Brakes inventions 10/06

20060237266 - 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...

20060237267 - Vertical mounting of air disk brake caliper assembly: A pneumatically- or electrically-actuated disk brake, in particular a pneumatic disk brake for commercial vehicles, in which a mounting frame which supports the brake caliper, and a torque plate which secures the mounting plate to the a vehicle axle, are arranged such that the fasteners securing the mounting frame to...

20060237268 - Brake apparatus for linear motor and method for positioning movable section of linear motor: When respective magnetic fluxes are generated by coils and pass through a plate spring, an electromagnetic force, which results from the magnetic flux, is generated within a plate spring, screws, and a magnetic flux-passing member. Therefore, a brake pad is separated from a slide table in accordance with an action...

20060237269 - Pad retaining clip: A caliper assembly has a body member, a support bracket and a pair of brake assemblies. At least one retaining clip is coupled with each brake assembly. The retaining clip includes a first, second and third portion. The third portion is adapted to contact the caliper support bracket to prevent...

20060237270 - Friction member assembly for disc brake: A solid box-shape structure is constituted by fitting a torque transmitting ring 23 to a guide hole 17 on a guide plate 11 to pivotably hold a lining member 13 and fixing the guide plate 11 to a torque receive plate 3. A braking torque is directly transmitted to the...

20060237271 - Steering damper: A four chamber hydraulic steering damper where a two sided rotary vane moves working fluid from one side of each vane to the adjacent side of the same vane when rotated in synchronism with the steering mechanism. The working fluid is directed through narrow passageways that may be metered and/or...

20060237272 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber for a bicycle comprises a base, a clutch assembly, a control assembly and a shock-absorbing spring. The shock-absorbing spring provides damper elastic force for the respective components of the shock absorber. The shock-absorbing function can be turned off when riding up slope, so it prevents the drag...

20060237273 - Suspension restraint devices: Starting devices are provided that are adapted to help hold the front end of a motorcycle down, especially in a “hole shot” or starting applications. The devices allow a rider to compress the suspension fork of the motorcycle down by about 3 to about 4 inches and temporarily lock the...

20060237274 - Shock absorbing device for cycle: A shock absorbing device for cycles includes a housing having a chamber to receive a fluid, a spindle rotatably attached to the housing and having a gear, a piston slidably received in the housing and having a notch to form two end segments and having a rack for engaging with...

20060231351 - Bicycle brake caliper assembly: A bicycle brake caliper is disclosed that includes a brake caliper, a brake pad retaining member and a cover. The brake caliper is configured to selectively apply a braking force on a bicycle brake disc. The brake caliper includes a housing that has a brake pad access opening. The brake...

20060231352 - Electronic drive of a parking brake: An electric drive for a parking brake is disclosed, the brake having a rotationally driven screw nut which is in engagement with two spindles which are aligned with one another, have threads running in opposite directions, and which are fixed in the rotational direction, can be moved in a translatory...

20060231353 - Disk brake caliper having re-enforcing bridge: A brake apparatus includes a caliper with two housing members secured together by a C-section bridge. The housing members straddle a rotor, so as to be able to urge one or more pistons disposed therein to apply brake pads against the rotor, thereby effectuating a braking force on the rotor....

20060231354 - Disk brake caliper having cage bridge: A brake apparatus includes a caliper with two housing members secured together by an E-section cage. The housing members straddle a rotor, so as to be able to urge one or more pistons disposed therein to apply brake pads against the rotor, thereby effectuating a braking force on the rotor....

20060231355 - 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 improve thermal tolerances to brake shoe thermal input, enhances...

20060231356 - Brake shoe and drum brake system incorporating same: A brake shoe (10) for a drum brake system (40) is provided with a brake lining (12) having a friction surface (14) which faces braking surface (60) of a brake drum (38). The lining (12) is characterized by the provision of one or more grooves (16) extending across the friction...

20060231357 - Field responsive shear thickening fluid: An active controllable, shear thickening, field responsive device is disclosed and contains a fluid including a carrier component and at least about 40 percent by volume, based on the total volume of the fluid, of a particle component. The fluid can comprise either a field responsive dispersed particle component or...

20060231358 - Pre-load ring for shock absorber: A shock absorber includes a pre-load ring for providing a desired damping characteristic when a piston is being moved outwardly of a hydraulic cylinder. The pre-load ring has a curved surface in contact with a disc valve. A spring bias is applied to hold the pre-load ring against the disc...

20060231359 - Damping coefficient switching-type hydraulic damper: There is disclosed a damping coefficient switching-type hydraulic damper that may automatically switch a damping coefficient without needing supply of energy from the outside at all, and also may always surely exert an energy absorption capacity greater than that of a typical hydraulic damper. While a piston is moving in...

20060231360 - Pneumatic shock absorber with an ancillary air chamber: The present ilylltivllj provides-a pneumatic shock absorber fitted with an ancillary air chamber. The miajor fatuire of such know-how is that pneumatic shock absorber is fitted with an ancillary air chamber interconnected to or separated from air chamber of cylinder body. And, a floating piston is mounted into the ancillary...

20060231361 - Single-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber: A single-cylinder hydraulic shock absorber (1) is provided with an air chamber (2) which is formed by a flexible tubular member (2a) connected air-tightly to each of an upper part of a cylinder (11) and a piston rod (12) to enclose air therein. The air chamber (2a) includes at the...

20060231362 - Hydraulic shock absorber: A hydraulic shock absorber comprises a pipe body, a piston rod, a ring, a piston, and a hydraulic oil contained in the pipe body. The ring is coupled to a tapered portion of the piston rod and moved along an aslant tapered surface of the tapered portion, and the piston...

20060231363 - Damping device: A damping device for use in industrial machinery and tools comprising a housing (102, 602) and a flange member (104, 604) arranged in the housing, wherein at least portions of the flange member apart from the center thereof are composed of an elastic material and inclined with respect to the...

20060225968 - Bladder actuator for a railroad retarder: The present invention pertains to a low-maintenance bladder actuator for a low-profile railroad retarder. The actuator has an internal guide mechanism and internal limit stops. The guide mechanism has a concentric, telescoping guide rod and guide sleeve that are removably bolted to upper and lower plates. An integral cast head...

20060225969 - Method and apparatus for retracting piston actuator by configured clutch plates: A method and apparatus for reducing wear in a piston actuated brake or clutch pack assist retraction of the piston by configuring the friction discs. Preferably, a core is shaped with waves that generate axial force during brake release....

20060225970 - Drum brake: An improved drum brake includes a drum having an outer generally cylindrical circumferential wall having an inner braking surface and a side wall plate mounted on and extending between the inner side of the outer circumferential wall. A braking mechanism mounted within the drum includes at least one brake shoe...

20060225971 - Braking a vehicle in the context of an emergency stop: A method for braking a vehicle in the context of an emergency stop with the aid of a service braking system and a second braking system. The braking operation can be carried out uniformly and continuously if a positioning member of the service braking system and a positioning member of...

20060225972 - Device and method for operating a motor-vehicle parking brake: Disclosed is a method for operating an electromechanically operable and/or electromechanically lockable parking brake for motor vehicles having an operating element, an electronic control unit, to which are sent wheel speed values from wheel speed sensors, at least one unit for generating a brake application force, and electromechanically lockable brake...

20060225973 - Residual magnetic devices and methods: Residual magnetic locks, brakes, rotation inhibitors, clutches, actuators, and latches. The residual magnetic devices can include a core housing and an armature. The residual magnetic devices can include a coil that receives a magnetization current to create a residual magnetic force between the core housing and the armature....

20060225974 - Brake spider and axle housing assembly: A brake spider includes a spider body with a central opening and a slot for receiving a camshaft and bracket assembly. The brake spider is attached to an axle housing via the central opening. The slot is defined by an inner surface that does not completely surround the camshaft. The...

20060225975 - Drum brake pad: An improved drum brake pad for drum brakes includes a drum brake having a drum including an outer generally cylindrical circumferential wall having an inner braking surface and a side wall plate mounted thereon and a braking mechanism including at least one brake shoe having an arcuate brake pad mounted...

20060225976 - Controllable damping force hydraulic shock absorber: The present invention provides a controllable damping force hydraulic shock absorber comprising a pilot type damping valve having a back-pressure chamber for each of an extension stroke and a compression stroke, which has a simple structure. A piston connected to a piston rod is fitted into a sealed cylinder in...

20060225977 - Modular interface for damping mechanical vibrations: Interfaces for damping mechanical vibrations are used, for example, for damping vibrations in the automotive or aerospace industry. The interfaces have a base connection element (10), a load connection element (28) and a support element (14), with the support element (14) being connected to the base connection element (10) via...

20060225978 - Adjustable shock absorbing device for a front fork of a bicycle: A shock absorbing device has an outer tube, a sliding tube, an inner tube, a piston and a flow controlling valve. An oil passage is defined between the outer tube, the sliding tube and the inner tube and is filled with oil. The flow controlling valve is attached to the...

20060225979 - Dual stage dampers for vehicles suspensions: Dampers for vehicle suspensions include a housing comprising a tube attached to a wheel axle of a vehicle and a piston rod extending from a piston within the tube and attached to the vehicle body. The piston divides the tube into first and second chambers. In order to damp responses...

20060225980 - Tunable adjustable multi-element hybrid particle damper: Apparatus, and a related method, for damping vibrations in a flexible structure by a combination of tuned mass damping and particle damping. Combining the two damping techniques in a single apparatus provides a desirable frequency response characteristic that provides damping over a wide frequency range and, because the apparatus is...

20060219486 - Method and device for controlling an electrically actuated wear adjuster: A method and a device for controlling an electrically actuated wear adjuster of a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles. Said method comprises the following steps: a) determination of an actual application stroke of brake linings against an allocated brake disc or brake drum during service braking,...

20060219487 - Wear sensor for brake shoe: A brake-shoe wear sensor has a sensor element capable of being worn away for generating different electrical outputs in accordance with wear and at least one electrical wire connected to and extending outwardly away from the sensor element so that a controller can be connected to the sensor element via...

20060219488 - Disc brake hub adapter structure: The present invention discloses a disc brake hub adapter structure, which is a hollow cylinder having a plum blossom shaped wavy thread on its internal periphery to be engaged with an axle having a corresponding shape with the hub, and a plurality of embedding teeth disposed around the corner folding...

20060219490 - Brake caliper: A brake caliper on a brake, such as a disc brake includes raised sections, which can be embodied as plateaus. The raised sections are tensioned against each other via a connector device by the introduction of tensile or compression forces. Noises occurring during braking can thus be significantly reduced....

20060219489 - Disc brake, particularly for a goodsl vehicle: The invention relates to a disc brake, particularly for a goods vehicle, comprising a brake caliper, which has a brake disc that can be brought into active contact with brake shoes and which can be fixed to a brake support in a manner that enables it to be axially displaced...

20060219492 - Electric brake having parking brake function: An electromagnetic braking system includes a brake stack (20), a ram (18) shiftable in a first linear direction toward and against the brake stack (20) and in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction, a motor (12) having an output shaft (14) mechanically connected to the ram (18)...

20060219491 - Method of and system for reducing power required for an electric brake to maintain a static force: A brake system includes a piston for applying an output force to a brake, a motor operatively connected to the piston and a controller receiving a braking request and sending a brake force signal commanding a level of brake force to the motor to cause the motor to move the...

20060219493 - Automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus: To reduce the number of components of the automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus and to improve the ease of assembly of the same, the proximal portion of the driving member is fixed on the strut. The operating portion and the arm of the driving member are integrally formed therewith is...

20060219494 - Unidirectional bearing assembly: A unidirectional bearing device includes an inner ring, an outer ring concentric with, and spaced from the inner ring, and an annular frame configured to be provided between the inner ring and the outer ring. The frame has a first side including a plurality of sockets for holding a plurality...

20060219495 - Inertia brake: A brake assembly for slowing rotation of a shaft is provided that includes a first reaction member, a second reaction member attached to and a moveably separated from the first reaction member by a resilient strap, and a rotor rotatably driven by and slideably disposed on the shaft. The rotor...

20060219496 - Residual magnetic devices and methods: Residual magnetic locks, brakes, rotation inhibitors, clutches, actuators, and latches. The residual magnetic devices can include a core housing and an armature. The residual magnetic devices can include a coil that receives a magnetization current to create an irreversible residual magnetic force between the core housing and the armature....

20060219497 - Residual magnetic devices and methods: Residual magnetic locks, brakes, rotation inhibitors, clutches, actuators, and latches. The residual magnetic devices can include a core housing and an armature. The residual magnetic devices can include a coil that receives a magnetization current to create an irreversible residual magnetic force between the core housing and the armature....

20060219498 - Residual magnetic devices and methods: Residual magnetic locks, brakes, rotation inhibitors, clutches, actuators, and latches. The residual magnetic devices can include a core housing and an armature. The residual magnetic devices can include a coil that receives a magnetization current to create an irreversible residual magnetic force between the core housing and the armature....

20060219499 - Residual magnetic devices and methods: Residual magnetic locks, brakes, rotation inhibitors, clutches, actuators, and latches. The residual magnetic devices can include a core housing and an armature. The residual magnetic devices can include a coil that receives a magnetization current to create an irreversible residual magnetic force between the core housing and the armature....

20060219500 - Vented disc brake rotor: A brake disc assembly (22) for a vehicle includes a ventilated rotor (24) defined by vent holes (42) between inboard (32) and outboard (34) friction plates. The vent holes (42) are separated by ribs (40) spaced in regular circumferential increments about the rotor (24). The rib pattern (40) is divided...

20060219501 - Spare brake beam: A spare brake beam for railway cars which can be quickly and easily installed in a train car without the necessity of cutting the car from the train nor dismantling the car nor the truck....

20060219502 - Spare brake beam having replaceable brake heads: A brake beam including means for allowing the brake head to be replaced without effort and to include replaceable brake heads....

20060219503 - Air suspension and electronically controlled suspension system: The present invention relates to an air suspension and an electronically controlled suspension system. An electronically controlled suspension system of the present invention comprises an air suspension including a volume expander connected to a pressure acting volume of an air spring to expand the pressure acting volume, and a volume...

20060219504 - Vibration damping apparatus: A damping apparatus for damping vibrations in a vibrating system including a piston which is reciprocally movable in a hydraulic fluid filled damper chamber, piston movement in either direction of movement being resisted by fluid pressure in the damper chamber behind the piston, which resistance provides damping forces which act...

20060219505 - Shock absorber including supplemental friction generating device: A shock absorber includes a hydraulic fluid filled cylinder having a cylinder wall and a piston moveably disposed within the cylinder and separating the cylinder into first and second chambers. The piston includes a duct that extends through the piston to provide communication between the first chamber and the second...

20060219506 - Shock absorber including supplemental friction generating device: A shock absorber includes a hydraulic fluid-filled cylinder, a piston moveably disposed within the cylinder, a piston rod attached to the piston for movement therewith, a piston rod seal sealingly engaging the piston rod and adapted to inhibit leakage of hydraulic fluid from the cylinder, and a friction member engaging...

20060219507 - Cylinder, in particular for a motor vehicle hydraulic brake system: s