Patent ID: 7887144

Claim:
An electronic system for a motor vehicle comprising: an electronic communication system that includes a Controller Area Network; a plurality of separate electronic controllers for controlling the operation of associated separate systems within the motor vehicle, each of said electronic controllers responsive to operating states of the motor vehicle to control, via final control devices, said motor vehicle operating states, said plurality of separate electronic controllers including at least an electronic parking brake controller that is operative to control an electronic parking brake system and that also is disposed within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and an electronic service brake controller that is separate from said electronic parking brake controller and that is operative to control an electronic service brake system, said plurality of separate electronic controllers coupled to said Controller Area Network and co-operating with one another to exchange data over said Controller Area Network; and a plurality of electronic sensor devices for detecting quantities which are related to operating states of the vehicle, said electronic sensor devices coupled to said electronic controllers through said Controller Area Network with at least one of said electronic sensor devices being operable to detect lateral and longitudinal dynamic behaviour of the vehicle, said at least one sensor device being integrated into said electronic parking brake controller and operationally connected to said electronic parking brake controller with said electronic parking brake controller forwarding data generated by said at least one sensor device over said Controller Area Network to said electronic service brake controller, with said electronic service brake controller being operative to utilize said at least one sensor device data to regulate and control the vehicle behaviour in a lateral dynamic range via said electronic service brake system.