Disclosed are an electric brake system and a control method thereof. The electric brake system with a hydraulic control device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure using a piston which is operated by an electrical signal that is output in response to a displacement of a brake pedal, the electric brake system including a pedal stroke sensor portion configured to measure a movement distance of the brake pedal and a variation of the movement distance; and a controller configured to determine an initial braking intent from a driver on the basis of the measured movement distance of the brake pedal and the measured variation of the movement distance, and perform initial braking control when the initial braking intent from the driver is determined.

The present disclosure relates to a support braking apparatus and method for a vehicle capable of detecting braking target candidates for a vehicle, matching a braking amount required for the detected braking target candidates with a braking amount of a driver to select a specific braking target, and braking a subject vehicle by following up braking required for the selected braking target even if the driver does not maintain a braking control for the selected braking target. A support braking apparatus for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a braking amount measurer configured to measure a first braking amount based on signals input from an acceleration sensor and a wheel sensor; a braking target detector configured to detect braking target candidates on a driving route by a camera and a radar; a braking target selector configured to match a first braking amount with a second braking amount to stop a subject vehicle within a braking range for the braking target candidates to select the braking target, and a braking controller configured to control an automatic braking to stop the subject vehicle within the braking range for the selected braking target.

A method for operating a braking system of a motor vehicle includes an electromechanical parking brake for securing the parked motor vehicle and a hydraulic braking mechanism for braking the motor vehicle. The hydraulic braking mechanism includes a brake cylinder having a displaceable piston and hydraulic fluid in order to generate a braking torque in the motor vehicle. If a malfunction in the hydraulic braking mechanism is present, an additional braking torque is generated by way of the parking brake in order to brake the motor vehicle. The additional braking torque generated by the parking brake is adjusted so that, within in a linear range, the torque depends on a pedal force exerted on the brake pedal by the driver when a brake pedal of the motor vehicle is pressed.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle for distributing braking forces on at least one first and at least one second pistons of a disc brake caliper of the vehicle. The method is performed by a braking system control system for brake force distribution. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a request for applying a braking force following a braking action applied on a pedal/button of the braking system; receiving a first plurality of parameters associated with the braking system each representative of a current operating condition of the braking system; comparing each received parameter of said first plurality of parameters with a respective critical range for the reference parameters of a second plurality of parameters representative of a critical operating condition of the braking system; if at least one of the parameters of the first plurality of parameters equals the respective reference parameter of the second plurality of parameters, the method comprises the steps of: applying the first braking force to the at least one first piston of the caliper of disc brake, applying a second braking force to the at least one second piston of the caliper of disc brake, wherein the sum of the first and the second braking forces is equal to the requested braking force and a ratio between the first and the second braking forces is different from 1; if each of the parameters of the first plurality of parameters differs from the respective reference parameter of the second plurality of parameters, the method comprises the steps of: applying a third braking force equal to half the requested braking force to both the at least one first and the at least one second pistons of the disc brake caliper.

A method for operating a braking system of a vehicle, wherein the braking system comprises a primary hydraulic braking system and a brake actuation unit hydraulically decoupled from the primary braking system. The brake actuation unit comprises at least two sensor arrangements which are configured to detect, independently of one another, actuation information of the brake actuation unit describing a brake request. The method comprises determination of a first actuation information by a first of the sensor arrangements, determination of a second actuation information by a second of the sensor arrangements, checking whether the respective determined actuation information is valid, and if the actuation information is valid, checking whether the determined items of actuation information are mutually plausible, and implementation of the brake request according to the actuation information and/or issue of a warning and/or performance of a predefined braking maneuver by the braking system depending on the validity and plausibility of the actuation information.

A system includes a brake torque request module, a brake control module, and a diagnostic module. The brake torque request module is configured to generate a brake torque request based on a brake pedal position during a braking event. The brake control module is configured to apply friction brakes on a wheelset of a vehicle to satisfy the brake torque request during the braking event. The wheelset includes less than all wheels of the vehicle. The diagnostic module is configured to detect a fault in a brake rotor on a wheel in the wheelset based on vehicle operating conditions measured during the braking event.

A foot-brake-device (FBD) for vehicles, utility/commercial vehicles, includes a foot-brake-pedal (FBP) for driver activation, and a first/second foot-brake-sensor (FBS) coupled with the FBP, the first/second FBS determining an FBP position upon driver activation, and the first/second FBS generating a first/second electric-control-signal (ECS) corresponding to the FBP position. The second FBS functions as a back-up-sensor for failure of the first FBS. The FBD includes member(s) to generate counter-force(s) against which the FBP works upon activation, the counter-force being substantially proportional to the activation degree of the FBP and indicates the activation degree of the FBP to the driver. The members include first/second spring-elements with different characteristics. The FBD includes first/second electronic-control-device, the first/second ECS generated by the first/second FBS being received by the first/second electronic-control-device which generates a third/fourth ECS which activates brake actuator(s) to brake the vehicle in an amount corresponding to the activation degree of the FBP.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus of controlling a parking state of a brake for an aircraft and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises a data input unit of an aircraft driving state; an aircraft control unit determining whether a parking locking function is activated based on the data of the data input unit and outputting a parking control signal; a motor controller outputting a parking locking signal for controlling an operation of an electric motor of a brake assembly according to the parking control signal of the aircraft control unit; and a parking locking mechanism for stopping rotation of the electric motor in response to a parking locking signal from the motor controller and locking a parking state of the brake assembly.

The present invention relates to the structure of an electronic control unit (ECU) in a brake system, in which an ECU board that constitutes redundancy is additionally arranged in a symmetrical or asymmetric structure and a plurality of motor position sensors for redundancy are arranged, to prepare for malfunction of the ECU, to thus have an effect of operating the brake system normally by another motor position sensor even if one of the motor position sensors malfunctions.

A braking force generator for an actuation device of a brake system. The braking force generator includes a movably supported actuator element, an electric motor which is designed to move the actuator element, a controller for controlling the electric motor, a movably supported input rod which is coupled or can be coupled to a brake pedal, a displacement sensor which is assigned to the input rod and has a transmitter and a receiver, and a communication path which is electrically connected to the receiver at one end and to the controller at the other end. The displacement sensor is arranged so as to be covered by the controller and/or adjoin the controller in plan view of the braking force generator, the viewing direction in said plan view corresponding to the movement direction of the actuator element.