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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Deml, Lappersdorf, DE;
Thomas Brandmeier, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303 15 ; 303-3 ; 303 20 ; 303191 ; 188 / ;
Abstract
The brake system of a motor vehicle has a wheel-brake actuator for each wheel brake. The wheel-brake actuator, which is controlled by the brake pedal via electric lines, presses the brake linings against the brake disk. A force sensor senses the circumferential force produced by the brake torque. The output signal of the sensor is taken into account as the current value by the control of the wheel-brake actuator when setting the contact force between the brake linings and the brake disk.