Control electronics integrated in a brake, preferably a disc brake
First Claim
1. Control electronics integrated in a disc brake for commercial vehicles, with the disc brake having a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disc, and a pneumatic or electric motor-operated brake application device, which is arranged in the brake caliper and serves to apply the brake, the control electronics, which serve to monitor brake-specific parameters and control brake components are connected to a power supply, wherein at least one transceiver unit is provided in the control electronics and is operatively connected to at least one sensor which does not belong to the brake and is part of or close to a wheel associated with the disc brake.
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Abstract
Control electronics integrated in a brake, preferably a disc brake, are provided in particular for utility vehicles. The disc brake includes a brake caliper covering a brake disc and a brake application device with pneumatic or electromotive actuation, located in the brake caliper and used for applying the brake. The control electronics monitors specific parameters of the brake and regulates braking components and is connected to a power supply. The control electronics is characterized in that it includes at least one transmitter/receiver unit which is in active connection with a sensor external to the brake, pertaining to the wheel or proximate the wheel.
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21 Claims
- 1. Control electronics integrated in a disc brake for commercial vehicles, with the disc brake having a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disc, and a pneumatic or electric motor-operated brake application device, which is arranged in the brake caliper and serves to apply the brake, the control electronics, which serve to monitor brake-specific parameters and control brake components are connected to a power supply, wherein at least one transceiver unit is provided in the control electronics and is operatively connected to at least one sensor which does not belong to the brake and is part of or close to a wheel associated with the disc brake.
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17. A vehicle brake comprising:
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control electronics integrated into the brake, the control electronics being operatively configured to monitor brake-specific parameters and to control braking components; a power supply coupled to the control electronics; a transceiver unit arranged in and forming a part of the control electronics integrated in the brake; and wherein the transceiver unit is operatively configured for actively communicating with at least one sensor external to the brake and pertaining to a wheel or being configured in approximate vicinity of the wheel. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A wheel end of a vehicle, comprising:
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a wheel; a disc brake operatively arranged to brake the wheel, the disc brake comprising a caliper that straddles a brake disc, and includes a pneumatic or electric motor-operated brake application device arranged in the caliper to apply the brake; control electronics integrated in the disc brake, the control electronics being operatively configured to monitor brake-specific parameters and to control components of the disc brake; a power supply coupled to the control electronics; a transceiver unit arranged in and forming a part of the control electronics; and one or more sensors that are not a part of the disc brake, the one or more sensors being part of or in approximate vicinity of the wheel, the transceiver unit of the control electronics integrated in the disc brake being operatively configured for communicating with the one or more sensors.
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