Exhaust brake

Japanese: 排気ブレーキ - はいきぶれーき(英語表記)exhaust brake
Exhaust brake

Automobile brakes close the exhaust pipe to increase back pressure, lower engine speed, and use compression resistance to control speed. There are two types of automobile brakes: those that actively and suddenly reduce speed, and those that gradually reduce speed. Drum brakes and disc brakes are the former, while engine brakes, which close the accelerator to reduce engine speed and use compression resistance, are the latter. Exhaust brakes are a further development of the engine brake concept, and are used mainly in medium and larger trucks and buses with large inertial mass, but are not found in passenger cars.

[Takashima Shizuo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

排気管を閉じて背圧を高め、エンジンの回転を低くし、圧縮抵抗で速度を抑制する自動車のブレーキ。自動車のブレーキには、積極的・急激に速度を減殺するものと、徐々に速度を抑制するものがある。ドラムブレーキやディスクブレーキは前者であり、アクセルを閉じてエンジン回転を下げ、圧縮抵抗を利用するエンジンブレーキは後者である。エンジンブレーキの考え方をさらに進めたのが排気ブレーキで、主として慣性質量の大きい中型以上のトラックやバスに使われ、乗用車にはみられない。

[高島鎮雄]

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