Method for controlling a compressed-air braking device of a rail vehicle in the case of automatic, quick, or emergency braking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9296399-B2
Application number	US-201314402531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2013
Priority date	May 25, 2012
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A method controls a compressed-air braking device of a rail vehicle in the case of automatic, quick, or emergency braking, said compressed-air braking device having a controlled electropneumatic braking device having brake pressure control, an uncontrolled brake pressure control device for producing an uncontrolled brake pressure, and at least one pneumatic brake actuator. In response to a signal to trigger automatic, quick, or emergency braking, the controlled electropneumatic braking device and the uncontrolled brake pressure control device are activated simultaneously and a first value for the brake pressure produced by the controlled electropneumatic braking device or a first value for a pilot control pressure representing the brake pressure and a second value for the brake pressure produced by the uncontrolled brake pressure control device or a second value for a pilot control pressure representing the brake pressure are compared with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a compressed-air braking device of a rail vehicle, the compressed-air braking device having a regulated electropneumatic braking device with brake pressure regulation and an unregulated brake pressure control device for generating an unregulated brake pressure as well as at least one pneumatic brake actuator, the method comprising, in response to a signal for triggering automatic, rapid or emergency braking:
simultaneously activating the regulated electropneumatic braking device and the unregulated brake pressure control device; and
comparing a first value for the brake pressure generated by the regulated, electropneumatic braking device or a first value for a pilot-controlled pressure representing this brake pressure and a second value for the brake pressure generated by the unregulated brake pressure control device or a second value for a pilot-controlled pressure representing this brake pressure with one another, wherein this comparison is carried out by applying the first value and the second value to mechanical components of an exclusively pneumatic-mechanical comparison device, and
based on that comparison, applying a brake pressure to the at least one pneumatic brake actuator based exclusively on the first value, based exclusively on the second value, or based on the first value and the second value,
wherein, as long as the first value is below the second value by not more than a predefined threshold, the brake pressure or a pilot-controlled pressure which represents the brake pressure is formed by the first value, and otherwise is formed by the second value.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising saving characteristic curves in which the dependence of a setpoint value for the brake pressure or for the braking force, dependent on the speed of the rail vehicle stored in a memory of a control device of the regulated electropneumatic braking device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring the unregulated brake pressure control device to generate a brake pressure which is graduated as a function of the speed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined threshold is approximately 30%.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, at least one alternating check value is used as a mechanical-pneumatic comparison device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unregulated brake pressure control device is an indirect brake which generates an unregulated brake pressure or an unregulated pilot-controlled pressure as a second value as a function of a main air line pressure in a main air line (HL).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the regulated electropneumatic braking device is a direct electropneumatic braking device having an electropneumatic pressure regulator which generates a regulated brake pressure or a regulated pilot-controlled pressure as a first value using a braking solenoid valve, a release solenoid valve, a pressure sensor and an electronic control device on the basis of a main air vessel line pressure conducted in a main air vessel line (HB).

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modulating the signal for triggering automatic, rapid or emergency braking using an electrical safety loop.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein on the basis of exclusively the first value or exclusively on the basis of the second value or on the basis of the first value and the second value a pilot-controlled pressure is applied to a throughput booster, from which the throughput booster forms the brake pressure for the brake actuator which is arranged downstream of the throughput booster.

10. A compressed-air braking device of a rail vehicle comprising:
a regulated electropneumatic braking device with brake pressure regulation;
an unregulated brake pressure control device that generates an unregulated brake pressure;

a controller that controls the braking devices, at least one pneumatic brake actuator and signal means acting together with the controller at least for generating a signal for triggering automatic, rapid or emergency braking, wherein the controller is configured such that, in response to a signal, modulated by the signal means, for triggering automatic, rapid or emergency braking, the controller simultaneously activates the regulated electropneumatic braking device and the unregulated brake pressure control device;
an exclusively pneumatic-mechanical comparison device which compares a first value for the brake pressure generated by the regulated electropneumatic braking device, a first value for a pilot-controlled pressure representing this brake pressure and a second value for the brake pressure generated by the unregulated brake pressure control device or a second value for a pilot-controlled pressure representing this brake pressure with one another,
wherein this comparison is carried out by applying the first value and the second value to mechanical components of the exclusively pneumatic-mechanical comparison device, and
wherein the pneumatic-mechanical comparison device generates a brake pressure for the at least one pneumatic brake actuator or a pilot-controlled pressure representing this brake pressure, based exclusively on the first value, based exclusively on the second value or based on the first value and the second value,
wherein the mechanical-pneumatic comparison device is configured such that, as long as the first value is below the second value by not more than a predefined threshold, the brake pressure or the pilot-controlled pressure which represents the brake pressure is formed by the first value, and otherwise is formed by the second value.

11. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , wherein the mechanical-pneumatic comparison device contains at least one alternating check valve.

12. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , further comprising a throughput booster is connected between the mechanical-pneumatic comparison device and the at least one brake actuator.

13. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , wherein the unregulated brake pressure control device is configured to generate a brake pressure which is graduated as a function of the speed.

14. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , further comprising a memory, wherein characteristic curves in which the dependence of a setpoint value for the brake pressure or for the braking force, dependent on the speed of the rail vehicle are stored in the memory of a control device of the regulated electropneumatic braking device.

15. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , wherein the predefined threshold is approximately 30%.

16. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , wherein the unregulated brake pressure control device is an indirect brake which generates an unregulated brake pressure or unregulated pilot-controlled pressure as a second value as a function of a main air line pressure in a main air line (HL).

17. The compressed-air braking device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the regulated electropneumatic braking device is a direct electropneumatic braking device having an electropneumatic pressure regulator which generates a regulated brake pressure or a regulated pilot-controlled pressure as a first value using a braking solenoid valve, a release solenoid valve, a pressure sensor and an electronic control device on the basis of a main air vessel line pressure conducted in a main air vessel line (HB).

18. The compressed-air braking device of claim 10 , wherein the signal means for generating the signal for triggering automatic, rapid or emergency braking contain

Assignees

• Knorr Bremse Systeme

Inventors

• Aurich Stefan
• Grunwald Torsten
• Seidenschwang Alexander

Classifications

• B60T17/228

  for railway vehicles · CPC title

• B60T13/665

  the systems being specially adapted for transferring two or more command signals, e.g. railway systems (B60T13/662 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B61H13/00 Primary

  Actuating rail-vehicle brakes · CPC title

• B60T13/66 Primary

  Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems · CPC title

• B60T17/18

  Safety devices; Monitoring · CPC title