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 for releasing a brake device for an automatic parking brake, a corresponding device, and a control device enable safely releasing the parking brake without stress on components. A method for actuating a parking brake with a brake device having a brake caliper housing with a chamber configured to receive a fluid, a brake piston, a spindle and a spindle nut, includes determining a first hydraulic driver-applied pre-pressure in the chamber during a mechanical application process of the parking brake. The method further includes comparing the first driver-applied pre-pressure to a predetermined pressure threshold value via the control device; and building up a hydraulic support pressure in the chamber in order to unload the spindle when the first driver-applied pre-pressure is above the pressure threshold value.

Abstract: A composite panel includes fibres adhered together by means of an adhesive binder to form a sheet having opposed planar faces and fibre reinforcement ribs imbedded in the sheet.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement is shown for providing enhanced sealing for the edge of a window pane for the window opening in the upper part of the door of a vehicle body. In the case where the door carries no frame for the window, the sealing arrangement is carried by the frame of the door opening. The sealing arrangement comprises longitudinally extending lips defining a shallow groove between them, and in the base of which groove are formed apertures. When the window pane is in the closed position, suction is applied to the groove through holes in its base, and ensures that the lips are in enhanced sealing and supporting contact with the periphery of the window glass. The lips and the groove are formed in an outside wall of a chamber to which pressure can be applied so as to force the lips towards the window pane. The pressure in the chamber and the suction in the chamber can be controlled in synchronism with the raising and lowering of the window pane and with the opening and closing of the door.