PARK-BRAKE MONITORING-SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

摘要

A park-brake monitoring-system 12 monitors the operating state of a park-bra ke system 11 of a vehicle 10. The park-brake monitoring-system 11 comprises operating-state sensors 48 that produce and communicate sensed operating-sta te signals in manners dependent upon the operating state of the park-brake syst em 11 to other components of the vehicle 10. The configuration and interaction with the park-brake system 11 and the park-brake monitoring system 12 of the operating-state sensors 48 is refined such that the sensed operating-state signals produced thereby include signal types that are implicative of the pa rk- brake system 11 having a fully-set operating state, signal types that are implicative of the park-brake system 11 having a fully-released operating state, signal types implicative of the park-brake system 11 having a not-ful ly- released operating state, and signal types implicative of the park-brake system 11 having a not-fully-set operating state