MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441013925 A) filed by Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh, Bern, Switzerland, on Feb. 27, 2024, for 'vehicle and method for operating a vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Lakshmanan Asokadas, Rakesh.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Vehicle (10) comprising: a first wheel (12.1); a second wheel (12.2); a first fluid brake (14.1) having a first brake input port (16.1) and being configured to brake the first wheel (12.1) by means of a given pressure (18.1) at the first brake input port (16.1); a second fluid brake (14.2) having a second brake input port (16.2) and being config-ured to brake the second wheel (12.2) by means of a given pressure (18.2) at the second brake input port (16.2); a driving system (20) configured to output a braking command signal (22); a first braking modulator (24.1), being configured to receive the braking command signal (22) and comprising a first braking output port (26.1), wherein the first braking output port (26.1) is connected at least to the first brake in-put port (16.1), wherein the first braking modulator (24.1) is configured to output a braking pressure (28.1) at the first braking output port (26.1) in response to the brak-ing command signal (22); a second braking modulator (24.2) being configured to receive the braking command signal (22) and comprising a second braking output port (26.2), wherein the second braking output port (26.2) is connected at least to the second brake input port (16.2), wherein the second braking modulator (24.2) is con-figured to output a braking pressure (28.2) at the second braking output port (26.2) in response to the braking command signal (22). The first braking modulator (24.1) comprises a first backup output port (30.1), wherein the vehicle (10) comprises a first backup connection (32.1) between the first backup output port (30.1) and the second braking output port (26.2), wherein the first braking modulator (24.1) is configured to output a braking pressure (28.3) to the second braking output port (26.2) through the first backup connection (32.1) in case of a failure (34.2) of the second braking modu-lator (24.2), and/or the second braking modulator (24.2) comprises a second backup output port (30.2), wherein the vehicle (10) comprises a second backup connection (32.2) between the second backup output port (30.2) and the first braking output port (26.1), wherein the second braking modulator (24.2) is configured to output a brak-ing pressure (28.4) to the first braking output port (26.1) through the second backup connection (32.2) in case of a failure (34.1) of the first braking modulator (24.1)."
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