Method for stabilizing a motor vehicle whose speed is reduced to a rest position and brake system for carrying out said method
AssigneeLucas Automotive GmbH
InventorsDirk Saewe, Christoph Wagner
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Abstract
In a method for stabilising a motor vehicle which is decelerated into a rest position and in a corresponding motor vehicle brake system which is provided with a service brake and a parking brake which can be actuated independently of the driver, when activation of the parking brake is initiated, the service brake changes from a first braking-force distribution of a service brake mode to a mode simulating a second braking-force distribution of the parking brake, and a switch-back to the first braking-force distribution of the service brake mode is enabled at least during the transition.
Claims15
Method for stabilising a motor vehicle which is decelerated into a rest position and is provided with a service brake and a parking brake which can be actuated independently of the driver, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) activating the vehicle service brake;
- (b) initiating activation of the parking brake, whereupon the service brake transitions from a first braking-force distribution of a service brake mode to a mode simulating a second braking-force distribution of the parking brake;
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- (c) selectively enabling a switch-back to the first braking-force distribution of the service brake mode.
Brake system for a vehicle comprising:
- a service brake which can be actuated independently of the driver;
- a parking brake which can be actuated independently of the driver;
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- a brake controller that is operable upon activation of the parking brake, to transition the service brake from a first braking-force distribution of a service brake mode to a mode simulating a second braking-force distribution of the parking brake, the brake controller being further operable to selectively enable a switch-back to the first braking-force distribution of the service brake mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.