Abstract: A control device for a braking system of a vehicle is provided, having a first receiving device which receives a provided brake activation intensity variable, a plunger control device which determines a setpoint fill level variable of a plunger, taking into account at least the received brake activation intensity variable, and a corresponding plunger control signal is outputtable so that a ratio of an actual volume and a maximum fillable volume of a storage volume of the plunger is settable corresponding to the determined setpoint fill level variable. For a brake activation intensity variable corresponding to a predefined non-activation intensity variable, the plunger control device determines a fill level variable different from an empty state as the setpoint fill level variable, and outputs a plunger control signal corresponding to the determined setpoint fill level variable to the plunger such that the plunger is at least partially filled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control method of an electronic parking brake system, which variably controls the duty of voltage applied to a motor upon release of the electronic parking brake system. The control method includes controlling voltage applied to a motor to a first duty ratio upon release of the electronic parking brake system, controlling the voltage applied to the motor to a second duty ratio greater than the first duty ratio if locking of the motor occurs and the motor is not operated, and controlling the voltage applied to the motor to the first duty ratio if locking of the motor is released and the motor begins to operate, after the control of voltage to the second duty ratio.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a parking brake module that is at least partially integrated into a compressed air generation system in the event of defects, having a control unit, solenoid valves, and a relay valve for aerating and deaerating at least one spring-loaded brake cylinder. A pressure in the parking brake module which is elevated compared to a normal pressure is determined. A constant compressed air delivery is stopped. A reduced switch-off pressure of the compressed air generation system is set. The pressure level in the parking brake module is lowered to the reduced switch-off pressure through repeated activation of the relay valve.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle, particularly a commercial vehicle, includes an operating brake device for providing an operating brake function for braking the vehicle, and a parking brake device for providing a parking brake function independently of the operating brake system. If one of the two braking devices partially or completely fails, the vehicle can be braked automatically by means of the other braking device.

Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle includes: a cylinder body in which brake oil is compressed; a first piston pressurizing brake oil while moving along the inside of the cylinder body; a connection part having a smaller outer diameter than the first piston, and including one side connected to the first piston and the other side extended to the outside of the cylinder body; a pipe line part connecting the cylinder body and a wheel brake, and transferring the brake oil compressed through the movement of the connection part to the wheel brake; and a valve controlling the flow of the brake oil transferred along the pipe line part.

Abstract: An electric braking device for a vehicle. The device includes: front wheel and/or rear wheel braking modules that are not powered when the vehicle is in a standby state; at least one on-board computer; at least one user control module which, upon a user's request, delivers a power supply control signal to control the power supply to the braking modules and braking control signals to activate the braking modules when the modules are powered; and a mechanism for cutting the power supply to the braking modules once the vehicle has zero speed and the wheels are immobilized under action of the braking modules. The device can reduce the power consumption of vehicles.

Abstract: Disclosed are electronic control brake systems for vehicles which suppress residual frictional force generated due to contact between pads and a disc.

Abstract: A brake control device for a vehicle includes: a hydraulic brake device including a master cylinder, a wheel cylinder, a differential pressure control valve, and a pump; and a differential pressure control unit that operates the pump and transmits a differential pressure instructing output to the differential pressure control valve to perform a differential pressure control such that a differential pressure is generated; wherein the differential pressure control unit includes a correcting unit, wherein the correcting unit calculates a differential pressure instructing correction amount, based on an increased amount of the differential pressure which is generated by the differential pressure control valve when the increased amount of the differential pressure during the differential pressure control and then corrects the differential pressure instructing output based on the differential pressure instructing correction amount such that the differential pressure instructing output becomes larger than the increas

Abstract: A method to control a vehicle including control of regenerative brakes and friction brakes includes monitoring a desired corner force and moment distribution, monitoring real-time actuator constraints including a braking torque limit of each of the regenerative brake, determining a regenerative braking torque for each of the regenerative brakes based upon the desired corner force and moment distribution and the real-time actuator constraints, determining a friction braking torque for each of the friction brakes based upon the desired corner force and moment distribution and the determined regenerative braking torque for each of the regenerative brakes, and controlling the vehicle based upon the determined regenerative braking torques and the determined friction braking torques.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a brake system of a motor vehicle having a brake device (40) with a hydraulic brake unit (41) and a recuperation brake unit (42). The method includes calculating (S1) a hydraulic brake force characteristic curve (B2) of the hydraulic brake unit (41) on the basis of at least one detected characteristic of the brake system, selecting (S2) a generator-based brake force characteristic curve (G1-G4) of the recuperation brake unit (42) on the basis of a predefined criterion and as a function of the calculated hydraulic brake force characteristic curve (B2), and controlling (S3) the hydraulic brake unit (41) and the recuperation brake unit (42) in accordance with a detected degree of actuation of the brake pedal (10), the calculated hydraulic brake force characteristic curves (B2), and the selected generator-based brake force characteristic curve (G1-G4).

Abstract: A brake control system has a manual fluid pressure source and a power fluid pressure source. A fluid pressure actuator forms an X-pipe having a first channel and a second channel. The power fluid pressure source supplies the operating fluid to each wheel by using the first channel and the second channel. A channel system including the first channel and a channel system including the second channel can be isolated from each other by an isolation valve. The fluid pressure actuator includes a regulation unit configured to regulate a state of supplying the operating fluid such that a difference between a state occurring when the operating fluid is supplied to one of the first channel and the second channel after passing through the isolation valve, and a state occurring when the operating fluid is supplied to the other channel without passing through the isolation valve, is reduced.

Abstract: In an electrically driven brake booster wherein an electrically driven actuator moves a booster piston upon operation of a brake pedal to generate a hydraulic pressure for driving a brake force at the maser cylinder, the electrically driven actuator controls to move the booster piston as the pressing member in order to correctly detect presence/absence of an operation of the booster piston and detect a movement pattern of an input rot and an input piston as the shaft member relative to a movement of the pressing member. In accordance with the movement pattern, presence/absence of an operation of the brake pedal is detected. By confirming that the brake pedal is not operated, by the method described above, a zero point of a stroke sensor for detecting the position of the shaft member and zero points of oil pressure sensors for detecting a hydraulic pressure supplied by the master cylinder are learnt.

Abstract: A system and method of diagnosing and/or mitigating the effects of a malfunctioning brake valve configured to supply pressurized fluid to a brake unit via a pressure delivery line during automated braking operations including detecting a period of no braking activity, venting the pressure delivery line to atmosphere during the period of no braking activity, monitoring pressure in the pressure delivery line to detect a pressure change resulting from the venting, and generating an error signal if a detected pressure change exceeds a threshold value. The pressure modulating valve can be periodically cycled once a fault is detected to reduce the effects thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a disk brake that can hold a required thrust force and maintain a stop state of a vehicle without increasing complexity in the disk brake even if the disk brake is operated in a high temperature state of a brake pad and then a temperature of the brake pad is reduced. In the disk brake 1, an electric motor 8 is driven to thrust a piston 6, the piston 6 presses the brake pad 5 against a disk rotor 2, and the piston 6 is held in the pressed position, the electric motor 8 is re-driven after a predetermined time from a start of holding of the piston 6, and a driving condition of the electric motor 8 after re-driving is determined based on a change in value of a current supplied to the electric motor 8 by the re-driving.

Abstract: An electric autobrake interlock system for an aircraft includes an autobrake power interlock mechanism that prevents inadvertent (uncommanded) application of brakes. The autobrake power interlock removes operating power from the brake actuators whenever the autobrake actuation data does not indicate a legitimate autobrake application condition. The interlock processing occurs in parallel with the autobrake command processing such that even if an inadvertent autobrake command is generated, the brake actuators will be enable to act upon the inadvertent autobrake command. In this regard, the brake actuators are unable to apply brakes automatically unless the following two actions happen concurrently: the operating power is provided to enable the electric brake actuators and autobrake actuation control is commanded in response to the legitimate autobrake application condition.

Abstract: An electronically controlled brake system for trailer tractors. The system having a device for braking the tractor and trailer, and for steer-by-braking the tractor only, tractor brakes, and further devices for braking the trailer only. The further devices include a normally-ON valve allowing simultaneous braking of the tractor and trailer. The valve is switched to OFF when the steer-by-braking function is activated.

Abstract: A method of derating a retarding grid assembly of a machine is provided. The method may determine the temperatures of resistive elements and insulators associated with the retarding grid assembly, generate a trigger if any one of the temperatures of the resistive elements and insulators exceeds a respective temperature threshold, and determine a magnitude of deration to be applied to a drivetrain associated with the machine in response to the trigger. The magnitude of deration may be based at least partially on feedback and feedforward analyzes of the temperatures of the resistive elements and insulators. The magnitude of deration may correspond to a reduction in retarding capacity of the drivetrain.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle brake system having a high degree of mounting freedom. The present vehicle brake system is configured in such a manner that an input device into which braking operation of the operator is inputted and a motor cylinder device which generates hydraulic brake pressure on the basis of an electric signal according to at least the braking operation are disposed so as to be separated from each other in the engine room partitioned in front of the dashboard. The vehicle brake system is characterized in that the input device is disposed behind a power device in such a manner that at least a part of the input device overlaps the power device in the front-rear direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft braking system having brakes with electromechanical braking actuators (103) adapted to press selectively against associated stacks of disks in order to generate a braking torque on associated wheels of the aircraft; at least one control module (130) receiving braking setpoints and responding by generating a braking command (121); and at least one power module (120) responding to the braking command by delivering AC power to the motors of actuators connected to the power module so that the motors develop a braking force corresponding to the braking setpoints. According to the invention, the control module includes a digital processor stage (131) and an analog processor unit (135).

Abstract: A hydraulic-pressure control device includes: a regulator (182) including a housing (200), a control piston (204) in the housing (200); an input chamber (212) at a rear of the control piston (204) and an output chamber (214) in front of the control piston (204); and an input-hydraulic-pressure control device (56,184) which controls hydraulic pressure in the input chamber (212) to move the control piston (204) forward or backward to raise or reduce hydraulic pressure in the output chamber (214).

Abstract: There is provided a brake system for vehicles, the brake system including: a slave cylinder S/C to generate a hydraulic pressure by an electric motor according to a braking operation by a driver; and a controller to decrease an operation amount of the slave cylinder S/C when an operation amount of the electric motor is maintained, then increase an operation amount of the slave cylinder S/C when a change occurs in an operation amount of the electric motor subsequently. The controller determines whether or not the phase currents Iu, Iv, Iw of the electric motor are in two-phase continuously energized state and the state remains for a certain time or longer. When the determination conditions are satisfied, the controller performs commutation control to generate commutation in the electric motor by reducing a target hydraulic pressure of the slave cylinder S/C.

Abstract: To operate an electrically controlled pressurized-fluid brake system, an external brake request signal is received, a curve radius of a vehicle track of the vehicle is determined, at least one limit value is determined based on the curve radius, at least one variable representing a brake pressure to be supplied to wheel brakes is compared with the at least one limit value, the at least one variable is limited based on the comparison, the at least one variable is outputted, and braking pressure is supplied to the wheel brakes based on the outputted at least one variable.

Abstract: A vehicle braking system includes an operation amount detector, a hydraulic pressure source, a controller, and a wheel cylinder. The hydraulic pressure source is to generate brake hydraulic pressure corresponding to an amount of operation detected by the operation amount detector. The wheel cylinder is to be operated by the brake hydraulic pressure generated by the hydraulic pressure source. The hydraulic pressure source includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator includes a piston and an electric motor. The electric motor is configured to move the piston forwardly to generate the brake hydraulic pressure. The second actuator includes a pump configured to pressurize brake fluid located downstream of the first actuator. The controller is configured to selectively operate the first actuator and the second actuator based on the amount of operation detected by the operation amount detector.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide braking systems and methods for a motor vehicle. One braking system includes a primary braking system, a speed sensor, a brake pedal, a parking brake, and a processor coupled to the parking brake and the primary braking system. The processor is configured to engage the primary braking system when the parking brake is activated and the motor vehicle is traveling at a speed at least equal to a pre-determined speed.

Abstract: An electric brake actuator (motor cylinder apparatus) for generating hydraulic brake pressure on the basis of at least an electric signal corresponding to brake manipulation by an operator, which is incorporated in a vehicle brake system with an input apparatus being arranged separately from the electric brake actuator and receiving the brake manipulation. A reservoir reserving brake fluid is attached to a cylinder body included in the electric brake actuator, and the ceiling of the reservoir is inclined from the axis of the cylinder body in correspondence with an arrangement of the main body inclined from the horizontal line.

Abstract: In an electric braking device that produces brake fluid pressure by driving a second slave piston in the axial direction with the driving force by a motor, a driving force transmission mechanism for transferring the driving force by the motor includes a nut that rotates upon reception of the rotational driving force by the motor, and a ball screw shaft which is engaged with the nut and is movable in the axial direction and which abuts the second slave piston. The electric braking device further includes a worn-out reducer for reducing the worn-out of a contact part between the ball screw shaft and the second slave piston.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system and method that are designed to improve the driver braking experience by compensating for the effects that humidity and temperature can have on brake performance. According to one embodiment, the method determines if a braking event is underway and, if so, it measures humidity and brake temperature. With this information, the method is able to compensate for anticipated changes in the coefficient of friction (?) of one or more brake components, such as brake pads or rotors, and to provide a modified brake command signal accordingly.

Abstract: A motor vehicle “brake-by-wire” system having an actuating unit, including a brake master cylinder, actuatable by a brake pedal, has a housing and a piston, arranged displaceably in the housing and, with the housing, delimits a pressure space. The brake master cylinder piston is a stepped piston with two differing size hydraulic active surfaces; a first, small active surface assigned to the pressure space, and a second, large active surface assigned to a filling space. In the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, the filling space is connected to the travel simulator via a pressure medium line such that, in the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, the first small active surface is effective, and, in the recoil plane after a closing travel has been overcome, the second, large hydraulic active surface is effective and the active surfaces are switched over depending on a hydraulic pressure in the pressure space and on the pedal force, respectively.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system for a vehicle, the brake system including a master brake cylinder coupled to an electromechanical brake booster having a booster body. The method involves: From an initial position, displacing the booster body relative to the master brake cylinder by an adjusting travel in the direction towards the master brake cylinder into an end position; from the end position, displacing the booster body relative to the master brake cylinder by the same adjusting travel in an opposite direction away from the master brake cylinder back into the initial position; during the step of displacing the booster body from the end position back into the initial position, sucking hydraulic fluid from wheel brake devices that coupled in a fluid manner with the brake system and assigned to wheels of the vehicle, for the reduction of a hydraulic fluid pressure existing in the wheel brake devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic brake system comprising a master brake cylinder the at least one working chamber of which is connected to the wheel brakes of the vehicle via at least one hydraulic line, the brake piston of at least one wheel brake being adjustable by a negative pressure in the hydraulic lines to produce a brake clearance.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for restarting an engine that can be selectively deactivated during idle-stop conditions. In one embodiment, current is directed to a starter motor and an electric brake sequentially by limiting the current supplied to one while current is supplied to the other, an order of delivering the current based on a timing of a restart request relative to an electric brake request, as well as vehicle operating conditions at the time the requests were received. By coordinating the operation of a starter motor with the operation of an electric brake, loading of the engine system's electrical supply can be reduced.

Abstract: A method for operating an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle having an electric motor and a brake device, and the electric motor and the brake device being capable of being influenced by a control device. When the electric vehicle is at a standstill, when there is an error of the control device, the brake device is actuated so that the electric vehicle cannot move, or at least can move only to a very limited extent.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detection of dragging brakes for use in, for example, an aircraft. A method is provided comprising calculating, by a brake controller, a slip ratio based upon an aircraft speed and a speed of an aircraft wheel, determining, by the brake controller, that the slip ratio is above a threshold value, and sending, by the brake controller and in response to the slip ratio being above the threshold value, a dragging brake signal to an aircraft component.

Abstract: A vehicle brake device is provided with a regulator for generating a servo pressure acting on a master piston in a master cylinder, based on a pilot pressure. The regulator is provided with a brake fluid absorbing section communicating with a first pilot chamber for absorbing the brake fluid as the pilot pressure in the first pilot chamber in the quantity depending on the fluid pressure in the first pilot chamber. The brake fluid absorbing section comprises a piston receiving portion formed in a second piston and opening to the first pilot chamber, a pressure receiving piston slidably received in the piston receiving portion and making the first pilot chamber variable in capacity, and an urging member urging the pressure receiving piston toward the first pilot chamber side.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle is operative to apply a friction brake force to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The braking system includes a master cylinder is in fluid communication with a reservoir of brake fluid and in fluid communication with the hydraulic brake device. According to one aspect, the braking system includes an electric brake force generator which moves the brake fluid within the master cylinder to deliver brake fluid to the friction brake device in response to a first predetermined displacement of a brake pedal. The electric brake force generator includes a housing defining a boost chamber filled with brake fluid and in fluid communication with the reservoir of brake fluid and further includes a drive arrangement for creating pressure in the boost chamber.

Abstract: In a method and a device for the control of a vehicle brake system, the setpoint values for each wheel are corrected based on the difference between brake pressures in at least one wheel brake of two different brake circuits.

Abstract: A pneumatically-operated vehicle brake system has a first compressed air line in which compressed air at a controllable service brake pressure can be provided. Membrane parts of brake cylinders can be ventilated by the service brake pressure for a service brake function. A parking brake device includes a second compressed air line in which compressed air can be provided at a parking brake pressure electro-pneumatically. Brake cylinder spring brake parts can be ventilated by compressed air at the service brake pressure to provide a parking brake function. The parking brake device also has a ventilation inlet by which the second compressed air line can be ventilated to increase the parking brake pressure, and a first ventilation outlet by which the second compressed air line can be ventilated to reduce the parking brake pressure. The second compressed air line can be pneumatically connected to the first via the first ventilation outlet.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electric parking brake of a vehicle includes calculating a desired braking force based on the vehicle condition at an instruction of applying a braking force, and starting a braking motor of the electric parking brake. The method further includes determining whether a braking force is increasing by measuring current applied to the braking motor, calculating a braking correction value based on the measured current when determined that a braking force is not increasing, calculating a load torque based on the braking correction value and the measured current when determined that a braking force is increasing, and stopping the braking motor when the load torque is greater than the desired braking force.

Abstract: A controller sets a target hydraulic pressure of a master cylinder based on the operation amount of a brake pedal, and controls the action of an electric motor so that a master cylinder hydraulic pressure attains the target hydraulic pressure. A brake characteristic representing a relationship between a motor rotation position detected by a resolver and the master cylinder hydraulic pressure as detected by the hydraulic pressure sensor is stored and updated. When the hydraulic pressure sensor is abnormal, a target motor rotation position corresponding to the target hydraulic pressure is set using the updated brake characteristic, and the action of the electric motor is controlled. The electric motor is controlled based on the updated brake characteristic, and hence fluctuations in the vehicle deceleration with respect to the brake operation can be suppressed and a sense of discomfort for the driver can be alleviated.

Abstract: A method to limit overheating of a brake equipped with an electromechanically actuable parking brake including the steps of: driving a threaded spindle by an electric motor until a power drain (Imax), corresponding to a brake application force (F), is reached; detection of a travel distance (x0) of the piston corresponding to the brake application force (F) of the brake caliper in a locked state; determination of a second travel distance (x1) by adding a further travel distance value (x11), which corresponds to the desired clearance value, to form (x0); driving of the electric motor until the second travel distance (x1) has been covered by the brake piston; and comparing the vehicle speed with a predefined first speed value, at the upward transgression of which the electric motor is driven once more in the release direction until a further, previously defined travel distance (x12) has been covered.

Abstract: Brake fluid pressure control apparatus includes: fluid pressure passage from a fluid pressure source to a wheel brake; pressure regulating valve arranged on the passage; pump for feeding pressurized brake fluid to the passage between the valve and the wheel brake; motor for driving the pump; and controller which controls an electric current applied to the valve in accordance with target fluid pressure for the wheel brake to control fluid pressure supplied to the wheel brake. The controller includes: means for converting the target fluid pressure into fluid volume and calculating required flow rate from this fluid volume; means for calculating required rotation speed of the motor from the required flow rate and on the basis of efficiency of the pump; and means for increasing the electric current applied to the valve for a predetermined value when the required rotation speed exceeds actual rotation speed of the motor.

Abstract: In a control apparatus for a vehicle, a brake control unit includes: a master cylinder state variable detecting section configured to detect a master cylinder state variable related to a state of a master cylinder; a first regenerative braking force calculating section configured to calculate a first regenerative braking force when the master cylinder state variable detected by the master cylinder state variable detecting section is smaller than a predetermined state variable; a second regenerative braking force calculating section configured to calculate a second regenerative braking force when the master cylinder state variable detected by the master cylinder state variable detecting section is equal to or larger than a predetermined state variable; and a braking control section configured to calculate the liquid pressure braking force on a basis of at least one of the calculated first and second regenerative braking forces.

Abstract: A modulator for a vehicle brake system connected to a central module via a data bus, includes at least one input for capturing measured values and at least one output for controlling at least one electromagnetic valve. A control circuit for actuating the valve is connected by the bus such that the measured values are transmitted to the central module. Control commands for actuating the valve are calculated from the measured values in the central module, and are transmitted via the data bus to the modulator so that the it selects the valve as a function of the commands. A vehicle system has at least two modulators and a central module integrated in a modulator. The modulator can be used as a pressure modulator in an air suspension system or in an electronic braking system or in a conventional braking system with an anti-lock braking system or an electronic stability program.

Abstract: Brake hydraulic pressure is appropriately prevented from becoming lower than a reference brake pressure for holding control. When a physical amount correlating with the rotational speed of an electric motor has become higher than or equal to a predetermined value, an HSA start reference pressure setting unit sets an HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than a reference brake pressure, and if the HSA start reference pressure at a time when a driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure is higher than the reference brake pressure, an HSA required fluid pressure setting unit sets an HSA required fluid pressure at a time when the driver required fluid pressure has become lower than the HSA start reference pressure to a value higher than the reference brake pressure.

Abstract: In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being used to arrive at a first optimized position when the brake is released. If the residual force applied to the brake exceeds a threshold value, the parking brake is released even more until the value remains just under the threshold value or until a maximum defined release travel is achieved.

Abstract: A vehicle braking system is provided that includes a brake pedal; a pedal simulator that generates reaction force corresponding to the brake pedal force and a pedal position sensor that detects a brake pedal operating state. A booster boosts brake pedal force and a master cylinder generates hydraulic pressure by activating the booster. A hydraulic controller is activated by the master cylinder and activates a wheel cylinder. A hydraulic power unit includes a cut valve controlling brake fluid supply between a reservoir and the pedal simulator, apply valves selectively supplying brake operating fluid to the booster and release valves selectively releasing the brake operating fluid from the booster. A switch unit selects reaction force modes and a controller operates the hydraulic power unit based on an output signal from the pedal position sensor, and adjusts the cut valve timing based on reaction force mode transmitted from the switch unit.

Abstract: A brake mechanism is constituted to have: an electromotive actuator which suppresses a rotation of a disk by moving a first pad toward a second pad to sandwich and press the disk between the first pad and the second pad; a pressing force setting section outputting a set signal to set a pressing force of the pad to the disk; a plurality of piezoelectric elements provided at different places from each other in the first pad or the second pad, the plurality of piezoelectric elements detecting a stress of the pad; a signal processing part which processes electric signals obtained from the plurality of piezoelectric elements and generates a detection signal of a pressing force, the detection signal corresponding to a pressing force of the pad to the disk; and a computing part which obtains a deviation between the set signal and the detection signal, computes an operation signal of the electromotive actuator based on the deviation, and then outputs the operation signal.

Abstract: A parking brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a control element and at least two electromechanical actuators. Each electromechanical actuator is configured for generating a parking brake force at one wheel of the motor vehicle. The electromechanical actuators are each provided with wheel electronic systems. The control element is connected via a brake controller to the wheel electronic system of a first electromechanical actuator by at least a first signal line. The control element is connected via a brake controller to the wheel electronic system of a second electromechanical actuator by a second signal line. At least a third signal line connects the control element directly to the wheel electronic systems or to one of the electromechanical actuators to convey a driver's request.

Abstract: A vehicle behavior controlling apparatus includes a steering state determining unit that determines a state of a steering by a driver, and a brake device controlling unit that executes a stabilization braking in which predetermined braking force is generated on a front wheel at a side reverse to a steering direction by a second steering during a turning-back steering, when it is determined that the steering angle in the second steering is held when the turning-back steering is executed by the steering state determining unit, and when it is determined that the steering angle in the second steering is held, a limitation is imposed on an amount of a reduction in the braking force. Thus, a yaw moment in the direction reverse to the yaw moment by the second steering in the turning-back steering can be generated, whereby the yaw moment due to the steering can be reduced.

Abstract: An electrically actuated parking brake system includes a control switch in a vehicles cabin, an intelligent controller, a linear actuator, and cables connected between the linear actuator and mechanical parking brakes. The intelligent controller receives signals from the control switch and from one or more electrical device in the vehicle. If any of the signals from the vehicle indicate that the vehicle is in motion, the parking brakes are not actuated. The electrically actuated parking brake system may further include a remote control, and logic in the intelligent controller will allow the parking brakes to be engaged when the vehicle is in motion, remote control is enabled, and the remote control is actuated by a user. The parking brakes may be either drum brakes or disk brakes.