US 11,987,228 B2
Brake system for a vehicle, vehicle and method of controlling a brake system for a vehicle
Tamas Adler, Erd (HU); Kornel Straub, Pomáz (HU); Huba Nemeth, Budapest (HU); and Csaba Horvath, Biatorbagy (HU)
Assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/273,043
Filed by KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073457
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057964, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18195182 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323522 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B60T 8/94 (2006.01); B60T 7/02 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 13/58 (2006.01); B60T 13/68 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 8/94 (2013.01) [B60T 7/02 (2013.01); B60T 8/17 (2013.01); B60T 8/1701 (2013.01); B60T 13/581 (2013.01); B60T 13/683 (2013.01); B60T 13/686 (2013.01); B60T 2270/10 (2013.01); B60T 2270/402 (2013.01); B60T 2270/403 (2013.01); B60T 2270/413 (2013.01)] 25 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, wherein the electronic brake control unit is 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;
a further electronic brake control unit configured to issue a further first electric control signal for controlling the first axle pressure modulator and a further second electric control signal for controlling the second axle pressure modulator;
an electronic parking brake controller configured to issue a second pneumatic control signal for controlling the spring brake cylinders; and
a pressure modulator configured to convert a pneumatic signal or an electric signal issued by the electronic parking brake controller into a first pneumatic control signal for controlling the first axle pressure modulator.