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81(2013)
[ New Product ]
Tatsuya YAMASAKI*
Makoto MURAMATSU*
Yui MASUDA**
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Electro-mechanical Brake Unit with Parking Brake
Caliper
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NTN TECHNICAL REVIEW No.81(2013)
107m
m Input gear
Brake pad Caliper Linear motion Y Z
mechanism X
Output gear
62mm
Motor
X Motor
Y Z
84.5mm
Brake disc SECTION X-X
SECTION Y-Y Intermediate gear
Solenoid (parking brake mechanism
is equipped on the back)
Intermediate gear
Lock pin
SECTION Z-Z
(parking brake mechanism)
Fig. 2 Schematic of EMB unit
Table 1 Specification of EMB unit (for the rear wheels of 1500cc-class vehicles)
Item Specification Remarks
Service brake pressure 12 kN or greater Hydraulic brake (cylinder dia. 33), hydraulic pressure 14 Mpa equiv.
Parking brake pressure 9.3 kN or greater Pad µ=0.15, slope capability: 20% equiv.
Actuator size 107×62×84.5 -30% compared to the conventional product (developed in 2011)(occupied volume)
Weight (excluding pad and mount) 2.8kg -0.4 kg compared to the conventional product (developed in 2011)
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Electro-mechanical Brake Unit with Parking Brake
Brake disc
Caliper Motor
Solenoid
Lock pin
Output gear
Intermediate gear Input gear
Intermediate
gear
Lock pin
Lock hole
PCD section
(1) Operation command ON, (2) Activate solenoid (3) Stop motor power supply (4) Lock pin engaged,
activate motor operation complete
(a) Operation
(1) Release command ON, (2) Lock pin released (3) Lock pin receded (4) Release complete
activate motor
(b) Release
Fig. 4 Control-flow of parking brake
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15 15
10 10
Pressure kN
Pressure kN
5 5
Command Command
Enhanced Enhanced
product product
Conventional Conventional
product product
0 0
0 0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0.2
Time sec Time sec
(a) Pressure rising (initial clearance: 0 mm) (b) Pressure dropping
15 15
Parking brake command
Pressure
10
Pressure kN
Pressure kN
Operation 10 Operation
Parking brake command
5 5
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Electro-mechanical Brake Unit with Parking Brake
Photo of authors
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