Patent ID: 8602509
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A brake arrangement comprising: a wheel brake which is cooled by a coolant and is intended for a vehicle, the brake having a first active state in which a brake pressure is established in the brake for braking of the vehicle for use of the wheel brake as a retarder brake; a sensor for measuring the temperature of the coolant of the brake; and a control arrangement interacting with the temperature sensor and the brake in order to only reduce the brake pressure of the brake in the first active state if a temperature of the coolant is in excess of a predefined value, wherein the brake has a second active state for braking of the vehicle, in which second state the brake pressure of the brake is independent of the brake pressure reducing control arrangement, and the brake pressure in the second active state being freely variable and providing a service brake function of the vehicle.