Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2010C00150:front:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2010C00150
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 13314–16384

contact with one another) ; a fluid brake (when the forces are generated by the action of a fluid situated between two parts of the vehicle moving relatively to one another) ; or an engine brake (when the forces are derived from an artificial increase in the braking action, transmitted to the wheels, of the engine).

         2.7. "Different types of braking equipment" means equipment which differ in such essential respects as:

2.7.1. components having different characteristics;

         2.7.2. a component made of materials having different characteristics, or a component differing in shape or size:

2.7.3. a different assembly of the components

         2.8. "Component of the braking equipment" means one of the individual parts, which, when assembled, constitute the braking equipment;

         2.9. "Progressive and graduated braking" means braking during which, within the normal operating range of the device, and during actuation of the brakes (see paragraph 2.16. below):

         2.9.1. the driver can at any moment increase or decrease the braking force by acting on the control;

         2.9.2. the braking force varies proportionally as the action on the control (monotonic function);

2.9.3. the braking force can be easily regulated with sufficient precision.

         2.10. "Laden vehicle" means, except where otherwise stated, a vehicle so laden as to attain its "maximum mass"

         2.11. "Maximum mass" means the maximum mass stated by the vehicle manufacturer to be technically permissible (this mass may be higher than the "permissible maximum mass" laid down by the national administration).

         2.12. "The distribution of mass among the axles" means the distribution of the effect of the gravity on the mass of the vehicle and/or its contents among the axles.

         2.13. "Wheel / axle load" means the vertical static reaction (force) of the road surface in the contact area on the wheel/wheels of the axle.

         2.14. "Maximum stationary wheel/axle load" means the stationary wheel/axle load achieved under the condition of the laden vehicle.

         2.15. "Hydraulic braking equipment with stored energy" means a braking equipment where energy is supplied by a hydraulic fluid under pressure, stored in one or more accumulator(s) fed from one or more pressure pump(s) , each fitted with a means of limiting the pressure to a maximum value.  This value shall be specified by the manufacturer.

2.16. "Actuation" means both application and release of the control.

         2.17. "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle in which the traction is effected only by (an) electric motor(s) acting at least on one axle;

         2.17.1. "Electric regenerative braking system" means a braking system which allows the use of the vehicle's drive motor(s) to convert the vehicle's kinetic energy into electrical energy during deceleration;

         2.17.2. "Electric regenerative breaking control" means a device which modulates the action of the electric regenerative braking system;

         2.17.3. "Electric regenerative