Patent ID: 8255136

Claim:
A method of running in an electromechanical parking brake system comprising at least one brake mechanism unit and at least one control device, the actuation of the brake mechanism unit being controlled by means of a control routine provided in the control device, the method comprising the steps of: executing a running-in routine involving a minimum amount of actuation of the at least one brake mechanism unit in order to achieve a normal working range for the at least one brake mechanism unit, the running-in routine including: performing a defined minimum plurality of apply-and-release braking operations carried out by the at least one brake mechanism unit; checking the electromechanical parking brake system for system errors during the plurality of apply-and-release braking operations of the at least one brake mechanism unit; checking for the existence of at least one condition selected from the group of conditions consisting of: (a) at least one safety-critical condition present before the at least one running-in operation, (b) at least one system error present before the at least one running-in operation, (c) at least one safety-critical condition occurring during the at least one running-in operation, and (d) at least one system error occurring during the at least one running-in operation; continuing or terminating the running-in routine based on the results of the checking step; generating an item of running-in information that indicates the status of the running-in routine; and after successful execution of the running-in routine, assigning the item of running-in information a value that indicates the successful execution of the running-in routine.