Methods, devices, and systems, for analyzing and managing data generated by a sensor-equipped braking system for vehicles, comprising a support element a block of friction material, at least one sensor interposed between the block of friction material and the support element, comprising at least one central control unit capable of receiving in real time from the sensor means at least the basic data related to one or more of the pressure of the activated braking system, the temperature of the activated braking system, the braking torque, the residual braking torque when the braking system is deactivated, and the wear on the braking system during and after activation thereof. The system can also include one or more auxiliary sensors.

A method for ascertaining an operating variable of a drum brake, the method using forces acting on supporting bearings. The invention further relates to an associated drum brake assembly, an associated analysis unit and an associated storage medium.

A brake device for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes: a caliper body configured to surround a brake disc; a pair of brake pads disposed in the caliper body so as to face each other and respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the brake disc; a screw bar installed in the caliper body and configured to be rotatable by power from a motor unit; a nut unit configured to be rectilinearly moved by a rotation of the screw bar; a piston unit configured to surround an outer portion of the nut unit and press any one of the pair of brake pads by moving together with the nut unit; a bearing unit configured to support a rotation of the screw bar and be moved by a repulsive force of the screw bar; and a load switch unit installed in the caliper body, disposed to face the bearing unit, and configured to operate by being pressed by the bearing unit.

A vehicle consumables management system includes a consumables remaining amount calculation unit receiving vehicle data including a brake pedal input signal, an outdoor temperature, a driving distance, a wheel velocity, and a wheel speed such as a wheel RPM, and calculating a remaining amount of a tire tread based on the driving distance and the wheel speed, and/or calculating a remaining amount of a brake pad based on at least one of the brake pedal input signal and vehicle acceleration and/or deceleration information, thereby being capable of accurately detecting the remaining amount of the tire tread of the vehicle without assistance of separate inspection equipment, and accurately predicting a wear amount and a remaining amount of the brake pad of the vehicle without additional expensive equipment.

A method for estimating a braking force applicable between pad and brake disc by an electric parking-braking system of a vehicle is described. The method may include detecting, by one or more sensors of electric quantities of an electric motor, an electric current delivered to the electric motor and an instantaneous value of an electric voltage for electrically supplying the electric motor, during a parking-braking operation. The parking-braking operation may have a first non-contact stage between a first pair of pads of a first brake caliper and a first brake disc. The parking-braking operation may also have a second contact stage between the first pair of pads of the first brake caliper and the first brake disc.

Proposed is a vehicle brake apparatus including a motor unit configured to generate motive power with received external electrical power, a driveline unit provided with a reduction gear unit that is rotated by drive of the motor unit and reduces the motive power of the motor unit and a bearing that supports rotation of the reduction gear unit, a cylinder unit configured to press a brake pad with the motive power received from the driveline unit, a load sensing unit configured to sense a load produced from axial force of the reduction gear unit, and a housing unit connected to the motor unit and having the driveline unit and the load sensing unit installed therein.

A magnetic load sensor unit (1) is provided which can detect the magnitude of an axial load applied by a linear motion actuator (14) to a friction pad (22). The magnetic load sensor unit (1) includes a magnetic target (4) which generates a magnetic field, and a magnetic sensor (5) designed to move relative to the magnetic target (4) corresponding to the axial load.

An electro-mechanical drum brake is disclosed. An electro-mechanical drum brake according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a back plate, a drum disposed on one side of the back plate, a first brake shoe and a second brake shoe rotatably coupled on one surface of the back plate, a pressing member configured to press one sides of the first brake shoe and the second brake shoe so that the first brake shoe and the second brake shoe advance toward or retreat from an inner circumferential surface of the drum, an actuator configured to provide a driving force so that the pressing member presses the first and second brake shoes, and a sensor positioned between the other sides of the first and second brake shoes and formed to measure loads of the first and second brake shoes applied in a first direction tangent to a rotational radius of the drum.

An actuator for a motor vehicle functional unit includes a force transmission unit transmitting an actuating force to an actuating member and being displaced by a measuring travel in a force transmission direction. A force measurement device detects an actual value of the actuating force and includes a spring acting in the force transmission direction, having resilient action counter to which the force transmission unit is displaced and being tensioned by the actuating force over a resilient excursion, a micro switch having smaller switching travel than the measuring travel and being actuated upon displacement of the force transmission unit if the actuating force reaches the actual value, and a stop element for actuating the switch. The switch or element are coupled to or fixed relative to the force transmission unit and the switch and/or element are resiliently supported to compensate for a difference between the switching and measuring travels.

A system for monitoring usage of rail car brake equipment and determining whether the actual lifespan of the brake equipment is shorter than an expected lifespan had the brake equipment been used under normal or constant parameters. The system includes a sensor for collecting and outputting data indicating how the brake equipment has been actually used. A controller is programmed to receive the data regarding how the brake system component has been used and to calculate whether the brake system component has an estimated lifespan that is shorter than the expected lifespan. The sensor may comprise an ambient temperature sensor, a flow sensor that determines the air used by the braking system that includes the brake system component, and/or a pressure sensor that can determines how frequently and in what manner the brake system has been used.