IP Library Granted Patent US 11,473,636
Granted Patent B2
US 11,473,636 · App. 17/064,256 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Disc brake having an electromechanical actuator, in particular an electromechanical parking brake actuator

Inventor: Paul Henning (Schwetzingen, DE)
Assignee: WABCO Europe BVBA
F16D65/18B60T13/741F16D55/226F16D2121/14F16D2121/24F16D2125/28F16D2127/06F16D2129/08
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Patent No.
US 11,473,636
App. No.
17/064,256
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disc brake ( 1 ) includes an electromechanical actuator ( 2 ), in particular an electromechanical parking brake actuator. The electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) includes a driveshaft ( 6 ), an electric motor ( 7 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ), a cam disc ( 5 ) arranged on an output shaft ( 49 ), and a transmission ( 8 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ) configured for transmitting the torque of the electric motor ( 7 ) to a force-transmission device ( 3 ). A magnetic brake ( 20 ) is disposed on the driveshaft ( 6 ) between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the cam disc ( 5 ) for arresting the driveshaft ( 6 ).

Claims (38)

1. A disc brake ( 1 ) having an electromechanical actuator ( 2 ), wherein the disc brake ( 1 ) has a force-transmission device ( 3 ), the electro-mechanical actuator ( 2 ) is operatively connected to the force-transmission device ( 3 ) along an axial axis (X) of the disc brake ( 1 ), the force-transmission device ( 3 ) is configured to apply a brake force via two brake linings ( 4 , 4 a ), and the electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) comprises:

a driveshaft ( 6 ),

an electric motor ( 7 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ),

a cam disc ( 5 ) arranged on an output shaft ( 49 ), and

a transmission ( 8 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ) configured for transmitting torque of the electric motor ( 7 ) to the force-transmission device ( 3 ),

wherein the electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) has a magnetic brake ( 20 ), and the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is arranged in a positively locking fashion on the driveshaft ( 6 ), in a force flow manner between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the output shaft ( 49 );

wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is arranged in a positively locking fashion on the driveshaft ( 6 ), in a force flow manner between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the cam disc ( 5 ), and wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) arrests the cam disc ( 5 ) during a parking brake function via locking of the driveshaft ( 6 ).

2. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is arranged in a positively locking fashion on the driveshaft ( 6 ), axially on the opposite side of the driveshaft ( 6 ) from the electric motor ( 7 ), on a transmission input ( 8 a ), and wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) arrests the cam disc ( 5 ) during a parking brake function via locking of the driveshaft ( 6 ).

3. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the driveshaft ( 6 ) has a receptacle ( 10 ) for a tool on a driveshaft output (A) for mechanically detaching the brake linings ( 4 , 4 a ) from the brake disc.

4. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the receptacle ( 10 ) is a hexagon.

5. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ) has a bearing ( 12 ) for receiving a bearing point ( 12 a ) of the driveshaft ( 6 ).

6. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the driveshaft ( 6 ), the electric motor ( 7 ), the magnetic brake ( 20 ), and the transmission ( 8 ) are arranged in the electromagnetic actuator ( 2 ) along an axis perpendicular to an actuation direction of the brake linings ( 4 , 4 a ).

7. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is disposed axially between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the transmission ( 8 ).

8. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission ( 8 ) is disposed axially between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the magnetic brake ( 20 ).

9. A disc brake ( 1 ) having an electromechanical actuator ( 2 ), wherein the disc brake ( 1 ) has a force-transmission device ( 3 ), the electro-mechanical actuator ( 2 ) is operatively connected to the force-transmission device ( 3 ) along an axial axis (X) of the disc brake ( 1 ), the force-transmission device ( 3 ) is configured to apply a brake force via two brake linings ( 4 , 4 a ), and the electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) comprises:

a driveshaft ( 6 ),

an electric motor ( 7 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ),

a cam disc ( 5 ) arranged on an output shaft ( 49 ), and

a transmission ( 8 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ) configured for transmitting torque of the electric motor ( 7 ) to the force-transmission device ( 3 ),

wherein the electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) has a magnetic brake ( 20 ), and the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is arranged in a positively locking fashion on the driveshaft ( 6 ), in a force flow manner between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the output shaft ( 49 )

wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is a frictionally locking friction brake;

wherein the frictionally locking friction brake has a friction disc ( 26 ) with friction linings ( 21 , 21 a ) arranged on opposite sides of the friction disc ( 26 ) in a magnetic brake housing ( 22 ).

10. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 9 , and wherein the friction disc ( 26 ) is arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ).

11. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the frictionally locking friction brake further includes, in the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ), a magnetic coil ( 24 ), a movable armature ( 25 ), and compression springs ( 27 ) for clamping the friction linings ( 21 , 21 a ) against the friction disc ( 26 ) via movement of the armature ( 25 ).

12. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the frictionally locking friction brake further includes, in the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ), a magnetic coil ( 24 ), a movable armature ( 25 ), and compression springs ( 27 ) for clamping the friction linings ( 21 , 21 a ) against the friction disc ( 26 ) via movement of the armature ( 25 ).

13. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ) is disposed inside the actuator housing ( 28 ).

14. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ) is disposed at an end of the actuator housing ( 28 ) and closes the actuator housing ( 28 ).

15. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the armature ( 25 ) axially shifts against a biasing force of the compression springs ( 27 ) when voltage is applied to the magnetic brake ( 20 ).

16. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the armature ( 25 ) axially shifts towards the friction linings ( 21 , 21 a ) when the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is without voltage.

17. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a parking brake function of the electromechanical actuator is generated when the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is without voltage, wherein the compression springs press the armature ( 25 ) against the friction disc ( 26 ) and further against the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ).

18. The disc brake ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 17 , wherein when voltage is applied to the magnetic brake ( 20 ), a magnetic force acts on the armature ( 25 ) and pulls the armature counter to a force of the compression springs, and a gap between the magnetic brake housing ( 22 ), the friction brake, and the armature ( 25 ) is increased and the driveshaft ( 6 ) can rotate freely.

19. A disc brake ( 1 ) having an electromechanical actuator ( 2 ), wherein the disc brake ( 1 ) has a force-transmission device ( 3 ), the electro-mechanical actuator ( 2 ) is operatively connected to the force-transmission device ( 3 ) along an axial axis (X) of the disc brake ( 1 ), the force-transmission device ( 3 ) is configured to apply a brake force via two brake linings ( 4 , 4 a ), and the electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) comprises:

a driveshaft ( 6 ),

an electric motor ( 7 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ),

a cam disc ( 5 ) arranged on an output shaft ( 49 ), and

a transmission ( 8 ) arranged on the driveshaft ( 6 ) configured for transmitting torque of the electric motor ( 7 ) to the force-transmission device ( 3 ),

wherein the electromechanical actuator ( 2 ) has a magnetic brake ( 20 ), and the magnetic brake ( 20 ) is arranged in a positively locking fashion on the driveshaft ( 6 ), in a force flow manner between the electric motor ( 7 ) and the output shaft ( 49 );

wherein the magnetic brake ( 20 ) secures the cam disc ( 5 ) independent of the direction of rotation caused by the electric motor ( 7 ).

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2022
From: WABCO EUROPE BVBA; ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 061988/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2020
From: HENNING, PAUL
To: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
Reel/Frame 053989/0454 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19201708 · Oct 7, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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