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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Sakae Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Saito, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeyuki Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Sakae Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Tsutomu Saito, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeyuki Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Central Japan Railway Company, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A lightweight regenerative brake having a large braking force is provided. A regenerative brakecomprises a brake disc () and a pair of stators () to perform regenerative braking. This regenerative brake () reduces the heat generated in the brake disc (), because a part of the kinetic energy of a railway car is regenerated by generation of electricity in a tertiary circuit of the power source side when the brake is applied, and consequently the amount of energy converted into heat energy is decreased. Compared to a conventional regenerative brake, this regenerative brake () enables the disc () to be made thinner and dispenses with a cooling device such as a fan. Accordingly, a small-sizes and lightweight brake having a large braking force can be constituted using this regenerative brake ().