The present invention relates to a method of keeping brakes of a vehicle comprising a GPS system and being equipped with a brake-by-wire de-coupled brake system in good condition. The method comprises the steps of: a) determining whether a brake disc wiping needs to be performed based on information obtained from the GPS system, b) optionally waiting for a suitable moment for performing the brake disc wiping by waiting until a predefined condition is satisfied, and c) when the predefined conditions is satisfied, performing the brake disc wiping. Specific embodiments are disclosed for the situation where the car is at a car wash facility, or at a parking facility, or is equipped with connected vehicle technology.
ENHANCED BRAKE DISC WIPING FUNCTIONALITY FOR VEHICLES WITH BRAKE-BY-WIRE SYSTEMS
VERBESSERTE BREMSSCHEIBENWISCHFUNKTIONALITÄT FÜR FAHRZEUGE MIT BRAKE-BY-WIRE-SYSTEMEN
FONCTIONNALITÉ D'ESSUYAGE AMÉLIORÉE DE DISQUE DE FREIN POUR VÉHICULES AVEC DES SYSTÈMES DE FREINAGE PAR CÂBLE
2016-08-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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