Patent ID: 6109702
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle including a first subvehicle and a second subvehicle, the first subvehicle having an electrically controlled braking system for adjusting a first braking force for at least one wheel of the first subvehicle and a second braking force for the second subvehicle as a function of a driver's braking command, the first subvehicle further having at least one operating variable, the method comprising the steps of:determining at least one correcting quantity as a function of the at least one operating variable of the first subvehicle; andadjusting at least one of the first braking force for the first subvehicle and the second braking force for the second subvehicle as a function of the at least one correcting quantity, the adjustment influencing a longitudinal force between the first subvehicle and the second subvehicle during a braking process,wherein the at least one correcting quantity is repeatedly determined during the braking process, wherein the at least one correcting quantity-is determined at a first rate at a beginning of the braking process, wherein the at least one correcting quantity is determined at a second rate after at least one of a predefined period of time and a predefined number of brakings, and wherein the second rate is less than the first rate.