Track brake with at least one vertically-movable braking element and method for determining the respective position thereof
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSven Skibbe
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Abstract
A track brake includes at least one vertically movable, more particularly lowerable, braking element and an inclination sensor disposed in such a manner that a respective position of the at least one vertically movable braking element can be determined on the basis of at least one measurement value of the inclination sensor. A method for determining the position of at least one vertically movable, more particularly lowerable, braking element of a track brake is also provided.
Claims17
A track brake, comprising:
- at least one vertically-movable braking element;
- and
- an inclination sensor providing at least one measured value, said inclination sensor disposed and configured to determine a respective position of said at least one vertically-movable braking element based on said at least one measured value.
A method for determining a respective position of at least one vertically-movable braking element of a track brake, the method comprising the following steps:
- detecting at least one measured value using an inclination sensor;
- and
- determining the respective position of the at least one vertically-movable braking element of the track brake from the at least one measured value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.