Brake system with application in the automotive sector which does not generate polluting waste
OwnerJosé Luis Rodriguez Garciainventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a brake system (100) for braking a rotation shaft (1), characterised in that it comprises: at least one piston (4), actuated by means of an electric linear actuator (3), able to move between a retracted release position and a final extended braking position; a casing (6) adapted to rotate integrally with the rotation shaft, with a cavity closed by a perpendicular cover (5), provided with at least one opening in which the piston (4) is fitted, and the piston (4) having the ability to move forwards into the closed cavity and move backwards, and a filling occupying the closed cavity, rotating with the casing, consisting of a dispersion (7) or amalgam formed by a powdery or granular product with a lubricating agent.
Claims16
A brake system for automobiles, the brake system being electrically actuated and wherein the braking effect is produced on a rotation shaft, characterized in that the braking system comprises:
- at least one piston actuated by means of a respective electric linear actuator through which the piston is able to move a certain distance forwards and backwards between a retracted release position and a final extended braking position;
- a casing provided with a central through hole surrounded by an inner wall of the casing, adapted for integral coupling thereof to the rotation shaft, the walls of the casing forming a cavity laterally closed by a cover that extends in a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft and provided with a hole for the rotation shaft to pass therethrough but without integral coupling thereto, the cover being provided with at least one opening in which the at least one piston is fitted, closing said opening, and the at least one piston having the ability to move forwards into the closed cavity and move backwards;
- each respective electric actuator that actuates the at least one piston being fixedly coupled to the cover;
- a filling, arranged occupying the entire closed cavity formed by the casing, the cover and the at least one piston;
- the filling having the ability to rotate integrally with the casing;
- the filling consisting of a dispersion or amalgam formed by a combination of a powdery or granular product, with a particle size comprised between 45 μm and 1 mm, with a lubricating agent present between 1% and 25% by weight with respect to the dispersion or amalgam;
- the brake system when in a non-operating position, the rotation shaft is capable of rotating and the at least one piston being in a retracted release position and a front surface of the piston is oriented towards the closed cavity, and the front surface of the at least one piston is flush with the inner surface of the cover facing the closed cavity;
- and when the brake system is in a progressive brake operating position, the at least one piston passes into extended braking positions wherein the front surface of the at least one piston progressively enters into the filling of the closed cavity, moving the filling until it is compressed in a final extended braking position;
- the filling moving, occupying space of the cavity left by the at least one piston in the backward movement thereof when returning to the non-operating position;
- the cavity being kept closed at all times by the at least one piston in any of the positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.