Braking device
AssigneeContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG
InventorSteffen Linkenbach
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Abstract
A brake device for an automotive vehicle includes an arrangement ensuring that, under defined conditions, braking is initiated already prior to brake pedal application. To this end, an accelerator pedal sensor (4) and a shift lever contact switch (5) are provided, and braking is initiated as soon as the accelerator pedal is released at a speed which is higher than a limit speed, and the contact switch on the shift lever is not actuated.
Claims2
A brake device in an automotive vehicle including an accelerator pedal and a mechanical transmission, wherein the brake device is actuated by a brake pedal, on the one hand, and, irrespective of the brake pedal, by an assistant triggered by a release signal, on the other hand, including a device for sensing the release speed of the accelerator pedal, an evaluating unit which has means permitting a comparison of the release speed with a limit value and generating a release signal for the assistant, a switch to be actuated by the driver, wherein the release signal is generated and issued only in a defined condition of the switch, the switch being capable of sensing an action indicative of an intent to switch gears,
- wherein said switch is located in a shift lever hand ball of the vehicle and wherein said switch is configured as a contact switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.