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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Kilian Förster, Beilngries, DE;
Dietmar Wohnert, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); F16H 63/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/122 (2013.01); B60T 1/005 (2013.01); B60T 2201/06 (2013.01); F16H 63/486 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for activating a braking device in the drive train of a vehicle with an automatic gear box, a gear-side parking brake, and a braking system. The vehicle, starting from a parked position with an engaged parking lock, and under the presence of a starting condition, a control apparatus independent from a driver request, controls the braking system to secure against the vehicle rolling away by until the parking lock is released.