Brakes inventions 08/06

20060191751 - Brake condition monitoring: A system and method for monitoring the usage of brake members of an aircraft braking system. The system makes a separate record of each brake actuation in which there is relative movement of the brake member's facing friction surfaces which causes wear, determines the types of brake usage and operates...

20060191752 - Axle assembly of driven wheel: An axle assembly of a driven wheel of the present invention removes a hub and a wheel bearing assembly further includes a bearing inner race shaft in order to integrate the hub and a brake disc. Since the bearing inner race shaft is constructed to process a tab in its...

20060191753 - Electric brake device: An actuator 23d for pushing a plurality of friction plates 44, 44 to a plurality of plates 37, 37 to be braked is composed of members including electroactive polymer, the shape of the elastomer of which is changed by electric energy....

20060191754 - Air guide arrangement on a motor vehicle front or rear axle: An air guide arrangement for a motor vehicle axle has a baffle element which is vertically mounted to a steering knuckle arm and has two air baffle plates positioned at an angle relative to one another. To prevent swiveling vehicle components from interferingly knocking against the baffle element, the baffle...

20060191755 - Hydraulic vibration damper with non-buckling rebound buffer spring: The invention relates to a hydraulic vibration damper with a cylindrical pipe (1), which is closed off by a sealing and guiding unit (6) and into which a piston rod (3), carrying a damper piston (2), which is passed through the sealing and guiding unit, can dip in an oscillating...

20060191756 - Toroidal rotary damping apparatus: A toroidal rotary damper apparatus includes a housing having a partial toroidal inner housing surface and a piston moveable in the housing having a curved outer peripheral piston surface in engagement with the inner housing surface. The housing includes terminal ends defining fluid barriers. A flow control passageway defined by...

20060191757 - Single cylinder hydraulic shock absorber: A first cylindrical member (23) is fitted into an outer periphery of a hydraulic cylinder (1) and supported by a stopper (24). A seal (3) is interposed between the outer periphery of the cylinder (1) and the first cylindrical member (23). A second cylindrical member (22) having a larger diameter...

20060191758 - Cushion for crash attenuation system: A crash cushion in accordance with the invention has a back plate and an energy absorbing body. The energy absorbing body has three or more sections having cartridges of differing impact absorption. Each of the cartridges is preferably made of layers of hexagonal remanufactured fibrous material cells. The cartridges are...

20060185940 - Auxiliary handbrake operating device: An auxiliary handbrake operating device is positioned between the handbrake assembly mounted on the bicycle frame and the normal handbrake operating device along the brake wire. The brake wire goes directly through a wire hole on the auxiliary handbrake operating device so that the normal handbrake operating device at the...

20060185939 - Bicycle handbrake conduit structure: The present invention provides an adjusting tube on an end of the brake cable conduit, which is composed of rotating first and second tubular bodies. At where the first and second tubular bodies are joined, they are configured to have symmetrical and matching indented and non-indented sections. When the first...

20060185941 - Hydraulic disc brake lever assembly: A brake lever assembly for actuating a hydraulic system is shown and described. The brake lever assembly comprises a housing, a master cylinder disposed in the housing, and a master piston disposed in the master cylinder. The master piston ahs an adjustable dead band. A lever is connected to the...

20060185942 - Fluid passage layout for integrated motorcycle brake and suspension system: An integrated motorcycle brake system has a brake line, and an inside brake assembly having an inside piston. The brake line connects to the inside brake assembly, and the inside brake assembly integrally forms a fork leg. The outside brake assembly has an outside piston opposite the inside piston. A...

20060185943 - Hydraulic disc brake lever assembly: A brake lever assembly for actuating a hydraulic system is shown and described. The brake lever assembly comprises a housing, a master cylinder disposed in the housing, and a master piston disposed in the master cylinder. The master piston ahs an adjustable dead band. A lever is connected to the...

20060185944 - Integrated motorcycle brake and suspension system: A motorcycle brake and suspension system comprising: an outer tube, having an upper end and a lower end, a mainspring mounted inside the outer tube, a brake line, traveling through the central axis of the outer tube and looped to allow slack, and a braking system actuated by the brake...

20060185945 - Brake for vehicle wheels that is provided with a braking disc in sectors: A brake for a vehicle wheel provided with a disc comprising an element fixed to the wheel and an annular braking track connected to said element and intended to cooperate with pads that extend along a portion of the track to perform braking. The braking track consists of a sequence...

20060185946 - Compact temperature compensating gas spring: A compact temperature compensating gas spring including a gas filled hollow cylinder and a piston assembly slidably received in the gas filled hollow cylinder. The piston assembly includes a piston head and a piston rod. The piston rod includes a temperature compensation chamber. The piston head includes an aperture formed...

20060185947 - Gas spring: A gas spring includes a pressure tube having a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, the pressure tube being filled with a pressure fluid. An actuating device that can move relative to the pressure tube is acted on by the pressure fluid. A flow channel connects the first...

20060185948 - Damping valve: Damping valve device having a damping valve body with at least one flow channel, which is closed at least partially by a first spring-loaded valve disk on a first valve seating surface, and a second spring-loaded valve disk, which rises from its valve seat at a higher opening pressure than...

20060185949 - Center seeking suspension system: A suspension system includes a fluid strut that operates with a compressible fluid such as silicon oil. The fluid strut includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder received within the outer cylinder, and a plate positioned between an inner surface of the outer cylinder and an outer surface of the...

20060185950 - Movement damper: The present invention relates to a movement damper for vehicle chassis, in particular rail vehicles, comprising a damper housing in which a damper piston is movably received. In accordance with the invention, the movement damper is characterized in that a sensor for the detection of the movement and/or position of...

20060185951 - Hydraulic shock absorber system for a vehicle: A hydraulic shock absorber system for a vehicle comprises a first shock absorber, a second shock absorber and an intermediate unit. The intermediate unit connects the first and second shock absorbers together. The intermediate unit comprises a plurality of throttle valves and a solenoid switch to adjust the damping characteristics...

20060185952 - Seal structure and shock absorber: A piston rod (3) is connected to a piston (2) in a cylinder (1) and projects axially from the cylinder (1). A rod guide (7) guiding the piston rod (3) in an axial direction and a ring shaped member (5) disposed in the vicinity of the rod guide (6) are...

20060180409 - Spring structure and micro-structure employing the same: A spring structure for supporting a floating member and a micro-structure having the same. The spring structure includes: at least one support post unit fixed to a substrate; and at least one spring unit having a first spring connected to the support post unit and extending in a predetermined direction...

20060180410 - Oil brake driving device: An oil brake driving device is used as a primary or a secondary part of an oil brake, comprising a main body, having a front end with an enclosed space and a rear end with a rear opening which is connected with the enclosed space; an expansion piece, placed in...

20060180411 - Brake actuator mechanism with overload protection: A brake actuator mechanism has an inner shaft received at least partially within an outer shaft. The overload protection device is disposed between the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The device selectively couples the inner shaft and the outer shaft so that when the outer shaft receives a torque...

20060180412 - Linear induction rotary drive system: An appropriately modified housing to include braking mechanisms as well as the stator of a Linear Induction Motor mounted in the traditional location and orientation of a disc brake caliper to interact with an appropriately modified disc brake rotor acting as Linear Induction Motor reaction plate and or wheel Linear...

20060180413 - Actuator unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake:

20060180414 - Brake plate: The invention relates to a brake lining carrier plate 1 to hold a friction lining, especially for installation into a vehicle brake system, with holding structures 15, 16 for the friction lining arranged in rows 6 on the lining side 2, whereby each holding structure 15, 16 has a protrusion...

20060180415 - Device for detecting the amount of splash water to which a brake pad is subjected on a wet roadway: A device for detecting the amount of splash water to which a brake pad is subjected on a wet roadway. The device includes a test brake pad, whose friction lining is hygroscopically designed so that it can absorb at least 5%, preferably at least 10% water. In a test phase,...

20060180416 - Rotary damper: A rotary damper for damping oscillation of a motorcycle front tire includes a vane swingably mounted inside the rotary damper between left and right oil chambers, passages placing the oil chambers in fluid communication with one another, front chambers in communication with the passages to secure a pressure-receiving area adjacent...

20060180417 - Isolator using externally pressurized sealing bellows: Apparatus are provided for a damping system. The system includes a housing having an inner surface defining a passage therethrough, a first bellows disposed within the passage, the first bellows having an outer surface and spaced apart from the housing inner surface to define a first chamber having a volume,...

20060180418 - Hydraulic equipment with built-in free piston: A gas chamber (G) and a liquid chamber (R) are separated by a free piston (2) in a cylinder (1) of a hydraulic damper. The free piston (2) comprises a hollow main body (3), a metal bellows (4) which elongates and contracts according to a pressure balance between the gas...

20060180419 - Track system, and vehicle including the same: A track system for providing complementary shock absorbing capability to a primary shock absorbing assembly having a hydraulic path containing fluid. The track system includes a chamber, a damping assembly and an adjusting assembly. The chamber has opposite first and second ends, the first end of the chamber being provided...

20060180420 - Vibration dampers: A particle vibration damper includes a container which locates a plurality of steel particles. A copper winding is provided around the container to induce a magnetic field therein to increase the inter-particle pressure. By adjusting the voltage across the winding the amplitude of peak damping ability can be varied to...

20060175153 - Detecting elevator brake and other dragging by monitoring motor current: Elevator brake or other drag is checked by establishing (10-13) baseline motor currents at plural determined positions as the car is moved up and down both empty and with full load. In a normal run (21), the load is recorded (22) and the motor current required to drive the load...

20060175154 - Torque adjusting mechanism: A torque adjusting mechanism including a shaft, a main body, and an adjusting device is provided. The main body has a circular wall and a through hole disposed therein for coupling to the shaft. The adjusting device disposed on the main body includes an adjusting hole, an adjusting button and...

20060175155 - Pneumatically or electromotively operated disc brake: A disc brake, operated pneumatically or by electromotor, for a commercial vehicle, has a brake caliper straddling a brake disc and at least one operating device, for application to the brake disc, whereby an actuator spindle includes a pressure piece on the side thereof facing the brake disc and a...

20060175156 - Cylinder apparatus and disk brake: A cylinder apparatus in which a piston 17 is caused to slidingly move in a bore 26 of a cylinder 21, the cylinder 21 comprising: a covering member 43 provided in a bottom portion 42 of the cylinder 21; and a cylinder body 46 having an opening that is closed...

20060175157 - Parking brake lever unit: The present Invention relates to a parking brake lever unit 1 for the use in a motor vehicle, comprising a parking brake lever 10 made of plastic material, a support 20 made of plastic material, at which the parking brake lever 1 is pivotably supported and a locking unit 40,...

20060175158 - Railway wheel with integrated brake drum: The present invention provides novel railway wheel configurations with integrated brake drum dedicated to vehicle frictional braking, along with manufacturing method of the novel wheel and modification schemes for existing railway vehicle components. The novel wheel configurations with integrated brake drum enables increased thermal tolerances to brake shoe thermal input,...

20060175161 - Disc brake assembly with components to improve responsiveness: A disc brake comprising one or more brake discs received sliding or not sliding on a sleeve or the like connected to a wheel mount. The brake further comprises a caliper or the like and one or more brake pads received on back plates. The back plate is normally received...

20060175160 - Interface disc for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus: A friction disc (16) for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus includes elongated and shortened fins (42, 43) upstanding between and equally circumferentially spaced intermediate first and second component discs (40, 41). The fins (42, 43) are free of circumferential interconnections to allow air to radially pass freely between the...

20060175159 - Method for the production of a brake disk and brake disk: The invention relates to a method for the production of a brake disk (2) and a brake disk (2) which are characterized by the following features: several pairs of inserted bushings (8, 10) other are placed into a core box. The core (14) is closed about the bushings (8, 10)...

20060175162 - Reinforced brake lining and method of producing: A method of producing a brake lining assembly having a wear surface with increased wear characteristics comprises the steps of winding a metal strip, placing the wound metal strip into a brake lining cup, filling the brake lining cup with a brake lining material of powdered metal and then sintering...

20060175163 - Method and arrangement for parking braking at a disc brake: A self-energizing disc brake has an assembly including a brake pad, movable by service brake actuating means towards and away from a brake disc for service braking. Means are provided for enhancing the application of the brake pad against the brake disc after said assembly has been transferred to engagement...

20060175164 - Temperature compensating valve assembly: A temperature compensating valve assembly comprising a bimetallic spring, an O-ring, a body and a cap. The cap has at least one nib to provide compression on the bimetallic spring. The bimetallic spring is retained between the cap and the body, and the bimetallic spring forms a seal with the...

20060175165 - Rebound cushion for hydraulic shock absorber: A cylindrical rebound cushion (8) is fitted to an outer circumference of a piston rod (5) inserted in a cylinder (3) of a hydraulic shock absorber (1). An upper end surface (8a) of the rebound cushion (8) comes Into contact with a rod guide (6) fixed to the cylinder (3)...

20060175166 - Controllable piston valve and /or flat valve for a vibration damper: A controllable piston valve for a shock absorber in a piston cylinder structure includes a piston valve member controlling a throughflow area is actuated by a differential control piston. Oppositely directed effective surfaces of the control piston are subject to the pressure of the piston chamber and the annular chamber...

20060175167 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber has a suspension spring bearing fixed securely to a cylinder. The shock absorber includes a cylinder, a suspension spring bearing on the cylinder, and a suspension spring. A suspension spring bearing includes a cylindrical shaped main body that covers an end of the cylinder, an annular spring...

20060175168 - Pressure container in a vibration damper: Vibration damper with a damping medium-filled cylinder, in which a piston rod is installed with freedom of axial movement, and a pressure container, which is connected to the vibration damper by an adapter piece. The adapter piece comprises a connecting part, which is connected to the pressure container, and an...

20060175169 - Tunable vibration absorption device: A tunable vibration absorption device is provided that is suitable for active or semi-active vibration absorption or damping of vibrations in vibrating structures. It comprises a stack including a force actuator mechanism for generating an axial actuation force and a force sensor mechanism which is responsive to an external force...

20060169546 - Brake device for pushcart: A brake device for a pushcart includes a main movable member disposed movably within a main seat, an auxiliary movable member disposed movably within an auxiliary seat, and a connecting member interconnecting the main and auxiliary movable members. The main movable member is biased to an upper limit position, and...

20060169547 - Bicycle handbrake operating device: A bicycle handbrake operating device is provided. The present invention utilizes a roller wheel to pull the brake wire so as to generate a longer pulling distance and to reduce the exerted force as well. The roller wheel is installed inside the handbrake operating device, and the brake wire goes...

20060169548 - Electro-mechanical screw actuator assembly: The assembly comprises an electric motor (30) with a stator (31) and a rotor (34), a screw mechanism (60) including a rotatable nut (61) and a central screw (62) translatable along a given axis (x), and a planetary gear reduction system (50) disposed between the rotor (34) and the screw...

20060169549 - Golf car having disk brakes and flexible brake lines: A golf car having a hydraulic disk brake system responsive to hydraulic fluid pressure generated from a master cylinder. A brake pedal and associated linkage provides input to a master cylinder to generate a hydraulic fluid pressure to control a brake caliper assembly. A flexible brake line is fluidly coupled...

20060169550 - Electromagnetic brake assembly: An electromagnetic brake apparatus is provided. The invention includes a coil body, an electromagnetic coil and a spring housed in the coil body. The invention also includes a brake pad, and a mounting plate spaced from the coil body and supporting the brake pad. The invention also includes an armature...

20060169551 - Friction clutch plate: The present invention is directed to a paper based clutch plate that can be used in a transmission of a land motor vehicle. The clutch plate has a top paper layer and a bottom paper layer. The top paper layer is attached through an adhesive tie layer to the a...

20060169553 - Linear electromechanical screw actuator for a parking brake: This Abstract will replace the prior version of the Abstract listed in the application. The actuator comprises a tubular nut (22) coupled by means of an external thread (21) to the casing (12) of the actuator. The nut has an internal thread (23) opposite the external thread, for engaging a...

20060169552 - Parking brake equalizer: A parking brake equalizer includes: a main body including side plates and a back plate to have a U shape, and accommodating output members; and a resin member disposed within the main body. The main body has engaging holes provided in the back plate, allowing connecting members connecting the output...

20060169554 - Vibration force switch: A method for detecting an onset of clamping force in a system including the steps of introducing a vibration into the system, monitoring the vibration, and identifying a relative change in the vibration....

20060169555 - Damper having silicone impregnated and silicone containing components: A damper for damping movement of an object is formed from silicone impregnated or silicone containing components. The damper includes a housing having walls defining a well and a rotor positioned in the housing within the well. The rotor is positioned to define a space between the rotor and the...

20060169556 - Shock absorber having a pressure gauge: A shock absorber having a pressure gauge includes a main body and a pressure gauge. The pressure gauge is mounted on the top of a pressure chamber and interconnected with the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is provided with an air inlet to pump air into the pressure chamber. The...

20060169557 - Constrained layer viscoelastic laminate tuned mass damper and method of use: The present invention is a “beam type” tuned mass damper (TMD) having beams of constrained layer viscoelastic laminate material affixed to a mounting base or directly to the host structure and a method of use. The “beam type” TMD of the present invention is able to damp several frequencies by...

20060169558 - Vibration damping device: An anti-vibration device “D” having a shank (10) fixed to a structure (S) and a mass (4) retained on the shank (10) that is pressed by a spring (8) against the structure (S) with a predetermined force. The spring (8) increases the friction forces between the structure (S) and the...