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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marjan Deljosevic, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Ermal Gjoni, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John Truax, Washington Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 13/74 (2006.01); B60T 7/10 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); H02P 1/22 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/18 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B61H 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); F16D 65/14 (2006.01); H02P 3/16 (2006.01); F16D 121/24 (2012.01); F16D 127/02 (2012.01); F16D 129/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 13/746 (2013.01); B60T 7/045 (2013.01); B60T 7/104 (2013.01); B60T 7/105 (2013.01); B60T 7/107 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 8/1881 (2013.01); B60T 13/66 (2013.01); B60T 13/662 (2013.01); B60T 13/74 (2013.01); B60T 13/741 (2013.01); B60T 13/743 (2013.01); B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B61H 1/00 (2013.01); F16D 65/14 (2013.01); H02P 1/00 (2013.01); H02P 1/22 (2013.01); H02P 3/16 (2013.01); B60T 2270/402 (2013.01); B60T 2270/413 (2013.01); B60T 2270/414 (2013.01); F16D 2121/24 (2013.01); F16D 2127/02 (2013.01); F16D 2129/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric motor-driven parking brake of a motor vehicle can be released in an emergency by applying emergency current from a parallel emergency current source to the motors controlling the parking brake. The direction of the emergency current is selected to reverse the motors, i.e., release the parking brake.