An auxiliary module for an electrohydraulic brake assembly, in particular for use in highly automated driving, including a hydraulics unit with a pressure provision device for building up pressure in at least two brakes, wherein at least one reservoir for brake fluid is integrated into the hydraulics unit, and a brake assembly system having an auxiliary module.

A simulator valve and an electronic brake system using the same are disclosed. The electronic brake system includes a master cylinder provided with at least one cylinder chamber having a volume changeable according to operation of a pedal, a pedal simulator connected to the cylinder chamber, configured to provide reaction force corresponding to a pedal effort of the pedal, a hydraulic-pressure supply device configured to provide hydraulic pressure to at least one wheel cylinder, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to operate the hydraulic-pressure supply device, and a simulator valve provided in a flow passage through which the master cylinder is connected to the pedal simulator, and provided with a unidirectional flow passage that allows fluid to flow from the pedal simulator to the cylinder chamber and a bidirectional flow passage that is electronically opened or closed.

In a hydraulic brake system, which includes: a hydraulic pump which is driven by an electric motor and has the purpose of generating a fluid volume flow for the hydraulic brake system; and a solenoid valve for controlling the fluid volume flow from the hydraulic pump to a wheel brake, a method includes actuating the solenoid valve in such a way that by this means a fluid pulsation at the wheel brake is counteracted. Furthermore, the method may be implemented in a corresponding device.

An assembly of a dash panel and a brake master cylinder unit of a vehicle disclosed herein may include: a panel-side support plate arranged between the brake master cylinder unit and the dash panel, the panel-side support plate being parallelly fixed to the dash panel; a unit-side support plate arranged between the dash panel and the panel-side support plate, the unit-side support plate being fixed to the brake master cylinder unit; a first anti-vibration plate interposed between the dash panel and the unit-side support plate; a second anti-vibration plate interposed between the unit-side support plate and the panel-side support plate; and a third anti-vibration plate interposed between the panel-side support plate and the brake master cylinder unit. A rigidity of the second anti-vibration plate in a plate thickness direction may be greater than any of rigidities of the first and the third anti-vibration plates in plate thickness directions.

A braking system for a motor vehicle comprises a first and second electrically controllable pressure source for providing a brake pressure for actuating the wheel brakes. An electrically controllable pressure modulation device sets brake pressures that are individual to each of the wheel brakes, said device having electrically actuatable inlet valves and outlet valves for each wheel brake. The second pressure source comprises a motor-pump unit and at least one low-pressure accumulator. The low-pressure accumulator is connected to an output connection of at least one outlet valve. A first and a second energy supply unit for the braking system are independent from one another. The first energy supply unit supplies the first pressure source with energy. The second energy supply unit supplies the second pressure source with energy. The pressure modulation device is supplied with energy by the first energy supply unit and by the second energy supply unit.

A braking system including four hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes. A normally closed outlet valve is assigned to each wheel brake and a normally open inlet valve is assigned to each wheel brake. Two pressure supply devices are provided for active pressure build-up in the wheel brakes. A first and a second brake circuit are hydraulically configured with two wheel brakes respectively, wherein in each brake circuit a respective pressure supply device is hydraulically connected to two wheel brakes. A first and a second control and regulating unit are provided, wherein the first control and regulating unit electrically controls the pressure supply device of the first brake circuit, and wherein the second control and regulating unit hydraulically controls the pressure supply device of the second brake circuit, and the two control and regulating units are connected together via a data interface.

An electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure control circuit configured to acquire a detected value from a hydraulic pressure detection portion configured to detect a hydraulic pressure in a master cylinder and control driving of an electric actuator in such a manner that a target hydraulic pressure corresponding to a braking instruction is generated in the master cylinder, a fluid amount control circuit configured to drive a fluid amount supply device disposed between the master cylinder and a wheel cylinder to control a fluid amount to supply to the wheel cylinder, and a storage circuit configured to store a fluid amount characteristic, which is a characteristic of the fluid amount with respect to the detected value. The fluid amount control circuit controls the fluid amount supply device based on the fluid amount characteristic stored in the storage circuit.

A brake system for a vehicle is provided to independently adjust a braking pressure of each wheel. The system includes a hydraulic pressure brake driven by two actuators and a sub-cylinder and valve configurations that are disposed in the peripheral flow path thereof to eliminate the pressure unbalance generated in the hydraulic pressure brake.

An assembly of a dash panel and a brake master cylinder unit of a vehicle disclosed herein may include: a panel-side support plate arranged between the brake master cylinder unit and the dash panel, the panel-side support plate being parallelly fixed to the dash panel; a unit-side support plate arranged between the dash panel and the panel-side support plate, the unit-side support plate being fixed to the brake master cylinder unit; a first anti-vibration plate interposed between the dash panel and the unit-side support plate; a second anti-vibration plate interposed between the unit-side support plate and the panel-side support plate; and a third anti-vibration plate interposed between the panel-side support plate and the brake master cylinder unit. A rigidity of the second anti-vibration plate in a plate thickness direction may be greater than any of rigidities of the first and the third anti-vibration plates in plate thickness directions.

A hydraulic motor vehicle braking system includes a first sensor device, a first functional unit, a second functional unit and a switching device. The first functional unit comprises at least one first electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be generated on respective wheel brakes, and a first control system which is designed to control the at least one first electrical brake pressure generator on the basis of a sensor signal of the sensor device. The second functional unit comprises at least one second electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be respectively generated on a subset of the wheel brakes, and a second control system which is designed to control the at least one second electrical brake pressure generator on the basis of the sensor signal in the event of a failure of the first functional unit.