Method and device for monitoring the movements of an actuator
AssigneeContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG
InventorJürgen Böhm
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Abstract
A method of monitoring the motion of an actuator of a vehicle brake including establishing an actuator reference coordinate which is associated with a predetermined actuator reference position, defining an actuator actual coordinate in accordance with the actuator reference coordinate and in accordance with the motion of the actuator, establishing a first permitted actuator motion range from a permitted release end coordinate of the actuator for release of the brake and a first permitted brake application end coordinate of the actuator for application of the brake in accordance with the actuator reference coordinate and outputting a signal when the actuator actual coordinate lies outside the first permitted actuator motion range.
Claims19
Method of monitoring the motion of an actuator of a vehicle brake, including the steps of:
- establishing an actuator reference coordinate related to a predetermined actuator reference position,
- determining an actuator actual coordinate in accordance with the actuator reference coordinate and in accordance with the motion of the actuator,
- establishing a first permitted actuator motion range from a permitted release end coordinate of the actuator for releasing the brake and a first permitted brake application end coordinate of the actuator for application of the brake in accordance with the actuator reference coordinate, and
- outputting a signal when the actuator actual coordinate lies outside the first permitted actuator motion range,
- establishing a second permitted actuator motion range from the permitted release end position and a second permitted brake application end position, wherein the first actuator motion range lies within the second actuator motion range or is equal to it.
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