A wheel hub motor for an electric vehicle includes eight sector-shaped through holes uniformly distributed in the circumference of a disc brake fixed to a shaft, and magnetic conductive ribs made of a magnetic conductive material arranged between two through holes. A stator core consists of nine square-C-shaped sub stator cores, each sub stator core surrounds two sides of the disc brake (6) and is fixed to a vehicle frame, adjacent sub stator cores are different by 30 degrees in a circumferential direction, a concentrated armature winding is wound around a yoke part at the middle portion of the sub stator core. A permanent magnet is fixed to a surface of an inner side of each sub stator core towards the disc brake, the brake caliper is fixed to the vehicle frame and is located at a position without the stator core in a circumferential direction.

The present invention relates to a disc brake, and more specifically, to a disc brake apparatus using a generator-combined motor means, the disc brake apparatus comprising a fixed plate which has coil elements arranged radially and rotating plates which have magnet bodies arranged radially and corresponding to the coil elements, wherein: electric attraction between the fixed plate and the rotating plates enables primary braking and friction therebetween enables secondary braking, so as to minimize the occurrence of metal powder in a braking process, thereby preventing environmental pollution; and an electric reaction between the coil elements and the magnet bodies enables production of electricity, which can be used for power generation and to ensure electromotive power, thereby further improving use efficiency of the present invention.

An electromagnetic braking system and control method, with the system having a CCU, a braking cylinder, a push rod, an electromagnetic braking ring, an electromagnetic braking piston fixed to the push rod, a first shading plate and a second shading plate, a photoelectric sensor fixed near the push rod, and an electromagnetic braking control circuit, and the control method including following the steps: initial estimating of the braking distance (l) according to the current magnitude, electromagnetic force between the two electromagnetic coils and initial velocity (v) of the push rod, arranging a restoration distance (Δl) between the top dead center and the piston after braking, installing two shading plates and the photoelectric sensor; and setting the distance between the two electromagnetic coils to when the starts braking.

The present invention discloses an electromagnetic braking system and control method, the system comprises a CCU, a braking cylinder, a push rod, an electromagnetic braking ring, an electromagnetic braking piston fixed to the push rod, a first shading plate and a second shading plate, a photoelectric sensor fixed near the push rod, and an electromagnetic braking control circuit.

The control method includes following steps: initial estimating the braking distance l according to the current magnitude, electromagnetic force between the two electromagnetic coils and initial velocity v of the push rod, arranging a restoration distance Δl between the top dead center and the piston after braking, installing two shading plates and the photoelectric sensor; setting the distance between the two electromagnetic coils to L=l+Δl when starting the braking.

A toothed holding brake for a vehicle door has a shaft, an armature plate, a magnet device and a detection device. The armature plate has a first and second main surfaces arranged opposite one another, wherein an armature-plate toothed rim having a plurality of armature teeth is arranged on the second main surface. The armature plate is arranged in a locking position such that the armature teeth mesh in the carry-along teeth to prevent rotation of the shaft in at least one direction, and is arranged in a release position such that the armature teeth are arranged at a distance from the carry-along teeth to enable rotation of the shaft in both directions. The magnet device has a magnet main surface arranged facing the armature plate, wherein the magnet device is designed to move the armature plate between the locking position and the release position.

A method may include receiving, via a processor, a request to enable movement of a rotor. The method may involve sending a first signal to a mechanical relay system in response to receiving the request, such that the second signal may cause a mechanical relay to close. The mechanical relay system is configured to couple a first conductor to an EM brake. The method may also include sending a second signal to a solid-state relay system after sending the first signal to the mechanical relay system, such that the second signal may cause a solid-state relay to close. The solid-state relay system may couple a second conductor to the EM brake, such that the EM brake may open after receiving power via the first conductor and the second conductor.

A method for operating a brake system for a motor vehicle, wherein the brake system has a braking pressure source and at least one wheel brake which can be pressurized with a braking pressure which is provided by means of the braking pressure source and acting on a brake piston. For performing a diagnosis of the brake system, the wheel brake is pressurized with a braking pressure which corresponds to a diagnosis braking pressure and which applies a certain force on the brake piston, and a counterforce directed oppositely to said force is applied to the brake piston.

An eddy-current rail brake device includes a row of magnets, a supporting member, a case, and a lifting device. The row of magnets includes a plurality of permanent magnets that are arranged in a traveling direction of a railroad car. To the supporting member, the row of magnets is mounted. The supporting member has magnetism. The case houses the row of magnets and the supporting member and includes a bottom portion that faces the row of magnets and is non-magnetic. The lifting device raises and lowers the supporting member inside the case while the row of magnets is kept facing the bottom portion. The eddy-current rail brake device can prevent or reduce adhesion of a foreign object and can be reduced in size in a right-left direction.

A method and apparatus for an automobile's magneto-rheological brake (MRB) are disclosed which include: a shaft connected to a stationary housing, a magneto-rheological fluid chamber positioned inside the stationary housing, a rotary disc connected to and rotate with the shaft, a plurality of magnetic coils wound directly onto a lateral side of the MRB chamber.

An electromagnetically actuable brake device includes: a coil shell, in particular of the solenoid, an armature disk, which is connected to the coil shell in a torque-proof yet displaceable manner, a sensor having a sensor housing, a spring part, and a screwed cable gland. The coil shell has a stepped through bore, the sensor housing of the sensor has a stepped configuration, the screwed cable gland is situated at an end of the bore, in particular is screwed into a threaded section of the bore, the spring part is situated in the bore between the screwed cable gland and the sensor housing, the spring part is braced on a step of the sensor housing on one side and on the screwed cable gland on the other, and the sensor housing is pressed against a step of the bore, in particular by the spring part.