Motor vehicle brake system
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Abstract
Discloses is a motor vehicle brake having at least one brake disc or brake drum, at least two brake linings, and a device for detecting the tensioning force acting upon the brake linings when the motor vehicle is actuated. The brake linings include a carrier plate and a friction layer that is movable into engagement with the brake disc or brake drum. The device for detecting the tensioning force is designed so that it senses variations in the electric resistance (3) of the friction layer (2) that occur upon actuation of the motor vehicle brake, and evaluates them to determine the tensioning force. This allows for measurements of the tensioning forces that occur upon brake actuation with a sufficiently high rate of measuring accuracy at low costs.
22 Citations
24 Claims
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9. A motor vehicle brake comprising:
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at least one brake disc or at least one brake drum;
at least two brake linings including a carrier plate (1) and a friction layer (2) moveable into engagement with the brake disc or the brake drum; and
a device for detecting a tensioning force acting upon the brake linings when the motor vehicle brake is actuated, wherein the device for detecting the tensioning force senses variations in an electric resistance (3) of the friction layer (2) that occur upon actuation of the motor vehicle brake, and evaluates the variations to determine the tensioning force. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A motor vehicle brake comprising:
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at least one brake disc or at least one brake drum;
at least two brake linings having a carrier plate (1), a friction layer (2) movable into engagement with the brake disc or the brake drum, as well as a connecting layer (12) arranged between the carrier plate (1) and the friction layer (2); and
a device for detecting a tensioning force acting upon the brake linings when the motor vehicle brake is actuated, wherein the device for detecting the tensioning force senses variations in the electric resistance of the connecting layer (12) that occur upon actuation of the motor vehicle brake, and evaluates the variations to determine the tensioning force. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A motor vehicle brake comprising:
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at least one brake disc or at least one brake drum;
at least two brake linings having a carrier plate and a friction layer movable into engagement with the brake disc or the brake drum; and
a device for detecting a tensioning force acting upon the brake linings when the motor vehicle brake is actuated, wherein the device for detecting the tensioning force is formed of a force-sensing element (11) integrated into the friction layer, which supplies an electric signal upon actuation of the motor vehicle brake that is evaluated to determine the tensioning force. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A motor vehicle brake comprising:
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at least one brake disc or at least one brake drum;
at least two brake linings having a carrier plate and a friction layer movable into engagement with the brake disc or the brake drum; and
a device for detecting a tensioning force acting upon the brake linings when the motor vehicle brake is actuated, wherein the device for detecting the tensioning force is formed of a force-sensing element integrated into the carrier plate, which supplies an electric signal upon actuation of the motor vehicle brake that is evaluated to determine the tensioning force. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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