Brakes inventions 12/06

20060289248 - Electric parking brake system: An electric parking brake system capable of achieving efficient operation while reducing generation of noise. The electric parking brake system comprises first and second parking cables to be connected to brakes that are used to stop rotation of wheels of a vehicle, a motor to generate a drive force required... Agent: Richard P. Berg C/o Ladas & Parry

20060289249 - Sliding cylinder bore caliper assembly: A brake caliper assembly includes a caliper body with a support portion and a force applying portion. A pair of brake pads is slidably coupled with the caliper body. The force applying portion has a first cylinder adapted to be fixed to a vehicle to enable the support portion to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060289250 - Pigmented noise insulator for brake pad: A shim for a disc brake shoe incorporates a metal plate coated on both sides with an elastomer such as nitrile rubber. One elastomeric layer is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive which facilitates attaching the shim to a brake pad. The other elastomeric layer is coated with a pigmented... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20060289251 - Taper wear compensation of a friction pad for a disc brake assembly: A disc brake caliper for braking a wheel if a vehicle includes an inboard wall, an outboard wall spaced laterally from the inboard wall, each wall having a leading hole spaced a first distance on a first side from a lateral axis and extending through the respective wall, a trailing... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20060289252 - Automotive wheel anti-gyro: The rotation of an automotive tarmac wheel with tire having integral gear teeth (10) is translated into counter rotation of a an associated brake disk having integral gear teeth (16) through the use of a spin translation gear (18) which is mounted to the wheel axel mounting frame (26). This... Agent: Mario Joseph Spina

20060289254 - Drum brake apparatus: In a drum brake apparatus, a mount bracket to be attached to a vehicle body includes a first flange part which protrudes from a central cylindrical part outwardly in the radial direction of a drive shaft and fixes an anchor pin thereto, and a second flange part formed by extending... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060289253 - Monoblock caliper housing for a disc brake assembly: A disc brake assembly includes an anchor bracket having a leading arm with mutually aligned inboard and outboard pin holes, and a trailing arm with mutually aligned inboard and outboard pin holes. A single-part caliper housing, supported on the caliper bracket, includes a hydraulic cylinder, a piston located in the... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20060289256 - Disc brake for a land vehicle: A disc brake for a land vehicle has a brake disc and a brake support. A force transmitting device is arranged on only one side of the brake disc for transmitting brake forces from the brake support onto a land vehicle, wherein the force transmitting device has at least two... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20060289255 - Disc brake pad cushions: Cushions (12 & 20) for disc brake pads (32 & 38), cushions being disposed between said brake pads and their corresponding caliper pistons (46) or caliper fingers (48). Cushions possess such characteristics of resilience that, during braking action, brake pads are allowed to “follow” the irregularities (ride over the high... Agent: Philip H. Adams

20060289257 - Rotating damper: An adequate rotation angle is ensured and any member is not damaged due to fluid resistance even with use of highly viscous fluid. A rotating shaft (2) is provided inside a casing (1) having first divider walls (5) provided on its inner periphery and in direct or indirect contact with... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20060289258 - Damper with pressure-sensitive compression damping: A damper includes a piston rod, a damping piston, at least one cylinder containing a damping liquid, a fixed partition member for partitioning the interior of the damper into two liquid chambers, a pressure source, and a valve in communication with the pressure source which reacts as a function of... Agent: Fox Factory, Inc.

20060283671 - A disc brake: A disc brake having a support member that is secured to a vehicle with first and second bores that are perpendicular to a rotor and a caliper with an actuation section having a piston for applying an actuation force to move friction members into engagement with the rotor. A first... Agent: Leo H Mccormick

20060283672 - Friction device: A friction device includes at least one pair of sliding surfaces which are brought into contact with each other. The friction device comprises a friction material containing silicon carbide, and a mate material in which a cermet layer containing tungsten carbide is formed in a sliding surface of the mate... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060283673 - Brake assembly and additive: A brake assembly is provided that includes a wear-resistant rotor surface, or a surface prone to corrosion, wherein the surface is periodically coated with a corrosion inhibitor dispersed within the brake pad. A corrosion inhibitor, including a metal phosphate and an hydroxide encapsulated within an hydrophobic elastomer, is provided as... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060283674 - Shock absorber and spring element for a shock absorber: Shock absorber, at least containing a damping tube, a piston rod, a sealing element for the damping tube, and a metal compression spring that surrounds the piston rod, characterized in that a compression spring provided with a linear rate is switched in series with a spring element comprising elastomer or... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20060283675 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber interposed in parallel with a suspension spring between a vehicle wheel and a vehicle body of a vehicle comprises a main piston (2) partitioning a cylinder (1) into a first operating chamber (R1) and a second operating chamber (R2), and connected to a piston rod (8). The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20060283676 - Four-piece piston: A shock absorber piston has an upper half, a lower half and a tuning disc disposed between the upper and lower halves. The design for the openings in the tuning disc can be selected to individually tune the high and low speed damping characteristics in both compression and extension movements... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060283677 - Hydraulic shock absorber: Hydraulic shock absorber, at least containing three concentrically arranged cylinder tubes, of which at least the radially exteriorly arranged cylinder tube is provided with an associated passage for receiving at least one module and the module is connected to the exterior cylinder tube via a fastening flange that is provided... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20060283678 - Dynamic damper: A dynamic damper has a main body, two mass portions projecting from the main body in diametrical directions of a drive shaft, and two connecting portions connecting the main body and the respective mass portions to each other. The connecting portions are narrower than the mass portions. The mass portions... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060278476 - Support column assembly: A support column assembly is provided that comprises a first support tube having an opening therein and extending perpendicularly from a bearing plate, a second support tube extending perpendicularly from a support base and being axially disposed within the opening of the first support tube, and a clamp assembly for... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock Suite 400

20060278477 - Electromechanically-operated parking brake: The present device relates to an electromechanically operated parking brake for motor vehicles that is designed as a drum brake of the ‘Duo-Servo’ type, including a floatingly supported expanding lock which is operable by an electromechanical actuator arranged on a wheel support member and which acts on two brake shoes.... Agent: Craig Hallacher Continential Teves Inc

20060278478 - Eddy current braking apparatus with adjustable braking force: An eddy current brake includes a diamagnetic member, a first support wall and a second support wall with the first and second linear arrays of permanent magnets disposed on the walls facing one another. Apparatus is provided for moving at least one of the walls in order to control eddy... Agent: Walter A. Hackler

20060278479 - Brake device for a strap-reel frame: A brake device for a strap-reel frame is installed on the frame body of the strap-reel frame for braking the inner and the outer disc pivotally fitted on the horizontal shaft of the frame body. The brake device includes a swinging rod having one end pivotally connected with a preset... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20060278480 - Rotational coupling device: A rotational coupling device for use as a clutch and/or brake is provided having improved magnetic efficiency and structural integrity. A field shell and a rotor of the device each define radially spaced, axially extending inner and outer poles. The inner pole of the rotor is disposed radially outwardly of... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060278481 - Deflashing device: A deflashing device for removing excess friction material from a dovetail guide of a brake includes a base for supporting an actuator attached to the base, a slide, at least one pair of cutters and a slide guide attached to the base. The slide is in communication with the actuator... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20060278482 - Method of securing a shim to a brake pad assembly backing plate and brake pad assembly obtained thereby: The method of manufacturing a brake pad assembly for use in a disc brake assembly, comprises the following steps: providing a backing plate defining distinct shim and friction pad surfaces, the backing plate destined to carry a friction pad on the friction pad surface and comprising at least one recess... Agent: Lesperance & Martineau

20060278483 - Adjustable damping shock absorbers: This invention relates to a type of adjustable damping shock absorber, comprising a reservoir, piston rods, and piston bodies. Said reservoir has an upper sealing cap with a through hole. The piston rod is placed in the through hole using a sealing ring. The special characteristics are: said piston body... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20060278484 - Radially expanding braking device: A radial expanding braking device for use with a motor vehicle. The braking device including a drum, a plurality of carrying elements and a lifting mechanism configured to selectively move the plurality of carrying elements into contact with the drum.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20060272903 - Bicycle motion sensing arrangement: A bicycle motion sensing arrangement is provided has a bicycle wheel, a bicycle brake and a sensor. The bicycle wheel includes an air valve stem and a magnet mounted to the air valve stem. The bicycle brake is configured to be mounted to a bicycle frame. The sensor is fixedly... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20060272904 - Brake adjusting mechanism: An adjuster assembly (48) for automatically maintaining a uniform release clearance (and therefore a uniform stroke) for brakes and similar equipment. The adjuster assembly (48) comprises a continuous tube (62) and an expansion member (58) together having a combined length controlling the release clearance of selectively engageable friction parts. The... Agent: Don W Bulson Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar

20060272907 - Brake disc fastenable to a wheel hub: A brake disc for a disc brake is provided, which can be fixed to a wheel hub, especially of a utility vehicle. The brake disc includes two concentric friction rings and a brake disc neck that is connected thereto and is joined to the wheel hub. The disc brake is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060272905 - Brake disk comprising a friction ring and a brake disk pot: The invention relates to a brake disk (2) comprising a friction ring (4) and a brake disk hub (6). Both the friction ring (4) and the brake disk hub (6) are provided with a ring land (8, 10) which overlap in a concentric manner. The ring land (8, 10) encompass... Agent: Stephan A. Pendorf, P.A.

20060272906 - Brake rotor and tone ring assembly: A wheel assembly includes a wheel hub and brake rotor that rotate about an axis. The brake rotor includes an outer circumferential surface area that cooperates with brake pads to provide braking for the wheel assembly. The brake rotor includes an inner circumferential surface area that has two different sets... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20060272908 - Brake shoe key with integral stop: A brake shoe key for attaching a railroad car brake shoe to a brake head has a stop which engages the brake head to limit the insertion of the key into the brake head's keyway. The stop is located on the key so that when it engages the brake head... Agent: Joel H. Bock Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo,

20060272909 - Brake assembly and coating: A brake assembly is provided that includes a wear-resistant surface, or a surface prone to corrosion, wherein the surface is coated with a coating that optimizes wear-resistance, corrosion-resistance, adhesiveness, and friction factors of the coating. The coating includes a sacrificial corrosion constituent and a second constituent that is relatively harder... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060272910 - Systems and methods for active vibration damping: An active vibration damping system having a supporting spring for addressing a static force from a payload, and an independent actively isolated damper positioned in parallel between a payload and a source of vibration for damping dynamic force from the payload to an actively isolated point. The actively isolated damper... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20060272911 - Jounce bumper, rate cup, and strut mount bottom plate: A strut and jounce bumper assembly is provided including a rate cup and jounce bumper that are capable of moving with the strut rod wherein the rate cup is provided with a concave spherical upper surface that engages a convex spherical surface of a strut mount bottom plate. The design... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20060272912 - Cable vibration control with a tmd-mr damper system: An apparatus and method to enhance the overall performance of vibration dampers by adjusting the damping and stiffness in the damper for flexible members (e.g., stay cables, cable-stayed bridges, suspension bridges, power lines, and signal posts) experiencing excessive fluctuating vibration in any direction is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the... Agent: Patent Department Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.l.p