METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING A BRAKING FORCE OF A BRAKING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, BY MEANS OF PHOTONIC SENSORS INCORPORATED IN A BRAKE PAD

    公开(公告)号:US20220299082A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17618095

    申请日:2020-06-10

    申请人: BREMBO S.p.A.

    摘要: A method for detecting and measuring a clamping force and/or a braking torque includes encapsulating a fiber-optic strain sensor in a casing and incorporating the casing in a portion of friction material adhering to a base platform of a brake pad, detecting, by the fiber-optic strain sensor, a first strain in a first position of the casing along a first direction and a second strain in a second position of the friction material along a second direction, generating a first photonic signal, representative of the first detected strain, and a second photonic signal, representative of the second detected strain, receiving the first and second photonic signals, by an optical reading/ interrogation unit, optically connected to the fiber-optic strain sensor, determining, by the optical reading/ interrogation unit, the values of the first and second strains based on the first and second received photonic signals and determining a measurement of the clamping force and/or braking torque based on determined values of the first and second strains.