Abstract: A device for detecting a clamping force of a brake caliper of a vehicle braking system is provided. The device has a force sensor, a force transmitting element suitable for transmitting the clamping force exerted by the brake caliper to the force sensor, and a mechanical limit stop element. The force transmitting element is movable when subjected to the clamping force exerted by the brake caliper. The force sensor is configured to measure the clamping force up to a sensor force threshold value that is lower than a maximum clamping force exertable by the brake caliper. The mechanical limit stop element is configured to be engaged by the force transmitting element when the clamping force exceeds the sensor force threshold value.

Abstract: A brake caliper for a disc brake system has a caliper body straddling the disc and having a first elongated portion facing a first braking surface of the brake disc, and a second elongated portion, opposite to the first elongated portion and facing a second braking surface of the brake disc opposite to the first braking surface. A bridge connects the first elongated portion and the second elongated portion to each other. The brake caliper has at least one pair of opposite brake pads, each brake pad having friction material and a support plate supporting the friction material, the support plate having a plate back facing a respective elongated portion of the first and second elongated portions. A detecting device for detecting a biasing force directed in axial direction is interposed between the plate back of the second brake pad and the second elongated portion of the caliper body.

Abstract: A caliper and support assembly has a brake caliper having a caliper body, and a supporting structure connected to the caliper body and having a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion for connecting with a vehicle, and a connecting portion for connecting the caliper body to the first fixing portion along a direction parallel to an axial direction or a direction parallel to a radial direction. The connecting portion allows a free movement of the caliper body relative to the supporting structure along a predetermined direction incident to the axial and radial directions or to directions parallel thereto. A constraining element connects the caliper body to the second fixing portion preventing the free movement of the caliper body and during a braking action elastically deforms determining a displacement of the caliper body relative to the supporting structure. A detecting device detects the displacement of the caliper body.

Abstract: A braking band of a disc brake disc has two mutually facing plates having inner surfaces, either directly or indirectly facing and delimiting a gap, outer surfaces having flat and opposite circumferential portions which form braking surfaces and plate bodies having a predetermined plate thickness. The plates are joined to each other by connecting elements shaped as columns or ribs which project from one plate towards an opposite plate in the form of bridges which connect the plates. One of the plates has at least one ridge projecting from the plate into the gap without reaching the opposite plate, forming a localized narrowing of the gap and a thickening of the plate body. At least one ridge extends from a connecting element to an adjacent connecting element, connecting the connecting elements. At least one ridge extends along a circumferential direction connecting two adjacent connecting elements.

Abstract: A method for determining a braking torque at at least one fixing interface between a brake caliper body and a brake caliper support includes inserting at least one washer device at the at least one fixing interface, the washer device having at least one fiber-optic strain sensor of fiber Bragg grating type, detecting, by the at least one fiber-optic strain sensor, local deformation and/or strain acting in a respective detecting position, and generating at least one respective photonic signal representative of the detected deformation and/or strain, receiving the at least one first photonic signal, by an optical reading/interrogation unit optically connected to the at least one fiber-optic strain sensor, generating at least one electric signal representative of the detected local deformation and/or strain, based on the received first photonic signal, and determining the braking torque based on the at least one electrical signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle for distributing braking forces on at least one piston of a disc brake caliper of the vehicle. The method is performed by a braking system control system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle for distributing braking forces on at least one first and at least one second pistons of a disc brake caliper of the vehicle. The method is performed by a braking system control system for brake force distribution.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brake pad preform for disc brakes is provided. The method involves preparing a thermosetting mixture by mixing a polymer resin in liquid form or particle powder form and ceramic particles in powder form, combining the thermosetting mixture with a carbonaceous material composed of carbon fibers to obtain a molding compound, molding the molding compound by compaction and heat treatment to obtain a crude preform, and subjecting the crude preform to a pyrolysis treatment to obtain the brake pad preform. A brake pad preform or a brake pad obtained by the manufacturing method is composed of a carbon-carbon composite composed of a matrix of carbonaceous material and carbon fibers in which the ceramic particles are uniformly dispersed in the matrix of carbonaceous material.

Abstract: A braking system for vehicles has a pilot pump with a manual actuation device, which is fluidically connected to an absorber device which simulates the driving resistance offered by at least one braking device. The system has at least one control unit operatively connected to at least one sensor and to the manual actuator device and is programmed to actuate the braking device via the actuator device when it receives from the sensors a braking action request signal. The control unit is programmed so as to correct the braking action requested by the user, actuating the manual actuator device so as to avoid blocking of one or more wheels or the occurrence of instability of the vehicle during braking. The control unit is programmed to induce on the manual actuation device at least one vibration when it corrects the braking action requested by the user.

Abstract: A dissymmetric braking system has at least one right wheel braking device, at least one left wheel braking device, at least one device to apply a braking action, at least one actuating device to transform the braking action into a first pressure, at least one right wheel connection, at least one left wheel connection, and at least one pressure reducing device having at least one transfer device receiving the first pressure. The transfer device transforms the first pressure into a reduced second pressure, whereby avoiding, during the braking action, a fluidic connection between a fluid having the first pressure and a fluid having the second pressure to determine, during the braking action, a relationship between the first pressure and the second pressure with linear trend without variation of linearity throughout the operating field of the pressure reducing device, so that the braking action of one of the right wheel braking device and left wheel braking device is lower than the other.

Abstract: A braking system for vehicles may have a control unit for two brake groups operatively connected to electromechanical actuators for each brake group through a relative piloting device. Each control unit may be powered by a power source and being galvanically isolated from other power sources. Each control unit may be programmed to implement, via a piloting device, a standard braking strategy in case of detection of a standard operation of each brake group and a fault braking strategy, if it detects an electrical fault of one or more of the brake groups.

Abstract: A brake caliper arranged straddling a braking band of a brake disc has first braking surface and second braking surface and a caliper body having a first caliper body portion facing the first braking surface, a second caliper body portion facing the second braking surface, and a bridge connecting the first and second caliper body portions. An outer caliper body surface faces away from the braking band. At least one of the first and second caliper body portions accommodates a thrust element. A light lamella protruding from the outer caliper body surface has a plate having two opposite plate surfaces, and plate edges. The plate has a predefined plate thickness and a side edge directed at the caliper body. The light lamella has a lighting body having a light source and transmitting, when activated, light radiation into the plate thickness so that the light radiation is distributed by the two opposite plate surfaces and/or the plate edges.

Abstract: A wheel load assembly (5) for a dynamometer test bench (1) comprises—a support structure (17) which can be assembled on a base (12), —a vertical load device (18) having a first application bracket (19) which is rigidly connectable to a bearing body (96), which in turn is couplable to the wheel suspension part (3), a first reaction support (20) connected to the support structure (17), a first force transmission connector (21) connected between the first reaction support (20) and the first application bracket (19), as well as a first load apparatus (22) operatively connected to the first force transmission connector (21) to load the first force transmission connector (21) in a first vertical load direction (23), —a longitudinal load device (24) having a second application bracket (25) which is rigidly connectable to the bearing body (96), which in turn is couplable to the wheel suspension part (3), a second reaction support (26) connected to the support structure (17), a second force transmission connector (27)

Abstract: A lever device has a master cylinder body having cylinder walls delimiting a cavity or cylinder, a float or piston and a lever assembly having a primary lever having a primary lever thrust portion, a secondary lever or hub connected to the float or piston and having a secondary lever counter-abutment portion. The primary lever rotates between a primary lever resting position, and at least one primary lever actuation position. The lever assembly has an elastic return element configured to elastically bias the primary lever to the primary lever resting position. The secondary lever or hub is operatively connectable to a combined braking mechanism actuatable by a combined action lever. An elastic relative-load element connected to the primary lever and/or the secondary lever or hub applies an elastic spacing action which opposes an approach of the secondary lever counter-abutment portion to the primary lever thrust portion. or vice versa.

Abstract: A lever assembly for a lever device having a master cylinder body having cylinder walls delimiting a cavity or cylinder, and a float or piston having a piston bottom defining a pressure chamber. A supply channel puts the pressure chamber in communication with a fluid tank. The piston bottom is movable between an end-of-stroke position, in which a volume of the pressure chamber is maximum, and a first working position, in which the piston bottom fluidly isolates the pressure chamber from the supply channel. The lever has a primary lever connectable to the float or piston and an elastic return element having a first elastic return element winding, a first arm, and a second arm. A primary lever body defines a primary lever recessed housing or seat to accommodate the elastic return element and has a first primary lever connecting element having a coupling portion to couple the second arm.

Abstract: A brake caliper for a disc brake has a caliper body straddling a brake disc. The caliper body has a thrust device housing accommodating a thrust device configured to apply a bias on at least one brake pad to abut the at least one brake pad against braking surfaces of the brake disc. The thrust device is operatively connected to a translating screw nut. The translating screw nut is operatively connected to a worm. The worm is operatively connected to a gearbox and rotatably supported by a screw thrust bearing configured to apply for the worm an axial reaction. At least one part of the gearbox is rotatably supported by at least one gearbox thrust bearing configured to apply for the at least one part of the gearbox a radial reaction. The screw thrust bearing and the gearbox thrust bearing are a same thrust bearing.

Abstract: A pad-and-spring assembly has a supporting plate supporting friction material. The supporting plate has a disc facing surface, a plate back, and facing thrust structure. The friction material has a radially inner edge, and a radially outer edge, radially opposite to the radially inner edge, and defining the outer radial dimension level of the friction material with its tangential extension on the disc facing surface. The disc facing surface has a free surface located radially inside with respect to the tangential extension of the radially outer edge of the friction and having a through opening edge delimiting a through opening. An elastic device of the assembly has a body having at least one connecting portion, connecting to the body of the brake caliper and a supporting portion, axially crossing the through opening to apply elastic biasing action directly in axial direction to the through opening edge.

Abstract: A method for controlling a force representative of a parking braking of a vehicle, having the steps of: determining, by a data processing unit, a target value of a force representative of a parking braking of the vehicle to be applied, by a first brake caliper, on a first brake disc on the basis of a value of the gradient of the road on which the vehicle is located; determining, by the data processing unit, a value of a first force contribution representative of a service braking of the vehicle applied by a first hydraulic actuator on the first brake disc; determining, by the data processing unit, a value of a second force contribution representative of the parking braking of the vehicle to be applied, by a second electromechanical actuator, on the first brake disc on the basis of a target value of a force representative of a parking braking of the vehicle which can be applied by the first brake caliper on the first brake disc, and of the determined value of the first force contribution representative of a