Provided is a railway vehicle disc brake apparatus that is capable of ensuring sufficient strength to withstand a reaction force from a disc, and that can be reduced in weight. A caliper lever of the railway vehicle disc brake apparatus has a pair of working point side arms, and a working point section. The working point section links the pair of working point side arms, and holds a pad via a working point shaft. The pair of working point side arms are inclined in such a manner that the interval therebetween narrows as the working point side arms approach the working point section. Furthermore, each working point side arm is inclined with respect to a reference plane that is perpendicular to the direction in which the working point section extends.

A braking assembly for an air disc brake comprises an actuator assembly having a service portion, at least one mounting stud attached to the service portion, and an air disc brake caliper having a bore for receiving the at least one mounting stud. The mounting stud is pivotable with respect to the service portion for installation on the air disc brake caliper.

A floating caliper brake device for a railroad vehicle 100 includes: a support frame 1 that has a cylindrical portion 1a; a support pin 2 that is supported by the cylindrical portion 1a in such a manner as to be slidable in a direction X; a caliper 3 that includes a first arm portion 3a and a second arm portion 3b; a first brake shoe 4; a second brake shoe 5 that is opposite to the first brake shoe 4; a pressurizing device 6 that moves the first brake shoe 4 back and forth; an elastic member 7 that is expandable and contractible in the direction X; a stopper member 8 that is immovable relatively to the cylindrical portion 1a in the direction X; and a moving member 9 that is frictionally engaged with the support pin 2 in such a manner as to be slidable in the direction X, wherein end portions on an L side of the elastic member 7 and the stopper member 8 are each supported by the cylindrical portion 1a, at least a portion of an end portion on an R side of the stopper member 8 overlaps the moving member 9 when viewed in the direction X, and an end portion on the R side of the elastic member 7 projects toward the R side from the end portion on the R side of the stopper member 8 and is connected to the moving member 9.

A brake actuator (1) for a vehicle includes a housing (5) and a piston (7) movably mounted inside the housing (5) and configured to reciprocate along a stroke axis (S) between a retracted position and an extended position for applying and releasing a braking force to and from a brake mechanism (101) of the vehicle. An electric motor (3) is operatively coupled to the piston (7) and configured to move the piston (7) rod between the retracted and extended positions such as to apply and release the braking force.

The present invention relates to a disc brake having a brake actuation mechanism, the components of which are mounted in functional cooperation in the brake caliper by means of a rod, in which a brake lever is configured so that the clamping force from the actuator is substantially directed radially to the axis of the brake disc upon brake actuation, and in which the brake lever is further configured to be mounted at different angular positions around the axis of the rod.

A method for influencing the kinematic behavior of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle with at least one friction brake system, wherein a brake effect is generated by pressing at least one first and second friction elements against each other, where to achieve advantageous method conditions, temperatures of at least the first friction element are calculated from at least speed, brake pressure, external temperature of the vehicle and absolute times, and heat conduction through the first friction element and a speed-dependent cooling process of the first friction element are taken into consideration during the calculation, and where the kinematic behavior of the vehicle is influenced based on the calculation such that expensive fitting of the friction brake system with sensors for measuring friction element temperatures can be advantageously omitted, and the thermal state of the friction brake system can still be estimated with a high degree of precision.

A caliper body (12) of a disc brake apparatus (10) includes an accommodating portion (14a) which accommodates a piston (20) for pressing a brake pad (66), a cam lever (42) for generating a pressing force through rotation, and a pressing force transmission mechanism (24) which is interposed between the piston (20) and the cam lever (42) to transmit a pressing force to the piston (20). The accommodating portion (14a) has an opening portion through which the piston (20), the cam lever (42) and the pressing force transmission mechanism (24) can be assembled into the caliper body (12) from a thick back side thereof, and both the accommodating portion (14a) and the opening portion are opened to a rotor disposition side area in the caliper body (12).

A module including a module housing enclosing an electric motor, an output element mounted externally of the module housing, the output element being operably coupled to the electric motor and the module housing including an electrical interface for electrically coupling the motor to one or more components mounted externally of the module housing.

A brake arrangement including hybrid brake actuators includes pneumatic and electric brake actuators, and is designed to overcome pneumatic failures by electrical brake actuators. The pneumatic can thus be lightened and less energy consuming. In particular, only one compressed air tank can be used for all the axles.

An omni-wheel may include a shaft, a plurality of rollers, and a braking device. The plurality of rollers may be circumferentially arranged about the shaft and arranged radially outward from the shaft. The braking device may include a fluid-filled bladder and a plurality of braking pads. The fluid-filled bladder may be circumferentially arranged about the shaft. The plurality of braking pads may be arranged between the fluid-filled bladder and the plurality of rollers. The fluid-filled bladder may expand radially outward when pressurized, displacing the plurality of braking pads radially outward to contact the plurality of rollers, preventing rotation of the rollers.