A drive unit for an electromechanical brake. The drive unit includes an electric motor, a transmission, and a control unit. The control unit includes a circuit board and a housing, and the transmission includes a housing cover. The housing and the housing cover surround the motor and the circuit board, and at least partially form a housing.

A method and apparatus for holding a motor vehicle by means of an electrically actuated brake comprises applying the brake until a target force is reached. For holding purposes, a motor torque is reduced by applying a negative preset value for a target angular velocity for a motor torque of an electric actuator of the brake.

A hydraulic braking system has a vacuum brake booster, an ESC system with a hydraulic pump for generating braking force in a wheel-specific manner in a plurality of wheel brakes, an ESC control device for driving the hydraulic pump and a hydraulic pressure sensor for determining a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic braking system. For electrified vehicles, an electric vacuum pump is provided for supplying the vacuum brake booster, wherein the ESC control device is designed to drive the electric vacuum pump logically and electrically.

Disclosed are an electro-mechanical brake apparatus and a control method therefor.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a control method of electro-mechanical brake apparatus including a piston configured to push a brake pad toward a wheel disk by driving a motor, the method including determining whether a brake pedal is depressed, when it is determined that the brake pedal is not depressed, determining whether an accelerator pedal is depressed, when it is determined that the accelerator pedal is depressed, determining whether a vehicle is stopped, when it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped, determining whether the vehicle is performing vehicle body posture control, and when it is determined that the vehicle is not performing the vehicle body posture control, controlling an air gap, wherein the air gap includes a spacing distance between the brake pad and the wheel disk.