Patent ID: 6176352
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B60T,F16D,G01L

Abstract:
An electric brake system for a motor vehicle including a passenger car having a wheel brake for each wheel thereof, each wheel brake including a brake lining to which a braking force is imparted during a braking operation, the electric brake system comprising:brake actuators corresponding to respective ones of the wheel brakes;each one of said brake actuators including a braking-force device for applying a braking force to said brake lining during a braking operation whereby a braking force is generated at the wheel;said braking-force device of said one brake actuator undergoing an elastic deformation in response to said braking force;said one brake actuator also including an element for supporting said braking force and said element being elastically deformable in response to said braking force;at least one sensor mounted in at least one of said braking-force device and said element of each one of said brake actuators for measuring the elastic deformation occurring therein as a consequence of said braking force and from which elastic deformation said braking force can be measured; and,said sensor being arranged only within said at least one of said braking-force device and said element.