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US 2024/0286592 A1Published application
Vehicle with a retarder brake device, and corresponding braking method
AssigneeMan Truck & Bus AG
InventorAlexander Schydlo
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a continuous braking device. The continuous braking device includes a non-firing piston engine which can be drivingly coupled to a drive train shaft of the vehicle and is configured, during operation, for conveying air from an air inlet of the piston engine to an air outlet of the piston engine and for thereby compressing the air and for causing deceleration of the vehicle by performing compression work.
Claims15
A vehicle, comprising:
- a continuous braking device, wherein the continuous braking device comprises a non-firing piston engine, which can be drivingly coupled to a drive train shaft of the vehicle and which is configured, during operation, for conveying air from an air inlet of the piston engine to an air outlet of the piston engine and for thereby compressing the air and for causing deceleration of the vehicle by performing compression work.
A method of braking, a vehicle, comprising:
- coupling a non-firing piston engine of a continuous braking device to a drive train shaft of a vehicle;
- driving the piston engine by the drive train shaft;
- and
- performing compression work by the piston engine for generating a braking torque acting on the drive train shaft.
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