Patent ID: 7150506

Claim:
An electrically controlled braking system comprising: at least one control unit, said at least one control unit generating control signals indicative of demand for braking; a first brake component responsive to the control signals generated by said at least one control unit; a second brake component responsive to the control signals generated by said at least one control unit; a first control network electrically connecting said at least one control unit and said first brake component, said first control network adapted to transmit the control signals from said at least one control unit to said first brake component; a second control network electrically connecting said at least one control unit and said second brake component, said second control network adapted to transmit the control signals from said at least one control unit to said second brake component; and an auxiliary control link electrically connecting said first brake component and said second brake component, said auxiliary control link adapted to transmit the control signals, after the control signals have been received by one of said first brake component and said second brake component, from the one of said first brake component and said second brake component that received the control signals to the other one of said first brake component and said second brake component when a failure occurs in one of said first control network or said second control network.