Abstract: A brake caliper of a disc brake has a caliper body straddling a brake disc and having a thrust device housing accommodating a thrust device 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 a gearbox thrust bearing configured to apply for the at least one part of the gearbox a radial reaction. The thrust bearing has at least one radially inner slewing ring and the gearbox has an epicyclic gear having a fixed gear or an internally toothed body cooperating with at least one planet gear rotatably supported about at least one planet gear pin connected to the at least one radially inner slewing ring to transmit action of the gearbox to the worm by the at least one radially inner slewing ring.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting and providing braking assessment information indicative of a particulate emission from a vehicle braking system involves determining, upon a braking event, one or more physical quantities related to the particulate emission caused by the braking event based on detection of at least one physical quantity detected from the one or more physical quantities performed by respective detection means provided in the vehicle. The method and device may also include calculating, by an algorithm or mathematical assessment model, stored and executable in a computer, at least one braking assessment index, based on the one or more determined physical quantities. The braking assessment index being representative of a particulate emission amount by the vehicle braking system upon the braking event, and providing a user with braking assessment information related to the calculated braking assessment index, by a user interface.

Abstract: A lever-operated actuation device for a brake or clutch may have a pump body housing a hydraulic pump provided with a float and a hub rotatably associated with the pump body around a lever pin defining a rotation axis, the hub being associated with a tip operatively connected to the float for its actuation. The pump body may have a pair of fixing ears provided with fixing holes for the lever pin, the lever pin rotatably supporting an associable lever assembly. The lever assembly may have a manual actuation lever and a lever guide suitable to actuate the tip via the hub. The actuation device may have a retention device that keep the hub joined to the pump body, following the removal of the lever pin and the lever assembly for its disassembly/replacement.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic actuator for actuating a brake caliper may have an electric motor with a drive shaft, a transforming mechanism and a first housing to accommodate the transforming mechanism and support a second housing of the electric motor. The transforming mechanism may include a reduction gear to demultiply the rotary motion of the drive shaft. The reduction gear may have a crown with inner toothing in one piece and that is rotationally locked. The crown may have a front portion directly shape-coupled to and inserted in the second housing of the electric motor and a connection integral with the first housing of the transforming mechanism for a precise centering between the electric motor and the reduction gear with respect to the axis of the drive shaft and with respect to a central axis of the reduction gear.

Abstract: A method for detecting and measuring a clamping force and/or a braking torque includes encapsulating a fiber-optic strain sensor in a casing and incorporating the casing in a portion of friction material adhering to a base platform of a brake pad, detecting, by the fiber-optic strain sensor, a first strain in a first position of the casing along a first direction and a second strain in a second position of the friction material along a second direction, generating a first photonic signal, representative of the first detected strain, and a second photonic signal, representative of the second detected strain, receiving the first and second photonic signals, by an optical reading/interrogation unit, optically connected to the fiber-optic strain sensor, determining, by the optical reading/interrogation unit, the values of the first and second strains based on the first and second received photonic signals and determining a measurement of the clamping force and/or braking torque based on determined values of the f

Abstract: A hydraulic assembly has a hydraulic unit having a hydraulic unit body, in which a delivery channel is formed, the hydraulic unit body having a hydraulic unit body base, in which an inlet mouth is formed. The hydraulic assembly has a connection having a feed pipe for receiving a hydraulic fluid and an eyelet for outputting the hydraulic fluid, the eyelet delimiting an eyelet hole and having an upper eyelet sealing surface and a lower eyelet sealing surface. The hydraulic assembly has a pipe union having a hollow cylindrical body for receiving the hydraulic fluid from the eyelet and introducing the hydraulic fluid into the delivery channel and a pipe union head, an upper gasket and a lower gasket. The connection has a shoulder having a lower projection not interfering with the lower gasket. The connection is coupled in a fail-proof manner to the hydraulic unit, preventing the hydraulic unit from rotating during assembly and use.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle has a disc brake having a brake disc having a disc brake caliper and a pair of pads, an electric actuator operatively connected to a piston acting as a pusher on at least one of the pads, and a processing and control unit operatively connected to the electric actuator and programmed to move the piston and respective pad to a forward position to press the pad into contact with the brake disc during a braking demand, and bring the piston and respective pad to a rest or rearward position. A gap is identified between the pad and the brake disc. The processing and control unit is programmed to implement an algorithm that, in absence of a braking demand, operates the electric actuator by varying the gap according to at least one dynamic parameter of the vehicle defining a prediction of a braking demand.

Abstract: A braking system for a motorcycle has a first braking device operatively connected to a first wheel of the motorcycle and having a first hydraulic supply circuit, a first electric actuator operatively connected to a first electrically or electro-mechanically actuated piston, and a first interface port operatively connected to a first hydraulic device provided with a first manually actuated piston subdivided into a first direct piston and a first indirect piston hydraulically connected to the first hydraulic supply circuit through a first by-pass duct. A hydraulic fluid reservoir is connected to the first hydraulic device by an upstream connection duct of the first indirect piston and a downstream connection duct of the first indirect piston.

Abstract: A braking band extending between an inner diameter and an outer diameter has two plates facing each other and having inner surfaces delimiting a gap. The two plates are joined by connecting elements projecting from one of the two plates and reaching the opposite plate. A first series of fins of the connecting elements is each a fin which is in a single piece and extends from near the inner diameter to near the outer diameter and has a fin outer end portion having a predetermined extension along an outer circumferential width, and a fin inner end portion having a predetermined extension along an inner circumferential width. Considering a section taken along a section plane including the radial and circumferential directions, the outer circumferential width is greater than the inner circumferential width and the fin outer end portion of each fin faces only an adjacent fin on both sides in circumferential direction.

Abstract: Application, in a single software instrument, of AI and advanced statistics methods for monitoring and analyzing quality problems over the whole lifecycle of a product is provided. A method based on web scraping techniques and AI for monitoring the product out of the warranty period is also provided.

Abstract: A disc brake caliper has a caliper body and a pair of pads and, in each side portion of the caliper body, a distal piston and a proximal piston, having radially distanced and aligned pressure centers.

Abstract: A friction material with reduced storage time is described, comprising a binder composition based on a hydraulic binder and its use in brake pads and industrial applications.

Abstract: A braking band extending between an inner diameter and an outer diameter has two plates facing each other and having inner surfaces delimiting a gap. The two plates are joined by connecting elements projecting from one of the two plates and reaching the opposite plate. A first series of fins of the connecting elements is each a fin which is in a single piece and extends from near the inner diameter to near the outer diameter and has a fin outer end portion having a predetermined extension along an outer circumferential width, and a fin inner end portion having a predetermined extension along an inner circumferential width. Considering a section taken along a section plane including the radial and circumferential directions, the outer circumferential width is greater than the inner circumferential width and the fin outer end portion of each fin faces only an adjacent fin on both sides in circumferential direction.

Abstract: An actuator device of a braking device and a clutch may have a pump provided with a single operating device for pressurizing a fluid by a float, and a first delivery circuit and a second delivery circuit fluidly connected to an outlet of the pump. The first delivery circuit may be fluidly connectable to a braking device, the second delivery circuit may be fluidly connectable to a clutch. The actuator device may have a diverter device suitable for fluidly connecting the output of the pump alternately with the first delivery circuit and with the second delivery circuit, so as to alternately actuate the braking device or the clutch.