A method is provided for detecting a fault condition in a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle having a first hydraulic brake circuit and a second hydraulic brake circuit. A correlation ratio is determined between a measured pressure and the actual vehicle acceleration. A first wheel velocity differential is determined and a second wheel velocity differential is determined. A weighting value is selected in response to determining whether the correlation ratio is within the predetermined range and whether the first wheel velocity differential and the second wheel velocity differential are opposite signs. The selected weighting value is added to a fault counter. A determination is made whether the fault counter is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. A fault condition is detected in response to the fault counter greater than or equal to the first predetermined threshold.

A control system for controlling one or more torque generating devices on a heavy-duty vehicle comprising a primary sensor system with a primary sensor control unit configured to interpret an output signal of the primary sensor system, wherein the primary sensor control unit is configured to determine a first load value associated with the heavy-duty vehicle, and one or more tire sensor devices mounted on one or more tires of the heavy-duty vehicle, and a tire sensor control unit configured to interpret an output signal of the one or more tire sensor devices, wherein the tire sensor control unit is configured to determine a second load value associated with the heavy-duty vehicle, wherein the control system is arranged to base control of the heavy-duty vehicle on the second load value in case of malfunction in the primary sensor system and/or in the primary sensor control unit.

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.

A brake caliper diagnostic device for railway vehicles according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an internal pressure sensor located between a brake hose for delivering brake oil or compressed air to the brake caliper and an inlet of the brake caliper, internal temperature sensors respectively installed in the air breathers respectively located above and below the brake caliper, an assembly plate temperature sensor located adjacent to a brake pad assembly, a piston temperature sensor located on a surface of a brake caliper body adjacent to a piston, and a brake caliper monitoring device configured to determine whether or not the brake caliper is abnormal, based on data received from the internal pressure sensor, the internal temperature sensors, the assembly plate temperature sensor, and the piston temperature sensor.

Apparatuses and methods for sending and receiving rotation speed information and corresponding computer programs and electronically readable data carriers are provided. A current interface is configured to transmit pulse sequences coding a number of bits. In a first bit group of the number of bits, it is flagged whether the pulse sequence has been sent for a zero crossing in a magnetic field. Information modulated onto a second bit group of the number of bits is selected on the basis of the first bit group.

A control architecture for electrified braking and electrified steering of a vehicle supplies a steering actuator and a steering controller with power from a first one of at least two energy supply units. Two brake actuators are supplied with power from a second one of the at least two energy supply units. A first brake actuator is associated with a first wheel of the vehicle and a second brake actuator is associated with a second wheel of the vehicle. The first brake actuator and/or the second brake actuator is/are actuated to perform a steering function for the vehicle.

A method for furnishing a sensor signal in a braking system, in which in the event of a failure of the brake control unit signal transfer is switched over and the signal is transmitted to a further control unit.

A method of controlling an electro-hydraulic brake system comprising a main brake unit and redundancy brake unit, the method comprising: determining a failure type of the main brake unit, the failure type being one of a plurality of failure types comprising: a sensor failure type comprising a failure occurred at a first sensor connected to the main brake unit; an independent wheel control failure type comprising a failure at the main brake unit to perform an independent wheel control; a hydraulic pressure generation failure type comprising a failure at the main brake unit to form a hydraulic pressure; and an inoperable failure type comprising the main brake being not controllable; and in response to determining that the failure type of the main brake unit is the sensor failure type or the independent wheel control failure type, causing the main brake unit to generate a braking force, in response to determining that the failure type of the main brake unit is the hydraulic pressure generation failure type or the inoperable type, causing the redundancy brake unit to generate a braking force.

A brake system for hydraulically actuating a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes includes master cylinder fluidly connected to a reservoir and operable to provide a brake signal responsive to actuation of a brake pedal connected thereto. The master cylinder is selectively operable in a manual push-through mode. First and second power transmission units are in fluid communication with the reservoir and selected front and rear wheel brakes. An electronic control unit selectively controls at least one of the first and second power transmission units. First and second two-position three-way valves are each hydraulically connected with a respective power transmission unit, the master cylinder, and a respective front wheel brake. The first and second two-position three-way valves are configured to place the master cylinder in push-through fluid-supplying connection with at least a corresponding one of the pair of front wheel brakes.

A method of operating a brake redundancy device including a main braking controller and a backup braking controller, includes: confirming whether or not a command signal for deceleration of the vehicle has been received, by the backup braking controller; executing a front-wheel braking mode by the backup braking controller when the command signal has been received; determining whether or not an allowable condition for providing the hydraulic pressure to wheel cylinders of rear wheels has been satisfied; and executing a rear-wheel braking mode through a cooperative control of the main braking controller and the backup braking controller when the allowable condition has been satisfied, wherein in the executing of the rear-wheel braking mode, the hydraulic pressure is provided from the backup braking controller to a portion of the main braking controller.