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AssigneeMeritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
InventorsPaul Thomas, Sean Cleary, Simon Duggan, Benjamin Austin, Alexander Sui-Phu Mat, Martin Boughtwood, Anthony Atwell
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A brake configured to decelerate a vehicle includes a brake surface and a brake lining, wherein in a decelerating state the brake lining and the brake surface are in contact and in a free-running state the brake lining and the brake surface are spaced apart. An electric motor is connected to an actuator push rod and configured to provide energy to move the actuator push rod from the free-running state to the decelerating state. The electric motor is further configured to operate as a generator and provide energy to an energy storage when the actuator push rod moves from the decelerating state to the free-running state.
A brake configured to decelerate a vehicle, comprising:
A method of decelerating a vehicle provided with a brake, the method comprising:
A computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.