Brakes inventions 09/06

20060207838 - Centrifugal brakes for wheels: A wheel assembly having a braking mechanism that is actuated by centrifugal force. The braking mechanism includes a rotating hub insert having a first pocket, a thread guard having a second pocket fixed relative to the frame of the wheel assembly, and an internal ball between the rotating hub insert...

20060207839 - Multi-directional roller disc: A motor-driven roller disc for multi-directional operation under the control of a user, with a multi-wheeled drive configuration with motorized direct-drive power-train to give a user the ability to move in any direction at any time, and to maintain control over steering and speed when in motion. The roller disc...

20060207840 - Method and apparatus for securing a shopping cart: A method and apparatus for securing a wheeled device such as a shopping cart is disclosed. In one embodiment, the securing structure comprises a depression formed in a support surface, such as a concrete or asphalt parking lot. The depression is configured to accept one or more wheels of a...

20060207841 - Centrifugal brakes for wheels: A wheel assembly having a braking mechanism that is actuated by centrifugal force. The braking mechanism includes a rotating hub insert having a first pocket, a thread guard having a second pocket fixed relative to the frame of the wheel assembly, and an internal ball between the rotating hub insert...

20060207842 - Brake protection device, brake arrangement and method for controlling a brake temperature: A protection device for a brake which is cooled by a coolant in a vehicle, the brake having a first active state in which a brake pressure is established in the brake for braking of the vehicle. The device comprises a sensor for measuring the temperature of the coolant of...

20060207843 - Damping device for pieces of furniture: p

20060207844 - Rotating damper: A rotary damper (D) is constituted by: housings (11, 51); a silicon oil (21) being housed inside the housings (11, 51); a rotor (31) wherein a resistive portion (36) moving through the silicon oil 21 inside the housings (11, 51) is provided in an axial portion (32) which is housed...

20060207845 - Steering damper device: In a steering damper device, a rotary damper includes a damper case, a rotary shaft rotatably supported on the case, and an actuation lever connected to the rotary shaft; the damper case is mounted to a steering side member; and a tip end of the actuation lever is connected to...

20060207846 - Pneumatic spring/damper unit, especially for a motor vehicle: Generic spring/damper units are either too big or require too much mounting space or have only relatively small spring/damper compartments and are therefore not sufficiently efficient. To improve the ratio between the overall size of a spring/damper unit and the size of the damper or spring/damper compartments of the spring/damper...

20060207847 - Single-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber: A single-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber (1) is provided with an air chamber (2) which is formed of flexible tubular member (2a) to connects in an air-tight condition with the upper part of the cylinder (11) and the piston rod (12) and enclosing air therein. The flexible tubular member (2a) includes...

20060201753 - Mount structure for electric unit: A mount structure for an electric unit is a mount structure for a PCU mounted in an engine room of a hybrid vehicle. The mount structure includes a vehicle body, the PCU mounted in the engine room, an engine mounted on the vehicle body and spaced from PCU, a cable...

20060201754 - Brake housing and torque tube assembly: A brake housing and torque tube assembly for a vehicle such as an aircraft is presented. The interface between the brake housing and the torque tube is accommodated by a thermal composite material insulator that is located adjacent the brake housing and a metallic spacer adjacent the torque tube. The...

20060201755 - Air disc brake adjuster: An adjuster for an air disc brake assembly is used to drive tappet members on opposing sides of a rotating brake disc to adjust brake pad position in response to pad wear. The adjuster includes a one-way clutch that permits the tappet members to be driven for adjustment in a...

20060201756 - Disc brake: A disc brake with self-servo effect comprises: a movable ramp plate connected to a brake pad for engagement with a brake disc, a ramp bridge, stationary in relation to the ramp plate, rollers movable in ramps in surfaces facing each other of the ramp plate and the ramp bridge, and...

20060201757 - High power/weight ratio braking device based on shape memory material technology: The braking device is provided a set of shape memory alloy activators positioned, in an agonistic-antagonistic configuration on each side of a brake lever. Braking and releasing phases are dictated by the austenitic transformation of the shape memory alloy activators. During brake activation, shrinking of the braking activator brings the...

20060201758 - Linear electromechanical screw actuator for parking brake: A linear electromechanical actuator of the screw type for a parking brake including a tubular nut (22) coupled by means of an external thread to the casing (12) of the actuator and operated to perform a screwing movement about and along a longitudinal axis (x). The nut has an internal...

20060201759 - Isolation cabinet: A cabinet for reducing the G-loading upon a delicate instrument produced by shock and vibratory forces. The cabinet includes an inner frame and an outer frame that are co-joined by a series of horizontal isolators and double acting isolator or shock absorber assemblies....

20060201760 - Hub and braking rotor unit: The unit has a rotating hub (10) having an outwardly projecting radial flange (11) defining an outwardly facing edge (12), and a braking rotor (20) which is integral with or fixed for rotation with a flange (21, 41) which projects radially inwards and which defines an opening (23, 43) with...

20060201761 - Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, and recording disk driving device: A radial gap is formed between an outer circumferential surface of a shaft and an inner circumferential surface of a sleeve. The outer circumferential surface of the shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the sleeve radially face each other. Within the radial gap, a radial dynamic bearing portion including...

20060201762 - Magnetic damping device: A magnetic damping device includes a flying wheel having a recess centrally defined therein. An annular magnet sensitive element is securely attached to a periphery of the recess. A seat is received in the recess in the flying wheel and has two curved plates pivotally mounted thereon. The two curved...

20060196736 - Brake assembly for a stroller: A brake assembly for a stroller includes left and right braking mechanisms, a connecting member, and left and right operating members interconnected to each other through the connecting member so as to move in opposite directions when operated. Each of the left and right braking mechanisms includes a first engaging...

20060196737 - Electro-magnetic clamp for gripping a shaft: A clamp for locking engagement with a shaft includes a body having a bore for slideably receiving a shaft, with opposing grippers recessed into the body coaxial with the shaft. The grippers each include inner and outer sleeves displaceable relative to each other, with the outer sleeves being retained by...

20060196738 - Brake component, disc brake, drum brake, and method for manufacturing a brake component: Brake member where the occurrence of brake squeal when a fluctuating load is applied onto the brake member is reduced by way of a brake member or arrangement that includes a backing plate carrying a brake lining which exhibits at least one contact surface and side surfaces surrounding that contact...

20060196739 - Cycle brake cooling article: Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from a circumferential braking element of a wheel of a cycle, each having a rigid surface which in combination with said braking element, defines an air deflection and concentration path that can be focused to the brake element of said cycle...

20060196740 - Hydropneumatic suspension with load-dependent damping control: A piston-cylinder unit for installing between a vehicle body and an axle includes a cylinder filled with damping medium, a piston dividing the cylinder into working spaces, and a piston rod. A first damping valve assembly in the piston damps movement of the piston in tension and in compression. A...

20060196741 - Shock absorber for height adjustment: A shock absorber for controlling the height of vehicles that has a cylinder, a shock absorber piston including a piston rod. The piston rod is slidably mounted in the cylinder and has an end opposite to the piston extending sealingly through a first end of the cylinder, a second end...

20060196742 - Vibration damper with an external part: Vibration damper includes a tubular body to which an external part, which acts as a stop, is fastened. A component such as a steering knuckle, which is supported against the stop, is also fastened to the tubular body. When a normal load on the component is exceeded, a deformation area...

20060196736 - Brake assembly for a stroller: A brake assembly for a stroller includes left and right braking mechanisms, a connecting member, and left and right operating members interconnected to each other through the connecting member so as to move in opposite directions when operated. Each of the left and right braking mechanisms includes a first engaging...

20060196737 - Electro-magnetic clamp for gripping a shaft: A clamp for locking engagement with a shaft includes a body having a bore for slideably receiving a shaft, with opposing grippers recessed into the body coaxial with the shaft. The grippers each include inner and outer sleeves displaceable relative to each other, with the outer sleeves being retained by...

20060196738 - Brake component, disc brake, drum brake, and method for manufacturing a brake component: Brake member where the occurrence of brake squeal when a fluctuating load is applied onto the brake member is reduced by way of a brake member or arrangement that includes a backing plate carrying a brake lining which exhibits at least one contact surface and side surfaces surrounding that contact...

20060196739 - Cycle brake cooling article: Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from a circumferential braking element of a wheel of a cycle, each having a rigid surface which in combination with said braking element, defines an air deflection and concentration path that can be focused to the brake element of said cycle...

20060196740 - Hydropneumatic suspension with load-dependent damping control: A piston-cylinder unit for installing between a vehicle body and an axle includes a cylinder filled with damping medium, a piston dividing the cylinder into working spaces, and a piston rod. A first damping valve assembly in the piston damps movement of the piston in tension and in compression. A...

20060196741 - Shock absorber for height adjustment: A shock absorber for controlling the height of vehicles that has a cylinder, a shock absorber piston including a piston rod. The piston rod is slidably mounted in the cylinder and has an end opposite to the piston extending sealingly through a first end of the cylinder, a second end...

20060196742 - Vibration damper with an external part: Vibration damper includes a tubular body to which an external part, which acts as a stop, is fastened. A component such as a steering knuckle, which is supported against the stop, is also fastened to the tubular body. When a normal load on the component is exceeded, a deformation area...