An electrically controllable drive assembly including an electric motor having a rotor capable of being driven to execute a rotational movement, a motor shaft connected in rotationally fixed fashion to the rotor, and a signal transmitter of a sensor device for the electronic acquisition and evaluation of the angle of rotation of the motor shaft. The signal transmitter is indirectly anchored on the motor shaft via a holding element. The holding element is a hollow cylinder that has an open first end with which the holding element is fastened on the motor shaft and a second end, situated facing away from the motor shaft, and at least one holding element region that extends into the open cross-section of the holding element.

A brake system for selectively actuating at least one of a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes includes a reservoir and a power transmission unit configured for selectively providing pressurized hydraulic fluid for actuating at least a selected one of the wheel brakes during a braking event. The power transmission unit includes an electric motor for selectively actuating a fluid pressurization cycle. The electric motor is a dual-wound electric motor having first and second windings. A first electronic control unit is provided for selectively controlling the first windings of the electric motor of the power transmission unit. A second electronic control unit is provided for selectively controlling the second windings of the electric motor of the power transmission unit. An isolation valve and a dump valve are associated with each wheel brake.

A brake system for selectively actuating at least one of a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes of a vehicle, one of which is hydraulically actuated and the other of which is electrically actuated, includes a reservoir. First and second integrated control units are in fluid communication with the reservoir and respective ones of the hydraulically actuated wheel brakes. The first and second integrated control units have first and second power transmission units connected to first and second electronic control unit, respectively. Each electronic control unit is configured to control a corresponding power transmission unit and a selected one of the electrically actuated wheel brakes on a contralateral side of the vehicle from the selected one of the hydraulically actuated wheel brakes which is actuated by the power transmission unit.

A method is provided for operating a motor vehicle brake system that includes an actuatable brake master cylinder, a hydraulic brake booster, and at least one brake circuit that has at least one hydraulically actuatable wheel brake and at least one hydraulic-pressure generator driven by electric motor. The method includes monitoring a state of actuation of the brake master cylinder is monitored, and, upon detecting a maximum state of actuation, activating the hydraulic-pressure generator to increase the hydraulic pressure adjusted by the brake master cylinder in the brake circuit.

A control device is applied to a vehicle that has a braking device configured to be able to adjust the braking force applied to the vehicle. The control device has a stopping braking force imparting unit that controls the braking device in order to apply a stopping braking force to the vehicle, as a minimum value of the braking force required to keep the vehicle stopped. The control device also has a deviation quantity deriving unit that derives a deviation quantity between a state quantity of the vehicle obtained when the stopping braking force is applied to the vehicle by the stopping braking force imparting unit and an ideal value of the state quantity of the vehicle. The control device also has a stopping braking force updating unit that updates the stopping braking force on the basis of the deviation quantity derived by the deviation quantity deriving unit.

In the case of this brake control device, for example, a drive control unit is capable of executing, in a switching manner, drive control of a motor based on an operation amount and drive control of the motor based on a stored value in a storage unit. The drive control unit continues the drive control of the motor based on the operation amount until the operation amount reaches a state satisfying a predetermined convergence condition while the drive control of the motor based on the operation amount is being executed. The storage unit stores a parameter value, which is obtained in the state in which the operation amount satisfies the predetermined convergence condition, into the storage unit as the stored value.

A vehicle braking device includes: a brake fluid pressure generation device arranged in a storage chamber separated from a vehicle cabin; and a brake operation part mechanically connected to the brake fluid pressure generation device, the brake operation part being not provided in the vehicle cabin. The brake fluid pressure generation device includes a cylinder and pistons configured to slide inside the cylinder. The brake fluid pressure generation device is configured to generate brake fluid pressure in accordance with strokes of the pistons. The brake fluid pressure generation device is arranged such that a sliding direction of the pistons is along a direction different from the vehicle front-rear direction in a plan view.

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to distributed pump architectures used in control systems for multifunctional machines. In some cases, a control system for a multifunctional machine includes three or more control circuits. At least two of the control circuits each has a hydraulic fluid pump and each of the pumps is controlled by a different control circuit. At least two of the hydraulic fluid pump have different flow rates.

A method for determining a position of a hydraulic pump includes determining the position and/or change of position of the hydraulic pump based on a current and/or voltage measurement signal as well as a frequency of the measurement signal. The method also includes utilizing the determined position and/or changing of position of the hydrualic pump for actuating the electrical machine.

An aircraft braking system for an aircraft, the aircraft including first and second brakes, and first and second energy distribution systems for delivering energy to the first and second brakes to operate the respective first and second brakes. The aircraft braking system is switchable between: a first configuration, in which the first energy distribution system is coupled to the first brake and is isolated from the second brake, and the second energy distribution system is coupled to the second brake and is isolated from the first brake; and a second configuration, in which the first energy distribution system is coupled to both the first and second brakes.