Patent ID: 8186773

Claim:
A method for controlling a brake system ( 1 ) of a motor vehicle, which includes an electric generator ( 4 ) and a number of hydraulic, electronically controllable friction brakes ( 2 ) allocated respectively to one axle of the motor vehicle, and the brake torque is composed of a brake torque of the generator ( 4 ) and a brake torque of the friction brakes ( 2 ), the method comprising: initially, activating only the generator ( 4 ) according to specification of a situation responsively determined total nominal brake torque; connecting the friction brakes ( 2 ) in a delayed manner only when the total nominal brake torque exceeds a maximum available brake torque of the generator ( 4 ) by a predetermined first maximum brake torque difference; and maintaining the friction brakes at a constant brake torque before a minimum brake torque difference is attained between the total nominal brake torque and the maximum available brake torque of the generator.