Device in a vehicle brake arrangement
AssigneeHaldex Brake Products AB
InventorLars Severinsson
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Abstract
A device in a vehicle brake arrangement for determining the applied brake force comprises an enclosed elastically deformable medium (20), on which the reaction force from the brake force is to act. An axially movable push rod (22) is in contact with the medium (20) for transmitting a force therefrom, and sensor means (26; 28) are provided for sensing the force in the push rod.
Claims7
A device in a vehicle brake arrangement for determining an applied brake force, comprising an electric motor, a thrust rod gear driven by the motor, a thrust rod that applies a brake force when the gear is driven, an enclosed elastically deformable medium, on which a reaction force from the brake force is to act, and a force sensor located remotely from the elastically deformable medium, characterized in that an axially movable push rod is in contact with the medium, which axially moveable push rod transmits a force from the elastically deformable medium to the remotely located force sensor, which sensor transmits a signal to the electric motor that causes the motor to stop the application of brake force when a desired amount of force has been attained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.