US 12,103,510 B2
Electric brake system for vehicles
Gerd Schünemann, Laatzen (DE); and Janik Ricke, Uetze (DE)
Assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH, Bern (CH)
Filed by ZF CV Systems Global GmbH, Bern (CH)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,128.
Application 17/721,128 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/080634, filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 130 233.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234558 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60T 8/88 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 8/885 (2013.01) [B60T 8/1701 (2013.01); B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60T 13/74 (2013.01); B60T 2201/03 (2013.01); B60T 2270/10 (2013.01); B60T 2270/30 (2013.01); B60T 2270/402 (2013.01); B60T 2270/413 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric brake system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a brake value encoder, at least one first axle having at least two wheels, and a second axle having at least two wheels, the electric brake system comprising:
a first axle modulator associated with the first axle;
a second axle modulator associated with the second axle;
a single central control unit configured to generate and output a first brake signal for said first axle modulator and a second brake signal for said second axle modulator as a function of a brake signal from the brake value encoder or as a function of a further brake request;
said first axle modulator and said second axle modulator each being configured to decelerate the at least two wheels of the at least one first axle and the at least two wheels of the second axle as a function of said first brake signal and said second brake signal from said single central control unit; and,
wherein said first axle modulator and said second axle modulator are configured to receive said brake signal from said brake value encoder as an input signal in addition to said first brake signal or said second brake signal from said central control unit and are each configured to use said brake signal from said brake value encoder as a further input signal for generating corresponding brake modulator signals in an event of a fault in or at the central control unit.