Braking Apparatus for Work Machines and Method of Actuating Said Braking Apparatus
AssigneeLiebherr-Hydraulikbagger GmbH
InventorsBernhard MEITINGER, Johannes LANG
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Abstract
A braking apparatus for work machines has at least two brakes, each having at least one braking circuit. The braking circuits can each be actuated via at least one control valve, and the control valves can be controlled independently of one another. A processing unit, by which the control valves can be controlled or regulated, an operating circuit, via which the braking circuits can be controlled or regulated manually, and at least one pressure supply are provided, and the control valves can be controlled or regulated under predetermined conditions by the processing unit.
Claims20
A braking apparatus for a work machine comprising:
- at least two brakes, each having at least one braking circuit, each of the braking circuits being actuatable via at least one control valve, the control valves being controlled independently of one another;
- a processing unit by which the control valves can be controlled or regulated;
- an operating circuit via which the braking circuits can be controlled or regulated manually;
- and
- at least one pressure supply;
- wherein the control valves are controllable or regulatable under predetermined conditions by the processing unit.
A method for actuating a braking apparatus for a work machine including at least two brakes, each having at least one braking circuit, each of the braking circuits being actuatable via at least one control valve, the control valves being controlled independently of one another, a processing unit by which the control valves can be controlled or regulated, an operating circuit via which the braking circuits can be controlled or regulated manually, and a pressure supply, comprising:
- controlling or regulating the control valves under predetermined conditions by the processing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.