eBrake® (1, 2) - a new “brake-by-wire” technology, was developed at the German Aerospace Centre, DLR e.V.. It is based on an electric powered controlled friction brake with high self-reinforcement capability. To avoid jamming the brake a special control technology was developed. Thus, by intelligently controlling a brake wedge, the kinetic energy of a vehicle is transformed into braking power. Furthermore an advanced design was found to deal with a broad variation of the friction coefficient. The physical effects involved lead to a significant reduction of energy consumption of the brake actuator compared to “conventional” brake-by-wire systems.


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    Title :

    eBrake® - The Mechatronic Wedge Brake


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    20th Annual Brake Colloquium And Exhibition ; 2002



    Publication date :

    2002-10-06




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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