Brakes inventions 07/06

20060163011 - Disk brake with adjustment device: The present invention relates to a disc brake having a housing, a clamping device, a push rod, and a self-activating adjustment device, whereby the adjustment device includes a first subassembly and a second subassembly. According to the invention the adjustment device includes an assembling joint, which makes possible the transmission...

20060163012 - Brake for vehicle wheels provided with constraining elements of the elastically operating braking band: A brake for vehicle wheels comprises a first element integral with the wheel and a second element comprising an annular strip on which brake pads act, said first and second element having respective hollow portions intended to correspond to pairs for forming receiving seats of constraining elements; the constraining element...

20060163013 - Electromecanically-operated disc brake for motor vehicles: The present invention relates to an electromechanically operable disc brake for motor vehicles comprising a brake caliper and an actuator arranged at the brake caliper, with two friction linings cooperating with each one lateral surface of a brake disc, with at least one of the friction linings being movable into...

20060163014 - Automatic slack adjuster with spring release spindle: An automatic slack adjuster includes a clutch assembly and a disengaging assembly for disengaging the clutch assembly such that an end of a worm shaft may be freely rotated for adjustment purposes. In a preferred embodiment, the clutch assembly is formed from rotor and coupling structures of the automatic slack...

20060163015 - Braking disc with irregular profile and brake comprising this disc: A braking disc of a brake of a wheel of vehicles is intended to be fixed to the wheel to be braked and comprises an annular braking track intended to cooperate with pads of the brake for performing braking of the wheel. Along an edge of the braking track of...

20060163016 - Hydraulic shock absorber and method: A hydraulic shock absorber has an outer body with a central bore. A first piston is telescopingly received in the central bore adjacent a closed end thereof, and has a generally annular shape with an inner surface defining a central piston bore, and an outer surface disposed adjacent the sidewall...

20060163017 - Hollow rod monotube shock absorber: A shock absorber is provided with a pair of opposed hydraulic fluid chambers, and a piston head that controls the flow of hydraulic fluid between the opposed hydraulic fluid chambers. One of the hydraulic fluid chambers is provided within a hollow rod that moves with the piston head within a...

20060157306 - Rope brake: The invention relates to a rope brake for an elevator installation for braking a rope coupled to a car, with a stop that is immovable in the longitudinal direction of the rope and at least one brake shoe, it being possible for the rope to be led through between the...

20060157307 - Pad assembly for disc brake: First to third inner locking pieces 12 to 14 are provided at both ends of an inner shim plate 2a in a radial direction of a rotor so as to be bent toward the pad, respectively. First to third outer locking pieces 15, 17 and 18 are provided at both...

20060157308 - Actuator of a parking brake: An actuator for a parking brake of a motor vehicle is provided, which includes an electric motor (1) whose rotor (20 has a threaded spindle (3) on which a spindle nut (4) is located. Between the threaded spindle (3) and the spindle nut (4), rolling bodies are in rolling engagement...

20060157309 - Adjustable run height lift axle suspension system: An adjustable run height lift axle suspension system includes an axle assembly, an air spring and a lift actuator. A device may be releasably attached to the axle assembly and connected to each of the air spring and the lift actuator, the device spacing the air spring away from the...

20060157310 - Active vibration damper for an automobile: An oscillating force generator of an active vibration damper is provided that comprises in preferred aspects a housing in communication with a target object for which vibrations are to be reduced; an electromagnet; one or more permanent magnets; and inertial mass that can induce an inertial force. Preferred systems of...

20060157311 - Piston-cylinder unit and process for producing a piston-cylinder unit: A piston-cylinder unit, in particular gas spring, has a cylindrical pressure tube which has a surface protection on its outer surface. The piston-cylinder unit further has a piston, which is axially displaceable within the pressure tube and has a piston rod. The piston rod is led out of the pressure...

20060151257 - Cable operated drum brakes: A cable operated drum brake has an internal brake operating lever (12) provided with an quick-attach device (10) for an operating cable (11). A cable attachment tube (21) projects from a backplate (17) of the brake and the operating cable has a cable inner (13) with a latching formation (14)...

20060151258 - Gravity pressurized braking system: The present invention relates generally to hydraulic systems for actuating a vehicle braking system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hydraulic system that uses the gravity-generated pressure in a load-bearing hydraulic cylinder to provide hydraulic pressure to a parking brake, emergency brakes, or service brake when properly modulated...

20060151259 - Locking/release device: A locking/release device particularly for pushchairs, prams or the like, comprising an actuation lever system supporting an engagement device and articulated to a supporting structure movable with respect to a locking element, having one abutment region and at least one engagement seat; the actuation lever system is mounted rotatable about...

20060151260 - Electric park brake: A brake apparatus is provided and includes a housing having a bore extending therethrough and an axial opening therein, a piston closely and slidably received within the bore, a driving member having a flange thereon, the driving member extending through the axial opening to operatively connected the piston to an...

20060151261 - Brake tensioning device comprising shearing force measuring bolt: A brake application for a rail vehicle brake includes a brake actuator for application and release of the rail vehicle brake. Also included is a force converter for converting energy supplied by the brake actuator to a brake application movement. The force converter includes: (1) a shearing force measuring bolt...

20060151262 - Disc brake comprising an electrically driven adjustment device: A disc brake is provided, especially for utility vehicles, that comprises a caliper that overlaps a brake disc, a brake application device disposed in the caliper that applies the brake and at least one adjustment device comprising an electrical drive. The disc brake is further provided with a mechanical device...

20060151263 - Double-wrap brake band assembly: A double-wrap band brake assembly to be used for braking a rotating member fitted in a double-wrap brake band, which double-wrap brake band comprises an annular middle band with a friction surface formed on the inner periphery thereof, a pair of annular outer bands which are coupled to the middle...

20060151264 - Drum brake device with an automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus: A drum brake device prevents shoe clearance over-adjustment by means of a thermo-sensitive member with a lower leg opening force and provides a smaller thermo-sensitive member with a lower cost. A portion between both ends of the brake lever (50) in a direction of crossing the shoe return inhibitor (61)...

20060151265 - Nagative brake device, construction machine, and method of activating negative: The present invention includes a hydraulic source (23), a pressure reducing valve (22) that reduces hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic source (23) so as secondary pressure P to become large in accordance with increase in an extent to which a pusher (25) is pressed in, a negative brake mechanism (10)...

20060151266 - A corner assembly for a vehicle: A corner assembly for a vehicle having a wheel hub and a rotor wherein the rotor may freely translate axially with respect to the wheel hub during a brake application and as a result any vibrations created on the engagement of friction pads with the rotor are not introduced into...

20060151267 - Disc brake pad with friction elements, particularly to be employed in the railway field: The invention relates to a disc brake pad (1), particularly to be employed in the railway field, comprising a base plate (2), on which elements for supporting friction elements (3) are fixed, said friction elements (3) being mounted, alone or in pairs, on the end of elastic support elements (4),...

20060151268 - Copper-free non-asbestos organic friction material: A braking element generally including a friction material having one of iron fibers, aluminum, zinc, tin and combinations thereof. An amount of the iron fibers in the friction material is in a range between about 1 v % to about 10 v %. An amount of one of the aluminum,...

20060151269 - Cylinder cushion device: A cylinder cushion device is provided for a hydraulic cylinder of an excavator, to prevent a piston from colliding with an end boss and absorb shock due to collision. Pressure higher than design strength of the hydraulic cylinder does not occur even if external force is given to the hydraulic...

20060151270 - Hydraulic damping system for vehicle: A pair of damping hydraulic cylinders can be provided on a vehicle body. A first oil chamber and a second oil chamber are in communication with upper oil chambers of the hydraulic cylinders. A bypass passage for allowing communication between the oil chambers is provided separately from both a first...

20060151271 - Hydraulic vehicle shock absorber: A hydraulic shock absorber comprises a cylindrical chamber (3), which is closed at one end and in which is axially slidably guided a piston member 85), supported by a piston rod (8) and at its peripheral surface carrying a surrounding non-slotted elastic ring element (6), the peripheral piston member surface...

20060151272 - Piezoelectric liquid inertia vibration eliminator: A tunable vibration isolator with active tuning elements having a housing, fluid chamber, and at least one tuning port. A piston is resiliently disposed within the housing. A vibration isolation fluid is disposed within the fluid chambers and the tuning ports. The tunable vibration isolator may employ either a solid...

20060151273 - Vibration damping apparatus: A vibration damper apparatus has two substantially freely rotatable inertia members disposed within a rotatable hub. Each of the members has a wide semi-cylindrical portion and a narrow semi-cylindrical portion with the wide portion of the first damper member being axially aligned with the narrow portion of the other damper...

20060144648 - Vehicle braking system: There is provided a vehicle braking system for activating at least two wheel brake units, the vehicle including a brake activation assembly incorporating a movable force applicator, the system having at least one section of a cable conduit, one end of which being stationary, the other end of the conduit...

20060144649 - Wheel chock restraint system: Wheel chock restraint system comprising a wheel chock, a supporting element mounted on the ground in vicinity of a loading dock and a wheel chock support assembly connected by one end to the wheel chock and by another end in vicinity of the loading dock. A base portion of the...

20060144650 - Bicycle brake shoe: Bicycle brake shoes are provided for a bicycle braking device. The brake shoes are pressed into contact with a bicycle wheel rim to apply a braking force thereto. The brake shoes are coupled to the bicycle braking device by brake shoe holders. Each brake shoe includes an attachment portion coupled...

20060144651 - Brake assembly, particularly for a hydraulic wheel drive: A brake assembly, in particular of a hydraulic wheel drive, comprising a disk package (8) formed of a plurality of outer disks (9) and corresponding inner disks (7), and compressible by means of a piston assembly (10) for braking, wherein a first hydraulic cycle (11) acts on the piston assembly...

20060144652 - Disc brake with an adjustment device in particular for a commercial vehicle: The invention relates to a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, comprising a brake caliper (2), enclosing a brake disc (2), fixed to a brake support (6) such as to be axially displaced with relation to the brake disc (1), with an actuation device (11), arranged to the...

20060144653 - Brake unit for a rack-and-pinion drive: The invention relates to a drive assembly for a carriage (13) that can be displaced preferably in a vertical manner. Said assembly comprises a stationary corresponding gear rack (1), with an assigned pinion of a drive motor (22) that is situated on the carriage and comprises a fail-safe brake (23)...

20060144654 - Bicycle brake shoe: Bicycle brake shoes are provided for a bicycle braking device. The brake shoes are pressed into contact with a bicycle wheel rim to apply a braking force thereto. The brake shoes are coupled to the bicycle braking device by brake shoe holders. Each brake shoe includes an attachment portion coupled...

20060144656 - Bicycle brake shoe: Bicycle brake shoes are provided for a bicycle braking device. The brake shoes are pressed into contact with a bicycle wheel rim to apply a braking force thereto. The brake shoes are coupled to the bicycle braking device by brake shoe holders. Each brake shoe includes an attachment portion coupled...

20060144655 - Disc brake pad: A disc brake pad comprises: a support board coated at a side surface thereof with epoxy resin, and a friction member is press formed out of a compound of alumina, Kevlar, graphite and resin and then affixed to side surface of the support board by hot pressing, so that the...

20060144657 - Magnetically actuated friction damper: A friction damper a housing including a cavity formed therein; a first member disposed in said cavity and movable in said cavity; a second member disposed in said cavity; an intermediate member between the first and second members, the first member being in frictional engagement with the intermediate member; and...

20060144658 - Parking brake of a drum brake: A parking brake (10) having a drum containing first and second brake shoe portions (11, 12), a handbrake lever (18) pivoted (19) adjacent one end on one (11) of the brake shoe portions and a strut (20) extending between a first abutment on the handbrake lever and a second abutment...

20060144659 - Tuned absorbers for railway rails: A tuned absorber (5A, 5B) for attachment to a railway rail (1) comprises a body (6) formed of elastomeric material and of at least one region of a first material, denser than the elastomeric material, located within the elastomeric material and forming an active mass (7m1, 7m2, 7m3). A member...