A method and a system for monitoring wear of a braking frictional pad of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a brake device acting on a vehicle wheel, the brake device including a braking frictional pad that is non-rotatable relative to the vehicle wheel and is linearly movable parallel to a rotational axis of the vehicle wheel; a brake piston configured to drive the braking frictional pad; and an electric parking brake or an electric mechanical brake, the electric parking brake or the electric mechanical brake having a drive motor and a piston driving part driven by the drive motor to be linearly movable, the piston driving part being configured to, when the motor vehicle is braking, drive the brake piston to contact the braking frictional pad and in turn drive the braking frictional pad to move.

Disclosed herein an electric parking brake (EPB) that is controlled by an electrical signal and generates a parking braking force includes a caliper housing including a cylinder and a piston slidably provided in the cylinder; and an actuator installed in the cylinder to press and release the piston; wherein the actuator comprises a linear motor installed in the cylinder and having a moving member that moves linearly according to an electrical signal, and a pressing portion that is press-fitted to the moving member to move together with the moving member and presses selectively the piston.

An electromechanical brake system includes: a pair of pad plates to which a brake pad is attached, respectively, to press a disc that rotates with a wheel; a carrier on which the pair of pad plates are installed; a caliper housing slidably installed on the carrier; a piston movably installed in forward and backward direction inside the caliper housing; a power transfer part configured to press the pair of pad plates onto the disc by moving the piston; a brake actuator including a drive motor configured to provide a rotational force of the drive motor to the piston, and a reduction gear part configured to decelerate the rotational force of the drive motor and transmit the decelerated rotational force to the power transfer part; a parking actuator connected to the brake actuator to maintain a parking braking state of a vehicle; a force sensor configured to detect a clamping force due to a contact between the disc and the brake pad; and a controller configured to control the brake actuator and the parking actuator, wherein the controller is configured to control the parking actuator based on the clamping force detected through the force sensor.

Provided is motor-driven drum brake system including: a motor-driven drum brake including a brake shoe inside a drum and allowing the brake shoe to be pressed on an inner surface of the drum by hydraulic pressure of a wheel cylinder or an operation of a motor to perform braking; and a controller configured to control the motor to engage the motor-driven drum brake, wherein the controller is configured to, upon a total count of parking apply operations of the motor-driven drum brake being greater than a preset count when performing a parking apply operation, correct a target clamping force of the motor-driven drum brake and perform the parking apply operation according to the corrected target clamping force.

A brake device, configured to be installed directly on a driving axle or through a hub, wherein said device includes a first brake disc joined to the axle sharing rotary motion, a first container disc and a second container disc configured to be moved in the axial direction of said axle. The container discs are positioned on each side of the brake disc, such that both are configured to be moved in the axial direction towards the linings of the first brake disc and to exert a pushing pressure thereon, producing the braking of the brake disc and, therefore, of the driving axle whereon it is assembled. Furthermore, the container discs comprise an inner circuit configured to accommodate the passage of a coolant configured to cool them.

The present invention relates to a system, comprising a transmission unit being arranged for converting a rotational motion into a translational motion, the transmission unit including an input and an output, wherein the input is configured to receive torque from a motor and the output is configured to provide a brake force for pressing a brake pad against a friction surface; a housing defining a hydraulic pressure chamber, wherein the housing at least partially encompasses the transmission unit; and an axially movable piston arranged in the housing and coupled to the transmission unit such that a translational motion of the piston causes a translational motion of the transmission unit for providing the brake force in a hydraulic operation mode.

Provided is an electro-mechanical brake system and a method of operating the same including: a pair of pad plates disposed on both sides of a disk rotating together with a wheel; a piston configured to allow the pad plates to come in close contact with or to be separated from the disk; a first motor and a second motor configured to operate independently from each other and provide the piston with power; a first gear configured to decelerate power of the first motor and transmit the decelerated power; a second gear configured to convert power of the second motor into a translational motion and apply pressure to or release pressure on the piston while in contact with the piston, the second gear including a guide part slantly formed on a portion that comes in contact with the piston; and a connecting part connecting the first gear and the second gear to each other to allow the first gear and the second gear to rotate together with each other, the connecting part configured to couple the first gear and the second gear such that the second gear is slidable with respect to the first gear.

Provided is an electronic brake system including: a reservoir in which a pressurizing medium is stored; a master cylinder configured to discharge the pressurizing medium according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to operate a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the brake pedal to generate a hydraulic pressure; a hydraulic control unit connected to the hydraulic pressure supply device and configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder; a pedal simulator connected to the master cylinder and configured to provide a reaction force for the brake pedal; a simulator valve configured to open and close a flow path connecting the master cylinder and the pedal simulator; a cut valve configured to open and close a flow path connecting the master cylinder and the hydraulic control unit; a pedal displacement sensor configured to detect displacement information of the brake pedal; a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure information of the pedal simulator; and a controller configured to compensate for a target pressure according to the displacement of the brake pedal based on the displacement information of the brake pedal detected through the pedal displacement sensor and the pressure information of the pedal simulator detected through the pressure sensor when the cut valve is closed and the simulator valve is opened, and drive the hydraulic pressure supply device according to the compensated target pressure.

A ball screw assembly having a ball screw nut including an outer surface, an inner surface defining a central bore, and a ball track defined by the inner surface, a ball screw shaft including an outer surface defining a ball track, the ball screw shaft being disposed in the central bore so that the two ball tracks form a ball raceway, a first stopper disposed at a first end of the ball screw nut within the ball raceway, a plurality of main balls forming a ball train disposed in the ball raceway, a main spring assembly disposed in the ball raceway between a first end of the ball train and the first stopper, and a strain sensing element affixed to a flat surface portion defined by the outer surface of the ball screw nut.

A brake actuator comprising a DC motor, a computer configured for: measuring, over time, a current drawn by the motor and a voltage between the terminals of the motor; implementing a Kalman filter in order to compute, from the measured current and voltage, a filtered current drawn by the motor and a filtered rotational speed of a shaft of the motor; computing, from the value of the filtered current and the value of the filtered rotational speed, a clamping force that is produced by the actuator; controlling the motor such that it stops when the computed value of the clamping force reaches a predetermined setpoint value.