Abstract: In a method for providing the clamping force generated by a parking brake, the roadway incline is measured and in the case that the roadway incline exceeds a threshold value, a reengagement process is carried out after a defined time period has elapsed.

Abstract: A method of applying an automated parking brake of a motor vehicle includes at least two phases. In a first preceding phase, no clamping force is produced by the parking brake. In a second following phase, a clamping force is produced by the parking brake via a controllable parking brake actuator configured to produce the clamping force. The method further includes detecting a transition from the first phase to the second phase based on a temporal progression of a specific parameter of a control of the parking brake actuator. A control unit is configured to perform according to the method, and a parking brake is configured to perform according to the method.

Abstract: A method for providing a clamping force generated by an automatic parking brake includes using a brake motor and a brake piston acting on a brake disk to generate the clamping force. The method guarantees a reliable function of the automatic parking brake even on a loss of clamping force due to a temperature change of the brake disk. The method also minimizes the load on components of the automatic parking brake. After a completed application of the automatic parking brake, a secondary application process is carried out as a function of an activation reaction of the brake motor.

Abstract: A method for securing a vehicle, whose wheels of one axle are on a dynamometer, against being unintentionally pushed out of the dynamometer during an inspection of the parking brake. In order to avoid endangerment of people who are in the surroundings of the vehicle, it is proposed to ascertain with the aid of a sensor system whether the vehicle is located on a dynamometer and, if this has been determined, to automatically generate a braking torque at a wheel brake of at least one wheel, which is located outside the dynamometer, after a control element of the parking brake has been operated.

Abstract: A method for performing a parking brake application process in a motor vehicle with a service brake and a parking brake includes combining a hydraulic force component and a mechanical force component to obtain a total clamping force for the parking brake application process. The two force components are combined in each parking brake application process.

Abstract: A method is used for operating a braking device of a vehicle, in particular a parking brake device. The braking device comprises an electromotive actuator that displaces an actuator element either into a clamping position for subjecting a brake disk to a clamping force or into a release position for releasing the brake disk. A brake disk temperature is determined in order to activate the actuator depending on the determined brake disk temperature. The brake disk temperature is determined depending on at least one actuator current value.

Abstract: A method of actuating a parking brake for a vehicle having an electromechanical brake device in a situation whereat driving dynamics state information is not available in the vehicle and whereat a driver operates the parking brake includes producing an electromechanical braking force with a magnitude that is less than a maximum braking force of the parking brake.

Abstract: A method for setting the clamping force acting on a wheel brake, a part of the clamping force being provided using an electromechanical brake device and simultaneously another part of the clamping force being provided using a hydraulic brake device. During an application procedure, the power consumption of the electric motor-driven brake device is regulated to an essentially constant value in an operating phase (phase 4), in which both brake devices simultaneously exert force, so as to set the clamping force of the parking brake very precisely.

Abstract: A method for providing the clamping force generated by an electric brake motor in a parking brake, the clamping force being determined as a function of the motor constants of the brake motor based on instantaneous measured values of the motor current and the motor voltage.

Abstract: A method for releasing an automatic parking break includes estimating a release travel of the automatic parking brake based on a measured motor voltage and a motor current. The method further includes querying an additional switch-off criterion to obtain a minimum total release travel. The method further includes comparing the estimated release travel with the minimum total release travel. The automatic parking brake includes an electric motor brake device for producing an electromechanical clamping force.

Abstract: A method for operating a wheel braking device having an electrically motorized actuator, wherein the actuator comprises an electric motor and an actuator element that can be moved by means of the electric motor. The actuator element is moved into a brake application position to actuate the wheel braking device and moved into a brake release position to release the wheel braking device. A movement travel of the actuator element is monitored while releasing the wheel braking device. The electric motor is switched from a control operation into a free-running operation during a release process and a free-running voltage is determined and that a minimum duration of movement of the actuator element for achieving the release position is calculated based upon the determined free-running voltage and is compared with a measured duration of movement of the actuator element to perform a plausibility check of the movement travel.

Abstract: A braking device for a motor vehicle includes at least one brake, at least one brake pad, a brake disk, and an elastic element. The elastic element is configured to place the brake pad against the brake disk such that the brake pad and the brake disk generate either no braking force or a small braking force acting on the motor vehicle. The at least one brake is operatively interrelated with the elastic element.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the operation of an automated parking brake of a motor vehicle with a hydraulic operating brake and an automated parking brake. The parking brake can adopt at least a disengaged position, an engaged position, and an intermediate position between the disengaged position and the engaged position. The method includes determining a parking variable representing a parking process of the motor vehicle, and bringing the parking brake into the intermediate position in response to the determined parking variable.

Abstract: A method is used to automatically adjust a steering angle in a steering system of a vehicle. The method includes activating a steering actuator after parking the vehicle such that the steering wheel and the steerable wheels adopt a neutral position.

Abstract: A method for checking the braking force in a vehicle includes adjusting a brake piston with a vehicle hydraulic brake that has a braking force booster and with an electromechanical braking device that has a brake motor so as to generate a braking force. The hydraulic braking medium volume that corresponds to the displacement of the brake piston via the brake motor is compared to a hydraulic reference volume.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an electromechanical braking device having an electric brake motor, at least one wheel, and a steering actuator that is operable to adjust the at least one wheel. A method for securing the vehicle at a standstill includes applying brake force via the brake motor and actuating the steering actuator to adjust the at least one wheel.

Abstract: In a method for controlling a parking brake in a vehicle, in order to set a clearance between the brake pad and the brake disk, a supply voltage is first applied to an electric motor, after which the supply voltage is switched off before the brake pad comes into contact with the brake disk.

Abstract: In a method for determining a failure in a service or parking brake having an electromotive and a hydraulic brake device for generating a clamping force, an error is detected in the hydraulic brake device if an electromotive characteristic of the electric brake motor is outside an admissible value range.

Abstract: A method for determining defects of an automated parking brake for a motor vehicle with at least one brake device includes detecting damage to the parking brake on the basis of a time profile of a variable representing an output torque of a parking brake actuator. The parking brake includes the parking brake actuator configured to be activated. The detection of the damage includes analyzing the time profile of the variable representing the output torque of the parking brake actuator during a first phase of an activation process of the parking brake for the identification. The activation process of the parking brake has at least two phases. A first phase of the activation process includes a no build up or reduction of a clamping force between at least one brake lining and a brake disk. A second phase includes a build up or reduction of the clamping force.

Abstract: In a method for actuating a parking brake in a vehicle, a clamping force is generated by an electromechanical braking device comprising a brake motor. The motor voltage of the brake motor is determined on the basis of the control-unit input voltage of a closed-loop or open-loop control unit.