A brake booster is provided. The brake booster includes a poppet valve body configured to open a path for atmospheric pressure to be introduced into a variable pressure chamber by an operation rod linked with a brake pedal, and a return spring structure disposed on an outer side of the poppet valve body and configured to adjust an elastic force provided to the poppet valve body when an input of the brake pedal is released.

The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides an electromechanical braking apparatus including a rod configured to translate in response to a depression of a brake pedal, a master cylinder configured to receive brake oil and to be responsive to insertion of the rod for discharging the brake oil, a motor, and a gear mechanism having at least some part connected to the master cylinder and at least some other part connected to the motor, wherein the gear mechanism including an upper housing configured to receive at least some portion of a plurality of gears, and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and configured to receive at least some other portion of the plurality of gears.

A method for ascertaining information relating to a mechanically effective power of an active brake booster of a braking system of a vehicle, including: ascertaining a first piece of information relating to an assisting force that is effectuated with the aid of the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a second piece of information relating to a pressure force in a master brake cylinder of the braking system, situated downstream from the active brake booster, the pressure force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a third piece of information relating to a spring force of at least one spring of the active brake booster and/or of the braking system, the spring force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, and establishing the information relating to the mechanically effective power of the active brake booster, taking into consideration the first, second, and third pieces of information.

A hydraulic actuator for supplying a hydraulic brake pressure to service brakes of a vehicle includes an actuator cylinder including a piston. A hydraulic working pressure of a brake fluid can be set in accordance with a position of the piston. The brake fluid is supplied from a hydraulic reservoir assigned to the hydraulic cylinder, and the hydraulic working pressure prevails in a working space of the actuator cylinder and can be output via an actuator output port on the actuator cylinder in order to supply a hydraulic brake pressure in accordance with the hydraulic working pressure. The hydraulic actuator further includes an electrically controllable motor. A rotary motion brought about by the electrically controllable motor can be converted by a conversion mechanism into a translational motion of the piston parallel to a longitudinal direction thus enabling a hydraulic brake pressure to be supplied by electric control of the motor.

A braking apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a braking apparatus for a vehicle, including a master cylinder configured to supply hydraulic pressure to a wheel brake by a depression of a brake pedal, a first flow path and a second flow path configured to supply the hydraulic pressure by interconnecting the master cylinder and the wheel brake, a pump unit configured to discharge the hydraulic pressure to the first flow path and the second flow path by a drive of a motor, and a pulsation dampener having one end including a damper cap and an opposite end including a support ring and configured to interconnect the first flow path and the second flow path and to mitigate a difference in hydraulic pressure between the first flow path and the second flow path.

The invention relates to a towing vehicle (100) for maneuvering aeroplanes without using tow bars, comprising a braking device (130) having a first fluidically actuable braking circuit (148) which acts on the front wheels (106) and a second fluidically actuable braking circuit (150) which acts on the rear wheels (110). According to the invention, the braking device (130) further comprises a third fluidically actuable braking circuit (152), which likewise acts on the front wheels (106).

A brake device having a hydraulic booster stage for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, which brake device, within normal boosting operation, can be operated both in an autonomous, driver-independent actuation mode with electronic control and in a manual actuation mode controlled by the driver, and outside normal boosting operation, can be operated in an emergency mode with a non-boosted actuation force generated by the driver alone, in the case of which brake device it is proposed that, within normal boosting operation, each actuation mode is assigned a dedicated piston in a booster housing of the booster stage, which piston is acted on directly with the boosting force and transmits this mechanically to components connected functionally downstream.

A braking device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, including an actuatable brake pedal, a piston of a master brake cylinder mechanically coupled to the brake pedal, the piston being supported in the master brake cylinder so as to be axially displaceable in an actuation direction and in a release direction, and including at least one radial seal that acts between the piston and the master brake cylinder. At least one elastically deformable and/or displaceable damping element opposes the displacement of the piston in the release direction.

Systems and methods for providing open loop motor control for an electromechanical brake when closed loop motor control fails. The method includes determining, with an electronic controller, whether a rotor position sensor or a current sensor is not operating correctly, generating, with the electronic controller, a generated control signal for controlling a permanent magnet synchronous machine, and activating, with the electronic controller, the permanent magnet synchronous machine using the generated control signal to generate a stator magnetic field to operate the rotor of the permanent magnet synchronous machine of the electromechanical brake.

The disclosure relates to a control device and a corresponding method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a brake system of a vehicle, comprising an electronics unit that defines a target variable with respect to a target rotational speed of a motor of the electromechanical brake booster, taking into account a brake input signal with respect to a braking request, and that sends at least one control signal to the motor. The electronics unit defines a maximum target variable with respect to a maximum target rotational speed of the motor, taking into account a current intensity of a motor current of the motor and a current angle of rotation of a rotor of the motor, and defines the target variable with respect to the target rotational speed of the motor of the electromechanical brake booster to be at the most equal to the defined maximum target variable.