Patent ID: 9586569
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B60T

Claim:
1. A method for securing a braking effect of a brake of a utility vehicle in driving mode, wherein the brake comprises at least one brake contact surface and at least one of a brake pad and a brake lining comprising a friction surface, wherein the braking effect between the brake contact surface and the friction surface is caused by a braking pressure acting between the brake contact surface and the friction surface, the method comprising: capturing the braking effect of the brake; attributing the braking effect to a friction parameter of the friction surface in a calculation unit, wherein the calculation unit precalculates a drop of a friction coefficient; and comparing the friction parameter of a marginal braking effect in a comparator, wherein a signal is output to the brake when it falls below the marginal braking effect, which signal causes a braking pressure and a friction force between the brake contact surface and the friction surface at least one of directly and indirectly by pressure build-up, whereby the friction parameter of the friction surface is brought above the marginal braking effect when the braking pressure and the friction force on at least one of the friction surface and the brake contact surface obtain at least one of a material removal and a heat input, by which a relation between braking effect and braking pressure can be increased.