Aircraft braking system architecture comprising: a brake comprising electromechanical actuators (1, 2); a principal control channel (6) and an alternative control channel (7) comprising electrical components that are at least partly different and adapted to provide respectively a principal braking control function and an alternative braking control function that are at least partly different; power modules (15, 16) comprising electrical components that are at least partly different and adapted to generate electrical power supply currents (I1, I2) on the basis of principal control signals or alternative control signals; a surveillance unit (8) adapted to ensure that in normal operation the principal control signals are used and that in the event of a fault the alternative control signals are used to generate the electrical power supply currents.

A method for operating a driver assistance device for a motor vehicle. A drive potential is respectively determined from all driven wheels of at least one axis of the motor vehicle. The drive potentials are compared and a braking device with a specific wheel braking force is controlled for braking the wheel having a lower drive potential.

A drive train of a vehicle and a method for controlling a drive train is provided. The drive train includes a brake control unit configured to control vehicle brakes via, for example, hydraulic lines, and a transmission control unit coupled to the brake control unit via a data bus and configured to control a vehicle transmission. The transmission control unit is configured to command the brake control unit to activate the vehicle brakes in response to a detected defect in the vehicle transmission.

An electrohydraulic power pressure generator for a vehicle braking system which includes an electric motor, a planetary gear, a screw drive, and a piston cylinder unit. To prevent the brake fluid from entering the electric motor, there is a drive shaft between the electric motor and the planetary gear which is rotatably fixedly connected to a motor shaft via a slot coupling and which is sealed by a radial shaft sealing ring.

A braking control device includes a first wheel cylinder on either the left or right front wheel side of a vehicle; a second wheel cylinder on the other side; a first pressure-regulating mechanism that pressurizes the brake fluid inside the first wheel cylinder; a second pressure-regulating mechanism that pressurizes brake fluid inside the second wheel cylinder; and a normally-closed opening/closing valve interposed in a connecting fluid path connecting the first wheel cylinder and the second wheel cylinder and in which, if a sudden operation is determined, the opening/closing valve is put in a connected state and increases the pressure of the brake fluid inside the first and second wheel cylinders by the first and second pressure-regulating mechanisms.

A highly reliable vehicle brake system that includes an electric brake and achieves redundancy at low cost is provided.

A vehicle brake system (1) is provided to a wheel (Wa) of a vehicle (VB), and includes an electric brake (16a) provided with a motor (80), a driver (60) that drives the motor (80), and a first control device (10) provided with a master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40) connected to each other. The electric brake (16a) is controllable by both the master controller (30) and the first sub-controller (40).

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring traction for a single-track motor vehicle are provided. A PID drive slip regulator regulates the drive slip of at least one driven wheel. An actual wheel slip and a target wheel slip are used as input variables of the PID drive slip regulator. The PID drive slip regulator ascertains a wheel drive torque from the sum of a P component, an I component, and a D component of the PID drive slip regulator and provides the wheel drive torque back to the at least one driven wheel. A transverse force potential, which constitutes the maximally transmissible transversal force of the at least one driven wheel onto a lane under current operating conditions, is determined using the I component of the PID drive slip regulator. The target wheel slip is determined using the transverse force potential.

A damping force control device 10 comprises vary damping shock absorbers, a detector, and a controller. Each of the shock absorbers sets damping coefficient from a minimum value to a maximum value in order to adjust damping force. The detector detects vertical vibration state quantity relating to vibration of the sprung mass. The controller performs an ordinary control for setting the damping coefficient based on the vertical vibration state quantity and according to a predetermined control law suitable for an assumption that all of the wheels touch ground. The controller performs, when at least one of the wheels is an ungrounded wheel which does not touch the ground and each of the other wheels is a grounded wheel which touches the ground, a specific control for setting the damping coefficient of the shock absorber corresponding to the grounded wheel to a first specific value greater than the minimum value.

A brake system for actuating a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes is selectively operable during a manual push-through mode. A primary power transmission unit actuates at least one of wheel brakes in a normal braking mode. A secondary power transmission unit actuates the front wheel brakes in a backup braking mode. A primary electronic control unit controls at least one of the primary power transmission unit and a pair of rear brake motors. A secondary electronic control unit controls at least one of the secondary power transmission unit and the rear brake motors. An ABS modulator arrangement is hydraulically interposed between at least one of first and second three-way valves and at least a selected wheel brake. A multiplex control valve arrangement is hydraulically interposed between the secondary power transmission unit and the front wheel brakes.

Provided is an electric brake apparatus capable of accurately generating a desired braking hydraulic pressure. An ECU moves a power piston to cause a braking hydraulic pressure to be generated in a master cylinder by controlling an electric motor 37 of an electric actuator based on an operation on a brake pedal (an input member position). A characteristic correction processing portion of the ECU corrects, based on an operation amount of the brake pedal, characteristic data indicating a relationship between a hydraulic value transmitted from an ECU via a vehicle data bus and a movement amount of the power piston controlled based on the input member position, and stores it. The ECU controls the electric actuator based on the corrected characteristic data when an automatic brake instruction is input.