Abstract: A connection device for electrically connecting a plurality of first electrical components to a second electrical component and for arrangement on a first housing of the second component. In the interior at least one first and one second potential connection are arranged. The connection device includes a connection strip, which on a first side has a plurality of electrical plug-in connection units for respective electrical connection of one of the first components by a respective plug-in connection and a second opposite side relative to a first direction, for arrangement on a first component, a contacting unit which has a carrier for arrangement on a through opening of the first housing and at least one contact pair arranged on the carrier for electrically contacting the first and second potential connection.

Abstract: An auxiliary battery system of a vehicle and a method of using the same include an auxiliary battery, a switching module, and an auxiliary battery control module, and the auxiliary battery stores power used in a plurality of loads of the vehicle, and configured to provide the power to a first load and a second load among the plurality of loads in a state in which the vehicle is parked, the switching module is electrically connected between the auxiliary battery and the first load, and the auxiliary battery control module is configured to determine whether a vehicle communication network enters a sleep mode in the state where a vehicle is parked, turn on a switching module when it is determined that the vehicle communication network has not entered the sleep mode, and turn off the switching module when a predetermined time period has elapsed after it is determined that the vehicle communication network has entered the sleep mode.

Abstract: One or more examples provide an electric vehicle or a device for use with an electric vehicle, including an electric vehicle charging system and method. In one example, an electric truck with an electric tailgate is disclosed.

Abstract: An electrostatic eliminating device comprises an electrostatic input terminal, an electrostatic absorption circuit, an electrostatic output terminal. The electrostatic absorption circuit is configured to absorb static electricity accessed to the input end of the electrostatic absorption circuit. The electrostatic input terminal is connected with the door handle, and the electrostatic output terminal is connected with the door handle or the human body to form a circuit, so that the electrostatic ab sorption circuit can absorb the incoming electrostatic charges to avoid the concentration of electrostatic charges on the door handle, which may cause the user to feel electric shock when touching the door handle.

Abstract: A bumper body-part assembly, including a cavity at least partially enclosed by a bumper member and a body part and a sound generator assembly at least partially arranged in the cavity. The sound generator assembly includes a housing assembly with at least one speaker, an electronic assembly and a fastener. The housing assembly includes a deformation assembly arranged in the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grill guard for a vehicle comprising a grill structural frame and a releasably fold down center assembly having a center structural frame and a latching assembly wherein the grill guard is attached to front of the vehicle by the grill structural frame; and the center assembly is attached to the grill structural frame and can be released and folded down by the latching assembly while the grill structural frame remains fixed in its original location attached to the front of the vehicle.

Abstract: An occupant protection device which can protect an occupant without delay is provided. An image taken by an imaging device is analyzed to judge whether there is an object approaching the subject car. In the case where a collision between the object and the subject car is judged to be inevitable, an airbag device is activated before the collision, whereby the occupant can be protected without delay. By using selenium for a light-receiving element of the imaging device, an accurate image can be obtained even under low illuminance. Imaging in a global shutter system leads to an accurate image with little distortion. This enables more accurate image analysis.

Abstract: A system and method include a radar sensor disposed in a vehicle for detecting an operator motion or gesture that indicates a desire to perform a function of the vehicle, and a controller in communication with the radar sensor to interpret sensor data and determine if the operator performed a predetermined motion or gesture that indicates the desire to perform the function of the vehicle based on the predetermined motion or gesture.

Abstract: An occupant protection device includes a first side airbag disposed at an outer side in a width direction of a first seat, a second side airbag disposed at an outer side in the width direction of a second seat, and a far-side airbag disposed at an inner side in the width direction of the first seat and near the first seat, wherein when a side collision toward the first seat is detected, deployment of the far-side airbag is started after a first delay time has elapsed after deployment of the first side airbag is started, when a side collision toward the second seat is detected, deployment of the far-side airbag is started after a second delay time has elapsed after deployment of the second side airbag is started, and the first delay time is greater than the second delay time.

Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable safety device for protecting an occupant of a vehicle includes utilizing an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) to determine that a vehicle collision is impending. In response to determining the existence of an impending vehicle collision, a mass spring damper model uses sensed vehicle longitudinal acceleration (IMU_X) to estimate the occupant movement that will result from the impending vehicle collision. The estimated occupant movement is used to determine how to control deployment of an actuatable safety device in response to the crash.

Abstract: A lower limb restraint airbag device, including: an airbag that is configured to be inflated and deployed toward a knee and a shin of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat by gas ejected from an inflator, and to make contact with at least the knee; a reaction force plate that is configured to be pulled out to a seat front side of the airbag in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the airbag; and a lock mechanism that is configured to block movement toward a seat front side of the pulled out reaction force plate.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes a far-side airbag and an expansion control processor controlling expansion of the far-side airbag. The far-side airbag is a cylindrical base fabric member, has an annular outer periphery, and has a shoulder protection air chamber, a head protection air chamber, and a non-inflating unit in an inner periphery. The shoulder protection air chamber is expanded into a longitudinal cylindrical shape to protect a shoulder of an occupant seated in a vehicle front seat. The head protection air chamber is expanded into a semicircular shape and falls against the occupant to protect the occupant's head. The non-inflating unit is disposed adjacent to the back shoulder air chamber and includes an inflator covered with a cylinder. The far-side airbag has a gas passage through which high-pressure gas discharged from discharge ports of the cylinder are fed to the shoulder protection air chamber and the head protection air chamber.

Abstract: A airbag cushion for installation in a negative pressure vehicle having a partition extending vertically along B-pillar trim covering a B-pillar, may include a cushion body mounted on a vehicle body in a folded state on an upper portion of the B-pillar, inflated by gas, and deployed between the B-pillar trim and the partition, and a tether connecting one side of the cushion body to the vehicle body to allow the cushion body to maintain its deployed shape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a center side airbag capable of supporting the airbag cushion without relying on the center console to protect the occupants. The present invention introduces a center side airbag including an airbag cushion arranged between a first seat and a second seat and configured to deploy upward and downward, a lower region configured to deploy in a shape protruding toward the second seat from a lower portion of the airbag cushion, and an upper region configured to deploy in a shape protruding toward an occupant seated on the first seat from an upper portion of the airbag cushion.

Abstract: An assembly includes a dash and a deployable panel supported by the dash. The deployable panel is moveable relative to the dash from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The deployable panel has a proximal end at the dash in the deployed position and a distal end spaced above the dash in the deployed position. An airbag is supported by the dash and is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag abuts the deployable panel when the deployable panel is in the deployed position and the airbag is in the inflated position. A tether extends from the airbag to the deployable panel in the undeployed position.

Abstract: Disclosed are an airbag for a seat capable of quickly and safely supporting an occupant's body parts in order to reduce the risk of injury to the occupant and a method of controlling deployment thereof. The airbag includes an airbag cushion configured to be deployed so as to cover areas ahead of and above a seat, an active wire connected between each of two side surfaces of the seat and a respective one of two side surfaces of the airbag cushion, an active mechanism configured to generate force of pulling the active wire connected to the airbag cushion toward an occupant, and a controller configured to apply an operation command to the active mechanism during operation of the airbag to control the active mechanism to pull the active wire so that the airbag cushion is pulled toward the occupant.

Abstract: Provided are an igniter and a gas generator that suppress inhibition of fire transfer to an enhance agent by adjusting elongation of a cup-shaped member at the time of activation while maintaining sealability and insulation. A disk-type gas generator 100 has a short substantially cylindrical housing in which one end and the other end in an axial direction are closed, and a holder 30, an igniter 40 including a squib cover 43, a cup-shaped member 50, an enhance agent 59, a gas generating agent 61, a lower support member 70, an upper support member 80, a cushion material 85, a filter 90, and the like as internal components are accommodated in an accommodation space provided inside the housing. The squib cover 43 is formed by molding a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin containing an elongation percentage adjusting material into a cup shape in order to set an elongation percentage at the time of activation of the igniter 40 to be greater than 0% and less than 10%.

Abstract: A seatbelt of a vehicle includes a buckle tilt mounting device for a tongue plate coupled with a seatbelt webbing restraining an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The buckle tilt mounting device includes a buckle assembly having a buckle and a buckle cable, and further includes a pre-tensioner system having a housing, a driving member, and a pre-tensioner cable. When the pre-tensioner system is actuated at a time of a vehicle collision or at a time a vehicle collision is anticipated, the driving member retracts the pre-tensioner cable inside the housing such that the buckle assembly is rotatably moved and configured to reduce submarining load on the occupant.

Abstract: A seatbelt device, including: a seatbelt formed in a belt shape; a tongue plate through which the seatbelt has been inserted; a buckle that is provided at one side in a seat width direction of a vehicle seat, with the tongue plate being attachably and detachably anchored to the buckle; and a belt-end anchor section that is provided at another side in the seat width direction of the vehicle seat, and that includes a separation operation portion, with an end portion of the seatbelt being anchored to the belt-end anchor section and the end portion of the seatbelt becoming separable as a result of an occupant of the vehicle operating the separation operation portion during a vehicle emergency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a load-bearing seat belt retractor for a seat structure of a vehicle seat. The seat belt retractor has two housing halves, between which functional modules of the seat belt retractor are arranged. One functional module is a belt spool with a winding axis, wherein a plurality of support plates oriented perpendicularly to the winding axis is provided on the functional modules, each said support plate having at least two locking noses, and the locking noses engage into corresponding locking holes in the two housing halves. The housing halves have beads and/or reinforcements directed toward the functional modules, and at least one section of a functional module and/or a section of a support plate is supported against the beads and/or reinforcements in at least one direction parallel to the winding axis.

Abstract: A belt retractor unit with a housing, a rotatably mounted belt reel, a blocking unit for blocking the belt reel, wherein the blocking unit has an electrically controllable actuator unit, a control apparatus for controlling the actuator unit, which has a sensor apparatus for measuring at least one horizontal acceleration value and a switching apparatus for controlling the actuator unit in dependence on at least the at least one horizontal acceleration value, wherein the belt retractor unit has a first emergency state, in which the magnitude of the horizontal acceleration value is above a first limit value and in which the belt reel is blocked, and an unblocking state in which the magnitude of the horizontal acceleration value is below the first limit value.

Abstract: A belt retractor unit with a housing, a belt reel rotatably mounted in this housing, a blocking unit for blocking the belt reel against the housing, wherein the blocking unit has an actuator unit with an electromagnet and a control apparatus for controlling the electromagnet, which has a power input, a power output connected to the electromagnet and at least one signal input for receiving a control signal and/or a sensor unit for generating a control signal, wherein the control apparatus has at least a first active switching state and a passive switching state, wherein in the first active switching state an electric current flows between the power output and the electromagnet, the current intensity of which is greater than in the passive switching state, wherein the control apparatus has between the power input and the power output at least one DC/DC converter acting as a constant current source, so that the current intensity in the first active switching state has a defined first value independent of the vol

Abstract: An automatic belt adjustment apparatus includes a fixing buckle, a belt buckle, a belt retractor, and a position switching member. The belt buckle is configured to be buckled with the fixing buckle. The belt retractor is connected to the other end of the belt. The belt retractor includes a locking assembly configured to selectively limit the belt retractor from automatically retracting the belt. The position switching member is movably disposed on at least one of the fixing buckle and the base, and configured to selectively drive the locking assembly to switch between a first position and a second position. When the position switching member drives the locking assembly to switch to the second position, the locking assembly is refrained from limiting the belt retractor from automatically retracting the belt.

Abstract: The method for identifying stolen vehicles by an information management system includes using at least one centralized user data management server provided with data storage means, a processing unit and device for communicating data in and out of the server with a global network of the Internet type, and remote terminals held by users and provided with a dedicated software application for organizing and communicating input data.

Abstract: A vehicle control device, including a main body, a vehicle control unit disposed within the main body to allow a user to control a vehicle, a vehicle power button disposed on at least a portion of the main body to allow the user to power on the vehicle from a distance, a trunk button disposed on at least a portion of the main body to allow the user to open a trunk of the vehicle from a distance, and a plurality of climate control buttons to allow the user to control an air conditioner or a heater of the vehicle from a distance.

Abstract: An enhanced validation mode for a vehicle is provided. Presence of a primary access device is identified, using a radio frequency (RF) transceiver of the vehicle. Responsive to the vehicle being in the enhanced validation mode, aspects of a secondary access device are validated with an access list descriptive of which secondary access devices are allowable for use in confirming a user is authorized, in addition to utilizing the primary access device to validate access to the vehicle, the secondary access device being a physical credential issued to a user to grant the user access to a physical location. Responsive to the vehicle not being in the enhanced validation mode, the primary access device but not the secondary access device are utilized to validate access to the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle window glass includes: a curved glass plate having a first face and a second face; two bus bars that are formed on the first face and are respectively disposed along any two sides of the glass plate; a plurality of heating wires that are formed on the first face and are arranged in parallel to connect the bus bars to each other; and connection terminals that are respectively disposed on the two bus bars, in which the two bus bars each have a first region wherein the connection terminal is disposed, and a second region other than the first region, wherein the first region and the second region are linked along the corresponding side, and the width of the first region is the same as or smaller than the width of the second region.

Abstract: A windshield wiper system for a vehicle. In one example, the windshield wiper system includes a drive, a wiper, and a control device, which is connectable to a continuous power supply of the vehicle. The control device is configured to communicate with at least one control unit of the vehicle via a predefined data transfer system, and to control the drive to move the wiper arm based on specifications from the control unit. Another example relates to a method for controlling a windshield wiper system of a vehicle, where the system is configured to clean a windshield of the vehicle by means of at least one wiper. The method includes monitoring an environment of the vehicle, establishing a wiper mode for detected conditions in the environment of the vehicle, and controlling a drive of the windshield wiper system to move the wiper according to the wiper mode.

Abstract: A windscreen wiper blade includes a blade body, a blade rubber, and a yoke. The blade body includes first and second locks. The yoke is made of a metal plate and includes a first extension and a blade rubber retainer. The first extension has a fitting bead which the first lock engages. The blade rubber retainer extends from the first extension and retains the blade rubber. The yoke also includes second and third extensions. The second extension extends away from the blade rubber from an end of the first extension located away from the fitting bead. The third extension has a locking hole in which the second lock is fit and extends toward the blade rubber from an end of the second extension located away from the first extension. The yoke includes a burned portion defining a boundary between the second and third extension. The second and third extensions overlap.

Abstract: A windshield wiper system for a vehicle. In one example, the windshield wiper system includes a windshield wiper having a wiper arm, a wiper blade, a wiper arm drive and a washing nozzle, and an evaluation unit. The washing nozzle is configured to be moved along a windshield and to dispense a washing liquid The evaluation unit is configured to determine a partial area of the windshield of the vehicle to be cleaned The partial area is an area which can be reached by the wiper blade to control the wiper arm drive to move the wiper blade from a parking position of the wiper blade to the partial area and to activate the dispensing of the washing liquid upon reaching the partial area and to control the wiper arm drive to only sweep the partial area for cleaning by means of an oscillating movement.

Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.

Abstract: A device for cleaning at least one glass surface of a vehicle, including at least one nozzle configured to spray a cleaning fluid onto the at least one glass surface, at least one line for dispensing the cleaning fluid, a pump, a plurality of solenoid valves or sets of solenoid valves, each solenoid valve being connected to one of the nozzles and coupled to at least one heating element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid recovery system for a motor vehicle where such a recovery system includes at least one liquid intake that communicates with a tank, which is designed to store liquid from the liquid intake, and is designed with an arrangement below the motor vehicle's beltline.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method thereof. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid sprayer configured to spray washer fluid on at least one sensor arranged in a vehicle, an air sprayer configured to spray air on the at least one sensor, a liquid controller configured to control washer fluid spraying of the liquid sprayer, and an air controller configured to control air spraying of the air sprayer.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an internal cabin, a lavatory within the internal cabin, and a cleaning system within the lavatory. The cleaning system includes a floor having an exposed upper surface. The floor includes a hydrophobic material configured to repel liquid. An air knife is configured to output an airstream over the exposed upper surface of the floor to remove one or both of liquid or debris off the floor. The air knife is at or proximate to a first portion of the floor. A vacuum has an air inlet. The vacuum draws in the airstream through the air inlet. The vacuum is at or proximate to a second portion of the floor that is opposite from the first portion. The first portion is at a first level that is above a second level of the second portion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air treatment device, including: a device body, configured for air treatment; wheels, arranged on the device body and configured to drive the device body to move; and a parking mechanism, movably connected to the device body, where the parking mechanism can move relative to the device body to be in contact with or separated from the ground, such that the air treatment device is in a parking state or a free state.

Abstract: In a work vehicle, a through-hole in a stay includes first and second regions. When a grip is pulled in an unlocked state in which a collar is located inside the first region and a grip assembly is not locked inside the through-hole, a state is transitioned into a locked state in which a compression spring is compressed by a pin and a plain washer, a brake lever rotates, a claw moves toward a notch, and a rod is located inside the second region and the grip assembly is locked inside the through-hole. When a brake pedal is stepped on in this locked state, the claw and the notch engage with each other, and the brake pedal is locked.

Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling an EPB of the vehicle, include determining whether the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition for entering a seized release mode of the EPB, implementing the seized release mode of the EPB, and outputting a guide message for a warning and an inspection associated with seizing of the EPB.

Abstract: A vehicle system including a pre-trip inspection algorithm includes a service brake controller for controlling service brakes at a plurality of wheel ends of a vehicle and for monitoring a change of state of the vehicle, a parking brake controller for controlling parking brakes at a plurality of wheel ends and in communication with the service brake controller; and a driver interface unit in communication with the service brake controller for receiving a driver request for an automated pre-trip inspection of a vehicle. In response to the driver request for an automated pre-trip inspection, the service brake controller automatically applies the service brakes and in response to a change of state of the vehicle, the parking brake controller applies the parking brakes automatically.

Abstract: In various examples, activation criteria and/or braking profiles corresponding to automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems and/or collision mitigation warning (CMW) systems may be determined using sensor data representative of an environment to a front, side, and/or rear of a vehicle. For example, activation criteria for triggering an AEB system and/or CMW system may be adjusted by leveraging the availability of additional information with regards to the surrounding environment of a vehicle—such as the presence of a trailing vehicle. In addition, the braking profile for the AEB activation may be adjusted based on information about the presence of and/or location of vehicles to the front, rear, and/or side of the vehicle. By adjusting the activation criteria and/or braking profiles of an AEB system, the potential for collisions with dynamic objects in the environment is reduced and the overall safety of the vehicle and its passengers is increased.

Abstract: A method for controlling a hydraulic volume in a system comprising a power brake and a driving dynamics control. The system is configured to hydraulically couple the power brake to the driving dynamics control. The method includes: providing a signal to build up a first dynamic pressure for the driving dynamics control; generating a first control signal by means of the driving dynamics control, and providing the first control signal to the power brake in order to provide the hydraulic volume at the hydraulic coupling; generating a second hydraulic pressure by means of the power brake in order to provide the hydraulic volume at the hydraulic coupling; providing the hydraulic volume at the second hydraulic pressure at the hydraulic coupling by means of the power brake; and building up the first hydraulic pressure in the driving dynamics control by means of the provided hydraulic volume.

Abstract: A braking control device includes a control unit that controls a braking force in accordance with an operation amount of a braking operation member, and a braking determination unit that determines whether or not a reduction in the operation amount of the braking operation member has been started when the braking force is applied to a vehicle due to the operation of the braking operation member. In a case where a reduction rate of the operation amount upon determination that the reduction in the operation amount has been started is equal to or larger than a reduction rate determination value, the control unit starts limitation processing of providing a limitation to the reduction rate of the braking force against the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for controlling brake assemblies of a vehicle is provided. Responsive to identifying a locked wheel protection event for a first wheel of a paired set of wheels on the vehicle, where the paired set of wheels is the first wheel on one side of the vehicle and a second wheel on an opposite side of the vehicle, a first brake pressure to a first brake assembly associated with the first wheel is released to zero pounds per square inch (PSI) and a second brake pressure to a second brake assembly associated with the second wheel of the paired set of wheels is reduced by a predetermined amount thereby reducing a yaw effect to the vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a dump truck that, when drive wheels (6) slip, is capable of reducing braking torques for the drive wheels (6) to avoid locking of the drive wheels (6), and of generating braking torques for driven wheels (7) to ensure an overall braking torque for the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brake device (100) for a hydraulic vehicle brake system, comprising at least one simulator unit (1) for generating a counterforce (G) which acts counter to an actuating force (B) and which is fed back to an actuating member (2) of the brake device (100), having at least one hydraulically actuated simulator piston (4), which is axially displaceable in a piston bore (3), and having at least one sealing element (5) for sealing off the simulator piston (4) in the piston bore (3). In order to be able to produce brake devices with different simulator characteristics at lower cost and more efficiently, it is proposed according to the invention that the sealing element (5) is fastened to the simulator piston (4), and slides on a lateral surface (6) of the piston bore (3) when the simulator piston (4) is actuated.

Abstract: A braking system, may include: a hydraulic braking apparatus including a first hydraulic braking apparatus provided on anyone of front and rear wheels of a vehicle and a second hydraulic braking apparatus provided on the other of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle; a nonhydraulic braking apparatus capable of generating braking force in a wheel provided with the second hydraulic braking apparatus among the front and rear wheels; a main braking force regulator configured for regulating braking force by controlling hydraulic braking pressure supplied to the first hydraulic braking apparatus and the second hydraulic braking apparatus; and an auxiliary braking force regulator configured for regulating braking force by controlling at least one braking apparatus of the first hydraulic braking apparatus and the non-hydraulic braking apparatus, based on whether an anti-lock braking system (ABS) is operating; when a failure has occurred in the main braking force regulator.

Abstract: A brake apparatus includes a first processor configured to output a first control signal based on an output signal of a parking switch, a second processor, a first parking brake driver configured to drive a first parking brake motor and a second parking brake motor based on the first control signal, and a second parking brake driver. The first processor transmits a first periodic signal to the parking switch during a normal operation of the first processor. The parking switch transmits a second periodic signal to the second processor in response to the first periodic signal received from the first processor. The second processor does not output the second control signal in response to the second periodic signal, and outputs a second control signal in response to not receiving the second periodic signal. The second parking brake driver drives the second parking brake motor based on the second control signal.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake system for activating the wheel brakes of an aircraft landing gear assembly includes a hydraulic fluid supply line and an associated return line. There is a valve which separates a source of hydraulic fluid from a portion of the return line and an associated leak path associated with the valve that in use maintains the pressure and/or volume of hydraulic fluid in the portion of the return line above a minimum acceptable level. The leak path may be provided by a hole drilled in a part (e.g. the poppet) of a non-return check valve.

Abstract: A brake actuating device for a motor vehicle brake system comprising a hydraulic unit has a side face, on which an electric motor is arranged. The electric motor drives a pressure generator, located in the hydraulic unit, for conveying a hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic unit comprises a first plurality of location openings in the side face. An adapter unit having a first connecting surface is arranged on the side face of the hydraulic unit. The adapter unit comprises a second plurality of location openings in the first connecting surface, wherein each of the first plurality of the location openings of the hydraulic unit is connected in fluid communication with one of the second plurality of connection openings of the adapter unit. The adapter unit comprises a second connection surface having a plurality of connection openings for fluidically connecting wheel brakes of the motor vehicle brake system.

Abstract: An electropneumatic valve arrangement is for actuating a parking brake function of an electropneumatic brake system of a commercial vehicle, with a pilot control unit, which modulates a pilot pressure in dependence on an electronic parking brake signal, and which is configured to be self-holding, wherein the pilot pressure can bring about a modulation of a parking brake pressure at least at one spring accumulator connection or can be modulated as such. The valve arrangement also has an emergency release connection with an emergency release path for optionally inputting an emergency release pressure, which brings about the modulation of the parking brake pressure at the at least one spring accumulator connection.