Patent ID: 9707947
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60T

Claim:
1. A braking method for a vehicle, comprising: providing a hydraulic circuit in a power steering system of the vehicle that carries hydraulic fluid with a built-up hydraulic circuit pressure, the built-up hydraulic circuit pressure provided by a power steering pump; generating, by a master brake cylinder upon mechanical actuation of an actuating valve, a service brake pressure in at least one service brake circuit to actuate a service brake, wherein the actuating valve is configured to provide, from the hydraulic circuit to the master brake cylinder, a portion of the hydraulic fluid with the built-up hydraulic circuit pressure; and using a valve device disposed upstream of the master brake cylinder to effect, by using a portion of the hydraulic fluid with the built-up hydraulic circuit pressure, active output control of a master brake cylinder actuation pressure for hydraulic actuation of the master brake cylinder for an active braking intervention, wherein the valve device includes a first output control device configured to connect a hydraulic fluid pressure input to the actuating valve, wherein the first output control device is a 4/2-way solenoid valve that connects the hydraulic fluid pressure input to the actuating valve in a powered state.