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.

Abstract: A method is used for checking the braking force in a vehicle, which has a hydraulic vehicle brake having a brake booster and an electromechanical brake device having a brake motor. In order to build up a braking force, first of all the brake booster is activated, and subsequently an electromechanical braking force is generated by application of the brake motor. If a pressure drop occurring in the brake fluid is outside a permissible value range, a fault signal is generated.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for triggering an occupant protection device in a vehicle with a parking brake, wherein for the case in which a deceleration of the vehicle is demanded by operating the parking brake while travelling, the occupant protection device is triggered automatically and displaced from an initial position into a protective position.

Abstract: A method for operating a hydraulic brake system of a motor vehicle includes enabling a parking brake function by actuating a pressure generator and an actuator such that the pressure generator and the actuator together generate a total clamping force at a wheel brake, and actuating the pressure generator based on a movement of an actuator element and/or a brake piston, the movement generated by the actuator. The brake system includes the wheel brake having the brake piston, a brake pedal device, the pressure generator configured to actuate the wheel brake, the actuator assigned to the wheel brake and having the actuator element configured to actuate the wheel brake. A force that displaces the brake piston in order to actuate the wheel brake is generated by the pressure generator and/or the actuator.

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 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 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 for operating a brake system with an automated parking brake for a motor vehicle, includes detecting a defined fault. The method further includes activating a parking mode of the parking brake automatically when the defined fault is detected. The automated parking brake is operable in different operating modes, a first operating mode corresponding to a drive mode and a second operating mode corresponding to the parking mode.

Abstract: A method for providing a brake force in a vehicle includes actuating an electric brake motor, which overrides an idling function, generating a hydraulic braking power, and re-actuating the electric brake motor.

Abstract: Method for operating an automated hand brake comprising at least one first actuator and one second actuator for a motor vehicle, wherein each of the actuators is activated for an operation using a defined amperage, is characterized in that, in a first phase, the actuators are operated essentially synchronously until a defined first amperage is reached and, in a subsequent phase, the actuators are sequentially operated until a defined second amperage is reached.

Abstract: A method for operating a braking mechanism includes controlling an actuator comprising an electric motor in such a way as to move an actuator element into a predefined position. Upon completion of the controlling action on the actuator, at least one motor coasting variable is measured. On the basis of the measured motor coasting variable, it is verified whether the actuator element has moved into the predefined position.

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: 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: The disclosure relates to a method for determining the actuation distance in an electromechanical brake device having an electric brake motor, wherein the distance of a spindle nut is first determined while taking into account an initial value for the motor constant and the motor total resistance and a correction of the spindle nut distance is then performed after an estimation has been performed.

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes detecting an operative state of the motor vehicle. The method further includes shifting the parking brake unit of the parking brake from a rest state into a predetermined operative state in response to the detected operative state of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a service brake and a parking brake. The service brake of the motor vehicle is activated by a pressure generator. The parking brake of the motor vehicle is activated by a parking brake unit. The motor vehicle has an autonomous operating mode and/or a partially autonomous operating mode that can be activated. The parking brake is configured to, in the predetermined operative state, produce a no braking effect and/or a lower braking effect compared to a full activation of the parking brake.

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: In a method for generating braking power by actuating at least one electric braking motor in a vehicle parking brake comprising two control devices, in the event of a failure of a first control device/braking motor unit, braking power is generated automatically via a second control device/braking motor unit if the vehicle speed is lower than a threshold value and/or if a characteristic value in the vehicle (e.g. the ignition status) indicates that the vehicle is at or is about to come to a standstill, but preferably only once a defined time interval has elapsed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for triggering an occupant protection device in a vehicle with a parking brake, wherein for the case in which a deceleration of the vehicle is demanded by operating the parking brake while travelling, the occupant protection device is triggered automatically and displaced from an initial position into a protective position.

Abstract: A drivetrain for a vehicle includes a drive motor, an axle differential, and a friction brake. The drive motor is configured to drive the axle differential. The friction brake is positioned in a transmission path between the drive motor and the axle differential, and is configured to generate a braking torque.

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.