Park-brake monitoring-system for a vehicle
US6732026B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D2066/003
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A park-brake monitoring-system monitors the operating state of a park-brake system of a vehicle. The park-brake monitoring-system comprises operating-state sensors that produce and communicate sensed operating-state signals in manners dependent upon the operating state of the park-brake system to other components of the vehicle. The configuration and interaction with the park-brake system and the park-brake monitoring system of the operating-state sensors is refined such that the sensed operating-state signals produced thereby include signal types that are implicative of the park-brake system having a fully-set operating state, signal types that are implicative of the park-brake system having a fully-released operating state, signal types implicative of the park-brake system having a not-fully-released operating state, and signal types implicative of the park-brake system having a not-fully-set operating state.
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