Patent ID: 7167784

Claim:
A method of controlling or regulating operating sequences in a brake system of a vehicle, the brake system including an electronic circuit and consumers, the consumers including at least one arrangement for conveying a pressure medium and at least one cutoff device for at least one of inflow, outflow, and through flow of the pressure medium, the brake system further including a temperature detector arranged in thermal contact with one of i) at least a portion of the electronic circuit, and ii) at least a portion of the brake system, the method comprising: determining a temperature value representing a temperature of the one of i) at least a portion of the electronic circuit, and ii) at least a portion of the brake system; determining whether the temperature value exceeds at least one of a plurality of threshold values, wherein each of the plurality of threshold values is associated with at least one assigned measure; and for each one of the plurality of threshold values exceeded, initiating the at least one assigned measure, wherein the at least one assigned measure includes one of: i) shutting down selected ones of the consumers, and ii) driving selected others of the consumers.