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Brake application device comprising an electrically actuated device for emergency and auxiliary release - Patent # 7438163 - PatentGenius
Brake application device comprising an electrically actuated device for emergency and auxiliary release
7438163 Brake application device comprising an electrically actuated device for emergency and auxiliary release
Inventor: Fuderer, et al.
Application: 10/510,039
Inventors: Fuderer; Erich (Furstenfeldbruck, DE)
Wolfsteiner; Peter (Munchen, DE)
Friesen; Ulf (Munchen, DE)
Vohla; Manfred (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich, DE)
U.S. Class: 188/196V; 188/71.9; 188/72.8
Field Of Search: 188/72.3; 188/196BA; 188/196D; 188/196V; 188/197; 188/202; 188/71.7; 188/72.7; 188/196R
Foreign Patent Documents: 3423510; 19945701; 699846
Abstract: The invention relates to a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles, comprising a unit for emergency release and a unit for auxiliary release. The release units are integrated into a combined device for emergency and auxiliary release of the brakes. The combined device is electrically actuated by a common drive unit.
1. A brake application system for vehicles, particularly rail vehicles, including: an actuator which generates a braking power of the brake application system to move abrake between a brake applied position and a first brake release position of the actuator resulting from a braking power reduction of the brake application system when the brake application system is being acted upon by the braking power; and a combineddevice for an emergency release of the brake of the brake application system and for an auxiliary release of the brake, wherein the emergency release of the brake being a movement of the brake from the brake applied position of the actuator of the firstbrake release position of the actuator; the auxiliary release of the brake being a further movement of the brake from the first brake release position of the actuator when the brake is not being acted upon by the braking power; the combined device iselectrically actuated by a common first electric drive unit; wherein the combined device for the emergency release and auxiliary release of the brake is integrated in a wear adjuster having a helical gear, the helical gear includes first and secondscrew connection parts, the first screw connection part including a threaded spindle and the second screw connection part including a nut, which nut can be screwed on the threaded spindle, and at least one of the screw connection parts is electricallyactuated for the emergency and auxiliary release of the brake; wherein the second screw connection part of the helical gear for the emergency and auxiliary release of the brake is rotationally actuated by the common first electric drive unit; andwherein the first screw connection part of the helical gear for wear adjustment is rotationally actuated by a second electric drive unit.
2. The brake application system according to claim 1, wherein, at least during the actuating of the first screw connection part in one rotating direction for the wear adjustment, the second screw connection part is held in a non-rotatablemanner.
3. The brake application system according to claim 2, wherein the second screw connection part is coupled with the common first electric drive unit by a lockable free wheel, and the lockable free wheel permits a rotation of the second screwconnection part by the common first electric drive unit in one direction for the wear adjustment and is constructed for blocking the rotation when the rotation is not caused by the common first electric drive unit.
4. The brake application system according to claim 3, wherein the lockable free wheel includes a coil spring free wheel between a cylindrical wall of a non-rotatable part and a sleeve rotating along with the nut.
5. The brake application system according to claim 4, wherein the second electric drive unit associated with the first screw connection part includes an electric motor with a gearing on an output side, whose gearing output is rotationallycoupled with the first screw connection part.
6. The brake application system according to claim 5, wherein the electric motor comprises a d.c. motor, and the gearing comprises a planetary gearing axially adjoining the d.c. motor as well as one or more gearwheel stages arranged behindthe planetary gearing.
7. The brake application system according to claim 1, wherein the second electric drive unit of the first screw connection part is actuated independently of the common first electric drive unit of the second screw connection part.
8. The brake application system according to claim 1, wherein the common first electric drive unit of the second screw connection part includes an electric motor with a gearing on the output side, whose gearing output is rotationally coupledwith the second screw connection part.
9. The brake application system according to claim 8, wherein the second screw connection part is coupled by a slip clutch with the common first electric drive unit and has an application surface for the application of a rotating tool.
10. The brake application system according to claim 1, including a clutch associated with the first screw connection part, by which clutch the first screw connection part is non-rotatably coupled with a non-rotatable part when there is an axialforce originating from a braking, and by which clutch the first screw connection part is uncoupled from the non-rotatable part in the absence of an axial force originating from the braking.
11. The brake application system according to claim 10, wherein the clutch includes a cone clutch having at least two conical surfaces which can be stopped as a result of friction against one another.
12. The brake application system according to claim 11, wherein one of the conical surfaces is constructed on a housing and the other conical surface is constructed on a conical sleeve non-rotatably connected with the first screw connectionpart.
13. The brake application system according to claim 12, including a threaded pin of the first screw connection part, and the threaded pin is screwed into an internal thread constructed in a bottom of the conical sleeve.
14. The brake application system according to claim 13, including a first gearwheel meshing with a second gearwheel of a gearing and the second gear wheel is coaxially rotatably disposed on a cylindrical projection of the conical sleeve.
15. The brake application system according to claim 14, including a slip clutch located between the second electric drive unit and the first screw connection part, and the slip clutch is constructed to be slipping when at least one of first andsecond stop positions have been reached and is otherwise coupled.
16. The brake application system according to claim 15, wherein a first stop position is formed by the application of the brake pads on the brake disc, and a second stop position is formed by a screwed end position in which the first screwconnection part is screwed into the second screw connection part to the second stop position, or the second screw connection part is screwed onto the first screw connection part to the second stop position.
17. The brake application system according to claim 15, wherein the slip clutch is arranged between the cone clutch and the second electric drive unit associated with the first screw connection part.
18. The brake application system according to claim 17, wherein the slip clutch includes balls pretensioned by a defined spring pressure in grooves, the grooves being constructed on a face of the first gearwheel, and the balls being held inbores of a ring non-rotatably held on a cylindrical projection of the conical sleeve.
The disclosure relates to a brake application system for vehicles, particularly rail vehicles, having a device for the emergency release and having a device for the auxiliary release of the brake.
Such a brake application system is known from European Patent Document EP 0 699 846 A2. For an emergency release of the brake, that is, an emergency-caused braking power reduction of the brake affected by braking power, a pneumatic brakingactuator supplies the service braking power. For the auxiliary release of the brake not affected by braking power for the purpose of maintenance work, for example, for exchanging brake pads, a threaded spindle of a wear adjuster has to be manuallyrotated.
The release functions of the brake are previously assigned to separate constructional units of the brake application system--emergency release and auxiliary release. The present disclosure is a single combined device for the emergency andauxiliary release which, in addition, is electrically actuated in a joint drive unit. The construction and the operation of the brake application system are considerably simplified. By means of the electric drive, the auxiliary releasing, which so farhad to be carried out manually in a separate manner for each and on each brake application system, can be replaced by a significantly more comfortable, electrically remotely operable auxiliary release which then takes place, for example, from anengineer's cab of the vehicle. In particular, all brake application systems of the vehicle can be released in an auxiliary manner by a joint and one-time control, whereby the maintenance time is significantly shortened. As an alternative, each brakeapplication system can naturally also be actuated in a decentralized manner, for example, by an electric switch arranged under a lockable flap on the superstructure. Finally, the electric control lines can easily be integrated and laid in a space-savingmanner in different vehicle models.
The combined device for the emergency release and auxiliary release of the brake may be integrated in a wear adjuster having a helical gear which, as the screwed-together parts, has a threaded spindle and a nut which can be screwed to thethreaded spindle. At least one of the screwed-together parts is electrically actuated for the emergency and auxiliary release of the brake. Since the emergency release takes place by the adjuster and not, as in the prior art, by the brake actuator, theemergency release takes place independently of the operability of the brake actuator or its control, which represents an additional safety level. Furthermore, in accordance with a combination of functions, the helical gear is on the one hand used forthe wear adjustment and on the other hand for the emergency and auxiliary release of the brake, whereby the installation space and the weight are reduced.
A screw connection part of the helical gear is rotationally actuated by the common electric drive unit for the emergency and auxiliary release. At least during the rotational actuating of the other screw connection part in one rotating directionfor the wear adjustment, the one screw connection part is held in a non-rotatable manner. For example, the one screw connection part is coupled with its assigned electric drive unit by an unlockable free wheel which, on the one hand, permits a rotationof the one screw connection part by the electric drive unit in a direction for the adjustment of wear and, on the other hand, is constructed to block this rotation if it is not caused by the electric drive unit.
Furthermore, the other screw connection part may also be actuated by an electric drive unit, specifically independently of an actuation of the electric drive unit of the one screw connection part. As a result, the functions combined in a singlehelical gear--the wear adjusting, on the one hand, and the emergency and auxiliary release, on the other hand--can be carried out individually and independently of one another, without influencing one another.
Also, the one screw connection part may be a nut, and the other screw connection part may be a spindle of the helical gear. Finally, the unlockable free wheel can be constructed as a space-saving wrap spring free wheel between a cylindrical wallof a non-rotatable part and a sleeve rotating along with the nut.
A coupling may be provided by which, in the presence of an axial force originating from a braking, the other screw connection part can be non-rotatably coupled with a non-rotatable part, such as a housing, and can otherwise be uncoupled from thelatter. As a result, the screw connection part loaded by the braking force by the caliper levers of the brake application system is supported on the housing and not on the electric drive unit. Thus, the electric drive unit has smaller dimensions, whichcontributes to a the reduction of the size.
A slip clutch may be arranged between the electric drive unit and the other screw connection part. The slip clutch is constructed to slip when stop positions are reached and is otherwise coupling. One stop position is formed, for example, bythe application of the brake pads on the brake disc, and another stop position is formed by a screwed end position in which the other screw connection part is screwed to the stop into the one screw connection part or vice-versa. In the latter case, theother screw connection part would be rotated along with the one screw connection part, and the rotating movement would be undesirably transmitted to the electric drive unit. The slip clutch therefore protects the electric drive unit from impacts whenthe stop positions are reached in that it slips in order to permit the motor to softly and gradually conclude its rotating movement and uncouples it from torques introduced by other components. The slip clutch is preferably connected between thecoupling and the electric drive unit.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a plunger rod adjuster of a brake application system of a rail vehicle according to the present disclosure in a position of the maximal length.
FIG. 2 is a view of the plunger rod adjuster of FIG. 1 in a position of the minimal length.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the right side of FIG. 1, as seen when viewing FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the left side of FIG. 1, as seen when viewing FIG. 1.
For reasons of scale, FIG. 1 shows only a wear adjuster in the form of a plunger rod adjuster as part of an electromechanically, pneumatically or hydraulically operable brake application system which may be used in an urban railway or a subway. The plunger rod adjuster, in the position illustrated in FIG. 1, is in a position moved to the maximal length, which corresponds to a high wear condition of the brake pads.
The plunger rod adjuster 1 contains a helical gear 2 which, as the screw connection parts, has a threaded spindle 4 and a nut 8 which can be screwed onto this threaded spindle 4 by a trapezoidal thread 6 and is constructed as a tube-type part. The trapezoidal thread 6 is not self-locking. For the wear adjustment, the plunger rod adjuster 1 is designed to be operated electrically. An electric drive unit 10 is provided which consists of an electric motor 12 with a gearing 14 connected behindit, whose gearing output is rotationally coupled with the threaded spindle 4. As an alternative, the nut 8 or the threaded spindle 4 and the nut 8 can also be designed to be electrically operated for adjusting the wear.
The electric motor is formed, for example, by a d.c. motor 12, and the gearing 14 is formed by a planetary gearing 16 axially adjoining the d.c. motor 12 as well as by a gearwheel stage 18 connected to the output side of the gearing 16. Thed.c. motor 12, the planetary gearing 16 and the gear wheel stage 18 are arranged parallel to and at a radial distance from the center axis 20 of the helical gear 2 and are housed in a drive housing 22 flanged to a housing part 24, shown on the left inFIG. 1, of the plunger rod adjuster 1. A left caliper lever (not shown) of a caliper of the brake application system is linked to the plunger rod adjuster 1. A housing part 26 which, viewed in the axial direction of the helical gear 2, is opposite theleft housing part 24 and the right caliper lever of the caliper is linked to this right housing part 26. Such a caliper is sufficiently known and is described, for example, in European Patent Document EP 0 699 846 A2, to whose entire disclosure contentreference is made here. The spacing of the left housing part 24 and the right housing part 26 of the plunger rod adjuster 1 is varied by the helical gear 2. By extending the helical gear 2 or the plunger rod adjuster 1, a wear adjustment can take placeand the pad play between the brake pads and the brake disc, which enlarges with time, can be reduced again and can be held at a constant value.
The gearing-output-side gearwheel 28 of the gearwheel stage 18 meshes with a screw-side gearwheel 30. Gearwheel 28 is coaxially rotatably disposed on a cylindrical projection 34 of a conical sleeve 36 by a deep-groove ball bearing 32. A slipclutch 38 arranged on the side of the screw-side gearwheel 30 pointing to the right housing part 26 couples the electric drive unit 10 with the conical sleeve 36. The slip clutch 38 contains balls 40, which are pretensioned by a defined spring pressurein grooves constructed on the face of the screw-side gearwheel 30 and which are guided in bores 42 of a ring 44 non-rotatably held on the cylindrical projection 34 of the conical sleeve 36. At torques greater than a defined slipping moment, the formclosure generated by the balls 40 pressed into the grooves is overcome, and the clutch 38 slips, whereby the electric drive unit 10 is uncoupled from the threaded spindle 4. By the appropriate selection of the spring parameters and of the ball--groovegeometry, the slipping moment can be adapted to the momentarily existing requirements. In the present case, the clutch 38 slips when the brake application system reaches stop positions, such as the position in which the brake pads come to rest on thebrake disc or the position in which the plunger rod adjuster 1 is shortened to the minimal length (FIG. 2) and the threaded spindle 4 is completely screwed into the nut 8.
The driving torque transmitted by the slip clutch 38 to the ring 44 is introduced into the conical sleeve 36. A pin-shaped projection 46 on the end of conical sleeve 36 has a radially outer surface which forms a bearing surface of a slidebearing 48. The bearing surface is slidably and rotatably disposed in a housing-side bearing surface assigned to it. The slip bearing 48 is used as a bearing point of the threaded spindle 4, which bearing point is on the left side in FIG. 1. Thethreaded spindle 4, in turn, is screwed by an end-side threaded pin 50 into an internal thread existing in the projection 46 of the conical sleeve 36 and is held there in a non-rotatable manner. As a result, the conical sleeve 36 can transmit thedriving torque introduced by the slip clutch 38 to the threaded spindle 4.
A cone clutch 52 contains at least two conical surfaces 56, 58, which can be stopped by mutual friction against one another and are arranged in an oblique manner viewed in the axial direction. The cone clutch 52 is in front of the electric driveunit 10, with one of the conical surfaces 56 being constructed on the left housing part 24 and the other conical surface 58 being constructed on the conical sleeve 36 screwed to the threaded spindle 4.
When the threaded spindle 4 is axially loaded, the two conical surfaces 56, 58 are pressed against one another in the direction of the conical narrowing. Whereby, the respectively taken-up rotating position of the threaded spindle 4 is fixed byfrictional engagement or adherence and the axial load is supported by the left housing part 24. In particular, a transmission of the axial load as a torque to the electric drive unit 10 is prevented. If, in contrast, no axial load is present, the coneclutch 52 is in the released state and the conical sleeve 36, together with the threaded spindle 4, can rotate freely with respect to the left housing part 24.
The tube-type nut 8 projects into a stepped passage opening 60 of the right housing part 26 and is rotatably disposed there by a deep-groove ball bearing 62 but is axially displaceably disposed with respect to its inner race. A sleeve 66 isnon-rotatably and axially fixedly held in the end of the nut 8 which points away from the left housing part 24. An outer circumference of sleeve 66 rests slidingly on a seal 64 received in the passage opening 60 of the right housing part 26. The end ofthe sleeve 66 projecting out of the passage opening 60 is equipped with an application surface 68 for a screwing tool. A slip clutch 70 couples the nut 8 with a coaxial free-wheel sleeve 71 of a lockable free wheel 74. The lockable free wheel 74 isaxially displaceably held on the nut 8 and is supported by a thrust bearing 76, which may be constructed as an axial needle bearing, against a radial wall 78 of the right housing part 26. The nut 8 is therefore disposed in a thrust bearing.
The slip clutch 70 may be formed by two side face gearings 80, 82 meshing with one another by spring pressure in the axial direction. One side face gearing 80 is constructed on a radially outer ring collar of the end of the nut 8 projecting intothe right housing part 28, and the other side face gearing 82 is constructed on the radially inner circumferential surface of the free-wheel sleeve 72.
A coil spring 86 is supported at one end on the deep-groove ball bearing 62 and at the other end on an outer step 84 of the nut 8. The nut 8 is pretensioned by the coil spring 86 against the free-wheel sleeve 72, so that the two side facegearings 80, 82 are in a mutual engagement. When a slipping moment is exceeded, the two side face gearings 80, 82 are disengaged while the nut 6 is axially displaced in the direction of the left housing part 24, whereby the nut 8 can rotate with respectto the free-wheel sleeve 72. The slipping moment of the slip clutch 70 can be adapted by the suitable selection of the spring parameters and of the side face gearings 80, 82.
In the right housing part 26, an electric drive unit 112 is accommodated for the emergency release and the auxiliary release of the brake application system. "Emergency release" is a braking power reduction of the brake application system actedupon by braking power, for example, in the event of a failure of the brake actuator, and "auxiliary release" is a release of the brake not acted upon by braking power for maintenance work, for example, for changing the brake pads.
The electric drive unit 112 consists of an electric motor, for example, a d.c. motor, of a planetary gearing 116 as well as of a gearwheel stage 118, so that the two electric drive units 10, 112 may have an identical construction. Thegearing-output-side gearwheel 120 of the gearwheel stage 118 meshes with a toothed sleeve 96 which is coaxial with the helical gear 2. The toothed sleeve 96 is rotatably accommodated in the right housing part 26 and is radially spaced by an annulus 102with respect to a housing surface 100 which is flush with the radially outer circumferential surface 98 of the free-wheel sleeve 72 and axially adjoins the circumferential surface 98 of the free-wheel sleeve 72. A coil spring 104 which is coaxial withrespect to the center axis 20 of the helical gear 2 and has two pin-type ends 106, 108 bent away oppositely in the radial direction is accommodated in the annulus 102. One end 106 is form-lockingly held in a radial passage bore of the toothed sleeve 96,and the other end 108 is form-lockingly held in a radial passage bore of the free-wheel sleeve 72.
The toothed sleeve 96, the coil spring 104, the free-wheel sleeve 72 and the housing surface 100 together form a lockable free wheel as a coil spring free wheel 74, which couples the electric drive unit 112 with the nut 8. More precisely, thecoil spring free wheel 74 rotates the nut 8 by the electric drive unit 112 in a direction against the wear adjustment and locks this rotation when the rotation of the nut 8 is not caused by the electric drive unit 112. The above-described slip clutch 70is arranged between the nut 8 and the coil spring free wheel 74.
Relative to an imagined point of intersection of the center axis 20 of the helical gear 2 and an imagined vertical center line of the plunger rod adjuster 1, the two electric drive units 10, 112 are arranged essentially point-symmetrically withrespect to one another. Also, they point toward one another starting from the end of the threaded spindle 4 or of the nut 8. More precisely, the drive unit 10 for the wear adjustment projects essentially from the drive-side end of the threaded spindle4 in the direction of the drive unit 112 for the emergency and auxiliary release, and the drive unit 112 projects essentially from the drive-side end of the nut 8 in the direction of the drive unit 10 for the wear adjustment. Both drive units 10, 112actuate a single helical gear 2 for the combined wear adjustment and emergency or auxiliary release.
The right and the left housing part 24, 26 each consists of housing sections 122, 124 which are essentially symmetrical relative to the center axis 20 of the helical gear 2. The drive units 10, 112 are each accommodated in a separate housingsection 122. A final position sensor 126 is accommodated in each housing section 124 on opposite sides of the center axis 20 from each other. The final position sensor 126 is situated opposite a face-side surface 128 of the drive housing 22 of therespectively other electric drive unit 10, 112. The final position sensors may be mechanical final position switches 126, which are each actuated by engaging the face-side surface 128 of the drive housing 22 of the opposite drive unit 10, 112 whenreaching the position illustrated in FIG. 2, in which the plunger rod adjuster 1 has moved in to the minimal length. The actuated switches 126 supply a signal to a control device, which is not shown, whereupon the respectively actuated drive unit 10,112 is de-energized. At their ends pointing away from one another, the two housing sections 122, 124 of each housing part 24, 26 are in each case provided with one receiving device 132 for bolts, by which one caliper lever respectively of the caliper islinked to each housing part 24, 26.
Furthermore, a coil spring 138 of another coil spring free wheel 140 is arranged on a cylindrical projection 134 of the planetary-gearing-side gearwheel 136 of the gearwheel stage 18 assigned to the drive unit 10 for the wear adjustment. Thiscoil spring free wheel 140 blocks a rotation of the gearwheel 136 in the direction against the wear adjustment and permits it to run freely in the opposite rotating direction.
As a result of the described construction of the plunger rod adjuster 1 and specifically a single helical gear 2, with one screw connection part respectively coupled with a separate drive unit, which is independent of the other drive unit, thebrake pad wear can be corrected, and the brake can be released for emergencies in an auxiliary manner. Specifically, the threaded spindle 4 is coupled with one electric drive unit 10, and the nut 8 is coupled with the other electric drive unit 112.
Based on this background, the method of operation of the plunger rod adjuster 1 is as follows:
The wear adjustment, that is, the reduction of the brake pad play, which exists between the brake pads and the brake disc and which has become too large as a result of wear, takes place in the brake-power-free brake release position. For thispurpose, the d.c. motor 12 of the electric drive unit 10 provided for the wear adjustment is controlled for a predetermined time and causes the threaded spindle 4 to rotate in one rotating direction by the slip clutch 38 closed in the case of a drivingtorque which is smaller than the slipping moment. During the rotating movement, the threaded spindle 4 is screwed out of the nut 8, and the plunger rod adjuster 1 is thereby lengthened, which results in a reduction of the brake pad play. FIG. 1 showsthe plunger rod adjuster 1 in a position in which it is moved out to its maximal length. Since the helical gear 2 is thereby loaded by only very low axial forces, the cone clutch 52 is in the released position, so that the threaded spindle can rotatefreely. The nut-side coil spring free wheel 74 blocks a rotating-along of the nut 8, which is not secured against a rotation per se. Rotation of the nut 8 is transmitted by the slip clutch 70 to the free-wheel sleeve 72 and from there to the coilspring 104 which then pulls tight and establishes a frictionally engaged connection between the free-wheel sleeve 72 and the housing surface 100. Thus, the nut 8 is non-rotatably supported on the right housing part 26.
During a braking, the bearing pressure force, resulting from the braking power existing at the brake pads and transmitted by the hinged caliper levers of the caliper to the plunger rod adjuster 1 and acting there in the axial direction, could notbe supported on the helical gear 2 because the trapezoidal thread 6 between the threaded spindle 4 and the nut 8 does not have a self-locking construction. As a result, the plunger rod adjuster 1 would be shortened under the influence of the axialpressure force and cause an undesirable loss of braking power. However, the cone clutch 52 closes under the effect of the axial load by the pressing-together of the mutually assigned conical surfaces 56, 58 in a frictionally engaged manner andestablishes a non-rotatable connection between the threaded spindle 4 and the left housing part 24. On the other hand, the nut-side slip clutch 70 constructed as a side face gearing 80, 82 remains closed under axial load and transmits the moment ofreaction to the coil spring 104 which then pulls tight and supports the moment of reaction at the right housing part 26. As a result, there is no shortening of the plunger rod adjuster 1 and, thus, no unintended loss of braking power can occur during abraking operation.
If a fault occurs, in the case of a brake actuator, which generates the braking power of the brake application system, or in its control, which has the result that the brake actuator can no longer release the brake acted upon by the brakingpower, this brake has to be subjected to an emergency release. For the emergency release of the brake, the electric drive unit 112 is preferably controlled for the emergency and auxiliary release from the engineer's cab of the urban railroad or subway. Specifically, the coil spring 104 is rotated in a direction which expands the coil spring 104. As a result, the previously existing frictional engagement between the free-wheel sleeve 72 and the housing surface 100 is eliminated. Thus, the nut 8 has afree run in this rotating direction. The coil spring 104 can therefore transmit the rotating movement introduced into it by the toothed sleeve 96 to the free-wheel sleeve 72. This rotation is transmitted to the now freely running nut 8 by the slipclutch 70 which is closed because it is not overloaded. As a result, the plunger rod adjuster 1 is shortened and the braking power is reduced. The plunger rod adjuster 1 can thereby be shortened to the minimal length illustrated in FIG. 2 in which thenut 8 on the face side comes in contact with the bottom of the conical sleeve 36 and the final position switches 126 are actuated.
If, for maintenance work, the brake is moved into a position in which the brake pads are at a maximal distance from the brake disc, for example, for exchanging the brake pads, an auxiliary release of the brake can also take place by the electricdrive unit 112 for the emergency in the manner described above. The torque is limited which can be transmitted by the nut-side coil spring 104 expanded by the driving torque and is subjected to a bending stress, in the cases in which the helical gear 2is stiff, for example, because of icing. In this case, the nut 8 is rotated directly for shortening the plunger rod adjuster 1. This takes place in the braking-power-free state by applying a screwing tool to the application surface 68 of the sleeve 66non-rotatably connected with the nut 8. The nut 8 is manually rotated in a direction in which the plunger rod adjuster 1 is shortened to the minimal length illustrated in FIG. 2. The torque must be so large that the slip clutch 70 arranged between thefree-wheel sleeve 72 and the nut 8 can slip, while the coil spring 104 of the coil spring free wheel 74 blocks the free-wheel sleeve 72 in this direction. In this case, the nut 8 is displaced sufficiently away from the free-wheel sleeve 72 in the axialdirection that the two side face gearings 80, 82 are disengaged.
The invention is not limited to plunger rod adjusters 1 of brake application systems but can also be used for tie rod adjusters.
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