Patent ID: 6059379
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
A brake system for a motor vehicle with a plurality of wheels and a driver-actuated brake pedal, comprising:a plurality of individual wheel brakes each for braking a wheel of a motor vehicle, each of said wheel brakes including a brake caliper and brake linings pressing against respective brake disks with a defined contact force for braking the wheels of the motor vehicle;an electromechanical wheel-brake actuator connected to each of said wheel brakes, said wheel brake actuator being controlled by a brake pedal of the motor vehicle via electric lines;a force sensor disposed at each of said wheel brakes for directly measuring a circumferential force produced by a brake torque and outputting an output signal;a control device connected to and controlling said wheel-brake actuators, said control device receiving the output signal of said force sensor and taking the output signal into account for setting the contact force of said brake linings; anda mount at each wheel of the motor vehicle, said wheel-brake actuator and said brake caliper of each of said wheel brakes being commonly mounted on said mount.