US 11,872,977 B2
Brake system for a vehicle, vehicle and method of controlling a brake system for a vehicle
Tamas Adler, Erd (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. 17/273,259
Filed by Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073318
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057950, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18195180 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347346 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60T 8/94 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 13/36 (2006.01); B60T 13/38 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 13/68 (2006.01); B60T 15/02 (2006.01); B60T 17/18 (2006.01); B62D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 8/94 (2013.01) [B60T 8/1701 (2013.01); B60T 13/36 (2013.01); B60T 13/385 (2013.01); B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60T 13/683 (2013.01); B60T 15/027 (2013.01); B60T 17/18 (2013.01); B60T 2270/402 (2013.01); B60T 2270/403 (2013.01); B60T 2270/404 (2013.01); B60T 2270/414 (2013.01); B60T 2270/82 (2013.01); B62D 5/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A brake system for a vehicle, comprising:
a first axle pressure modulator for service brake chambers associated with a first axle of the vehicle;
a second axle pressure modulator for spring brake cylinders associated with a second axle of the vehicle;
an electronic brake control unit configured to issue a first electric control signal for controlling the first axle pressure modulator and a second electric control signal for controlling the second axle pressure modulator;
an intelligent foot brake module configured to issue a first pneumatic control signal for controlling the first axle pressure modulator and a second pneumatic control signal for controlling the second axle pressure modulator;
an electronic parking brake controller configured to issue a second pneumatic parking brake signal for controlling the spring brake cylinders; and
a pressure control valve configured to convert the second pneumatic parking brake signal into a first pneumatic parking brake signal for controlling the first axle pressure modulator.