A two-stage actuation mechanism for a brake system includes a first lead screw having a first plurality of threads, a second lead screw having a second plurality of threads, a preloaded torsional spring, and an actuator assembly having an input shaft coupled with the preloaded torsional spring of the two-stage actuation mechanism. The preloaded torsional spring is configured to activate a first stage of movement of the two-stage actuation mechanism via rotation of the first lead screw. The size and pitch of each of the first and second lead screws are configured to minimize power consumption by the actuator assembly and satisfy a desired actuation time with a low current consumption and high actuator gear train ratio.

An electrical actuator (20) is provided. The actuator (20) comprises an electric drive means (22) and a drive member (26) being rotationally driven upon activation of the electric drive means (22), an output member (24) being rotationally connected to the drive member (26) by means of a first spring (28), and a second spring (32) being connected to the output member (24) and forming a one way clutch between the output member (24) and a fixed tube (34), wherein the electrical actuator (20) further comprises a regulation cup (30) being configured to engage with the second spring (32) to disconnect the output member (24) from the fixed tube (34).

A central release mechanism for a pneumatic clutch actuating device has a cylinder housing, which, about a central axis, delimits a ring-shaped pressure chamber wherein a ring-shaped piston which can be pneumatically pressurized via the pressure chamber and which is operatively connectable to a clutch is guided so as to be displaceable along the central axis. In the pressure chamber, between the ring-shaped piston and a base of the cylinder housing, a preload spring arrangement braces the ring-shaped piston and the cylinder housing apart from one another. A movement of the ring-shaped piston relative to the cylinder housing is detectable with a sensor arrangement which has a position detector and a position encoder. The preload spring arrangement has a multiplicity of distributed preload springs, angularly spaced apart from one another, about the central axis. Between the preload springs as viewed in a circumferential direction about the central axis, at least a part of the sensor arrangement is arranged in the region of the pressure chamber providing a compact construction.

A brake stack is disclosed. The brake stack comprises a first stator, a second stator, and a first rotor disposed between the first stator and the second stator. The brake stack further comprises a first spring disposed between the first stator and the second stator. The first spring is disposed radially inward of the first rotor. The first spring is disposed axially between the first stator and the second stator. The first spring is configured to partially compress when a force applied to a pressure plate of the brake stack is less than a threshold force.

The present disclosure relates to mechanical braking mechanisms used in electric motor applications. The present braking mechanisms may be configured as non-back-drivable mechanical brakes and provide immediate braking of the motors. According to one embodiment, a mechanical brake assembly for an electric motor may include a female disk including a groove and an abutment and a male disk including a projection, the male disk being in mechanical communication with a rotor of the electric motor. When the electric motor is energized, the projection of the male disk is configured to rotate with the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor, but when the electric motor is de-energized, the projection of the male disk is configured to travel within the groove of the female disk and abut the abutment of the female disk, thereby reducing the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor.

The invention relates to a parking brake for a motor vehicle, including a pivotable locking mechanism for applying a retaining force to a parking brake gear. The locking mechanism can lock into the parking brake gear by means of an axially movable first actuation unit. According to the invention, the first actuation unit is designed as a spring-loaded cam follower. The invention also relates to an operating method for locking and unlocking the parking brake.

The present disclosure relates to mechanical braking mechanisms used in electric motor applications. The present braking mechanisms may be configured as non-back-drivable mechanical brakes and provide immediate braking of the motors. According to one embodiment, a mechanical brake assembly for an electric motor may include a female disk having a curved groove and an abutment. The mechanical brake assembly further includes a male disk having a projection, the male disk being attached to a rotor of the electric motor. When the electric motor is energized, the projection of the male disk is allowed to rotate uninterrupted with the rotation of the rotor. However, when the electric motor is de-energized, the projection of the male disk travels within the curved groove of the female disk and abuts the abutment of the female disk, thereby stopping the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor.

Disclosed is a railway braking system including a braking device provided with a body, a single piston that can move with respect to the body to act on a brake linkage, and delimiting, together with the body, a pressure chamber supplied by a pressure medium source for placing the piston in a rest position where the linkage applies no force on a braking member of a railway vehicle, first and second seals housed between a first section of the piston and the body, and third and fourth seals housed between a second section of the piston and the body; the first and third seals being configured to form a primary sealing of the pressure chamber and the second and fourth seals being configured to form a secondary sealing of the pressure chamber.

An electric driving apparatus includes: a housing; an electric machine comprising a motor shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a speed shifting unit for reducing a rotation speed of a rotational driving force of the motor shaft; and a double clutch unit configured to selectively rotationally drive a pair of output shafts by receiving rotational driving force of the speed shifting unit. The speed shifting unit includes: an input gear receiving the rotational driving force of the motor shaft; a speed shifting shaft rotatably supported by the housing; an output gear provided on the speed shifting shaft to rotate together with the speed shifting shaft; and a clutch unit operative to selectively achieve a rotationally constrained engagement between the input gear and the speed shifting shaft.

A central release mechanism for a pneumatic clutch actuating device has a cylinder housing, which, about a central axis, delimits a ring-shaped pressure chamber wherein a ring-shaped piston which can be pneumatically pressurized via the pressure chamber and which is operatively connectable to a clutch is guided so as to be displaceable along the central axis. In the pressure chamber, between the ring-shaped piston and a base of the cylinder housing, a preload spring arrangement braces the ring-shaped piston and the cylinder housing apart from one another. A movement of the ring-shaped piston relative to the cylinder housing is detectable with a sensor arrangement which has a position detector and a position encoder. The preload spring arrangement has a multiplicity of distributed preload springs, angularly spaced apart from one another, about the central axis. Between the preload springs as viewed in a circumferential direction about the central axis, at least a part of the sensor arrangement is arranged in the region of the pressure chamber providing a compact construction.