Method and device for electronically controlling a vehicle deceleration in dependence on a differential slip between two vehicle axles

A device for electronically controlling deceleration in a vehicle comprising an anti-lock braking system (“ABS”), a first axle, and a second axle, the device being configured to:

• detect at least one of a target vehicle deceleration specified by the driver and an actual vehicle deceleration, and
• actuate the ABS such that a detected actual differential slip corresponds to a target differential slip,
• wherein the actual differential slip indicates a difference in a rotational behavior of the first axle relative to the second axle, and
• wherein the device is configured such that, for at least a portion of a domain of the actual vehicle deceleration or the target vehicle deceleration, the target differential slip is inversely dependent on a magnitude of the detected actual vehicle deceleration and/or a magnitude of the detected target vehicle deceleration, such that as the magnitude of the detected actual vehicle deceleration and/or the magnitude of the detected target vehicle deceleration increases, the target differential slip decreases.

A vehicle comprising:

• first and second axles,
• a braking value transducer for detecting a target vehicle deceleration,
• a sensor for detecting an actual vehicle deceleration,
• an anti-lock braking system (“ABS”) comprising brake valves, and
• a device for electronically controlling the ABS, the device being configured to:
• detect at least one of a target vehicle deceleration specified by the driver and an actual vehicle deceleration, and
• actuate the brake valves of the ABS such that an actual differential slip corresponds to a target differential slip,
• wherein the actual differential slip indicates a difference in a rotational behavior of the first axle relative to the second axle, and
• wherein the device is configured such that, for at least a portion of a domain of the actual vehicle deceleration or the target vehicle deceleration, the target differential slip is inversely dependent on a magnitude of the detected actual vehicle deceleration and/or a magnitude of the detected target vehicle deceleration, such that as the magnitude of the detected actual vehicle deceleration and/or the magnitude of the detected target vehicle deceleration increases, the target differential slip decreases.