A control arrangement and a method for controlling travelling speed of a vehicle using a vehicle speed control system. The method comprises a step of, when the vehicle speed control system is expected to apply braking power using a service brake system and at least one of the one or more auxiliary brake systems of the vehicle while the vehicle travels an upcoming road section, predicting a future temperature profile for the service brake system based on a predetermined temperature model for the service brake system. The method further comprises a step of, when the predicted temperature profile demonstrates that the service brake system will reach a temperature above an upper temperature threshold, and optionally a first predefined criterion and/or a second predefined criterion is/are fulfilled, controlling the service brake system to reduce the vehicle speed.

A control arrangement and a method for controlling travelling speed of a vehicle using a vehicle speed control system. The method comprises a step of, when the vehicle speed control system is expected to apply braking power using a service brake system and at least one of the one or more auxiliary brake systems of the vehicle while the vehicle travels an upcoming road section, predicting a future temperature profile for the service brake system based on a predetermined temperature model for the service brake system. The method further comprises a step of, when the predicted temperature profile demonstrates that the service brake system will reach a temperature above an upper temperature threshold, and optionally a first predefined criterion and/or a second predefined criterion is/are fulfilled, controlling the service brake system to reduce the vehicle speed.

It is an object of the invention to provide a brake device capable of detecting a failure in each of components, by which booster control is performed, at an early stage even during vehicle running. The brake device is configured to discharge brake fluid into a communicating fluid path that connects a fluid path of a primary system and a fluid path of a secondary system, and to control a first communicating valve for restricting a flow of brake fluid from the communicating fluid path to the fluid path of the primary system and a second communicating valve for restricting a flow of brake fluid from the communicating fluid path to the fluid path of the secondary system in respective valve-closing directions, so as to check at least a state of the pump.

Disclosed herein are a safety brake device and method for safety braking using a hydraulic brake system including hydraulic wheel brakes of an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle further having an electrical power supply and signaling system for enabling an autonomous drive mode. The method comprises pressurizing a pressure storage canister containing brake fluid, monitoring electrical power supplies and signaling of the autonomous vehicle, and releasing brake fluid into the hydraulic brake system of the autonomous vehicle to activate the wheel brakes thereof upon determining loss of at least one of electrical power and signaling of the autonomous vehicle. Disclosed herein is also an autonomous vehicle comprising a safety brake.

A motor vehicle includes a plurality of wheels and a brake system, which has brakes, which can be hydraulically actuated and are each associated with a wheel. The brakes can be actuated by at least one brake circuit which can be operated by a brake booster. The brake booster can be actuated by a brake pedal to be pressed by the driver. At least one pressure-generating and/or pressure-accumulating device, controlled by a control device to modulate the hydraulic pressure within the brake circuit. A second pressure-generating and/or pressure-accumulating device is provided in the brake circuit to automatically increase the pressure within the brake circuit in dependence on demand independently of the first pressure-generating and/or pressure-accumulating device, when a malfunction is detected in the brake system.

An automatic air suspension control system is provided for use in combination with a vehicle having a liftable non-driven rear axle, a driven rear axle, a parking brake, and an air suspension associated with the rear axles to apply a load to the rear axles. The air suspension control system is programmed to determine whether the rear axles are subject to a load condition under which the non-driven rear axle is to be moved between lifted and deployed conditions. If the rear axles are subject to a load condition under which the non-driven rear axle is to be moved, the air suspension control system also determines whether the parking brake is engaged. If the parking brake is disengaged, then the air suspension control system causes the non-driven rear axle to be moved; otherwise, if the parking brake is engaged, then the non-driven rear axle is prevented from moving.

An automatic air suspension control system is provided for use in combination with a vehicle having a liftable non-driven rear axle, a driven rear axle, a parking brake, and an air suspension associated with the rear axles to apply a load to the rear axles. The air suspension control system is programmed to determine whether the rear axles are subject to a load condition under which the non-driven rear axle is to be moved between lifted and deployed conditions. If the rear axles are subject to a load condition under which the non-driven rear axle is to be moved, the air suspension control system also determines whether the parking brake is engaged. If the parking brake is disengaged, then the air suspension control system causes the non-driven rear axle to be moved; otherwise, if the parking brake is engaged, then the non-driven rear axle is prevented from moving.

The present disclosure relates to a coil assembly including a bobbin in which an insertion hole is formed in a central portion of the bobbin, a first coil and a second coil which electromagnetically drive an armature and individually separately wound along concentric circles having different diameters on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, an insulator which is provided between the first coil and the second coil to electrically insulate the first coil from the second coil, and a coil case spaced a predetermined distance from the second coil and provided to accommodate the first coil and the second coil, a hydraulic valve including the same, and an electric brake system including the same and can secure their stability and reliability even in the failure state of the coils.

The present disclosure relates to a coil assembly including a bobbin in which an insertion hole is formed in a central portion of the bobbin, a first coil and a second coil which electromagnetically drive an armature and individually separately wound along concentric circles having different diameters on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, an insulator which is provided between the first coil and the second coil to electrically insulate the first coil from the second coil, and a coil case spaced a predetermined distance from the second coil and provided to accommodate the first coil and the second coil, a hydraulic valve including the same, and an electric brake system including the same and can secure their stability and reliability even in the failure state of the coils.

An electronic brake system and an operating method thereof are disclosed. Provided is an electronic brake system, according to the present embodiment, comprising: a first hydraulic pressure supply device for generating hydraulic pressure by means of an electric signal output in response to the displacement of a brake pedal; an oil pressure control unit including a first oil pressure circuit for controlling the hydraulic pressure of a first wheel cylinder and a second wheel cylinder, and a second oil pressure circuit for controlling the hydraulic pressure of a third wheel cylinder and a fourth wheel cylinder; and a second hydraulic pressure supply device which is connected between the first oil pressure circuit and the first and second wheel cylinders, and which generates hydraulic pressure by means of an electric signal if the first hydraulic pressure supply device and/or the oil pressure control unit malfunctions.