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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Scott J. Lauffer, Northville, MI (US);
John P. Joyce, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Daniel A. Gabor, Canton, MI (US);
Samer Abbas, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven R. El Aile, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle parking brake system includes a power bridge. The power bridge is electrically connected to a primary power source and to a secondary power source. The power bridge has a first condition in which the primary power source is active in which the primary source is electrically connected to a parking brake actuator. The power bridge has a second condition in which the primary power source is not active in which the secondary power source is electrically connected to the parking brake.