Patent ID: 6230555
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B60G,B60T,F16D,G01L

Abstract:
Measuring device for measuring braking moment in disk brakes of a motor vehicle, said measuring device having a measuring hub adapted to be fastened to a wheel axle and to be connected with a wheel rim, said hub being divided into a radially inner part, and a radially outer part that forms a marginal area of the measuring hub and surrounds the inner part concentrically, said inner and outer parts being connected with one another by radially extending ribs on which sensors are mounted for measuring bending stress acting as a result of the introduction of a braking moment into the ribs, wherein:in an installed state of said hub, the outer part of measuring hub is located coaxially with a brake disk of said disk brakes;in an installed state of said hub, the brake disk is fastened solely to said hub and is coupled to said axle only via said ribs; andthe inner part of the hub is adapted to be fastened to wheel rim.