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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Knorr-bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Marc-Gregory Elstorpff, Munich, DE;
Christian Mosbach, Alling, DE;
Torsten Grunwald, Seehausen am Staffelsee, DE;
Abstract
A rail vehicle braking system includes at least one disk brake associated with a wheel or a wheel set, wherein the disk brake includes at least one brake disk, at least one brake lining which engages with the brake disk, at least one application device exerting an application force on the at least one brake lining during a braking operation, and a control device for controlling the application device, wherein the control device is coupled to a determination unit for determining a current wheel diameter of the wheel or of the wheel set, wherein the control unit is configured such that, when a predetermined application force is actuated during braking operation, a value of the current wheel diameter detected by the determination unit is taken into account.