Patent ID: 6249736
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A method for controlling a braking system of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:converting a braking input of a driver into a setpoint pressure for each wheel brake of the motor vehicle;adjusting a wheel-brake pressure for each wheel brake to the setpoint pressure as a function of a measured wheel-brake pressure; andinitiating a secondary braking operation when a first pressure of a first wheel substantially deviates from the setpoint pressure and one of: (a) the braking input is not present and (b) a pressure build-up in the braking system is present, andwherein the secondary braking operation includes an operation which controls both the first pressure of the first wheel and a second pressure of a second wheel, situated on a same axle as the first wheel, in a single closed pressure-control loop.