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Method and system for controlling a braking system equipped with an electric parking brake

US7407463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2005
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60T7/107
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method and system for controlling a braking system, equipped with an electric parking brake, for a motor vehicle, the electric parking brake is released in response to an identification of a moving-off operation. A release instant of the electric parking brake is defined in dependence on at least one measured parameter of a clutch engagement operation. In comparison with a method and system in which, for example, the electric parking brake is released in dependence on the actuation of the accelerator by a driver, the method and system permit a more precise coordination of the deactivation of the electric parking brake with the clutch engagement operation, and thus with the moving-off operation of the vehicle, particularly in the case of a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission.

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