Patent ID: 6386645
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A method for a controlled power activation of an electromechanical braking system in a motor vehicle, the method which comprises:providing, in a motor vehicle, an electromechanical braking system having brake force-generating brake units activateable in subgroups, the subgroups respectively including at least one of the brake force-generating brake units; sequentially activating the subgroups of the brake force-generating brake units if an available maximum power is below a nominal power capacity, and activating the brake force-generating brake units of the subgroups in each case with a given portion of the available maximum power such that the given portion of the available maximum power is sufficient for the brake force-generating brake units of the subgroups to function at least partially; adjusting each of the brake force-generating brake units of the subgroups to a first power level for an activation of the brake force-generating brake units of the subgroups; and subsequently supplying each of the brake force-generating brake units of the subgroups with a second power level smaller than the first power level for maintaining a brake force.