Modular brake device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHelmut Stoff
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Abstract
A brake system for a rail-guided tractive vehicle includes electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical components, as well as vehicle interfaces for connecting the brake system to the tractive vehicle. The invention provides a brake system that can be adapted easily and economically to different requirements of the customers, and in particular to different locomotives. For that purpose, the components are housed in modules respectively having predetermined spatial measurements and each module has at least one predetermined electric or pneumatic vehicle interface, with respect to their spatial position within the module and also with respect to their operational variables.
Claims9
1-7. (canceled)
A brake system for a rail-guided tractive vehicle, comprising:
- electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical components accommodated in modules;
- vehicle interfaces for connecting the brake system to the tractive vehicle;
- each of said modules having a predefined spatial dimension;
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- each of said modules having at least one electrical or pneumatic vehicle interface with a predefined spatial position within said module and with a predefined operational size parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.