IP Library Granted Patent US 12,172,617
Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,617 · App. 17/389,248 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Electronic parking brake system and control method thereof

Inventors: Jaehyun Park (Seoul, KR); Chan Won Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
B60T17/221B60T1/065B60T13/746F16D55/226F16D65/18F16D66/00B60T2270/406F16D2121/24
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Patent No.
US 12,172,617
App. No.
17/389,248
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including an electronic parking brake provided to provide a clamping force necessary for parking a vehicle by a motor, a warning unit provided to warn a failure of the electronic parking brake, a current sensor provided to detect a current of the motor, and a controller electrically connected to the current sensor, wherein the controller determines whether a clamping force is generated depending on the motor current in a parking operation, counts a clamping force non-generation time when the clamping force is not generated, and warns a suspected failure of the electronic parking brake through the warning unit when the clamping force non-generation time elapses a preliminary failure detection time set shorter than a failure detection time of the electronic parking brake.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic parking brake system comprising:

an electronic parking brake provided to provide a clamping force necessary for parking a vehicle by a motor;

a warning unit provided to warn a failure of the electronic parking brake;

a current sensor provided to detect a current of the motor; and

a controller electrically connected to the current sensor,

wherein the controller determines whether a clamping force is generated depending on the motor current in a parking operation, counts a clamping force non-generation time when the clamping force is not generated, and warns a suspected failure of the electronic parking brake through the warning unit when the counted clamping force non-generation time elapses exceeds a preliminary failure detection time set shorter than a full failure detection time of the electronic parking brake.

2. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller determines the preliminary failure detection time as a preset time.

3. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller determines the preliminary failure detection time based on a parking release completion determination time for determining a parking release completion in a previous parking release.

4. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 3 , wherein

the controller stores the parking release completion determination time in the previous parking release in a memory.

5. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 4 , wherein

the controller compensates the parking release completion determination time based on at least one of a battery voltage and a braking hydraulic pressure in the previous parking release.

6. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller determines the preliminary failure detection time based on a parking release completion determination time, which is for determining a parking release completion in the previous parking release, and a battery voltage and a braking hydraulic pressure, which are in during the parking operation.

7. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller compensates the preliminary failure detection time so that the preliminary failure detection time increases as the battery voltage decreases.

8. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller compensates the preliminary failure detection time so that the preliminary failure detection time increases as the braking hydraulic pressure increases.

9. A control method of an electronic parking brake provided to provide a clamping force necessary for parking a vehicle by a motor, the control method comprising:

detecting a current of the motor in a parking operation and determining whether a clamping force is generated depending on the detected motor current;

counting a clamping force non-generation time when the clamping force is not generated; and

warning a suspected failure of the electronic parking brake when the counted clamping force non-generation time exceeds a preliminary failure detection time set shorter than a full failure detection time of the electronic parking brake.

10. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein

the warning of the suspected failure of the electronic parking brake comprises determining the preliminary failure detection time as a preset time.

11. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein

the warning of the suspected failure of the electronic parking brake comprises determining the preliminary failure detection time based on a parking release completion determination time for determining a parking release completion in a previous parking release.

12. The control method according to claim 11 , further comprising

storing the parking release completion determination time in the previous parking release in a memory.

13. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein

the warning of the suspected failure of the electronic parking brake comprises determining the preliminary failure detection time based on a parking release completion determination time, which is for determining a parking release completion in the previous parking release, and a battery voltage and a braking hydraulic pressure, which are in during the parking operation.

14. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

the determining of the preliminary failure detection time comprises compensating the preliminary failure detection time so that the preliminary failure detection time increases as the battery voltage decreases.

15. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein

the determining of the preliminary failure detection time comprises compensating the preliminary failure detection time so that the preliminary failure detection time increases as the braking hydraulic pressure increases.

16. The electronic parking brake system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

when the counted clamping force non-generation time is greater than the preliminary failure detection and less than the full failure detection time of the electronic parking brake, perform the parking operation and warn the suspected failure of the electronic parking brake, and

when the counted clamping force non-generation time is greater than the full failure detection time set longer than the preliminary failure detection time of the electronic parking brake, stop the parking operation and warn a failure of the electronic parking brake.

17. The control method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

when the counted clamping force non-generation time is greater than the preliminary failure detection and less than the full failure detection time of the electronic parking brake, performing the parking operation and warning the suspected failure of the electronic parking brake, and

when the counted clamping force non-generation time is greater than the full failure detection time set longer than the preliminary failure detection time of the electronic parking brake, stopping the parking operation and warning a failure of the electronic parking brake.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: PARK, JAEHYUN; LEE, CHAN WON
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064403/0307 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062152/0127 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0094997 · Jul 30, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0098803 · Jul 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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