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

Claim 1:
2. The detection method as recited in claim 1, wherein an instantaneous intermediate gap width g of the intermediate gap is established according to:

g=g0−Δx−Fmotor*η*(1+η)/c,, where g0 is a starting intermediate gap width of the intermediate gap which is open when the input element is present in the input element starting position and the coupling element is present in the coupling element starting position, Δx is a differential path between an input element path of the input element out of the input element starting position and a support element path of the support element out of the support element starting position, Fmotor is the motor force, η is a quotient of a first lever arm of the motor force Fmotor at the coupling element divided by a second lever arm of the driver braking force Fdriver at the coupling element, and c is a coefficient of elasticity of the coupling element, and, when the instantaneous intermediate gap width g is greater than zero, it being determined that the intermediate gap is open and, when the instantaneous intermediate gap width is smaller than or equal to zero, it being determined that the intermediate gap is closed.