Patent ID: 7320506

Claim:
Method for the reconditioning of a friction pair ( 3 ) comprising a lining and a rotor in a service brake ( 2 ) of the drum or disc brake type forming part of a brake system of a vehicle, which in addition to the service brake ( 2 ) comprises one or more auxiliary brakes ( 10 ) and a control system ( 11 ) for distribution of the requested brake power between the service brake and auxiliary brake or auxiliary brakes, the method comprising the following stages: determination ( 30 , 41 ) of a parameter value (I) for a reconditionable surface characteristic; reconditioning ( 33 , 43 , 44 ) the friction pair through the supply of a defined braking energy (E), as a function of said parameter value (I) determined for said friction pair ( 3 ) and wherein said parameter value is estimated from the set of parameters through the formation of a function I n+1 =I n +Σαa A C A , where I n+1 is the current value of the parameter value and α A is a weighted function for a parameter C A .