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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erich Reinecke, Burgdorf, DE;
Assignee:
WABCO Westinghouse Fahrzeugbremsen GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ; G01L / ; G01L / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303103 ; 7386212 ; 188-111 ; 1881 / ; 188195 ; 303 20 ; 303100 ; 303104 ; 303112 ; 340 / ; 340 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus which measures and regulates the braking torque of a brake unit in long-term operational use. The brake unit includes both a brakable element and the braking device. An output signal from at least one temperature-dependent measuring element, located on or in one of the brakable elements and the braking device, is supplied to an evaluation apparatus. The evaluation apparatus determines, from the current value of the output signal of the temperature-measuring element, a present braking torque, and adjusts such torque when desirable.