Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric parking brake for autonomous vehicles
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Application No.: US15210739Application Date: 2016-07-14
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Publication No.: US10549731B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Scott J. Lauffer , John P. Joyce , Daniel A. Gabor , Samer Abbas , Steven R. El Aile
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60T8/17
- IPC: B60T8/17 ; B60T8/172

Abstract:
A vehicle parking brake system includes a power bridge. The power bridge is electrically connected to a primary power source and to a secondary power source. The power bridge has a first condition in which the primary power source is active in which the primary source is electrically connected to a parking brake actuator. The power bridge has a second condition in which the primary power source is not active in which the secondary power source is electrically connected to the parking brake.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170166173A1 ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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