Disclosed is an electromechanical brake and a method of operating the same. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure the electromechanical brake includes a piston configured to advance and retreat to press a brake pad; a power transmission unit configured to receive a driving force from an actuator to convert a rotational motion into a linear motion, and provide the converted driving force to the piston; and a position adjustment unit configured to adjust a relative position of the piston with respect to the power transmission unit; wherein the power transmission unit includes a spindle rotating by receiving the driving force from the actuator, and a nut connected to the spindle and moving forward or backward an inside of the piston by rotation of the spindle in a first direction or a second direction to advance and retreat the piston, wherein the position adjustment unit includes an adjusting screw provided on an outer side of the nut and rotating together with the nut, a first screw thread formed on an outer circumferential surface of the adjusting screw, a second screw thread formed on an inner circumferential surface of the piston and meshing with the first screw thread, and an adjuster provided between the spindle and the nut, the adjuster configured to rotate the nut and the adjusting screw in the first direction or the second direction by compressing or expanding to its original shape when an rotation amount of the spindle exceeds a predetermined rotation amount, to advance or retreat the relative position of the piston.

A parking brake control device controls a hydraulic pressure unit for braking wheels hydraulically and a parking brake device for braking the wheels by transmitting power of an electric motor to the wheels mechanically. The parking brake control device includes a hydraulic brake control unit capable of exercising a hydraulic brake control under which a brake is applied to the wheels by the hydraulic pressure unit, on condition that a signal is received from an actuation switch for actuating the parking brake device, while a vehicle is running, and a pressure decrease rate setting unit configured to set a pressure decrease rate according to a closing condition satisfied upon entry into the closing stage of the hydraulic brake control when a pressure decrease control is exercised in a closing stage of the hydraulic brake control.

A braking system for vehicles comprising —a manual actuator device, operable by means of a lever and/or pedal, operatively connected to at least a first braking device acting on a brake disc or drum, so as to exercise a braking action, —an automatic actuator device, operatively connected to said manual actuator device and/or to said first braking device, —at least one command panel which supervises the functioning of the braking system, said command panel being operatively connected to the automatic actuator device and being programmed so that when the manual actuator device is operated, the panel commands the operation of the automatic actuator device so as to be able to: —increase the overall braking action of the braking system, further operating the first braking device or further braking devices provided in said system and acting on further brake discs or drums, —control the braking action of the braking system so as not to further operate the first braking device or further braking devices of the system, —reduce the overall braking action imposed by means of the manual actuator device, directly countering the thrust action exercised on the lever and/or on the pedal.

A method for operating a hydraulic braking system, which includes at least one actuatable actuator for generating a hydraulic brake pressure using brake fluid. A first leakage loss of the brake fluid in the braking system is ascertained as a function of a volume of a pressure chamber of the actuator at a starting pressure at the beginning of a braking process and the volume of the pressure chamber when the starting pressure is reached at the conclusion of the braking process. A second leakage loss of the braking fluid is continuously calculated while the braking process is carried out. The first leakage loss is compared to the second leakage loss for the plausibility check after a braking process was carried out.

A brake system and a method of controlling the brake system including a pedal master unit, an electric booster unit, a pedal-feel generating unit, and an electric control unit, wherein the pedal master unit includes a master cylinder and an operating rod, the electric booster unit includes a motor, a motor piston, and a gear device-screw shaft combination, the pedal-feel generating unit includes a reaction disk configured to form a pedal feel force (F.sub.RD) and a pedal spring arranged to form a pedal feel force (F.sub.spring), and the electric control unit is configured to variably control, in a regenerative braking mode and in a hydraulic braking mode, a ratio of increase to decrease of the pedal feel force (F.sub.RD) and a ratio of increase to decrease of the pedal feel force (F.sub.spring).

Provided are an apparatus for braking using an electric booster and a control method thereof. The apparatus for braking using an electric booster includes an electric booster connected to a master cylinder and configured to discharge braking hydraulic pressure by pressing a piston of the master cylinder with electric power of a motor together with a driver's pedal force, an electric hydraulic braking unit connected to the master cylinder through hydraulic lines, and configured to store braking hydraulic pressure in an accumulator and to perform ESC braking by driving a pumping motor, and a control unit configured to control the electric booster and the electric hydraulic braking unit, to compare required braking hydraulic pressure with preset reference hydraulic pressure when the ESC braking is required, and to perform ESC braking by the electric hydraulic braking unit or braking by the electric booster according to a result of the comparison.

A method for controlling the braking of a towed vehicle by a towing vehicle. The method includes receiving, at or by a brake actuator ECU, deceleration data of the towing vehicle and sensing, using a sensor, a longitudinal deceleration of the towed vehicle. The method also includes generating, at or by the brake actuator ECU, a brake signal based on the deceleration data and the longitudinal deceleration, sending the brake signal from the brake actuator ECU to an electric motor of a brake actuator of the towed vehicle, and applying, by the brake actuator, a hydraulic pressure to brakes of the towed vehicle based on the brake signal.

A piston pump unit for a hydraulic vehicle power braking system including an electric motor, a planetary gear set, a worm gear, and a piston displaceable in a cylinder. As ventilation of an annular gap between the cylinder and the piston and a back side of the piston, the invention provides a radial hole and grooves in the cylinder.

An automobile electronic parking execution controller with a double-MCU redundancy design comprises a parking switch circuit, a biaxial acceleration sensor unit, a main micro control unit (MCU) U2 and a monitoring MCU U1, wherein the main MCU U2 controls a parking motor by means of detecting signals of the parking switch circuit and the biaxial acceleration sensor, the monitoring MCU U1 monitors a running state of a whole control system and restores the main MCU U2 when the main MCU U2 is abnormal, and the main MCU U2 restores the monitoring MCU U1 when the monitoring MCU U1 is abnormal. After the main MCU U2 crashes, the main MCU U2 can still be quickly stored through the monitoring MCU U1, so that the main MCU U2 quickly enters a response state to recover the parking brake control ability, which improves the safety of the system.

An automobile electronic parking execution controller with a double-MCU redundancy design comprises a parking switch circuit, a biaxial acceleration sensor unit, a main micro control unit (MCU) U2 and a monitoring MCU U1, wherein the main MCU U2 controls a parking motor by means of detecting signals of the parking switch circuit and the biaxial acceleration sensor, the monitoring MCU U1 monitors a running state of a whole control system and restores the main MCU U2 when the main MCU U2 is abnormal, and the main MCU U2 restores the monitoring MCU U1 when the monitoring MCU U1 is abnormal. After the main MCU U2 crashes, the main MCU U2 can still be quickly stored through the monitoring MCU U1, so that the main MCU U2 quickly enters a response state to recover the parking brake control ability, which improves the safety of the system.