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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Matthew C. Tuhro, Sault Ste. Marie, MI (US);
Bryan S. Coullard, Pickford, MI (US);
Daniel G. Goodrich, Cedarville, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An electronic parking brake support system for a vehicle includes an electric parking brake having at least one brake member associated with a wheel of the vehicle. The system also includes a service brake system constructed and arranged to control service brakes of the vehicle. The service brake system includes at least one circuit constructed and arranged to determine an occurrence of a failure or degradation condition of the service brake system and, in response to the detected condition, to send a request signal to the electric parking brake instructing the electric parking brake to activate the at least one brake member.