Brake Pressure Precontrol for Faster ABS Intervention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing brake systems struggle to rapidly adjust brake slip to an optimal range during quick braking, leading to suboptimal deceleration and potential wheel locking, due to the delay in anti-lock system intervention and uneven weight distribution affecting static friction across vehicle axles.

Innovation Solution

A method for operating a brake system that sets a precontrol value for brake pressure based on admission pressure and vehicle dynamics, using a processing specification to adapt brake pressure gradients and limit the precontrol gradient, allowing for controlled braking force buildup and rapid anti-lock function intervention, thereby maintaining optimal deceleration and preventing wheel locking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If the anti-lock system intervenes only after wheel locking is detected, then the system structure remains simple, but the braking response time is delayed and wheel locking cannot be prevented in time

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveABS adjustment timeVSAvoidbrake system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by calculating and setting a precontrol value for brake pressure before actual braking occurs. This precontrol value is determined based on admission pressure and processing specifications representing vehicle braking dynamics, allowing the system to proactively prevent wheel locking rather than reactively responding after locking is detected.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adapts the precontrol value based on real-time admission pressure and vehicle-specific processing specifications. The precontrol gradient is limited based on the admission pressure gradient to ensure optimal braking performance while preventing wheel locking, making the system responsive to changing braking conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Speed

If the brake pressure increases rapidly during quick braking, then the deceleration performance is improved, but the wheel locking risk increases and the anti-lock system cannot intervene in time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeceleration rateVSAvoidwheel locking prevention
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system calculates a precontrol value that limits the precontrol gradient based on the admission pressure gradient before rapid brake pressure increase occurs. This preliminary limitation prevents the brake pressure from increasing too rapidly, thereby maintaining high deceleration performance while proactively preventing wheel locking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from the admission pressure gradient to dynamically adjust the precontrol gradient limit. By monitoring how rapidly admission pressure is increasing and相应地 limiting the precontrol gradient, the system ensures that brake pressure increases at an optimal rate that maintains deceleration performance while preventing wheel locking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Force

If the brake pressure is increased to maximize deceleration, then the braking performance is improved, but the static friction is exceeded and wheel locking occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebraking forceVSAvoidsteerability
Core Design Contradiction:
ForceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary calculation of the precontrol value that accounts for vehicle dynamics and admission pressure characteristics. This precontrol value is set to maximize braking force utilization while staying within the static friction limit, thereby maintaining both high deceleration performance and vehicle steerability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the brake pressure parameter dynamically by limiting the precontrol gradient based on admission pressure gradient. This parameter adjustment ensures that braking force increases at an optimal rate that充分利用 static friction without exceeding it, maintaining both deceleration performance and steerability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Speed

If the precontrol gradient is set high to respond quickly to braking demands, then the braking response is improved, but the anti-lock function cannot intervene rapidly enough to prevent wheel locking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrake pressure response speedVSAvoidanti-lock intervention time
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically limits the precontrol gradient based on the admission pressure gradient. This dynamic limitation ensures that brake pressure increases rapidly enough to meet braking demands while maintaining a controlled rate that allows the anti-lock function to intervene in time, optimizing both response speed and intervention timing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach enables the brake system to maintain maximum deceleration while preventing wheel locking by adapting brake pressure to vehicle dynamics, ensuring rapid and controlled intervention of the anti-lock function, thus optimizing braking performance.

Implementation Method 1

A braking force on a wheel of a vehicle may be greater than a static friction of the wheel on its subsurface

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Implementation Method 2

The static friction is influenced by a normal force on the wheel

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectStatic friction: Static Friction

Implementation Method 3

due to its spring-mounted and damped wheel suspensions and the pneumatic tires, the vehicle is an oscillatory system

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSpring-mounted and damped wheel suspensions: Damping

Data Source

PatentUS11752991B2Method for operating a brake system, and brake system
Publication Date: 2023.09.12 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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AI summary

A method for operating a brake system of a vehicle. A precontrol value for a brake pressure of the brake system is set by using an admission pressure value representing a admission pressure in the brake system and a processing specification representing a braking dynamics of the vehicle.