In a method for activating and deactivating a control unit which can be used to control an electrically activatable assembly, the control unit is switched between a waking state, a sleep state and a deactivated state, wherein in the sleep state, the control device is disabled but can be transferred into the waking state by means of a sensor signal.

Please substitute the new Abstract submitted herewith for the original Abstract: An electromechanical brake system has a brake actuator with a power transmission for transmitting an actuating force to a brake pad. The power transmission includes a rotatable shaft, a coupler with a locking element, wherein the coupler can be controlled so that the locking element is engaged with the rotatable shaft and blocks its rotation or so that the locking element is disengaged from the rotatable shaft so that the rotatable shaft can be rotated. The brake system has a first receptacle into which a first tool can be inserted so that it engages with the rotatable shaft and transmits a rotation on the rotatable shaft.

Provided is an electric parking brake device in which a drum brake includes braking gap automatic adjustment means and a parking brake lever, and the operation of an electric actuator that drives the parking brake lever is controlled by a control unit. When an application operation time of the electric actuator (38) by the time when a parking brake state is obtained has exceeded a predetermined application operation end determination time (T2), the control unit (C) determines that the braking gap automatic adjustment means (18) is abnormal. With this configuration, at the time of obtaining the parking brake state, the presence or absence of abnormality in the braking gap automatic adjustment means can be determined.

The invention relates to a parking brake for a motor vehicle, including a pivotable locking mechanism for applying a retaining force to a parking brake gear. The locking mechanism can lock into the parking brake gear by means of an axially movable first actuation unit. According to the invention, the first actuation unit is designed as a spring-loaded cam follower. The invention also relates to an operating method for locking and unlocking the parking brake.

A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a first driver and a second driver each configured to generate a driving force; a transfer gear part rotated by the driving force received from the first driver; a piston part configured to press or release a pad part according to the direction in which the piston part is moved forward or backward; a parking gear part rotated with the transfer gear part; a constraint part moved forward or backward by the driving force of the second driver, and configured to constrain the rotation of the parking gear part by being moved to one side during parking braking; and a locking part configured to transfer the driving force, generated by the second driver, to the constraint part, and to restrict the constraint part from moving to the other side during parking braking.

A vehicle brake apparatus may include: a drive unit configured to generate a drive force; a transmission gear unit rotatable with the drive force transmitted from the drive unit; a piston unit movable forward or backward in conjunction with a rotation of the transmission gear unit, and configured to press or no longer press a pad unit according to a direction in which the piston unit moves; a disc unit rotatable together with the transmission gear unit in conjunction with the drive force of the drive unit; and a restriction unit mounted to be movable toward the disc unit, and configured to restrict a rotation of the disc unit by being brought into frictional contact with the disc unit during parking braking.

An off-road vehicle has two front wheels and two rear wheels, the rear wheels being connected to a spool gear driven by a motor. The vehicle also has a left front brake, a right front brake and a single rear brake. Speeds of left and right front wheels are respectively monitored by left and right front speed sensors. A single sensor monitors a common speed of left and right rear wheels. Two user actuated braking input devices, for example a hand lever and a foot lever, may be used independently or concurrently to provide a braking command. An anti-lock braking system may use speed measurements from the various speed sensors to control selective application of pressure on the left front brake, the right front brake and the rear brake.

An electric parking brake for a vehicle brake system includes a caliper, a piston, a spindle, an adjuster nut, a ring-like member affixed to the piston, and a biasing member. The piston may be disposed within a cavity of the caliper. The spindle is configured to drive the axial movement of the adjuster nut between a retracted position and an extended position via a threaded engagement wherein the adjuster nut is disposed within the piston. The biasing member may be disposed between the ring-like member and the adjuster nut so that, as the adjuster nut moves from an extended position to a retracted position which corresponds to a control signal, the biasing member urges the piston away from the rotor.

A reduction motor for a parking brake mechanical actuator of a drum brake comprising an electric motor and a reduction gearbox, in which the electric motor comprises an output shaft extending along a first axis, the reduction gearbox comprises an output shaft extending along a second axis, and in which the reduction motor also comprises at least one angle gear between the electric motor and the reduction gearbox or at the output of the reduction gearbox, the angle gear comprising a crown gear-pair comprising a pinion and a crown gear, the pinion being engaged with the output shaft of the electric motor and meshing with the crown gear which is a part of the reduction gearbox.

A parking pawl module includes a first actuator, a gearbox including at least one gear carrier where the at least one gear carrier supports a hub configured to rotate when the first actuator rotates, and a disconnect module. The disconnect module includes: an output coupler having a first surface and a second surface; an actuation feature disposed on the first surface; and a torsion spring having a first end connected to the output coupler and a second end connected to the hub or the at least one gear carrier. The disconnect module also includes an actuation mechanism disposed on the second surface of the output coupler. The actuation mechanism is configured to mesh with the hub. The first actuator controls movement of the at least one hub, the actuation feature, and the actuation mechanism.