Sensotronic Brake System SBC
Sensotronic Brake System SBC
Sensotronic Brake System SBC
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cBr
akeSy
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af f
i
c.
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ide:whendr i
vershitthebrakepedal t
oday ,
theirfootmovesa
pis
tonr odwhi chisli
nkedt othebr akeboos terandthemas terbrakecy l
i
nder.
Dependi ngont hepedalf orce,themas t
erbr akec y
li
nderbuil
dsupt heappropri
ate
amountofpr essurei nthebr akeli
neswhi ch– inat ri
edandt estedinterac
ti
onof
mec hanicsandhy draul
ic
s–t henpr essesthebr akepadsagai nstthebr akediscsvia
thewheel c
yli
nders.
Themainperformancecharacter
ist
icsofSensotr
onicBrakeCont
rol
inc
ludet heext
remely
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ghdy namicsduri
ngpres surebui
ld-upandt heexactmonit
ori
ngofdr i
verandvehicl
e
behavi
ourus i
ngsophis
tic
ateds ensors .
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nc onj
uncti
onwi hSBC,ESP®
t worksevenmor eef f
ecti
vel
yands i
gnif
icantl
yreduc
es
vehi
cl
es wervi
ngthroughqui c
kandpr eci
sebr
akingimpuls
es.
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Onawetr oads ur f
ac et hes y s
tem met esouts hortbr akei mpulsesatr egul
ari nt ervals
toens uret hatt hewat erf il
m ont hebr akedi s csdr iesof fandt hatSBCc anal way s
operatewi thopt imumef f
ec t
ivenes s.
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ioni sac t i
vat ed atr egularint erval
swhent hec ar’s
windscreenwi persar er unning.
Thedr i
verdoesnotevennot i
cet hes eultra-prec isebr akeimpul ses .
TheSens otronicBr akeCont rolalsoi nc orpor atesas o-cal
ledT raffi
cJam As s
istf unc ti
on,
whichisac ti
vat edus ingt hec ruisec ont r
ols talkwhi l
ethec ariss tati
onary.
Thebenef i
tist hatdur i
ngs top- and- got raf fi
cdr i
versonl yneedt ous etheac cel erator
pedal;onc et heyt aket hei rf
ootof ft heac c elerat or,SBCs lowsdownt hecartos t ands ti
l
l
atas teadyr at eofdec elerati
on.
TheT raffi
cJam As si
s tfac i
li
tyc anr emai noper at i
onalupt o60km/ hands witchesof f
automat ic
all
yathi ghers peeds .
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l
sors teepdr ivest heSens ot ronicBr akeCont r
olDr ive-
AwayAs si
stprevent sthe
carfrom r ol
li
ngbac kwar dsorf orwar ds– s t
eppi ngont ot hebr akepedalqui c klybut
sharpl
yisal li
tt akest oac ti
vatet hebr ake.
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fthedr iverac celerates ,theDr i
ve- AwayAs s i
str eleasest hebr akeandal l
owst hec art o
dri
veof fsmoot hly.
El
ect
rohydraul
i
chigh-pres
s urebrakef
orfut
ureMercedesmodel
s
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ti
onalf
uncti
onslikeTraffi
cJamAssis
tandDrive-
AwayAssi
stf
orevengr
eat
er
comf
ort
Merc
edes -
Benzabr aketec hnol
ogypi
oneeryetagai
n
Sens otronicBr ake Cont rol( SBC)i st he name gi vent o ani nnovati
ve el ec t
roni cal
l
y
control
ledbr akes ystemwhi chMer c edes-
Benzwi l
lf
ittof uturepassengercarmodel s.
Foll
owingonf r
om t heMer c edesi nnovat i
onsABS,ASR,ESP® andBr akeAs si
st,t hi
s
systemi sregar dedasy etanot heri mportantmi l
estonet oenhancedr i
vi
ngs afety.
WithSens ot r
onicBr akeCont rolel ec t
ri
cimpul s
esar eus edt opas sthedr i
ver ’sbr aking
commands ont o a mi croc omput er whi ch pr oc esses var ious sens or s ignals
simult
aneous l
y and,dependi ng on t he par ti
cul
ardr i
ving si
tuati
on,c alculates t he
optimumbr akepr es suref oreac hwheel .
Asar es ul
t,SBCof f
er sevengr eaterac ti
ves afetyt hanc onventi
onalbrakes ystems
whenbr akingi nac orneroronas l
ipperysurface.
I
n1 999Mer c edes-Benzl aunc hedt hissystemundert henameAc ti
veBodyCont r
ol (ABC)
i
nt hef lags hipCLc oupé,t her ebys i
gnall
ingt headventofanew er aofs uspens i
on
technology .
Thiselectronicall
yc ontroll
eds us pens i
ons ystem wil
l quickl
ybef oll
owedbyt heel ec troni
c
brake s y stem:Mer cedes -
Benz and Bos c
h have t eamed up on t hi
s benc hmar k
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developmentpr ojectwhichwi l
ls hortl
yent erintos eri
espr oducti
onatt heSt utt
gart
automobil
ebr andundert henameSens otronicBrakeControl—orSBCf ors hor
t.
I
tt urnsthe convent i
onalhy dr aul
icbr ake into anevenmor e powerfulmec hatr
onic
system.It
smi crocomputeri si ntegratedi ntot hec ar
’sdatanet wor
kandpr ocesses
i
nformati
onf r
omvar iouselectronicc ontrol
units.
I
nt hisway,el
ectri
cimpulsesands ensors i
gnalsc anbeinstantlyc
onvertedi ntobraking
commands ,providi
ngamar keds afetyandc omf ortgai
nfordriver
s .
Dri
vings tabi
li
ty :prec i
sebr akingi mpulsesforperfectESP®per formance
I
tisnotj ustinemer genc ybr aki ngthatSens otronicBrakeCont r
olprovesi t
swor th,but
al
soi notherc riti
calsit
uat ions–f orexample,whent herei sar i
skofswer ving.
Unders uchc ondi ti
ons ,t
hes ystemi nterac
tswi t
ht heElec t
ronicStabi
l
ityPr ogram( ESP®)
whichkeepst hevehi cl
es afelyonc oursethroughpr ecisebr aki
ngimpuls esatal l
wheel s
and/orbyr educ i
ngengi nes peed.
SBConc eagai nof ferst hebenef i
tsofgr eaterdy namic sandpr eci
sion:t hankst ot he
evenf asterandmor eac c uratebr akingimpulsesf r
om t heSBChi gh-pres surereservoir
,
ESP®i sablet os t
abi l
i
seear lyandc omf or
tabl
yavehi c
lewhi chisaboutt obr eakaway .
Thi
si sevi dent ,f orex ampl e,f r
om t he resul
tsoft he VDA l ane-
change t estwhi ch
suspensionengi neer sus et os imul
ateaqui ckobs t
ac l
e-avoidancemanoeuvr eandt o
demons tratet hehi ghc apabi l
it
iesoft heElect
ronicStabil
ityProgram.
I
nc onjuncti
onwi thSBC,ESP® wor ksevenmor eeffectivel
yands i
gnificantl
yreduc es
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Thef uture:SBCpavi ngt hewayf oraut omaticguidanc esystems
The advent ofel ectronicsin br ake t echnology opens up new and pr omising
oppor tunit
iest oMer cedesengi neers– andnotonl yint hedi sci
pl
inesofs afetyand
comf ort.
Thankst oSBCt heyhaveal somovedac onsiderablewayc l
os ertot her eali
sati
onof
theirlong-termobj ecti
ve, namelytobeabl et oaut omatic
all
ygui dethec arsoft hefuture
alongt her oadswi ththeai dofvideoc amer as,prox i
mityradarandadvanc edt el
ematics.
Fors uchaut onomousvehi cl
egui dance,theex pertsneedac omput er-cont r
oll
edbrake
system whi chaut omat ic
all
yac t
sont heinstructi
onsofanel ectroni
caut opil
otands t
ops
thec arsafel y
.
Mer cedesc ancelsby-wirebrakes ystem;dec i
s i
onabl owt ot ec
hnology ’
sf uture
ByJENS MEI NERS |AUT OMOT I
VE NEWS Mer cedes -
Benzi sdi sconti
nuing t he t
wic e-
recall
edRober tBoschGmbHbr akings yst
emont heE-ClassandCLS- Classs edansnex t
summeri namovet hatisabl owt oaut omotivebr ake-by-wi
ret echnology.
Mer cedeswi l
ldroptheSens otronicBrakeCont rol sy
stemf romt heE-Clas sinJune2006
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wheniti
ntroducesthecar’smidtermf ac
e-l
i
ft.
Ataboutthes amet i
me,theECl ass-deri
vedCLSalsowil
ll
osethes y
stem.Bot
hc ar
swil
l
haveaconvent i
onalhydrauli
cbraki
ngs ystem.
“Wecannowof feral
lthec omfort
sofSBCi naconventi
onalsyst
em,”sai
daMer cedes
i
nsi
der.“
SBCwasaver yex pensi
ves yst
em. ”
Butt
hes ourcealsoacknowledgedt hatcustomer
shadlostconf
i
denceinthesy
stem.
Theroadahead:SBCt akesmot or
ingt oanewdi mens i
on
Withthegrowi nginfl
uenc eofel
ect
r onicsinbr aki
ngt echnology, t
heMer cedesengi neers
areexplori
ngnewandpr omisi
ngavenuesi nar easbey ondj ustsafet
yandc omfort.
I
ndeed,f ut
uregener ati
onsofSBCwi ll
offeradditionalfuncti
onsdes i
gnedt or eli
evet he
str
essont hedr iverindif
fer
entdri
vi ngs i
tuati
onsandt oenhanc eri
dec omfort.
WithSBC,t heengi neershaveal sot akenanot herl arges tept owardst heirgoalof
guidi
ngt heaut omobi l
esoftomorrowf ull
yaut omatical
lyaroundt ownandc ountr
y,with
thehelpofvi deoc ameras,di
stanc
er egulatorradarandpi oneer i
ngtelematics.
ThenewSL- Classpointsthewaytot hefutureoft heaut omobile.
Relat
edpos ts :
1. BAS/Br akeAssistPlus
2.Adapt iveBrakeLight
3.New “ Acti
veBr akeAs sis
t2”syst
em i
ntheMer
cedes-
BenzAct
ros
:thewor
ld’
s
safesttr
uckisnowevens af
er
4.Mer c
edes -
BenzreceivestwoEur
oNCAPAwar
ds,f
orPRE-SAF
E®andPRE-
SAF
E®
Brake
5.T orqueVec t
ori
ngBr ake