque (Mb) in order to temporarily reduce a travel speed (v) of the vehicle relative to a rolling surface (12), said braking torque acting against a rotating direction (14) of the wheel (10). Additionally, the wheel (10) is temporarily supplied with an acceleration torque (Ma) by means of an accelerating device of the vehicle during the reduction of the travel speed (v), said acceleration torque acting in the rotating direction (14).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for braking a vehicle that rolls with at least one wheel over a rolling surface, the method comprising:
reducing a velocity of the vehicle with respect to the rolling surface;
temporarily applying, by a braking device, a braking torque to the at least one wheel, the braking torque acting counter to a rotational direction of the at least one wheel;
adjusting a slip that the at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface to a predetermined setpoint value, the adjusting comprising temporarily applying, by an acceleration device of the vehicle, an acceleration torque to the at least one wheel during the temporary application of the braking torque to the at least one wheel, the acceleration torque acting in the rotational direction;
detecting cornering of the vehicle; and
increasing, by the acceleration torque, an absolute value of a lateral guiding force acting between the at least one wheel and the rolling surface,
wherein the application of the braking torque and the acceleration torque causes a resulting torque that acts in total on the at least one wheel,
wherein the braking device is controlled by a first control circuit which is configured to automatically apply the braking device in an alternatingly active fashion to adjust the slip of the at least one wheel;
wherein the acceleration device is controlled by a second electronic control circuit which is configured to automatically apply the acceleration device of the vehicle to adjust the resulting torque that acts in total on the at least one wheel;
wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are operable to change the resulting torque between a resulting braking torque and a resulting acceleration torque, in order to adjust the slip that that at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface to the predetermined setpoint value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acceleration torque reduces an absolute value of a slip that the at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, using a friction brake at at least one time, at least part of the absolute value of the braking torque.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, using an electric machine at at least one time, at least part of the absolute value of the braking torque or of the acceleration torque.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising measuring, using a resolver of an electric machine, a rotational speed of the at least one wheel.

6. A vehicle comprising:
a brake device operable for braking the vehicle, the brake device being configured to apply a braking torque to at least one wheel of the vehicle;
an acceleration device configured to apply an acceleration torque to the at least one wheel, wherein the acceleration device is also configured to increase, by the acceleration torque in response to detecting cornering of the vehicle, an absolute valve of a lateral guiding force acting between the at least one wheel and a rolling surface; and
a control device configured to brake the vehicle using the brake device and the acceleration device, the braking of the vehicle comprising:
reduction of a velocity of the vehicle with respect to a rolling surface, over which the at least one wheel rolls;
temporary application of the braking torque to the at least one wheel, the braking torque acting counter to a rotational direction of the at least one wheel; and
temporary application, by the acceleration device, of the acceleration torque to the at least one wheel during the temporary application of the braking torque to the at least one wheel, such that a slip that the at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface is adjusted to a predetermined setpoint value, the acceleration torque acting in the rotational direction,
wherein the application of the braking torque and the acceleration torque causes a resulting torque that acts in total on the at least one wheel,
wherein the braking device is controlled by a first control circuit which is configured to automatically apply the braking device in an alternatingly active fashion to adjust the slip of the at least one wheel;
wherein the acceleration device is controlled by a second electronic control circuit which is configured to automatically apply the acceleration device of the vehicle to adjust the resulting torque that acts in total on the at least one wheel;
wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are operable to change the resulting torque between a resulting braking torque and a resulting acceleration torque, in order to adjust the slip that the at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface to the predetermined setpoint value.

7. The vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the acceleration device comprises at least one electric machine.

8. The vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the brake device comprises a friction brake.

9. The vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the brake device comprises at least one electric machine.

10. The vehicle of claim 6 , further comprising a rotational speed measuring device configured to determine a rotational speed of the at least one wheel based on a signal of a resolver of an electric machine.

11. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the at least one electric machine comprises at least one electric wheel hub drive.

12. The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the at least one electric machine comprises at least one electric wheel hub drive.

13. A method for braking a vehicle that rolls with at least one
wheel over a rolling surface, the method comprising:
reducing a velocity of the vehicle with respect to the rolling surface;
temporarily applying, by a braking device, a braking torque to the at least one wheel, the braking torque acting counter to a rotational direction of the at least one wheel;
adjusting a slip that the at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface to a predetermined setpoint value, the adjusting comprising temporarily applying, by an acceleration device of the vehicle, an acceleration torque to the at least one wheel during the temporary application of the braking torque to the at least one wheel, the acceleration torque acting in the rotational direction;
wherein the braking device is controlled by a first control circuit which is configured to automatically apply the braking device in an alternatingly active fashion to adjust the slip of the at least one wheel;
wherein the acceleration device is controlled by a second electronic control circuit which is configured to automatically apply the acceleration device of the vehicle to adjust a resulting torque that acts in total on the at least one wheel;
wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are operable to change the resulting torque between a resulting braking torque and a resulting acceleration torque, in order to adjust the slip that that at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface to the predetermined setpoint value.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the acceleration torque reduces an absolute value of a slip that the at least one wheel has with respect to the rolling surface.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising generating, using a friction brake at at least one time, at least part of the absolute value of the braking torque.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising generating, using an electric machine at at least one time, at least part of the absolute value of the braking torque or of the acceleration torque.

17. The method of claim 13 , f

Assignees

• Bergmann Dominik
• Fiege Ludger
• Freitag Gunter
• Gerlich Matthias
• Grieser Schmitz Stefan
• Lanze Eugen
• Robison Ries
• Lucas Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Bergmann Dominik
• Fiege Ludger
• Freitag Gunter
• Gerlich Matthias
• Grieser-Schmitz Stefan
• Lanze Eugen
• Robison Ries

Classifications

• B60T2270/613

  ESP features related thereto · CPC title

• B60T2270/602

  ABS features related thereto · CPC title

• B60T8/176 Primary

  Brake regulation specially adapted to prevent excessive wheel slip during vehicle deceleration, e.g. ABS (B60T8/1755 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60T8/24

  responsive to vehicle inclination or change of direction, e.g. negotiating bends {(using electrical circuitry or regulation means B60T8/17)} · CPC title

• B60T2270/604

  Merging friction therewith; Adjusting their repartition · CPC title