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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Stefan Goss, Brunn, DE;
Alexander Kalbeck, Burglengenfeld, DE;
Armin Sauer, Amstein, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being used to arrive at a first optimized position when the brake is released. If the residual force applied to the brake exceeds a threshold value, the parking brake is released even more until the value remains just under the threshold value or until a maximum defined release travel is achieved.