US 11,787,376 B2
Brake system for a vehicle
Tamas Adler, Erd (HU); Tamas Rapp, Budapest (HU); Huba Nemeth, Budapest (HU); Kornel Straub, Pomáz (HU); and Csaba Horvath, Biatorbagy (HU)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/272,682
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073133
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057935, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18195165 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339725 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B60T 13/58 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 13/68 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 13/58 (2013.01) [B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60T 13/683 (2013.01); B60T 2270/402 (2013.01); B60T 2270/404 (2013.01); B60T 2270/413 (2013.01); B60T 2270/82 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake system for a vehicle, comprising:
a first electric power supply unit;
an electronic brake control unit connected to the first electric power supply unit;
a first axle pressure modulator for service brake chambers associated with a first axle of the vehicle, wherein the first axle pressure modulator is connected to the electronic brake control unit;
a second axle pressure modulator for spring brake cylinders associated with a second axle of the vehicle, wherein the second axle pressure modulator is connected to the electronic brake control unit;
a second electric power supply unit;
an electronic parking brake controller, wherein the electronic parking brake controller is connected to the second electric power supply unit, and wherein the electronic parking brake controller is fluidically connected to the spring brake cylinders; and
a pressure modulator unit fluidically connected to the first axle pressure modulator, wherein the pressure modulator unit is connected to the electronic parking brake controller, wherein the electronic parking brake controller is configured to issue a control signal for controlling the pressure modulator unit, and wherein the pressure modulator unit is configured to command pneumatic control pressure for the first axle pressure modulator depending on the control signal from the electronic parking brake controller.