526results about "Brake-by-wire" patented technology

The invention provides a brake-by-wire method and system based on personalized feature learning and intention evolution prediction and a vehicle. The invention discloses a brake-by-wire method based on personalized feature learning and intention evolution prediction. The brake-by-wire method comprises the following steps: acquiring real-time braking operation information of a driver, current state information of a vehicle and driving environment information of the vehicle; personalized braking characteristic parameters of the driver are obtained or updated; predicting a current braking intention type of the driver by utilizing a preset driving intention recognition model integrated with an attention mechanism; predicting the evolution trend of the current braking intention in a preset future time window; determining a group of target braking characteristic parameters according to the predicted current braking intention type and evolution trend in combination with the current state information of the vehicle and the driving environment information of the vehicle; and a brake control instruction of the brake-by-wire system is dynamically adjusted. According to the invention, more intelligent, smoother and predictable line control brake is realized.

An electronic brake system and an operating method thereof are disclosed. Provided is an electronic brake system, according to the present embodiment, comprising: a first hydraulic pressure supply device for generating hydraulic pressure by means of an electric signal output in response to the displacement of a brake pedal; an oil pressure control unit including a first oil pressure circuit for controlling the hydraulic pressure of a first wheel cylinder and a second wheel cylinder, and a second oil pressure circuit for controlling the hydraulic pressure of a third wheel cylinder and a fourth wheel cylinder; and a second hydraulic pressure supply device which is connected between the first oil pressure circuit and the first and second wheel cylinders, and which generates hydraulic pressure by means of an electric signal if the first hydraulic pressure supply device and / or the oil pressure control unit malfunctions.

A travel assistance method sets a target slip angle, estimates or detects an actual slip angle, sets a target braking / driving force by, when a sign of the vehicle body slip angle rotating in a turning direction of the vehicle is defined as positive and a sign of the vehicle body slip angle rotating in an opposite direction to the turning direction is defined as negative, correcting a required braking / driving force in such a manner as to increase a braking / driving force for a rear wheel or reduce a braking / driving force generated on a front wheel when the actual slip angle is larger than the target slip angle and correcting the required braking / driving force in such a manner as to reduce a braking / driving force for the rear wheel or increase a braking / driving force generated on the front wheel when the actual slip angle is smaller than the target slip angle.

An example braking control method is provided, including: obtaining a vehicle speed and a required braking force of a vehicle; determining a target braking force based on the vehicle speed and the required braking force; and determining a first execution braking force and a second execution braking force based on the target braking force, where the first execution braking force is provided through energy regeneration, and the second execution braking force is provided by a braking system. Further, a related apparatus is provided.

A brake system and method for controlling a braking system comprises transmitting pedal-sensor data to a brake control unit, calculating preprocessing data with the brake control unit, transmitting the preprocessing data to a vehicle controller, calculating control information for at least one electromechanical wheel brake from the preprocessing data in the vehicle controller, and transmitting the control information for the electromechanical wheel brake to a brake control unit. The at least one brake control unit determines whether the control information received from the vehicle controller falls below a safety threshold before forwarding the control information to the at least one electromechanical wheel brake, and, overwrites the control information before forwarding to the at least one electromechanical wheel brake when the control information is below the safety threshold.

A driving dynamics system for a vehicle may include at least one wheel brake for dissipative braking of a wheel of the vehicle; at least one braking unit associated with the at least one wheel brake and designed to generate a dissipative braking torque via the at least one wheel brake; at least one electric traction motor controllable to generate a regenerative braking torque for at least one wheel or axle of the vehicle; and a central control unit configured to control the at least one brake unit and the at least one electric traction motor for a braking function in combination such that a combined braking torque is generated by means of the at least one brake unit and the at least one electric traction motor. The braking function relates to simultaneous control of a basic braking torque and a controlled additional braking torque.

An integrated electronic brake system includes a main control section configured in a first area to receive one or more of a value from a pedal sensor, a value from a cylinder pressure sensor, a value from a wheel speed sensor, or an EPB signal to perform EPB control and drive a main braking valve and a braking motor for the main braking of a vehicle, and to drive an additional braking valve for the additional braking, a sub-control section configured in a second area to receive one or more of the value from the pedal sensor, the value from the wheel speed sensor, or the EPB signal to perform the EPB control and drive the main braking valve and the braking motor through a bypass circuit, and a connection bus connecting the first and second areas mounted in one box to transfer signals between the main and sub-control sections.

A brake force control method includes: obtaining temperature data of a braking system of a vehicle and driving data of the vehicle during braking of the vehicle; and controlling a brake force output from a brake motor in the braking system according to the temperature data and the driving data.

A brake system may include a plurality of wheel speed sensors respectively installed in a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, a plurality of hydraulic brake modules related to braking of the plurality of wheels, and a first controller configured to perform braking control on the plurality of hydraulic brake modules in response to at least one of a pedal displacement signal, which corresponds to a movement of a brake pedal, and wheel speed signals outputted from the wheel speed sensors, in which when a failure of the first controller is identified, a second controller, which is provided in a steering system of the vehicle, performs braking control on an electronic parking brake, which is provided in at least one of the plurality of wheels, in response to at least one of an operating signal of an EPB switch, the pedal displacement signal, and the wheel speed signals outputted from the wheel speed sensors.

The invention relates to a driving dynamics system for a vehicle, comprising at least one wheel brake (RB1, RB2.RB3, RB4) for dissipatively braking a wheel of the vehicle; at least one brake unit (EMB, EHB) assigned to the at least one wheel brake (RB1, RB2, RB3, RB4) and configured to generate a dissipative braking torque by means of the at least one wheel brake (RB1, RB2, RB3, RB4); at least one electric traction motor (TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4) controllable to generate a regenerative braking torque for at least one wheel or axle of the vehicle; and a central control unit (M-ECU domain) which is configured to control the at least one brake unit (EMB, EHB) and the at least one electric traction motor (TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4) for a braking function in combination with one another such that a combined braking torque can be generated by means of the at least one brake unit (EMB, EHB) and the at least one electric traction motor (TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4).The braking function relates to a control case in which a basic braking torque and a controlled additional braking torque are controlled and / or regulated simultaneously; wherein optionally the basic braking torque is generated by the at least one braking unit (EMB, EHB) and the controlled additional braking torque is generated by the at least one electric traction motor (TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4); or the basic braking torque is generated by the at least one electric traction motor (TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4) and the controlled additional braking torque is generated by the at least one braking unit (EMB, EHB); or the at least one braking unit (EMB, EHB) and the at least one electric traction motor (TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4) each jointly generate the basic braking torque and the controlled additional braking torque.

This application describes examples of a brake-by-wire system and a control method. In one example, a braking control system includes a brake master cylinder, a first pressure booster, a second pressure booster, at least one first interface, at least one first control valve, at least one second control valve, at least one third control valve, at least one fourth control valve, and a second pedal feel simulation system. The at least one first interface is connected to at least one brake wheel cylinder, respectively. The brake master cylinder and the at least one first interface are respectively connected through the at least one first control valve. The first pressure booster and the at least one first interface are respectively connected through the at least one first control valve. The second pressure booster and the at least one first interface are respectively connected through the at least one third control valve.

A brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a brake pedal having at least one pedal sensor for capturing a driver brake request using pedal sensor data. The brake system has four electromechanical wheel brakes, two brake control units, and a vehicle regulator. The brake control unit calculates preprocessing data from the pedal sensor data and makes the data available to the vehicle regulator via a signal connection. The vehicle regulator calculates control information for the wheel based on the preprocessing data. The brake system comprises two primary wheel brake modules which are each arranged on a vehicle wheel and in each case one of the electromechanical wheel brakes and one assigned brake control unit are integrated. The pedal sensor is connected to both brake control units via in each case one separate brake request signal line. A control method for such a brake system is also disclosed.

Provided are a control apparatus of a four-wheel independent control vehicle (10) and a method thereof. The control apparatus of a four-wheel independent control vehicle includes a plurality of wheels (21-24) each installed with a steering device (150), a driving device (160), and a braking device (170), and a processor (110) configured to, when a failure occurs in any one steering device of the plurality of wheels, determine a location of a failed wheel, calculate an insufficient cornering force of the failed wheel, and compensate for the insufficient cornering force by controlling at least one of the steering device, the driving device, and the braking device installed on each of the plurality of wheels. Even though a failure occurs in the steering device of any one wheel, traveling performance can be maintained by compensating for an insufficient cornering force.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a braking system in an emergency mode in the event of a malfunction, as well as to a braking system. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting (S1) a deceleration signal (6) to at least two actuator devices (3) of the braking system of a vehicle, wherein the at least two actuator devices (3) are each designed to build up a braking force for decelerating the vehicle; identifying (S2) a simultaneous malfunction in signal processing of the at least two actuator devices (3); and adapting (S3) an electronic signal transmission (5) between a central control unit (4) of the vehicle and at least one of the at least two actuator devices (3) such that the simultaneous malfunction is bypassed in order to build up the braking force.

A power transmission unit of a single-acting plunger type includes a ball screw, a ball nut driven by the ball screw, and a plunger piston coupled to the ball nut. A block housing at least partially encloses the plunger piston and the ball screw. A plunger chamber is at least partially defined by the block housing and a face of the plunger piston. The plunger chamber is selectively pressurized by reciprocal motion of the plunger piston with respect to the block housing driven by longitudinal motion of the ball nut. An electric motor selectively drives the ball screw to responsively reciprocate the plunger piston within the plunger chamber. A motor housing at least partially encloses the ball nut, the electric motor, and the plunger piston. The motor housing includes a block lip which is crimped to the block housing to maintain the motor housing in relation to the block housing.

The invention provides a brake pedal deceleration matching method and system, and the method comprises the steps: determining the response characteristic parameters of a stay wire motor according to the model of the stay wire motor; increasing the speed of the to-be-tested vehicle to be above a first preset value, adjusting the stroke of the stay wire motor according to a set rule, and obtaining the operation data of the to-be-tested vehicle; inputting the operation data into a set model for data fitting to obtain fitting data; calculating a root-mean-square error of the fitting data, and removing the fitting data with the root-mean-square error smaller than a second preset value from the set model to obtain an initial model; determining the initial model with the maximum number of data points of the fitting data as a target model; the target model is configured to determine the deceleration of the to-be-measured vehicle according to the stroke of the stay wire motor, so as to solve the problem that the deceleration of the vehicle cannot be determined through the stroke of the stay wire motor because the relation between the braking force of the brake pedal and the stroke of the stay wire motor in the specific stroke of the current stay wire motor is unknown.

A braking system for a motor vehicle for actuating hydraulically actuated wheel brakes, comprising electrically actuated inlet and outlet valves for each wheel brake, a first and a second electrically actuated pressure source, and a reservoir, wherein the first pressure source is hydraulically connected on the pressure side to the inlet valves of a first brake circuit via a first isolating valve, and is additionally hydraulically connected on the pressure side to the inlet valves of a second brake circuit via a second isolating valve, wherein the second pressure source comprises a first and a second pressure outlet, wherein the first pressure outlet is hydraulically connected to the inlet valves of the first brake circuit, and the second pressure outlet is hydraulically connected to the inlet valves of the second brake circuit, wherein the reservoir comprises a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber,wherein the first pressure source is hydraulically connected to the first chamber on the suction side, wherein a first suction inlet of the second pressure source is hydraulically connected to the second chamber, and wherein a second suction inlet of the second pressure source is hydraulically connected to the third chamber, wherein the outlet valves of the first brake circuit are hydraulically connected to the second chamber, and the outlet valves of the second brake circuit are hydraulically connected to the third chamber.

A method for controlling a hydraulic motor vehicle braking system, wherein brake pressure is to be built up at wheel brakes on a front axle and a rear axle by means of via an electric pressure supply device based on a brake demand variable. Inlet valves of the wheel brakes on the front axle and rear axle are open and a brake demand variable is implemented by joint pressure build-up on the front axle and rear axle in the case of no fault. In the event of a fault with a degradation of the pressure supply device, the pressure build-up is first applied to the front axle by closing the inlet valves of the wheel brakes of the rear axle before or at the start of volume delivery. When a condition is met, the wheel brakes on the rear axle are activated by opening the inlet valves.

An electro-mechanical brake apparatus and a vehicle. The electro-mechanical brake apparatus includes a brake caliper and a lead screw. The brake caliper is configured to be fastened to a brake motor and accommodate the lead screw. The lead screw is configured to be connected to the brake motor in a transmission manner and drive two friction plates. The brake caliper includes two mounting surfaces. Each mounting surface is used for mounting one friction plate. The lead screw includes two end faces. At least one of the one end face or the other mounting surface includes an accommodation groove. Each accommodation groove is configured to accommodate a part of a pressure sensor. Each pressure sensor is configured to detect pressure against one friction plate during braking. The electro-mechanical brake apparatus can reduce an axial size of the electro-mechanical brake apparatus.

A pedal device has a pedal to receive stepping force of a driver. The pedal is located above a housing. The housing accommodates a stepping force transmission member. The pedal and the stepping force transmission member are connected by a connection member which extends through an insertion hole penetrating the housing. An inner opening of the insertion hole faces downward or obliquely downward in a predetermined state in which the pedal device is stored or mounted on a vehicle. The insertion hole is positioned so that the inner opening end does not overlap with movable member in the housing. The movable member may include a sliding member such as a part of a rotation angle sensor, a slidable member, and a member of a reaction force generator mechanism.

Disclosed is a hydraulic unit for a brake system. A hydraulic unit according to the present embodiment may include a main reservoir tank, a hydraulic block having a reservoir bore, a cylinder bore, a motor bore, a hydraulic flow path, and a valve bore, and an electronic control unit, in which the motor bore is provided on a first surface of the hydraulic block, in which a housing of the electronic control unit is provided on a second surface of the hydraulic block, in which the main reservoir tank includes a coupling part, an extension part, and a connection part.

A pedal emulator for a vehicle, having a rotational axis, a pedal lever that can be rotated about the rotational axis, and a force generation unit for exerting a counterforce on the pedal lever via at least one coupling element of the force generation unit that is mechanically coupled to the pedal lever. The counterforce acting in the opposite direction to an actuation force exerted on the pedal lever. The force generation unit can be designed such that a curve of the counterforce along a pedal path of the pedal lever is in the form of a non-linear curve in a pedal path-counterforce diagram.

The invention provides a hydraulic pressure control method for a wheel cylinder of a brake-by-wire system of an electric vehicle. The hydraulic pressure control method comprises the following steps: constructing a nonlinear model of an electronic hydraulic brake system of the electric vehicle; designing a self-adaptive expansion state observer based on an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm to estimate the initial hydraulic pressure of the wheel cylinder of the electric vehicle; taking the estimated initial hydraulic pressure of the wheel cylinder of the electric vehicle as input, and designing a sliding mode attitude controller based on a self-adaptive expansion state observer; the improved sliding mode control method is obtained by improving an objective function and a fitness function established by an alpha evolutionary algorithm, improving a sliding mode surface equation through the objective function and the fitness function, and introducing a chaotic disturbance term, an evolutionary compensation term and a self-adaptive buffeting suppression factor. And the hydraulic pressure of the wheel cylinder of the electric vehicle is controlled through an improved sliding mode control method. According to the invention, high-precision hydraulic pressure control can be realized, and the anti-interference capability is improved.

A method for operating a vehicle includes receiving brake sensor data indicating the measured actuator outputs of the brake actuators of a decentralized braking system. For each brake actuator, a vehicle controller calculates: a normalized corner output using the measured actuator output and a commanded target output for that brake actuator, and a weighted average using the normalized corner output of that brake actuator and a vehicle-calibrated weight value determined from the vehicle's current speed and steering angle.The control unit calculates a percentage actuator error as the absolute value of a mathematical difference between the weighted averages of the brake actuators and detects an actuator error when the percentage actuator error exceeds a vehicle-calibrated error deviation threshold, which is determined from the vehicle's current speed and steering angle. In response to the error percentage exceeding the error deviation threshold, the control unit commands the braking system to execute a braking action to correct the actuator error.

An electro-pneumatic central pressure control module, having at least two channels, implemented as a structural unit for an electro-pneumatic service brake of a vehicle, having at least two pressure control channels which are electrically controllable with regard to a brake pressure. A central electronic brake control device has a board, carrying electrical and electronic components, in which routines at least for controlling the brake pressure and for controlling the driving dynamics are implemented in the electrical and electronic components. At least one inertial sensor is arranged on or at the at least one board and is electrically conductively connected to at least several of the electrical and electronic components on the board so that the output signals of the at least one inertial sensor are integrated into the at least several electrical and electronic components for carrying out the control of the driving dynamics.

A brake force control method includes: obtaining (S301) temperature data of a braking system of a vehicle and driving data of the vehicle during braking of the vehicle; and controlling (S302) a brake force output from a brake motor in the braking system according to the temperature data and the driving data, to ensure braking safety of the vehicle.

The invention relates to an electromechanical or electromagnetic wheel brake cylinder (14) for a brake system, which is formed with at least one hydraulic brake circuit (12, 12a, 12b), of a vehicle, having a pressure chamber which is formed in the electromechanical or electromagnetic wheel brake cylinder (14) and which is delimited by an adjustable first brake piston of the electromechanical or electromagnetic wheel brake cylinder (14) and which is connectable to a partial volume of the at least one hydraulic brake circuit (12, 12a, 12b) of the brake system such that the first brake piston is adjustable by means of a pressure which is increased at least in the respective partial volume, wherein the electromechanical or electromagnetic wheel brake cylinder (14) comprises an electromechanical or electromagnetic actuator and comprises a second brake piston which is adjustable by means of operation of the electromechanical or electromagnetic actuator. The invention likewise relates to brake systems for vehicles and to a production method for an electromechanical or electromagnetic wheel brake cylinder for a brake system, which is formed with at least one hydraulic brake circuit, of a vehicle. The invention also relates to methods for the autonomous braking of a vehicle.

The invention relates to a method for operating a braking system of a motor vehicle, wherein a hydraulic pressure in the braking system is monitored and, in the event of a pressure loss, an electric pressure generator is always controlled in such a way that the hydraulic pressure is increased. The invention also relates to an associated control device, an associated hydraulic braking system and an associated motor vehicle.

The present invention provides a vehicle braking system and a vehicle. The vehicle braking system (1) comprises a brake fluid control assembly (100), connecting oil pipes (300), and a brake master cylinder assembly (200). The brake fluid control assembly comprises an oil circuit block (110) and a pressure booster (120). The pressure booster is mounted on the oil circuit block. Oil circuit block ports (111) are provided on the side of the oil circuit block, and one end of each connecting oil pipe is connected to an oil circuit block port, and the brake master cylinder assembly and the brake fluid control assembly are arranged separately. Assembly ports (210) are provided on the outer circumferential surface of the brake master cylinder assembly, and the other end of each connecting oil pipe is connected to an assembly port. The brake master cylinder assembly communicates with the brake fluid control assembly by connecting oil pipes, and both the brake master cylinder assembly and the pressure booster can be driven to output brake fluid from the oil circuit block.

A method of operating a vehicle includes receiving brake sensor data indicative of measured actuator outputs of a decentralized brake system's brake actuators. For each brake actuator, a vehicle controller calculates: a normalized corner output using the measured actuator output and a commanded target output for that brake actuator, and a weighted average using the normalized corner output of that brake actuator and a vehicle-calibrated weight value determined from the vehicle's current speed and steering angle. The controller calculates an actuator error percentage as an absolute value of a mathematical difference between the weighted averages of the brake actuators, and detects an actuator fault when the actuator error percentage exceeds a vehicle-calibrated fault deviation threshold determined from the vehicle's current speed and steering angle. Responsive to the error percentage exceeding the fault deviation threshold, the controller commands the brake system to execute a brake action to remediate the actuator fault.