Abstract: A method for securing a motor vehicle with at least one wheel brake during an automated driving maneuver includes, in order to carry out the automated driving maneuver, setting a hydraulic pressure at the wheel brake in order to generate a defined braking force large enough to securely arrest the motor vehicle during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method further includes keeping the hydraulic pressure which is set at the wheel brake essentially constant during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method may be implemented in a device.

Abstract: In a method for operating a motor vehicle during an autonomous parking process it is proposed that during the autonomous parking process a first braking torque is applied automatically to at least a first wheel, and a second braking torque is applied automatically to at least a second wheel, that a slip of one of the wheels is inferred from a comparison of the rotational speed of the first wheel to which the first braking torque is applied with the rotational speed of the second wheel to which the second braking torque is applied, and that if a variable characterizing the slip reaches or exceeds a limiting value, an action is automatically triggered.

Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for an electric braking device, in particular for an electric parking brake of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in which the braking device can be put into a first operational state by operation of the electric motor in a first direction of rotation and into a second operational state by operation of the electric motor in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation, includes determining a quantity which characterizes an internal resistance of the electric motor, comparing the first quantity with a predeterminable first threshold value, controlling the electric motor for a predeterminable first control duration according to the direction of rotation which corresponds to a current operational state of the braking device when the result of the comparison is that the first quantity exceeds the first threshold value.

Abstract: A method is for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle. The brake system includes at least one service brake and a transmission device having an output rod, by way of which a braking force is transmitted to the at least one service brake. The brake system further includes at least one parking brake having a trigger device for activating the at least one parking brake. The method provides increased safety and simplified implementation by (i) using an adjustment travel of the output rod to ascertain a deceleration acting on the motor vehicle due to the at least one service brake, and (ii) activating the at least one parking brake, when the trigger device is actuated, when the motor vehicle is ascertained as being stationary, taking into consideration the deceleration.

Abstract: A control method for moving an electromechanical parking brake, according to which method an actuator of the parking brake is moved by actuation by means of an actuator-control unit, wherein a writable, non-volatile memory unit is provided in which position data concerning the current actuator position of the actuator is stored so as to be readable and writable, and according to which method, when a write error occurs while writing the position data to the memory unit, the actuation of the actuator for moving said actuator is continued, and, when the write error is detected, a synchronization process is carried out independently of the actuation of the actuator so that, upon completion of this synchronization process, the position data stored in the memory unit correctly represents the actuator position of the actuator.

Abstract: A method for operating a parking brake system includes establishing a parking brake request for a first automated parking brake constructed on a first wheel located on a first side of an axle of a motor vehicle, producing a braking force at the first wheel by activating, in response to the establishing of the parking brake request, the first automated parking brake, and activating a compensation device connecting the first wheel and a second wheel located on a second side of the axle to apply a braking force to the second wheel via the first wheel.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle includes a hydraulic vehicle brake with an electric actuator and an electromechanical braking device. The braking system further includes a locking mechanism configured to lock the electric actuator.

Abstract: In a method for activating and deactivating a control unit which can be used to control an electrically activatable assembly, the control unit is switched between a waking state, a sleep state and a deactivated state, wherein in the sleep state, the control device is disabled but can be transferred into the waking state by means of a sensor signal.

Abstract: Method for holding a vehicle in the stationary state, which has the following steps: (a) if the vehicle has an automatic transmission, engaging a parking lock, or if the vehicle has a manual transmission, engaging a gear, (b) at least temporarily, automatically carrying out vehicle movement monitoring by means of a sensing device; and (c) automatically activating a brake device of the vehicle in order to apply a braking force if the sensing device signals a vehicle movement.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle includes a master brake cylinder, a hydraulic unit, and multiple wheel brakes. The hydraulic unit Ha at least one brake circuit for modulating the braking pressure in the wheel brakes. At least one wheel brake is paired with a bistable solenoid valve, which is looped into the corresponding fluid channel directly upstream of the paired wheel brake and which enables the braking pressure in the paired wheel brake to be modulated in a de-energized open position and locks the current braking pressure in the paired wheel brake in a de-energized closed position, wherein a volume equalization device which comprises a connectable accumulator opens into the corresponding fluid channel between the bistable solenoid valve and the paired wheel brake.

Abstract: A brake system control device for a vehicle that has a hydraulic vehicle brake and an electromechanical brake device with at least one electric brake motor includes a microcontroller for actuating at least one active brake component. The brake system control device further includes a system ASIC for detecting wheel revolution rate signals and a brake motor ASIC for actuating the electric brake motor of the electromechanical brake device. The brake motor ASIC includes wheel revolution rate signals that are configured to be detected and the microcontroller is connected to the system ASIC and the brake motor ASIC via communications interfaces.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle includes actuating a first actuating device of the brake system, exerting an electromechanical braking force to decelerate the motor vehicle in an event of a fault in the hydraulic braking device and when the first actuating device is actuated, and generating the electromechanical braking force after a start of the actuation of the first actuating device for a minimum generation period and/or generating the electromechanical braking force after an end of the actuation of the first actuating device for an additional continued generation period. The brake system includes a hydraulic braking device, an electromechanical braking device, and a first actuating device, in particular a brake pedal.

Abstract: A method for securing a motor vehicle with at least one wheel brake during an automated driving maneuver includes, in order to carry out the automated driving maneuver, setting a hydraulic pressure at the wheel brake in order to generate a defined braking force large enough to securely arrest the motor vehicle during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method further includes keeping the hydraulic pressure which is set at the wheel brake essentially constant during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method may be implemented in a device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for driver assistance, wherein a vehicle automatically performs a driving maneuver. In the method, a service brake of the vehicle is first actuated. Then a parking brake of the vehicle is controlled in such a way that the parking brake exerts no braking influence and that the free travel to be overcome for actuation of the parking brake is minimized. In subsequent steps, the service brake of the vehicle is released and an automatic driving maneuver is performed, wherein, if a fault or a specified event occurs, the parking brake is actuated such that the vehicle is braked to a standstill and is kept at a standstill. The disclosure further relates to a driver assistance system that is designed to perform the method.

Abstract: In a method for operating a motor vehicle during an autonomous parking process it is proposed that during the autonomous parking process a first braking torque is applied automatically to at least a first wheel, and a second braking torque is applied automatically to at least a second wheel, that a slip of one of the wheels is inferred from a comparison of the rotational speed of the first wheel to which the first braking torque is applied with the rotational speed of the second wheel to which the second braking torque is applied, and that if a variable characterizing the slip reaches or exceeds a limiting value, an action is automatically triggered.

Abstract: A method for providing a brake force in a vehicle with a hydraulic vehicle brake and an electromechanical brake device includes determining a position of a brake piston at a brake contact point on the basis of a state variable of an electric brake motor when the electromechanical brake device is released. The method further includes displacing the brake piston in a positioning operation until reaching a braking start point.

Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for an electric braking device, in particular for an electric parking brake of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in which the braking device can be put into a first operational state by operation of the electric motor in a first direction of rotation and into a second operational state by operation of the electric motor in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation, includes determining a quantity which characterizes an internal resistance of the electric motor, comparing the first quantity with a predeterminable first threshold value, controlling the electric motor for a predeterminable first control duration according to the direction of rotation which corresponds to a current operational state of the braking device when the result of the comparison is that the first quantity exceeds the first threshold value.

Abstract: A method for operating a hydraulic brake system of a motor vehicle includes generating a force for displacing a brake piston of a wheel brake of the brake system for the actuation thereof via a pressure generator and an electromechanical actuator of the brake system. The method further includes actuating one or more of the pressure generator and the actuator to set a parking brake function and monitoring the operability of the brake system. The method further includes monitoring the actuator for a change of the operating state thereof, and suspending the monitoring for a specifiable period of time depending on a detected change.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle includes actuating at least one of a first actuation device and a second actuation device of the brake system, and, in the event of a fault in a hydraulic brake device of the brake system, producing an electromechanical braking force via an electromechanical brake device of the brake system for decelerating the motor vehicle, irrespective of which of the first actuation device and the second actuation device is actuated.

Abstract: A method for providing the clamping force generated by an electromechanical brake device in a vehicle includes setting the position of a brake piston as a function of a brake temperature when the vehicle is in motion.