Patent ID: 9278701
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B60T,B61H,F16D

Claim Text:
1. A brake control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, the brake control device comprising: at least one brake force sensor and/or brake torque sensor configured to measure the at least one brake force and/or brake torque at at least one brake device, wherein the brake control device is designed to actuate at least one magnetic track brake device of the brake system irrespective of actuation of the at least one brake device based on rail state data and based on brake force and/or brake torque data of the at least one brake device, wherein the at least one brake device is a different brake than the at least one magnetic track brake, wherein the rail state data comprises adhesion data calculated by the brake control device based on data received from a plurality of pressure sensors, and wherein the data received from the plurality of pressure sensors comprises data received from pressure sensors at two brake blocks and from a main pressure sensor at a main valve device.