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AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsJürgen Böhm, Martin Semsch, Jürgen Balz, Karlheinz Bill, Peter Scheerer
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There is the problem of adjusting a clearance in electromechanically or electromotively operated brakes because automatic resetting means, which are provided for hydraulic brakes, cannot be used in brakes of the above type. Initially, it is necessary to determine a neutral position of the motor which is defined by the friction elements just abutting the brake disc in this position. This situation is determined by a detection device which exhibits the following operation in one preferred embodiment. The motor is driven from an unknown position by a constant motor torque so that the friction linings are moved towards the brake disc. The motor will speed up because the resistances remain constant in the starting stroke. An abrupt deceleration of the motor will be caused when the friction linings are applied to the brake disc. The zero passage of the angular acceleration can be sensed and interpreted as an application of the friction linings on the brake disc. Subsequently, a so-called contact signal is generated, with the result that the motor is restored in a position-controlled manner by a defined angle which corresponds to the clearance being adjusted.
A control system for an electromechanical brake which includes a first friction surface operably connected to an element to be braked, a second friction surface provided on a friction element which is movable against the first friction surface by an electric motor having a rotor, wherein the first and the second friction surfaces maintain a predetermined clearance in between each other, a sensor which directly or indirectly senses the angle of rotation of the rotor of the electric motor, a contact-detection means which is able to determine whether the first friction surface bears against the second friction surface and thereupon generates a contact signal, wherein a variation of the angular velocity of the rotor upon application of the first friction surface on the second friction surface is evaluated to determine the rotor angle where the first friction surface touches the second friction surface in a neutral position.
A control system for an electromechanical brake which includes a first friction surface operably connected to an element to be braked, a second friction surface provided on a friction element which is movable against the first friction surface by an electric motor having a rotor, wherein the first and the second friction surfaces maintain a predetermined clearance in between each other,
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