Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Martin Kruse

Holger Von Hayn

Uwe Bach

Jens Hoffmann

Wolfgang Ritter

Ahmed Sefo

Adrian Messner

Martin Gädke

Ulrike Meyer

Christian Vey

Christian Philipp

Hermann Winner

Jürgen Böhm

Christof Maron

Falk Petzold

Matthias Schulitz

Martin Semsch

A drum brake having a brake drum, brake shoes, a carrier plate and a load measurement device in the region of an abutment is mountable on a steering knuckle. The abutment has a cylinder in which two pistons are guided, on the outer end faces of which the abutment ends of the brake shoes rest and the inner end faces of which are each supported by a spring on a step in the cylinder. A hollow peg projects from the outside of the cylinder and penetrates an opening in the carrier plate, such that it can be received in a receiving space in the steering knuckle resting on the carrier plate or in a reinforcement element fixed on the steering knuckle.

Drum brake having a load measurement device

A method for ascertaining an operating variable of a drum brake, the method using forces acting on supporting bearings. The invention further relates to an associated drum brake assembly, an associated analysis unit and an associated storage medium.

Method for ascertaining an operating variable of a drum brake, drum brake assembly, analysis unit, and storage medium

The abutment of a drum brake is formed from a solid material which deforms under load, wherein measurement devices are provided which detect this deformation. The abutment has two limbs, on which the brake shoes are supported. The changing distance between the two brake shoes under load is determined by detecting the distance between extension rods on the limbs by a measurement device comprising magnets and Hall sensors or AMR sensors.

Drum brake

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