Abstract: A braking device for a vehicle is provided. The braking device includes a braking member, friction components that are adapted to come into contact with the braking member, and an air supply line secured to the friction parts and opening out opposite the braking member.

Abstract: An elastic module unit for a pad or furniture may include a fixed bottom plate and a plurality of elastic modules disposed on the fixed bottom plate, the fixed bottom plate including splicing sides arranged opposite to each other and end sides arranged opposite to each other. Each of the end sides includes a plurality of connectors having a rotary detent member and/or an engagement member. The rotary detent member is configured to swing about a pivot axis so that it releasably engages an engagement member of an adjacent elastic module unit. The engagement member is configured to releasably engage a rotary engagement member of an adjacent elastic module unit.

Abstract: Various systems, devices, and methods for a vehicle smart brake pad comprising a sensor such as a force sensing device, and a production process thereof. For example, a production process of a vehicle brake pad can include the following steps in time sequence: applying an electrical circuit a support plate; screen printing on the electrical circuit of at least a first electrode; screen printing on the at least first electrode of a sheet of piezoelectric material; screen printing on the sheet of at least a second electrode; applying a friction pad on the support plate; and bulk polarizing the sheet of piezoelectric material by a supply of power to the at least first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A disc brake pad which is supported by a pair of pins to a pad support member so that the disc brake pad is movable in an axial direction, include a lining and a back plate supporting a back surface of the lining. The back plate includes a clip insertion portion where part of a pad clip is inserted in the axial direction, at an intermediate portion of a radially outer side portion in a circumferential direction, includes pin insertion portions where the pins are respectively inserted in the axial direction, at both sides of the radially outer side portion in the circumferential direction with the clip insertion portion located therebetween. The clip insertion portion includes, on a radially outer side portion of an inner peripheral surface thereof, a pressed surface where a pressing force directed radially outward is applied from the pad clip.

Abstract: A method of controlling cooling of a brake system, includes determining a brake temperature, obtaining a wear rate profile for the brake system indicative of wear rate in dependence on temperature, and controlling activation of cooling of the brake system according to the wear rate profile.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle includes a first axle pressure modulator (APM) for service-brake-chambers for a first vehicle-axle, a second axle pressure modulator for spring-brake-cylinders for a second vehicle-axle, the second APM being connected to an electronic-brake-control-unit, which is configured to issue a first electric-control-signal for controlling the first APM and a second electric-control-signal for controlling the second APM, an intelligent foot brake module, which is configured to issue a first pneumatic-control-signal for controlling the first APM and a second pneumatic-control-signal for controlling the second APM, an electronic parking brake controller, which is configured to issue a second pneumatic parking brake signal for controlling the spring-brake-cylinders, and a pressure control valve, which is configured to convert the second pneumatic parking brake signal into a first pneumatic parking brake signal for controlling the first APM.

Abstract: A tolerance ring including a substrate, and an overlying layer including at least one of a thermal enhancement layer and a retention layer, the thermal enhancement layer including at least one of i) Vickers hardness <400 VPM or ii) a thermal conductivity >100 W/m·K, the tolerance ring being adapted to provide at least one of a) a thermal transfer between the inner member and the outer member, b) a coefficient of friction between the retention layer and the outer member, ?1, and a coefficient of friction between the substrate and the outer member, ?2, and where ?1>?2, or c) a retention force, Rf, between the inner member and the outer member, and the assembly has an assembly force, Af, and where Rf>0.1 Af, wherein the tolerance ring includes a plurality of projections protruding radially inward or radially outward.

Abstract: An electro-pneumatic parking brake arrangement includes a shut-off valve and a parking brake module. The parking brake module includes a reservoir connection configured to connect to a compressed air reservoir, a first spring-loaded accumulator connection configured to connect to the shut-off valve, an electro-pneumatic valve unit having at least one electro-pneumatic valve configured to output a spring-loaded brake pressure at the first spring-loaded accumulator connection, and an electronic control unit configured to receive parking brake signals from an electronic parking brake switch and/or a higher-order control unit. The shut-off valve comprises a second spring accumulator connection configured to connect the spring-loaded brakes of the further axle and to shut off the second spring accumulator connection depending on a shut-off signal provided by the parking brake module.

Abstract: A brake pad having a backing plate, friction lining, and a surface coating adhered to the friction lining. The surface coating may be formulated to generate a transfer layer on a brake rotor faster than the friction lining alone. The surface coating may be adhered to the friction lining in a predetermined design.

Abstract: A method for determining a start time for a recharging procedure for a plunger device of an electronically slip-controllable power brake system, and an electronically slip-controllable power brake system having a plunger device. Plunger devices have a plunger cylinder, a plunger piston, and a plunger working space and are operable by a drive motor. A recharging procedure of the plunger device is required from time to time. The start time for a recharging procedure of the plunger device is ascertained as a function of characteristic values that describe the driving state of a vehicle equipped with the power brake system, and/or the operating state of the plunger device when an actual position of the plunger piston lies within a specifiable working range of the plunger device.

Abstract: A control device and a method controlling an emergency braking pressure of a vehicle, and a vehicle having a control device of this kind, wherein a pilot control pressure (VSDI) is modulated with a pressure modulator as a function of a load condition of the vehicle, a deceleration, a speed and/or a coefficient of friction, and a safety pilot control pressure (SVSD) is controlled with an adjusting device, and wherein in normal operation, a supply pressure is controlled only by the VSDI while, in the event of a system malfunction, the supply pressure is controlled only by the SVSD, wherein it is ensured that the emergency braking pressure does not exceed a nominal pressure in the event of the system malfunction.

Abstract: A device of a friction brake includes a collection container. Brake particles in an airflow coming from the friction brake are filterable by the device and the brake particles are collectable in the collection container. Collected brake particles are processable by the device such that an amount of respirable brake particles in the collected brake particles is reduced.

Abstract: A brake pad includes a sole plate with outer and inner faces, and a lining made of friction material fixed to the inner face, the lining being delimited by friction and attachment faces, and inner, outer, rear, and front edges. The lining has a collection groove open on the friction face near the rear edge, the sole plate including a suction hole in fluid communication with the collection groove, this hole being connected to a negative pressure source. The collection groove is extended, at an end, by a duct of which the outer end is open away from the friction face, via an inlet, and of which the inner end is open in the collection groove via an outlet forming a cross-sectional jump with the groove. During operation, a negative pressure exists between the inlet and the collection groove one on each side of the duct.

Abstract: An electro-pneumatic control system for braking, an emergency pressure monitoring and control unit providing weight signals, an emergency braking request signal, actual pressure signals, and provides emergency braking request signals, an emergency pressure module generating an emergency braking pressure, a braking control unit providing control signal pairs to generate corresponding braking pressures as a function of a service braking request signal or the emergency braking pressure request signal dependent upon whether the emergency braking request signal indicates an emergency braking request, and an emergency switching device comprising contact pairs which allow the connection of the control signal pairs from the braking control unit to the braking pressure generating modules when closed and prevent this connection of the control signal pairs when open.

Abstract: A hydraulic braking system for a vehicle has two sub-braking systems hydraulically separated from one another. A first sub-braking system of a first axle has a first circuit, a main system with a first power supply and a first ECU, and a secondary system with a second power supply and a second ECU. The first circuit includes first and second pressure generators assigned, respectively, to the main system and the secondary system, in parallel between a fluid container and wheel brakes. A modulation unit connects the pressure generators to the wheel brakes. A second sub-braking system of a second axle includes a second circuit and an auxiliary system with a third power supply and a third ECU. The second circuit includes a pressure generator assigned to the auxiliary system arranged between a fluid container and wheel brakes, and a modulation unit connecting the pressure generators to the wheel brakes.

Abstract: A redundant brake system (1) for an autonomously driven vehicle is provided. The redundant brake system (1) comprises an electro-pneumatic service brake system, wherein the redundant brake system (1) is provided with at least three control circuits for controlling the electro-pneumatic service brake system.

Abstract: A brake system (BS) includes first/second electric-power-supply-units (EPSU), and an electronic-brake-control-unit (EBCU) connected to the first EPSU. The BS includes a first axle-pressure-modulator (APM) for service-brake-chambers for a first vehicle-axle (VA). The first APM is connected to the EBCU. The BS includes a second APM for spring-brake-cylinders for a second VA. The second APM is connected to the EBCU. The BS includes a redundant-brake-pedal-sensor (BPS) connected to the EBCU. The BS includes first/second pressure-modulators (PM), which are connected to the second EPSU and redundant BPS. The first/second PMs are respectively fluidically connected to the first/second APMs. The redundant-BPS issues a first control-signal (CS) for the EBCU and a second CS for controlling the first/second PMs. The first PM commands pneumatic-control-pressure for the first APM depending on the second CS from the redundant-BPS.

Abstract: A brake control device is applied to a vehicle including a regenerative generator. The brake control device includes a pressure adjustment unit that includes an electric pump and a pressure adjustment valve, and that adjusts adjustment liquid pressure of a pressure adjustment fluid path between the electric pump and the pressure adjustment valve; and a controller that controls the electric pump and the pressure adjustment valve. The controller, before starting a replacement operation to replace a regenerative braking force by the regenerative generator with a friction braking force by the adjustment liquid pressure, performs preceding pressurization to increase the adjustment liquid pressure from “0” and maintain the adjustment liquid pressure at predetermined liquid pressure, and after performing the preceding pressurization, increases the adjustment liquid pressure more than the predetermined liquid pressure by increasing a rotation speed of the electric pump, and then execute the replacement operation.

Abstract: A brake assembly includes a first assembly component; a second assembly component that is movable with respect to the first assembly component; and a device for determining a status of the brake assembly. The device includes a sensor trigger disposed on the second assembly component; a sensor disposed on the first assembly component, the sensor being configured to detect a proximity of the sensor trigger with respect to the sensor; and a controller in communication with the sensor and configured to determine the status of the brake assembly based on the detected proximity of the sensor trigger with respect to the sensor.

Abstract: A lining carrier (1) for a disc brake has a friction lining (2), and the lining carrier (1) is arranged in a lining carrier shaft (6) of a brake carrier (7). The lining carrier (1) has a front side (3) which faces the friction lining (2), a rear side (4) which faces away from the friction lining (2), and an edge face (5) which extends around a perimeter of the rear side (4) A region (8) of the edge face (5) that faces the lining carrier shaft (6) has a recess (9). A reinforcing rib (10; 10b) is arranged centrally on the recess (9).