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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Roland Schmidt, Stockdorf, DE;
Roland Schmidt, Stockdorf, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A brake actuating device has an actuator functionally connected between a piston and a brake pedal lever. The actuator is capable of varying the path length of a force-conducting connection between the brake pedal lever and the piston of the brake cylinder via a displaceable element. A spring element acts on the brake pedal lever. The spring force varies during the variation of the path length such that a sum of the spring force and a force acting on the brake pedal lever from the brake cylinder remains essentially unchanged. The spring element is fastened with one end to the displaceable element and with the other end to the brake pedal lever with the interposition of a tensioning mechanism, which is guided by a cam track provided on the brake pedal lever. The cam track and the spring element are designed such that a displacement of the displaceable element into any possible position of the brake pedal lever does not generate a change in the pedal force at the brake pedal lever that is perceptible to the driver.