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  • Electro mechanical brake tightening device
    Patent number: 6957571
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake tightening device for a rail vehicle, includes a brake actuator to apply and release brakes. The actuator has a power converter to convert energy supplied by the brake actuator to a brake application movement. The power converter includes a shear force measuring bolt and/or a brake lever, arranged in a power transmission path of the converter to measure braking power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Staltmeir, Thomas Wagner, Ulf Friesen