A method for determining defects of an automated parking brake for a motor vehicle with at least one brake device includes detecting damage to the parking brake on the basis of a time profile of a variable representing an output torque of a parking brake actuator. The parking brake includes the parking brake actuator configured to be activated. The detection of the damage includes analyzing the time profile of the variable representing the output torque of the parking brake actuator during a first phase of an activation process of the parking brake for the identification. The activation process of the parking brake has at least two phases. A first phase of the activation process includes a no build up or reduction of a clamping force between at least one brake lining and a brake disk. A second phase includes a build up or reduction of the clamping force.

Disclosed are a brake pedal assembly, a braking apparatus, and a control method, where the brake pedal assembly includes a pedal, a stroke sensor configured to detect a depression stroke of the pedal, Hall sensors spaced apart from each other in a direction parallel to an operation direction of the pedal, and a controller configured to determine the depression stroke of the pedal using any one or any combination of the stroke sensor and the Hall sensors and to determine a required braking force of a vehicle, in response to the depression stroke of the pedal.

A system for determining a pneumatic connection status of a trailer relative to a tractor includes a control unit for controlling the operation of a service brake valve and/or a parking brake valve; at least one acoustic sensor for detecting sounds and transmitting corresponding acoustic data; and a processing unit that is in data communication with the acoustic sensor for receiving the acoustic data. The processing unit is configured for processing the acoustic data and for determining a pneumatic connection status of the trailer at least on the basis of the acoustic data, wherein the at least one acoustic sensor is arranged at a trailer service brake control line of the tractor, between the service brake valve and a control line coupling head and/or at a trailer supply line of the tractor, between the parking brake valve and a supply line coupling head.

A brake test device and method for testing the braking system of a vehicle, to ensure compliance with safety regulations and ensure the braking system is functional, said brake test system including: i. at least one on/off switch; ii. at least one display; iii. at least one on/off status indicator; iv. at least one controller; v. at least one brake sensor; vi. at least one brake status indicator; vii. at least one throttle (or accelerator) sensor; viii. at least one throttle (or accelerator) status indicator; ix. at least one motor torque sensor; x. at least one motor torque status indicator; xi. at least one gear sensor; xii. at least one gear status indicator; xiii. at least one brake test status indicator; xiv. at least one data logging component to log data from a brake test; and xv. at least one communication component to communicate the data from the brake test.

An electric brake apparatus includes a brake mechanism, a parking mechanism, and a main ECU and rear electric brake ECUs. The main ECU performs re-holding control (re-clamping) of, after holding a braking force by the parking mechanism, releasing the holding of the braking force with the braking force applied or maintained and further applying the braking force, and then holding the braking force by the parking mechanism after that. In this case, the main ECU does not release the braking force on a rear right wheel until completing the re-holding control on a rear left wheel side. Alternatively, the main ECU does not release the braking force on the rear left wheel side until completing the re-holding control on the rear right wheel.

Systems and methods are provided for detecting an object and causing a vehicle to brake based on the detection. In one implementation, an object detecting and braking system for a vehicle includes at least one image capture device configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area including an object in front of the vehicle. The system includes at least one processing device programmed to perform a first image analysis to determine a first estimated time-to-collision of the vehicle with the object, and to perform a second image analysis to determine a second estimated time-to-collision of the vehicle with the object. The processing device is also programmed to calculate a difference between the first estimated time-to-collision and the second estimated time-to-collision, to determine that the difference does not exceed a predetermined threshold, and to cause the vehicle to brake based on the determination that the difference does not exceed the predetermined threshold.

A vehicle includes a plurality of brake assemblies and a plurality of electronic brake system (EBS) controllers. The brake assemblies each include an electro-mechanical actuator configured to adjust a torque force applied to a wheel of the vehicle. The EBS controllers are located remotely from one another. Each EBS controller has integrated therein an electronic actuator driver unit that includes an electronic power circuit configured to drive at least one of the electro-mechanical actuators. A first EBS controller is configured to drive a first group of electro-mechanical actuators, and a second EBS controller is configured to drive a second group of electro-mechanical actuators that exclude the electro-mechanical actuators of the first group.

A brake system of an aircraft may include a first brake control assembly, a second brake control assembly, a first brake control unit electrically coupled to the first brake control assembly, a second brake control unit electrically coupled to the second brake control assembly, and an arbitration control module. The arbitration control module may be configured to determine an operational integrity of the first brake control unit and the second brake control unit. In response to determining that one of the first brake control unit and the second brake control unit does not have sufficient operational integrity, the arbitration control module may enable the other of the first brake control unit and the second brake control unit to control both the first brake control assembly and the second brake control assembly.

A vehicle control apparatus includes a collision detection unit configured to detect that a vehicle collides against an object outside the vehicle, a brake control unit configured to carry out a post-collision brake control for automatically braking the vehicle when the collision detection unit detects the collision, and a prediction unit configured to predict a yaw generation probability which is a degree of generation of yaw generated to the vehicle when the post-collision brake control is carried out, based on a collision direction and a collision position of the vehicle with respect to the object outside the vehicle, after the collision has been detected by the collision detection unit and before the post-collision brake control is carried out by the brake control unit.

A powered vehicle includes a spring-applied hydraulic release (SAHR) vehicle brake comprising first and second mutually engageable brake elements. The first brake element is secured to or forms part of a rotatable element of the drive train of the vehicle and the second is non-rotatably moveably mounted on the vehicle such that the first and second elements are mutually engageable with and separable from one another. Mutual engagement of the brake elements causes braking of rotation of the rotatable element. The SAHR vehicle brake includes (i) a resiliently deformable member acting on the second brake element so as to urge the first and second brake elements into mutual engagement and (ii) a hydraulic control circuit for applying hydraulic pressure to the second brake element so as to oppose the action of the resiliently deformable member and thereby normally maintain the first and second brake elements separated from one another.