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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Rebholz-Goldmann, Yokohama, JP;
Toni Frenzel, Heilbronn, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01); B60T 17/18 (2006.01); B60T 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 13/741 (2013.01); B60T 7/02 (2013.01); B60T 17/18 (2013.01); B60T 2270/402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an electric parking brake includes determining a fault relating to a first control unit which in a normal operating mode operates the electric parking brake. The method further includes operating a second control unit in an emergency operating mode as a function of the determined fault and determining a state for an operator control element of the parking brake using the second control unit and operating the parking brake as a first function of the determined state of the operator control element using the second control unit in the emergency operating mode.