Animation 1 & 2: Illustrates how the hydraulic cylinders engage and disengage by actuating the handbrake valve by operating the RED handbrake lever and further the brake foot pedal. When the handbrake is in the OFF position and the brake pedal is in its resting position, the cylinders are in the disengagement position, thus allowing the cam to rotate freely. Once the brake pedal is depressed even the slightest degree, the hydraulic cylinders engage with the cam, and depending on the degree of depression of the brake pedal, the master brake cylinder will restrict the oil flow from one cylinder to the other. This restriction will impose a resistance on the cam movement as the oil flow is restricted by the master cylinder from one cylinder to the other. If and when the brake pedal is fully depressed, the oil will not flow between the cylinders, thus causing the cam to brake and stop rotating totally.
Animation 3: Illustrates the integral passive anti-lock braking system as delivered by the cam. In the top animation, a pure sinusoidal waveform is a resultant of the cam profile; however, if the cam is truncated at the perigee and apogee, as in the lower animation, a ‘square’ waveform is achieved. The flat part of the waveform indicates that there is no braking force, as the cylinders have not changed direction from their static positions.
Animation 4: Illustrates the Kinetic Energy Recovery from the FBS, As the brake master cylinder restricts the oil flow through the system, the oil heats up and its velocity increases, the heat is collected in a heat exchanger and maybe deployed productively as and when required. The increased oil velocity exiting the master brake cylider maybe used to drive an impeller which is coupled to an alternator.