Patent ID: 11958461
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. The detection method as recited in claim 1, wherein, in the case of determining the intermediate gap is open, a change δxout in the coupling element path of the coupling element is established as the at least one actual variable according to

∂xout=∂xmotor−∂Fmotor*η2/c 

as the first formula,
δxmotor being a change in the support element path of the support element, δFmotor being a change in the motor force, η being a quotient of a first lever arm of the motor force at the coupling element divided by a second lever arm of the driver braking force at the coupling element, and c being a coefficient of elasticity of the coupling element.