US 12,187,248 B2
Electronic parking brake release system and method
Meviltan Mendis, Pune (IN); Christopher H. Hutchins, Bay Village, OH (US); Khaled Jundi, Hinckley, OH (US); Niket Mokashi, Wakad (IN); and Pinak Paraklar, Pune (IN)
Assigned to BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC, Avon, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/797,336
Filed by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Avon, OH (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/036440
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/101723, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202111055479 (IN), filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0182013 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B60T 13/68 (2006.01); B60T 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 13/683 (2013.01) [B60T 15/041 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling release of a parking brake of a parking brake system of an associated vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
an electronic control system comprising:
a non-transient memory device;
parking brake control logic stored in the non-transient memory device; and
a processor operably coupled with the non-transient memory device, the processor being operable to execute the parking brake control logic to:
selectively generate a parking brake release (PBR) signal based on receiving:
a set of predetermined PBR interlock override signals in an absence of receiving fully all of a set of predetermined PBR interlock standard satisfaction signals,
wherein receiving fully all of the set of predetermined PBR interlock standard satisfaction signals causes the processor executing the parking brake control logic to generate the PBR signal,
wherein the set of predetermined PBR interlock override signals is different than the set of predetermined PBR interlock standard satisfaction signals,
wherein the PBR signal is deliverable for use by the associated vehicle to cause the release of the parking brake of the parking brake system of the associated vehicle.