Brakes inventions 03/06

20060065494 - Wheel locking device for vehicle: Disclosed is a wheel locking device for vehicles which prevents an unauthorized movement of the vehicle. The wheel locking device for vehicles comprises a supporting disk 10 attached to an outer side surface a wheel 3 and provided with arms 15, fixtures 20 inserted into the arms so as to...

20060065495 - Dual disc spring: A dual spring includes a pair of conically-shaped spring sections, which are joined at a common fulcrum. One of the spring sections is disposed radially inward from the fulcrum and the other of the spring sections is disposed radially outward from the fulcrum. Both of the conical sections open axially...

20060065496 - Inertia valve shock absorber: A damper including an inertia valve movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the shock absorber is disclosed. In these embodiments, the damper has at least one chamber that at least partially surrounds two other chambers....

20060065497 - Adjustable cushion device: A bicycle adjustable cushion device includes an outer tube with a connection cap connected to a first end thereof and an inner tube has a first end movably and rotatably inserted in a second end of the outer tube. A rod has a first end fixed to the connection cap...

20060065498 - Apparatus and method for bleeding motor vehicle hydraulic systems: A device for bleeding a hydraulic system having a master cylinder connected by a hydraulic line to at least one slave cylinder having a bleed fitting valve, comprises a container holding a pressurized supply of hydraulic fluid, a valve operable to selectively release the pressurized supply of hydraulic fluid through...

20060065499 - Impact attenuating and spring elements and products containing such elements: Impact attenuating/spring systems may include first and second body portions and at least one spring member at least partially included between the body portions. The spring member(s) may substantially enclose and/or be pivotally engaged with the body portion(s). The components of the impact attenuating and spring element may be arranged...

20060054422 - Bicycle disc brake having non-continuous spline surface for quick connection to or release from a wheel hub: A disc brake rotor comprises an internally disposed splined surface defining a circular opening and including one or more axially disposed internal splines that are adapted to be received on external splines of a splined structure of a wheel hub, the surface including a non-continuity such as a cut-away portion...

20060054423 - Suspension apparatus for vehicle: A knuckle of a suspension apparatus includes first and second press-formed plate members, and a spacer disposed therebetween. The first and second plate members are welded together in a state in which rear end bent edges and lower end bent edges of respective lower walls of the first and second...

20060054424 - Hub unit with sensor: A brake caliper 12 is fastened to a fixed-side raceway member 3 of a hub unit 1 as an assembly. The fixed-side raceway member 3 has a caliper mount 10 extending radially outwardly thereof and having the brake caliper 12 attached thereto. A sensor device 2 has strain gauges 2a...

20060054425 - Floating caliper-type disc brake: A support member 3a for supporting a caliper 2a and pads 10a and 10b includes an inner-side mounting member 17 disposed inwardly of an inner side of a rotor, and a torque receiving member 18 which is separate from the inner-side mounting member 17. The inner-side mounting member 17 and...

20060054426 - Braking apparatus and method of braking: Embodiments of the present invention include externally mounted brake actuators, a reverse modulator interface, a wet-disk brake including at least one of the externally mounted brake actuators and a method of braking. Embodiments of the wet-disk brake may be configured as a parking brake, as a service brake or both....

20060054427 - Systems and methods for providing a haptic device: Systems and methods for providing a haptic device are described. In one described system, a first brake surface of a first element contacts a second brake surface of a second element. At least one actuator is configured to exert a force on at least one of the first and second...

20060054428 - Vehicle brake and method for actuating a vehicle brake: In a vehicle brake comprising a housing, a brake piston, which is accommodated in the housing and on which a brake lining is fitted, and a blocking device, it is provided that the brake piston is displaceable in the housing by means of an actuating device and that the brake...

20060054429 - Ball ramp caliper brake: A brake (10) for a wheel of a vehicle is slidably mounted to a vehicle frame by mounting sleeves (22). The brake (10) includes a stationary actuator (20) which has a plurality of depressions (38) adapted to receive a plurality of balls (40). The stationary actuator (20) further has a...

20060054430 - Floating caliper disc brake: A caliper 2a is disposed between rotation input side and rotation output side engagement portions 8, 9 of a support member 3a so as to restrict the movement of the caliper 2a in a circumferential direction of a rotor 1. A guide pin 26 which supports the caliper 2a is...

20060054431 - Hydraulically actuable vehicle brake: In a vehicle brake having a brake piston accommodated in a housing, a blocking device for securing the brake piston inside the housing and an actuating device for controlling the blocking device, it is provided that the brake piston together with the housing delimits a fluid chamber, which is chargeable...

20060054432 - Anti-shock system: An anti-shock system for a machine. A first movable device is disposed between the machine and a surface. When vibration is transmitted to the machine from the surface, the first movable device releases the machine, which slides along the base to prevent vibration from transmitted to the machine....

20060054433 - Cryogenic fluid mass damper using charged particulates for stiction-free damping: A mass damper is provided for damping a mass. The mass damper includes a housing configured to couple to the mass and a plurality of electrostatically charged particles disposed within the housing, where the particles do not clump to one another or stick to the housing....

20060054434 - Hydraulic damping force control unit, hydraulic shock absorber, front fork for vehicle, and hydraulic rotary damper: A damping force is generated by keeping a damping force control valve closed when a piston of a hydraulic shock absorber starts to move from compression side dead center or expansion side dead center. A damping force control valve including a poppet valve for opening and closing a first fluid...

20060054435 - Hydraulic shock absorber: A hydraulic shock absorber has a subassembled reservoir cartridge including a gas chamber and a free piston. The reservoir cartridge, a separator and a cylinder are inserted into a base shell, and an oil seal is secured to the base shell under application of a predetermined axial load, thereby fixing...

20060054436 - Mount for a vibration damper: A mount for supporting a vibration damper in a vehicle has a cap provided with an anti-twist surface and configured to extend through a recessed support surface of the vehicle. The mount is provided with a retainer operable to couple the anti-twist surface to the support surface so as to...

20060054437 - Front fork: One of a pair of the hydraulic shock absorbers each mounted in the right and left sides of a front wheel for a two-wheel vehicle includes a contraction-side damping valve (5a) disposed in a flow passage (11) communicating a rod-side oil chamber (R1) with a piston-side oil chamber (R2), the...

20060054438 - Guide-equipped cylinder: A piston rod is inserted into a center hole of a cylinder tube of a guide-equipped cylinder. A first guide rod and a second guide rod, which are connected to the piston rod by a connecting plate, are inserted into a first side hole and a second side hole respectively....

20060054439 - Suspension apparatus: A suspension apparatus for use in a vehicle including a body, a body-side member, a wheel, and a wheel-side member, the apparatus including a hydraulic suspension device which is adapted to be provided between the body-side member and the wheel-side member; a first accumulator which is connected to the hydraulic...

20060054440 - Damper: In a damper for spin-drying washing machines, it is provided, with a view to amplitude-dependent damping behaviour being obtained accompanied with manufacture at a low cost, that a frictional damping unit, which is disposed inside a casing, comprises an at least sectionally bare and elastic frictional damping lining for producing...

20060049004 - Protective shield for a disc brake and a disc brake including such a protective shield: A protective shield for a disc brake which includes a brake disc attached to a wheelshaft for a vehicle, and a brake yoke with a pair of brake supports. The protective shield is fitted close to one side of, and partly covers laterally, the brake disc. The protective shield has...

20060049005 - Disc brake having at least two friction rings: A disc brake for a motor vehicle having at least two axially stationary friction rings being connected to a rotatable hub. The disc brake comprises several brake pads cooperating with the associated friction rings during a braking operation. A favorable structural overall design of the disc brake is achieved by...

20060049006 - Seat mount structure for saddle ride type vehicle: A brake caliper support structure and a brake caliper structure for a saddle-ride type all terrain vehicle can attain a reduction in size and weight of a disc brake and can scrape off mud and snow accumulated within a wheel. A distance from a point which represents the center of...

20060049007 - Brake caliper structure of straddle seat off-road vehicle: A brake caliper structure of a straddle seat off-load vehicle includes a brake caliper having a caliper bracket, a caliper assembly connected to the caliper bracket by two connecting portions so that the caliper assembly can move relative to the caliper bracket to clamp a brake disc. One connecting portion...

20060049008 - Floating caliper disc brake: An object of the present invention is to provide a floating caliper type disc brake which can effectively suppress the occurrence of uneven wear in linings of respective pads, and effectively suppress the occurrence of noise and judder during braking. In the present invention, a caliper is supported by a...

20060049009 - Wrap spring brake: A winch with a wrap spring brake is provided. The winch includes a rotatable drum configured to wind and unwind a cable. The cable may be connected to a load to be moved. A shaft is coupled to the drum such that rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the...

20060049010 - Device and method for providing resistive and vibrotactile effects: Systems and methods for providing resistive and vibrotactile feedback from a single actuator are described. One described system comprises a manipulandum, and a resistive haptic actuator configured to generate a resistive haptic force in order to generate a vibrotactile haptic effect....

20060049011 - Floating disc brake assembly with interlocking hub and rotor: A floating disc brake assembly comprises a hub and a rotor in mating alignment therewith through one or more interlocking lobes that are alternatingly arranged about an outer peripheral edge of the hub and an internal edge of the rotor. The rotor is coupled to, and disposed circumferentially around, the...

20060049012 - Disc brake comprising a lining support: A disk brake, particularly a brake pad comprising a lining support and a friction lining. At least one pin is mounted on the lining support and serves top fix the friction lining. The pin should pass through the friction lining from approximately the middle while extending approximately up to the...

20060049013 - Integrated suspension system for vehicle: An integrated suspension system includes a cylinder that hermetically contains gas therein and is fixed to a vehicle body; a piston that has a motor at an upper portion thereof, is configured to support a road wheel and is guided within the cylinder to move vertically; a disk unit including...

20060049014 - Shock absorber having a hydraulic stop: A shock absorber includes a hydraulic stop. The hydraulic stop includes two housings connected together by a spring. At the end of the stroke of the shock absorber, the piston causes the two housings to approach each other thereby causing fluid disposed between the housings to flow through a bleed...

20060049015 - Automatic nut running to torque without the possibility of slip: A shock absorber has a pressure tube, a piston slidably disposed in the pressure tube and a piston rod attached to the piston and extending out of the pressure tube. The end of the piston rod extending out of the pressure tube defines a contoured surface which can be engaged...

20060042886 - Glowing disk brake rotor: The present invention includes a mechanism having a brake rotor adapted to connect to a vehicle and a brake caliper having a brake pad. The brake caliper clamps the brake pad against the brake rotor to slow the vehicle. The clamping causes heating of the brake rotor and a hydrocarbon...

20060042887 - Brake system and suspension for use therewith: A compact brake system for a wheeled vehicle fits substantially within the profile of a tire and rim to reduce wheel box width to increase cargo space between wheel boxes. In one embodiment, a caliper bracket is mounted on a spindle lever connected to a wheel spindle, eliminating the need...

20060042888 - Antilock brake system for a bicycle: An antilock brake system for a bicycle is mounted to a brake mounting bracket and generally comprising: brake shoe holder, sliding seat, brake shoe and elastic member. The brake shoe holder is formed with groove for slidably receiving the sliding seat, the brake shoe is disposed in the sliding seat,...

20060042889 - Brake carrier having improved electromechanical actuator and mounting arrangement therefor: A brake actuator includes a carrier (10) having a centerline (11), a periphery and a radial slot (16) in the periphery, and an EMA (20), including an electric motor (30) having a longitudinal centerline (31) and a ram (34) having a longitudinal centerline (35) operatively connected to the electric motor...

20060042890 - Protective cover for a disc brake and a disc brake including such a protective cover: A protective cover unit including a main cover for partly covering an aperture for access to brake linings which is accommodated in a disc brake yoke for a disc brake. The main cover includes fastenings to a U-bolt-shaped lining holder which is connected to the brake yoke and runs transversely...

20060042891 - Wheelchair with hands-free control: One embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to manually propel movement of a wheelchair in a first direction while being carried by the wheelchair. This wheelchair includes a first wheel with a first brake and a second wheel with a second brake. While participating in a sports activity...

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20060042893 - Mechanical lock-out device for front suspension system of bicycles: A suspension system for bicycles includes a cylinder received in the inner tube which is movably inserted in an outer tube. The outer tube is connected to the shaft of front wheel and the inner tube is connected to the crown of the front fork. A piston is connected to...

20060042894 - Heat-dissipating fan: A heat-dissipating fan with a plurality of upward rotor blades is provided. The heat-dissipating fan includes a housing, an impeller having a hub and a plurality of rotor blades disposed around the hub, and a base disposed inside the housing for supporting the impeller thereon. The rotor blades have at...

20060042895 - Base cup connection for shock absorber: A shock absorber has a tube which is closed at one end with a base cup. The base cup defines an attachment bore within which the tube is located. A clearance is formed between the bottom of the tube located within the attachment bore and the bottom of the bore....