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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (Uk) Limited, Cwmbran, Gwent, GB;
Inventors:
Yixin Yao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Prashant Narula, Gwent, GB;
Assignee:
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited, Cwmbran Gwent, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/66 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); F16D 66/02 (2006.01); B60T 1/06 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01); F16D 65/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/66 (2013.01); B60T 1/065 (2013.01); B60T 13/741 (2013.01); B60T 17/22 (2013.01); F16D 66/00 (2013.01); F16D 66/021 (2013.01); F16D 2065/386 (2013.01); F16D 2066/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brake system and a method of controlling a brake system. The method may include indirectly estimating an air gap between a brake friction member and a brake pad assembly based on a position signal from a position sensor that detects cycling of the friction brake and a further signal indicative of an amount of brake force used to engage the brake pad assembly with the brake friction member. The air gap may be adjusted when an estimated air gap differs from a desired air gap.