Thermal management of parking brake assembly under below freezing temperatures

A method for controlling an electromechanical brake (EMB) assembly, the method comprising:

• determining whether a vehicle is under one or more below freezing ambient temperature conditions;
• and
• heating up a parking brake assembly of the EMB assembly in response to determining that the vehicle is under the one or more below freezing ambient temperature conditions and in response to obtaining of a parking brake apply request, wherein the EMB assembly comprises an actuator assembly comprising an electric motor configured to generate torque for moving a brake pad assembly to apply or release a brake and a driven pulley configured to transmit the torque generated from the electric motor;
• and a parking brake assembly comprising a parking pawl configured to engage against the driven pulley in a parking brake applied state of a vehicle and a pawl actuator configured to move the parking pawl to engage against the driven pulley.