Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090146496 | Temporary Voltage Supply - A temporary voltage supply for a consumer includes a switching device with an auxiliary power supply; a control device supplied by the auxiliary power supply if an operating power supply fails; and a switching device which is activated by the control device and actuates the consumer via auxiliary power from the auxiliary power supply. The auxiliary power supply is configured in such a manner that, upon request, by actuation of a switch, the control device is provided with a sufficient amount of power for a final operating sequence after the operating power supply fails. | 06-11-2009 |
20100049404 | Driver's Cab of a Commercial Vehicle Having Cab Components Which are Integrated into the Loadbearing Structure - A driver's cab of a commercial vehicle includes a steering column which has a steering spindle mounted rotatably in a steering column tube, and at least one pedal carrier, on which at least one driving pedal is mounted. At least the steering column tube of the steering column and the pedal carrier form parts of the load-bearing structure of the driver's cab. | 02-25-2010 |
20100147271 | Compressed Air System - A compressed-air system for supplying a compress-air injection module of a turbocharged internal combustion engine and the pneumatic systems of the vehicle comprises a compressor is provided. The compressor is connected via a line to a pressure accumulator for the supply of a compressed-air injection module and to a device for compressed-air preparation having an air dryer and a pressure regulator for supplying pressure circuits for compressed-air-actuated consumers. The line for supplying the compressed-air injection module branches off upstream of the device for compressed-air preparation. | 06-17-2010 |
20110030342 | Exhaust Gas Control System and Exhaust Gas Control Method - An exhaust gas control system and an exhaust gas control method are provided. The exhaust gas control system includes an exhaust gas throttle valve in an exhaust gas duct and an actuation device of the exhaust gas throttle valve having an actuating rod. An exhaust gas pressure control device controls the exhaust gas pressure occurring upstream of the exhaust gas throttle valve in the exhaust gas duct. The actuating rod also includes a control actuator that interacts with a pressure compensation volume. The pressure compensation volume is pneumatically connected to a throttle opening upstream of the exhaust gas throttle valve. | 02-10-2011 |
20110045949 | Method and Device for Controlling an Output Torque of an Automated Transmission Coupled to an Internal Combustion Engine - A method is provided for controlling an output torque of an automated transmission coupled to an internal combustion engine and having a transmission controller. The internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas turbocharger and an injection air device for injecting air into an intake line. The method receives a torque requirement by the transmission controller, generates an injection air signal by the transmission controller based on the torque requirement and current operating parameters of the internal combustion engine and the automated transmission, and controls the output torque by activating the injection air device based on the injection air signal for injecting air into the intake line of the internal combustion engine for a duration to be determined. A corresponding device is provided for carrying out the method. | 02-24-2011 |
20110083927 | Self-Energizing Disk Brake With Wedge Elements - A part-lining disk brake is described, having an electromechanical actuator, a self-energizing application device with a wedge arrangement designed to press a brake lining against a disk brake, and at least two wedge elements of the wedge arrangement moveable relative to one another, arranged on one of a brake caliper frame and an auxiliary frame. The wedge elements are used to apply the brake lining, and act on the brake lining via a trapezoidal pressure plate. | 04-14-2011 |
20110139095 | Device for Generating Compressed Air for a Vehicle and Method for Operating a Device for Generating Compressed Air - A prime mover is provided for a vehicle having a plurality of cylinder chambers, a manifold, and engine brake valves by which the cylinder chambers can be connected to the manifold. A valve or nozzle is disposed on the manifold, by which the manifold can be connected to a feed line of a compressed air treatment system. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144855 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR MONITORING SYSTEMS OF A VEHICLE - A monitoring device for monitoring systems of a vehicle, at least some systems of which having self-monitoring routines for self-monitoring and/or some systems of which having external monitoring routines for performing external monitoring of other systems which are not provided for the functions of their own systems or for self-monitoring. | 06-16-2011 |
20110247907 | Automotive Brake Cylinder Comprising a Sealing System Which Tolerates Tilts of a Rigid Brake Piston - A brake cylinder includes a pressure medium actuated brake piston delimiting a brake chamber and connected to a brake piston rod. The brake piston, together with the piston rod, swivels into positions tilted from a center axis of the brake cylinder during an actuation stroke. The brake piston is rigid and has a guide surface in the shape of a spherical surface of an imaginary sphere on its radially outer peripheral surface. The guide surface is guided along a radially inner cylinder wall of the brake cylinder with the center of the sphere lying on the center axis of the brake cylinder. The brake piston further has at least one elastic sealing element radially displaceable in a radially outer annular groove of the brake piston and delimiting an annular space together with a groove base of the annular groove on its side facing away from the radially inner cylinder wall. The annular space is fluidically coupled to the brake chamber such that contact pressure of the outer diameter of the sealing element against the radially inner cylinder wall of the brake cylinder depends on the pressure in the brake chamber. | 10-13-2011 |
20110266100 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SAID BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system for a vehicle, in particular for a utility vehicle, having at least one wheel brake device on each of at least one front axle and at least one rear axle, the device including a service brake actuator and a spring-type brake actuator, it being possible to actuate the wheel brake device by a service brake actuation device and a parking brake actuation device. Also described is a vehicle having such a brake system. | 11-03-2011 |
20110303501 | Parking Brake System - A parking brake system for a vehicle includes an at least partially bistable valve unit to generate a control pressure for controlling at least one function of the parking brake system, and a relay valve which receives the control pressure from the valve unit and either pressurizes or bleeds at least one spring-loaded cylinder according to the control pressure. The valve unit is integrated into a first module integrated into a compressed air supply unit, and the relay valve is arranged in a second module which is arranged at a distance from the first module and the compressed air production system. | 12-15-2011 |
20120080935 | ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC PRESSURE REGULATION MODULE COMPRISING PRESSURE REGULATION CHANNELS HAVING SEPARATE PNEUMATIC CIRCUITS - An electropneumatic pressure regulating module, formed as a structural unit, is described for an electropneumatic brake system of a vehicle, including: at least two separately regulable pressure regulating channels, wherein a regulated working pressure, acting at at least one working pressure port, for at least one brake application device of the brake system is generated for each pressure regulating channel on the basis of working air originating from at least one compressed air store and as a function of braking demand signals of a brake transducer, in which to form pressure regulating channels having separate pneumatic circuits, each pressure regulating channel is assigned at least one dedicated storage pressure port which can be connected to a dedicated compressed air store, and in which the pneumatic flow paths of each pressure regulating channel are formed so as to be pneumatically separate, at least proceeding from the respective storage pressure port as far as the respective working pressure port, from the pneumatic flow paths of a respective other pressure regulating channel. | 04-05-2012 |
20120107147 | Damping Compressor and Method for Generating Compressed Air by Damping a Relative Motion Between an Axle and a Chassis of a Vehicle - A damping compressor generates compressed air by damping a relative motion between an axle and a chassis of a vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
20120173085 | Apparatus for activating at least one driver's cab actuator element and/or at least one seat actuator element and/or at least one steering column actuator element of a commercial vehicle - An apparatus is described for activating at least one driver's cab actuator element and/or at least one seat actuator element and/or at least one steering column actuator element of a commercial vehicle. | 07-05-2012 |
20120277966 | VEHICLE HAVING A BRAKE DEVICE WHICH TRANSFERS A BRAKING TORQUE FROM REAR WHEELS TO THE FRONT WHEELS, WITH BRAKE SLIP CONTROL - A control unit for brake-slip-controlled operation of the brake device in a state in which braking torque is transferred from the rear to the front wheels by the coupling arrangement, at least one rotational speed sensor in a drive train of the vehicle for inputting into the control unit rotational speed signals representing the rotational behavior of the coupled front wheels and rear wheels, at least one acceleration sensor for inputting into the control unit acceleration signals representing the vehicle longitudinal acceleration, and/or a vehicle GPS device for inputting into the control unit position signals representing positions of the vehicle, the control unit determining at least one first variable, which is characteristic of a vehicle reference speed and/or a vehicle reference acceleration, based on the acceleration and/or position signals, and so as to determine a second variable, which is characteristic of the rotational behavior of the coupled front and rear wheels, based on the rotational speed signals, and to calculate the brake slip of the coupled front and rear wheels based on the first and second variables. | 11-01-2012 |
20130184957 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE WITH AN ELECTRONICALLY RGULATED REAR-AXLE BRAKE CIRCUIT AND AN PNEUMATICALLY CONTROLLED FRONT-AXLE BRAKE CIRCUIT - A method for controlling a brake system, which has pressure medium-activated wheel brakes and is at least partially electronic, and which is in a vehicle that includes at least two axles, including generating brake pressures for the wheel brakes on an axle in a pressure-controlled manner, and electronically regulating the brake pressures for the pressure medium-actuated wheel brakes on at least one further axle in terms of a brake pressure regulation for adjusting an actual brake pressure to a desired brake pressure. A related braking system device is also described. | 07-18-2013 |
20140103237 | PARKING BRAKE DEVICE - A parking brake device having a bistable parking brake valve, a relay valve, a spring brake and electrically actuable valves, the electrically actuable valves being selectively connectable to the parking brake valve to supply pressure or atmospheric pressure, an outlet of the parking brake valve controls the relay valve, and the relay valve controls the spring brake, in which the parking brake valve has a movable piston, which is loaded by a spring and has two coaxial piston faces which delimit a first space and a second space, in which supply pressure, atmospheric pressure or a pressure which lies between them and which can be fed to the outlet of the parking brake valve can be supplied to the first space in accordance with the position of the piston, and in which the second space can be selectively connected to supply pressure or atmospheric pressure by an electrically actuable valve. | 04-17-2014 |