This application is a Section 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2020/053655, filed Feb. 12, 2020, which was published in the German language on Aug. 20, 2020 under International Publication No. WO 2020/165285 A1, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(b) to German Patent Application No. 20 2019 101 586.1, filed Feb. 12, 2019, German Patent Application No. 20 2019 101 596.9, filed Feb. 12, 2019, and German Patent Application No. 10 2019 107 334.0, filed Mar. 21, 2019, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a brake system having two brake circuits, each having a brake circuit line, and which is suitable for two vehicle axles, wherein at least one hydraulically acting wheel brake is provided in each brake circuit, and each hydraulically acting wheel brake is connectable by means of a respectively assigned switching valve to its brake circuit or to the brake circuit line thereof, wherein the pressure build-up and the pressure reduction in the respective wheel brake is performed via the respectively assigned switching valve. The brake system furthermore has a pressure supply device, wherein a pressure build-up is performed or can be performed in both brake circuits by means of the pressure supply device, and that at least one circuit isolation valve, which is in particular open when electrically deenergized, is provided and serves for selectively shutting off and opening up a hydraulic connecting line that connects the two brake circuits.
In recent years, there has been a trend in brake systems toward the integrated version, the so-called 1-box, with integration of electrohydraulic brakes (E-Boost) with master brake cylinder, “drive-by-wire” and ABS/ESP function. The systems differ substantially in the structural design of the pressure provision device and in the valve circuit. Here, simplified circuits using so-called multiplex technology (MUX) without an outlet valve and with pressure modulation by means of the pressure provision device are also known. There are also alternatives to the tandem master brake cylinder, for example with a separating chamber between the pressure supply piston and the floating piston, and more recently also single master brake cylinders without a floating piston. A diagnostic valve is always provided for the diagnosis of the tandem master brake cylinder. The brake systems furthermore have significant differences in terms of fail safety.
A wide variety of concepts and components are already known inter alia from the following patent documents. For example, EP3333031 discloses a brake system with a tandem master brake cylinder (THZ), DE102014111594 and DE102018111126 disclose a tandem master brake cylinder with pressure supply (THZ+DV), DE102017201243 discloses a pressure supply device (DV), DE102017219598 discloses a single master brake cylinder (SHZ) and DE10309145 discloses a diagnostic valve.
Use is increasingly being made of hydraulic systems with two or more circuits, wherein the safety requirements for these hydraulic systems are increasing. In particular for, the following fault situations and functions must be taken into consideration or provided:
For the fail safety of the hydraulic system, it is necessary to always use diagnostic functions or programs to trace faults in the hydraulic system and to implement corresponding measures. In particular, it is highly important to pay attention to single and double faults.
Possible single and double faults in a hydraulic system will be discussed below on the basis of a two-circuit brake system.
The extent to which a vehicle can take over the tasks of the driver when required, and how man and machine interact on the road today and will do so in the future, are covered in the various development steps. The five levels of automation of the vehicle are often referred to, which are listed below:
Whether single and/or double faults in a brake system can be tolerated therefore depends on the degree of automation or the abovementioned level of the vehicle.
I. Single Fault
In the case of a brake system for a level 2 vehicle, single faults are permitted if the minimum braking action of approximately <0.3 g is still achieved. Such a low level of braking deceleration can however already be classed as posing an extremely high risk of accidents.
In the case of a brake system for a level 3 vehicle, a braking deceleration of at least 0.5 g should be achieved, wherein the ABS function must also be ensured.
II. Double Fault with Total Brake Failure
In many systems, double faults are accepted if the probability of failure based on ppm and FIT data is low.
A risk is posed in particular by dormant faults if no corresponding diagnosis is performed.
In the case of high safety requirements, critical single faults, which for example cause the braking action to be reduced to less than 0.5 g, should be preventable through redundancies and identifiable by means of diagnostic functions. and
A typical case of a dormant fault is outlined below:
The brake system has, for example, only one pressure supply device which provides a supply to two brake circuits with four wheel brakes via infeed valves. As soon as one of the four wheel brakes fails, this fault cannot be localized. As a result, the entire pressure supply fails. By means of an auxiliary pressure supply, such as the master brake cylinder which is actuatable by means of the brake pedal, only one brake circuit can still be supplied with a reduced pressure level. Owing to the critically low pressure level, it is also the case that only a very weak and therefore dangerous braking action is achieved. It is normally the case that important components cannot be diagnosed either. For example, a solenoid valve, which is always open in the normal situation, cannot be diagnosed with regard to its leak-tightness, because the leak and thus the fault only occur upon a change to another operating state.
A double fault with a dormant fault occurs, for example, in the event of failure of the one brake circuit which is connected to the other brake circuit via only one circuit isolation valve. The circuit isolation valve, which is open in the normal situation, must be closed in the event of failure of the brake circuit. However, owing to a (dormant) fault, said circuit isolation valve does not close completely, such that the other brake circuit consequently also fails, which leads to a total failure of the brake system.
The main costs in a brake system arise from the (tandem) master brake cylinder, the pressure supply device and from the number and type of valves required, the pressure transducer and the open-loop and closed-loop control device.
The object on which the invention is based consists in reducing costs and structural volume and in providing a brake system with improved safety and/or probability of fault-induced failure.
Said object and further advantages may be achieved by means of a brake system according to one or more of the accompanying claims.
The brake system according to the invention is advantageously characterized in that it operates with a small number of valves, in particular switching valves, whereby the structure is simplified, the structural space required is small and is furthermore inexpensive. This is possible in particular owing to the special construction of the safety gate, by means of which the two brake circuits can selectively be isolated from or connected to one another. At the same time, the brake system according to the invention has a very high level of fail safety and a low probability of failure. Furthermore, the brake system according to the invention offers numerous diagnostic options for the ascertainment of faults, in particular dormant faults. Even if faults occur, the brake system generally still provides a sufficient brake pressure or a sufficiently high level of braking deceleration.
Owing to the special valve circuit, the master brake cylinder can still be utilized for providing pressure in the event of failure of the pressure supply device, wherein, in a hazardous situation or in the event of locking of the wheels, a reduction of pressure can advantageously be performed in open-loop-controlled or closed-loop-controlled fashion via an outlet valve. Here, the pressure reduction, in particular the progression thereof over time, can be precisely controlled in open-loop or closed-loop fashion by means of a valve controlled with a pulse-width-modulated signal. During the pressure reduction, the master brake cylinder must then be separated from the brake circuit by means of a valve. After the pressure reduction phase, the master brake cylinder can then be reconnected to the brake circuit in order that a pressure build-up can be performed again.
As already stated, the brake system according to the invention has diagnostic capability, such that it can for example identify the complete or partial failure of a component. Furthermore, monitoring of the brake fluid level can advantageously be performed, wherein this may be performed by means of a level sensor in the reservoir, whereby even small leaks in the hydraulic brake system, in particular from the brake system to the outside, can be identified and reacted to accordingly.
Furthermore, the single master brake cylinder may be designed to be fail-safe. Owing to the special valve circuit, it is advantageously possible, in the event of a failure of one wheel brake cylinder, for the functionality of the other three wheel brake cylinders to be ensured by closure of a valve.
Depending on the valve circuit used, different levels of safety can be achieved, with level 2/2+ being the basis for the brake system according to the invention.
The brake system according to the invention has significantly greater fail safety than previously known brake systems with regard to occurring faults in the event of failure of a wheel brake cylinder, failure of the single master brake cylinder with travel simulator and also in the event of failure of the infeed valve. Through the provision of an additional redundant winding, the motor of the pressure supply device can be connected by way of 2×3 phases to the motor controller, resulting in an increase in the fail safety specifically for this component, and the pressure supply thus has a probability of failure that is less than the probability of failure for a failure of a wheel brake cylinder.
The brake system according to the invention advantageously has at least one central outlet valve, by means of which a reservoir is connectable to at least one wheel brake cylinder for pressure reduction directly or via a circuit isolation valve. The pressure in one wheel brake cylinder can be reduced via the outlet valve, wherein a pressure reduction can be performed in another wheel brake cylinder at the same time or in a temporally overlapping manner. Also, a supply can be provided to both brake circuits by means of the master brake cylinder in the event of failure of the pressure supply device.
The brake system according to the invention has only a single pressure supply device, which is electromotively driven.
If the pressure supply device has a pump, such as a piston-cylinder pump, by means of which not only the pressure build-up but also a pressure reduction can be performed, a switchable infeed valve is advantageously arranged between the brake circuit and the pump, by means of which an outflow of hydraulic medium into the pump in the event of failure of the pump can be prevented. If, for the pressure supply device, a pump is used only for the pressure build-up, then a simple check valve is sufficient for preventing the undesired backflow out of the brake circuit into the pump.
In order that a braking operation can still be performed in the event of failure of the pressure supply device, the brake system according to the invention has a master brake cylinder with a piston which can be actuated by an actuating device, in particular in the form of a brake pedal, and which is connected to a brake circuit or to the safety gate via a hydraulic line, which can be selectively shut off by means of a switching valve which is in particular open when electrically deenergized. The working chamber of the master brake cylinder may optionally be connected to a travel simulator.
In an advantageous refinement of the brake system described above, electromotive wheel brakes are provided for braking a vehicle wheel of a vehicle axle, in particular in each case one vehicle wheel of each vehicle axle. These electromotive wheel brakes may advantageously each additionally have a hydraulic connection, wherein this is hydraulically connected or connectable to a brake circuit line via a hydraulic connecting line which can be selectively closed by means of a switching valve. By means of the pressure generated by the pressure supply device or the master brake cylinder, it is thus advantageously possible for an additional braking torque for the assigned vehicle wheel to be generated, which acts alone or so as to assist the electromotively generated braking force.
By means of the outlet valve described above, it is advantageously possible for a pressure reduction in a brake circuit or a wheel brake to be performed directly into the reservoir via the brake circuit line. In this way, it is advantageously possible that the pressure reduction is performed in at least one hydraulically acting wheel brake either by means of the pressure supply device or via an outlet valve in a manner dependent on the state of the hydraulic system and/or on the closed-loop pressure control situation.
The pressure supply device may have either a piston-cylinder pump or a rotary pump, in particular in the form of a gear pump.
If only one circuit isolation valve is provided, by means of which the two brake circuits can be hydraulically connected to one another or isolated from one another, the infeed hydraulic line and the brake circuit line of the first brake circuit can be connected to a connection, in particular to the valve-seat-side connection, of the circuit isolation valve. The brake circuit line of the second brake circuit is then connected to the other connection of the circuit isolation valve. It is however likewise possible for the connections for the brake circuits to be interchanged. This above-described construction yields a particularly inexpensive and at the same time fail-safe brake system which requires only few switching valves. In the case of this brake system, the direct connection of the master brake cylinder is advantageously realized via a hydraulic line which is connected to the brake circuit which is connected via the single circuit isolation valve to the pressure supply device. In this way, the master brake cylinder and the pressure supply device are separated from one another by means of at least two valves, whereby a redundancy is advantageously formed.
The circuit isolation valve(s) form(s) a safety gate (SIG). If an additional isolation valve is provided for the selective isolation of a brake circuit line, this isolation valve can also be considered as belonging to the safety gate SIG.
An additional outlet valve for the first brake circuit may be provided, by which a pressure reduction in said brake circuit can likewise be performed. This additional outlet valve is to be provided in particular if no pressure reduction is possible by means of the pump of the pressure supply device itself. This may be the case if, for example, a rotary pump is provided as the pump. Hydraulic medium can then be discharged from the brake circuit line directly into the reservoir via the additional outlet valve.
In the brake system according to the invention, the switching valve assigned to the respective wheel brake cylinder can be utilized for controlled pressure reduction, in particular preferably by means of a pulse-width modulated signal, whereby the rate of pressure change can advantageously be controlled in open-loop or closed-loop fashion. In this way, the pressure change or the progression thereof over time can be set, or set by closed-loop control, for example in a manner dependent on the braking situation or vehicle situation. For this purpose, use may also be made of a pressure transducer in order to ascertain the present pressure in the brake circuit and to use this as an input variable for a closed-loop controller.
The pressure reduction for the ABS function is also possible or realizable by means of the switching valves and an outlet valve. Here, the switching valve may be controlled by means of a pulse-width-modulated signal. If the pressure reduction also is performed via a circuit isolation valve to the pressure supply or to the reservoir, the circuit isolation valve may also be controlled by means of a pulse-width-modulated signal. The remaining valves through which flow passes in the hydraulic connection between the wheel brake cylinder and the reservoir are then permanently open during the pressure reduction.
To increase the functional reliability, an additional isolation valve, which is in particular open when electrically deenergized, may be arranged in the brake circuit line of the first brake circuit, which additional isolation valve serves for shutting off the first brake circuit with respect to the safety gate and the pressure supply device.
In the case of the according to the invention, in the event of failure or leakage of the switching valve that can decouple the master brake cylinder from the rest of the brake system, the function of the travel simulator can advantageously be maintained by virtue of the single circuit isolation valve or the two circuit isolation valves being closed. In the event of a total failure of the switching valve, a pressure build-up can then be performed by means of the pressure supply device only in the first brake circuit, whereby 50% of the braking action of the brake system remains available in the case of a diagonal distribution. If the front axle is assigned to the first brake circuit, 60% is still available. By contrast, if there is an only slight leak in the switching valve, an additional brake pressure build-up can be performed in the second brake circuit by means of the actuating device and the master brake cylinder, and thus approximately 75% of the actual braking action is still available for emergency braking. In this case, the change in the pedal characteristic in relation to the travel simulator is also no longer great. In this case, no ABS function is possible. In this case, the wheels can lock, in particular in the presence of a low coefficient of friction. If the valve FV now has a low leakage rate, ABS is possible by virtue of the valve FV being closed and Preduction being performed via valves SV and ZAV. In this case, the valve FV in brake circuit BK2 remains closed. For Pbuild-up, a smaller pressure difference is selected in relation to Preduction in order to prevent renewed locking. Both valves SV remain closed for the rest of the braking operation. Thus, in this special case, steerability is maintained.
The pressure reduction can then still be performed, as described above, in the second brake circuit, in particular also for the ABS function, via the outlet valve.
The second circuit isolation valve BP2 offers additional safety in the event of failure of the valve FV, wherein a failure may be present for example owing to a leak or a fault in the electrical connection. In the event of this fault, the two circuit isolation valves BP1 and BP2 are closed, whereby the travel simulator function of the travel simulator WS is advantageously maintained. In this case, braking operation is performed by means of the pressure supply device DV in the first brake circuit BK1 with approximately 50% braking action in the case of a diagonal brake circuit distribution. In the event of an emergency braking operation with a higher braking action desired by the driver, the circuit isolation valve BP2 may optionally be opened, in which case an additional pressure can then be generated in the second brake circuit BK2 by way of the foot-imparted force, which can increase the braking action by over 75%. In this case, the change in the pedal characteristic in relation to the travel simulator is also no longer great. However, in the event of failure of the valve FV, no ABS function is possible. In this case, the wheels can lock, in particular in the presence of a low coefficient of friction. However, if the valve FV only has a low leakage rate, the ABS function is still possible by virtue of the valve FV being closed and the pressure reduction Preduction being performed via the respective switching valve SV and the outlet valve ZAV. In this case, the valve FV remains closed. For the pressure build-up Pbuild-up, a smaller pressure difference is selected in relation to the pressure reduction Preduction in order to prevent renewed locking of the vehicle wheels. Both switching valves SV remain closed for the rest of the braking operation. Thus, in this special case, steerability is maintained.
For the abovementioned fault situations, a diagonal brake circuit distribution is more favorable owing to the greater braking action of 50% in relation to the front axle/rear axle brake circuit distribution. Here, in the event of failure of the front axle VA, only approximately 30% is available with the rear axle HA. In the case of the circuit with the so-called emergency braking, approximately 75% applies independently of the VA/HA brake circuit distribution and diagonal brake circuit distribution.
With the brake system according to the invention, a modified closed-loop control concept for the ABS function can be used while maintaining the basic algorithms, wherein significantly fewer valves are required for this and pressure measurement can also be performed during the pressure build-up.
Various possible embodiments of the brake system according to the invention will be discussed below with reference to drawings.
In the drawings:
The switching valves have the following functions:
The pedal movement is measured by means of redundant pedal travel sensors, which at the same time act on a force-travel sensor (KWS) measuring element as described in WO2012/059175 A1. The pressure supply device DV is controlled with the signal from the pedal travel sensors, wherein the piston control causes the volume flow in the hydraulic main line HL1 in the brake circuit BK1 and via the redundant circuit isolation valves BP1 and BP2 into the second brake circuit BK2.
The pedal actuation moves the piston 3, which, by way of the pressure proportional to the pedal force, acts on the known travel simulator WS and thus determines the pedal characteristic. The travel simulator WS can commonly be shut off by means of a valve 14, in particular in the fall-back level in the case of a failed pressure supply device. Through the provision of redundant windings with 2×3 phase connection (P1 and P2) and in particular relatively simple rotary pumps, the failure rate of the pressure supply device DV is far below the value of a brake circuit failure in systems without drive-by-wire with additional pedal collapse. Therefore, the valve 14 can in principle also be omitted.
The master brake cylinder SHZ can be connected via the line HL2, HL3 to the brake circuits BK1 or BK2, wherein the valve FV is arranged in the line HL2, HL3 for the purposes of isolating the two line sections HL2 and HL3. This connection is effective only in the fall-back level. If the master brake cylinder SHZ is connected to the connecting line VLa of the two circuit isolation valves BP1 and BP2, the two valves BP1 and BP2 form a further redundancy. A conventional connection from the valve FV directly into one of the two brake circuits BK1, BK2 would, in the case of a leaking valve FV, have the result that the brake circuit and thus the pressure supply device DV act on the piston 3, which conventionally leads to the pressure supply being shut off.
The second circuit isolation valve BP2 offers additional safety in the event of failure of the valve FV, wherein a failure may be present for example owing to a leak or a fault in the electrical connection. In the event of this fault, the two circuit isolation valves BP1 and BP2 are closed, whereby the travel simulator function of the travel simulator WS is advantageously maintained. In this case, braking operation is performed by means of the pressure supply device DV in the first hydraulic circuit BK1 with approximately 50% braking action in the case of a diagonal brake circuit distribution. In the event of an emergency braking operation with a higher braking action desired by the driver, the circuit isolation valve BP2 may optionally be opened, in which case an additional pressure can then be generated in the second hydraulic circuit or brake circuit BK2 by way of the foot-imparted force, which can increase the braking action by over 75%. In this case, the change in the pedal characteristic in relation to the travel simulator is also no longer great. However, in the event of failure of the valve FV, no ABS function is possible. In this case, the wheels can lock, in particular if the coefficient of friction is low. However, if the valve FV only has a low leakage rate, the ABS function is still possible by virtue of the valve FV being closed and the pressure reduction Preduction being performed via the respective switching valve SV and the outlet valve ZAV. In this case, the valve FV remains closed. For the pressure build-up Pbuild-up, a smaller pressure difference is selected in relation to the pressure reduction Preduction in order to prevent renewed locking of the vehicle wheels. Both switching valves SV remain closed for the rest of the braking operation. Thus, in this special case, steerability is maintained.
For the abovementioned fault situations, a diagonal brake circuit distribution is more favorable owing to the greater braking action of 50% in relation to the front axle/rear axle brake circuit distribution. Here, in the event of failure of the front axle VA, only approximately 30% is available with the rear axle HA. In the case of the circuit with the so-called emergency braking, approximately 50% applies independently of the VA/HA brake circuit distribution, and 75% applies in the case of the diagonal brake circuit distribution.
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In addition to the function in the event of failure of the switching valve FV, the second function is the closed-loop control function (unchanged for decades) for ABS. In a first stage during the pressure reduction Preduction, if the closed-loop controller reports that a wheel for example the criterion of excessive pressure, the pressure build-up Pbuild-up can be stopped for the purposes of observation of the wheel. If the closed-loop controller now sends the signal “excessive braking torque/pressure”, the pressure reduction Preduction is performed. In this case, the outlet valve ZAV is opened and the respectively associated switching valve SVi is preferably switched by way of pulse width modulation PWM, whereby the rate of the pressure reduction Preduction can be controlled. The pressure reduction Preduction is stopped by the closed-loop controller by virtue of the valves SV and ZAV being closed again. Here, circuit isolation valves BP1 and BP2 are open. It is also possible for two or four wheel brake cylinders RZ to be controlled simultaneously in the pressure reduction mode Preduction, or the pressure reduction Preduction is performed in the second brake circuit BK2 via the outlet valve ZAV and in the first brake circuit by means of the pressure supply device DV or via an optional additional outlet valve ZAV2.
The pressure reduction Preduction may also be performed in the second brake circuit BK2 via the outlet valve ZAV and in the first brake circuit BK1 by means of the pressure supply device DV, which in this case likewise acts merely as a pressure sink.
The third function is the pressure reduction Preduction in the case of a normal brake. There are two possibilities here:
The function of the travel simulator WS is standard. Its piston has elastic elements that generate a certain pressure-dependent force. Since the pedal force is converted into pressure and piston travel, a particular pedal travel force characteristic can be generated by way of the travel sensor (WS) piston with the travel sensor (WS) force.
As is known, the pedal characteristic in the travel simulator system is always the same and is independent, for example, of the failure of a brake circuit and does not generate a collapse of the pedal and has major advantages in, for example, electric vehicles with recuperation by means of the electric motor. Here, the driver determines how much brake pressure, in addition to the braking torque of the electric motor, the pressure supply device DV must generate for the desired braking action. The pedal travel is measured redundantly by means of the pedal travel sensors and determines the brake pressure that is generated by the pressure supply device DV and measured by the pressure sensor DG.
There are various solutions for implementing the redundant pedal travel sensors. These are also described inter alia in PCT/EP2016/055471.
The redundant pedal travel sensors may be coupled to two pistons, as illustrated, and a spring between the two pistons. This has the advantage that force-travel measurement can thus be realized, with additional advantages of the fault analysis, for example with regard to a jamming piston 3. This is disclosed inter alia in DE102010050132.
In the event of failure of the pressure transducer DG, the pressure can also be set by way of the motor current, because in this case the current-pressure relationship for the pressure increase and pressure reduction Pbuild-up and Preduction is stored in a characteristic map. The travel simulator WS has two seals D3 and D3r. Downstream of the seal D3, there is provided a redundant seal D3r with throttle Dr3, which has the same function as throttle Dr1. In the event of failure of the seal D3, a leakage flow arises which is throttled by means of the throttle Dr3 and which does not lead to failure of the master brake cylinder SHZ. The diagnosis is performed together—as described—with the seals D1 and D2. The travel simulator WS has a conventional throttle for the pedal movement together with a check valve RV for rapid emptying of the travel simulator WS.
With the seal and throttle configuration, a fail-safe single master brake cylinder SHZ is created, which is of great importance if a tandem master brake cylinder HZ with redundant piston is omitted.
The pressure supply device DV is illustrated only in principle and is described in detail in PCT/EP2018/071923. The infeed valve PD1 has a safety function in the event of failure of the pressure supply device DV. Brake fluid can be replenished from the reservoir VB via the check valve RV2. The infeed valve PD1 may also be omitted if the pump of the pressure supply device DV is self-locking and the pump does not allow any pressure reduction in the brake circuit even in the absence of a functioning drive.
The valves, the pressure supply device DV and the master brake cylinder SHZ are combined in one block. According to the prior art, the open-loop and closed-loop control device ECU comprises all electrical and electronic components and electrical connections to the sensors and the solenoid valves via the coils connected to the circuit board PCB. The connection to the on-board electrical system is realized via the plug connector 13 (single or twofold).
The master brake cylinder SHZ corresponds to the master brake cylinder illustrated in
Electromagnetic brakes EMB are used at the rear axle HA, which according to the prior art can also perform the function of the parking brake and can also be utilized for the ABS function. The electrical functions are contained in the open-loop and closed-loop control unit ECU. An additional outlet valve ZAV2, which is illustrated by dashed lines, may optionally also be provided for the brake circuit BK1, via which additional outlet valve a pressure reduction Preduction is possible by dissipation to the reservoir VB.
In all solutions, the pressure supply device DV provides both an angle signal of the rotor and the current measurement of the EC motor.
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