Robert Boschgmbh

Steffen Ackermann

Steffen Zechmeister

Norbert Wolfgang Kearney

Thorsten Huck

Volker Weeber

Matthew Nimmo

Christian Bohne

An apparatus for operating an electric parking brake of a vehicle includes a generator and a control device. The generator is designed to provide energy for supplying the electric parking brake of the vehicle with energy, and the control device is designed to activate the generator for supplying the electric parking brake with energy depending on a result of a monitoring of an energy supply to the electric parking brake.

Apparatus and method for operating an electric parking brake of a vehicle

A device for braking a vehicle includes an actuator configured to control a brake of the vehicle for braking the vehicle. The device further includes a first battery configured to be electrically connected to the actuator via a first switching device and to supply energy to the actuator. The device further includes a second battery configured to be electrically connected to the actuator via a second switching device and to supply energy to the actuator. The device further includes a controller configured to detect a state of the energy supplied to the actuator by the first battery and switch the second switching device to electrically connect the second battery to the actuator instead of the first battery in order to supply energy to the actuator when the state indicates that a need exists.

Device and method for braking and stopping a vehicle in an emergency

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Vaihingenenz, Germany

Steffen Ackermann