A method is disclosed for controlling brake forces of a working machine, the working machine including a frame and two front wheels and two rear wheels mounted to the frame, the working machine further including a front wheel brake arranged to brake at least one of the front wheels, and a rear wheel brake arranged to brake at least one of the rear wheels, the front wheel brake being controllable independently of the rear wheel brake, and vice versa, the working machine further including an implement connected to the frame so as to be movable in relation to the frame. The method includes determining a position of the implement in relation to the frame, and distributing the brake forces between the front and rear wheel brakes at least partly based on the determined implement position.

A control system of a BBW device may include brake-by-wire (BBW) devices provided to each of wheels of a vehicle to perform a braking control or a suspension control of the vehicle, sensors configured for detecting an operating state of each of the BBW devices, and controllers connected to each of the BBW devices to control a corresponding BBW device among the BBW devices, in which the controllers are configured to determine whether the sensors fail according to data received from the sensors, and when determining that any a sensor among the sensors fails, the controllers turn off any a BBW device of the BBW devices which is a target detected by the failed sensor, and perform the braking control or the suspension control of the BBW devices based on a traveling state of the vehicle.

An operational method for controlling a first brake pressure generator. The operational method includes reading the detected wheel speeds into the brake pressure generator control unit, simulating a control strategy of the secondary control unit for controlling the hydraulic unit based on the wheel speeds so that a brake pressure required at the respective wheel is ascertained, predicting the pressure resulting from the control strategy of the secondary control unit and the brake pressure at the first brake pressure generator, and controlling the first brake pressure generator in accordance with the predicted resulting pressure if the predicted resulting pressure exceeds a limit value, so that the pressure resulting at the brake pressure generator is lower than the predicted pressure due to an activation of the first brake pressure generator.

An apparatus for braking a vehicle includes wheel brakes configured to generate a braking force on each of wheels, a first actuator for supplying a braking force to the wheel brakes by using a first motor and a first master cylinder, a second actuator for supplying a braking force to the wheel brakes by using a second motor and a second master cylinder, a first electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the first actuator and determining normal or faulty operation of the first and second actuators, and a second electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the second actuator and determining the normal or faulty operation of the first and second actuators. When the first ECU and the second ECU are determined to be normal, the first ECU controls to brake some of the wheel brakes, and the second ECU controls to brake a remainder of the wheel brakes.

An eco-friendly vehicle and a hill descent control method therefor are provided to enable stable driving on a downhill road. The method includes detecting a downhill road inclination based on a request for hill descent control and determining an average inclination and an inclination variation width based on the recognized downhill road inclination. First braking force of a main braking source from a motor and a hydraulic pressure brake system based on the average inclination and the inclination variation width, and second braking force of an auxiliary braking source from the motor and the hydraulic pressure brake system for each driving wheel based on a target speed set with respect to the hill descent control and a speed of each driving wheel are determined. The first and second braking force are output by a corresponding braking source from the motor and the hydraulic pressure brake system.

A method for decelerating a vehicle combination including a towing vehicle having a towing vehicle brake system and at least one trailer vehicle having a trailer brake system with an anti-lock brake system includes applying, by the towing vehicle brake system, a brake pressure to pneumatically operable wheel brakes of the towing vehicle according to a desired deceleration specified by a driver, and providing, by the towing vehicle brake system, a trailer brake pressure for the trailer brake system of the at least one trailer vehicle. An electronic brake control unit of the towing vehicle brake system: detects a current actual vehicle deceleration value continuously compares the current actual vehicle deceleration actual value with a maximum deceleration, and, when the current actual vehicle deceleration value reaches or exceeds the maximum deceleration, limits the brake pressure and provides an information signal.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for braking a vehicle, including a plurality of electro-mechanical braking (EMB) systems respectively installed for a plurality of vehicle wheels and configured to generate a braking force to the plurality of wheels, respectively, a driving information detecting unit for measuring driving information of the vehicle, an electronic power steering (EPS) system generating a steering torque in a direction opposite to a braking torque generated in the vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling the electro-mechanical braking systems and the electronic power steering system, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control, upon determining that one or some of the plurality of electro-mechanical braking systems are malfunctioning, the vehicle by using the electronic power steering system, and the electronic power steering system is configured to generate the steering torque according to the driving information including wheel speeds.

Disclosed is a brake apparatus capable of minimizing the stress of valves. The brake apparatus comprises: a first wheel cylinder provided in a first wheel; a second wheel cylinder provided in a second wheel; a first outlet valve for controlling discharge of brake oil from the first wheel cylinder; a second outlet valve for controlling discharge of the brake oil from the second wheel cylinder; and a controller which opens and then closes one of the first and second outlet valves in response to a first braking command generated when a brake pedal deviates from a standard position, and opens and then closes the other outlet valve of the first and second outlet valves in response to a first brake suspending command generated when the brake pedal is restored to the standard position.

An electronically controllable braking system for a commercial vehicle is provided, including a service brake system having a front axle brake circuit with a front axle modulator, a rear axle brake circuit, and a central control module. The central control module is configured to implement a braking specification via the front axle brake circuit and the rear axle brake circuit. A parking brake module that is configured, in the event of a defect in the central control module, to process the braking requirement and to output a rear axle redundancy brake pressure to spring-brake parts for the redundant implementation of the braking specification. It is further provided that the front axle modulator is configured to process the braking specification and to output a front axle redundancy brake pressure to the front axle brakes for the further redundant implementation of the braking specification.

An electropneumatic brake system for a utility vehicle includes a front first brake cylinder and a front second brake cylinder on a front axle, the front first brake cylinder and the front second brake cylinder being configured to brake respective first and second front vehicle wheels. The system also includes a rear first brake cylinder and a rear second brake cylinder on a rear axle, the rear first brake cylinder and the rear second brake cylinder being configured to brake respective first and second rear vehicle wheels. The system additionally includes a central brake control device configured to output brake control signals for pneumatic pressurization of the front first and second brake cylinders and the rear first and second brake cylinders, and further includes two front wheel revolution rate sensors and two rear wheel revolution rate sensors configured to sense respective wheel revolution rates.