Granted Patent B2

US 12,472,915 · App. 18/313,222 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Inventors: Fabian Hempert (Benningen am Neckar, DE); Frank Matthias Baehrle-Miller (Schoenaich, DE); Joseph J. Anderson (Northville, MI); Benjamin Heer (Backnang, DE)

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH

B60T8/326B60T8/329B60T13/745B60T2250/04

Abstract

Claims (69)

1 . A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

a parking brake control;

a sensor configured to measure a speed of the vehicle and output a measured vehicle speed;

a parking brake;

a primary hydraulic system including a primary controller and a primary hydraulic pressure generator; and

a secondary hydraulic system including a secondary controller and a secondary hydraulic pressure generator; wherein

the secondary controller is configured to

determine whether the vehicle is travelling at a non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated,

in response to determining that the vehicle is travelling at a non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated, determine whether hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is available, and

in response to determining that hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is not available, control the secondary hydraulic pressure generator to generate hydraulic braking pressure.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the primary hydraulic system includes an electronic stability control system, and

the primary controller includes an electronic stability controller.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the secondary hydraulic system includes an electronic brake booster, and

the secondary controller includes a decoupled power brake controller.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the secondary controller is further configured to

determine, based on a signal received from the primary controller indicative of a measured speed of the vehicle, whether the measured vehicle speed is approximately zero, and

in response to determining that the measured vehicle speed is approximately zero, control the parking brake to brake the vehicle.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the secondary controller is configured to determine that hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is not available based on a signal received from the primary controller indicating a fault condition for the primary hydraulic system.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the secondary controller is configured to determine that hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is not available in response to receiving no signal from the primary controller.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the primary controller is configured to

determine whether the parking brake control is actuated based on a signal received from the parking brake control,

determine whether the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero, and

in response to determining that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero while parking brake control, provide a signal to the secondary controller indicating that the vehicle is travelling at a non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated, and

the secondary controller is configured to determine that the vehicle is at speed while the parking brake control is actuated by receiving the signal from the primary controller indicating that the vehicle is travelling at a non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein

the primary controller determines that the vehicle is at speed based on a signal received from the sensor indicating that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the secondary controller determines that vehicle is at speed based on a signal received from the primary controller indicating that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein

the parking brake includes a motor-on-caliper parking brake.

11 . A method for controlled deceleration for parking a vehicle having a parking brake, a primary hydraulic system, and a secondary hydraulic system, the method comprising:

measuring, with a sensor, a speed of the vehicle;

outputting, with the sensor, a measured vehicle speed;

determining, with a secondary controller, whether the vehicle is travelling at an approximately non-zero speed while a parking brake control is actuated;

in response to determining that the vehicle is travelling at an approximately non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated, determining, with the secondary controller, whether hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is available; and

in response to determining that hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is not available, controlling, with the secondary controller, a secondary hydraulic pressure generator to generate hydraulic braking pressure, wherein

the primary hydraulic system includes a primary controller and a primary hydraulic pressure generator, and

the secondary hydraulic system includes the secondary controller and the secondary hydraulic pressure generator.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein

the primary hydraulic system includes an electronic stability control system, and

the primary controller includes an electronic stability controller.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein

the secondary hydraulic system includes an electronic brake booster, and

the secondary controller includes a decoupled power brake controller.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining, with the secondary controller based on a signal received from the primary controller indicative of a measured speed of the vehicle, whether the measured vehicle speed is approximately zero, and

in response to determining that the measured vehicle speed is approximately zero, controlling, with the secondary controller, the parking brake to brake the vehicle.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein

determining, with the secondary controller, that hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is not available is performed based on a signal received from the primary controller indicating a fault condition for the primary hydraulic system.

16 . The method of claim 11 ,

determining, with the secondary controller, that hydraulic braking using the primary hydraulic system is not available is performed in response to the secondary controller receiving no signal from the primary controller.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining, with the primary controller, whether the parking brake control is actuated based on a signal received from the parking brake control; and

determining, with the primary controller, whether the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero;

in response to determining that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero while parking brake control, providing, with the primary controller, a signal to the secondary controller indicating that the vehicle is travelling at a non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated,

wherein determining, with the secondary controller, that the vehicle is at speed while the parking brake control is actuated includes receiving the signal from the primary controller indicating the vehicle is travelling at a non-zero speed while the parking brake control is actuated.

18 . The system of claim 7 , wherein

determining, with the primary controller, that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero includes receiving a signal from the sensor indicating that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein

determining, with the secondary controller, that the vehicle is at speed is performed based on a signal received from the primary controller indicating that the measured vehicle speed is approximately non-zero.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein

the parking brake includes a motor-on-caliper parking brake, and

wherein the secondary hydraulic pressure generator is separate from primary hydraulic pressure generator.

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