Brakes inventions 03/07

20070068742 - Azimuth brake for wind power systems: Azimuth brake for wind power plants, includes at least two pairs of brake shoes arranged at a common brake disk and each having an actuator associated therewith. Each actuator includes a lever that is pivotable about an axis extending normal to the plane of the brake disk, and a transmission... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20070068743 - Parking brakes: A parking brake is described which has a backplate (13), first and second brake shoe portions (11,12) mounted on the backplate, a drum encircling the brake shoe portions, a parking lever (15) pivoted (21) adjacent one end on one (12) of the brake shoe portions, and a strut (17) extending... Agent: Paul E Milliken

20070068744 - Bicycle structure with concealable brake: This invention relates to a “bicycle structure with concealable brake”, comprising a brake and a frame. The frame is a front fork having a positioning hole positioned on the joint of two fork portions for the brake to be pivotally disposed therein. In addition, the positions near the upper ends... Agent: Tsai, Shang-ju

20070068745 - Adjusting device for pneumatically actuatable disk brakes and disk brakes: The invention relates to an adjusting device of a disk brake, in particular a pneumatically actuatable disk brake. Said adjusting device is in embodied in such a manner that it can rotate at least one rotatable spindle which acts upon at least one pressure piece on the brake lining and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070068746 - Combined service and parking brake apparatus and method for executing an emergency braking action: A combined service and parking brake apparatus, having a brake unit equipped with a brake disc and at least one brake pad in which a fluid pressure actuatable brake piston is able to place the brake pad against the brake disc and having a parking brake unit which includes an... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070068748 - Combined service and auxilliary brake apparatus: A combined service and parking brake apparatus having a brake unit equipped with a brake disc and at least one brake pad in which a fluid pressure actuatable brake piston is able to place the brake pad against the brake disc and having a parking brake unit, which includes an... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070068747 - Self-energizing sliding caliper: A disc brake caliper assembly has a support bracket, a caliper body, a first brake pad, a second brake pad, and an actuator. The caliper body is slidably supported on the support bracket. The first brake pad is adapted to apply a first engagement force to the rotary component. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070068749 - Apparatus and method for actuating a parking brake of a vehicle: A parking brake for a vehicle, including a brake unit for immobilizing a wheel of the vehicle and an activation unit for activating the brake unit, in which an actuator, which is already present in the vehicle and has at least one other function, is able to actuate the activation... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070068750 - Bicycle disc brake pad: A bicycle disc brake pad is used in a disc brake device and is configured to reduce restrictions on backplate material in a disc brake pad for a bicycle in which a friction member is bonded to a backplate by a diffusion bonding method. The bicycle disc brake pad has... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070068751 - Inertia valve fluid damper with isolated inertia mass: A damper having a valve, including a moveable inertia mass, movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the shock absorber is described. The valve and especially the inertia mass are substantially isolated from the effects of the rebound and compression... Agent: Fox Factory, Inc.

20070068752 - Hydraulic front fork with lockout function: A hydraulic front fork includes a fixed locking mechanism mounted in the upper fork tube, and a first adjustment mechanism mounted in the top end of the upper fork tube adjustable to control the flowing path of the hydraulic fluid through the locking mechanism such that the bicycle is suitable... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070068753 - Damping valve device with progressive damping force: A hydraulic vibration damper has a receiving pipe, a piston rod which projects into the receiving pipe at one end and which can be moved in an oscillating way in the receiving pipe, on the end, facing the receiving pipe, of which a working piston is disposed. The working piston... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070068754 - Gas-biased hydraulic cylinder: A gas-biased hydraulic cylinder for compensating for the tare weight of a material handling apparatus to be actuated by the cylinder. A tubular body is capped by a cylinder head and a blind end. A piston assembly comprising a hollow cylinder rod having a piston travels through the cylinder head,... Agent: Nexus Law Group LLP

20070068755 - Force diversion apparatus and methods: Force diversion apparatus, methods and devices including the same result in rotational motion being imparted to an impacting object.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20070068756 - Active vibration damping system: A system (100, 200, 300) for damping vibrations of a vibratory structure (104, 308). The damping system includes an active damper (112, 124, 128, 216), a vibration sensor (116, 208, 208A′-C′), and a controller (120, 212) for controlling the active damper in a manner that damps vibration of the vibratory... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20070062764 - Electric brake: Pistons 3 and 7 are pressed to a friction member 11 at two points that are positioned at a rotating-in side and a rotating-out side in a rotating direction of a brake rotor 10. An axial force control is performed for the piston 3 on the rotating-out side, and a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070062765 - Handbrake load indicator: A load indicator for use with a railway car hand brake that is connected to a railway car brake rigging comprising a housing, a plurality of levers pivotally mounted in the housing, each of the plurality of levers having a first end and an opposite second end, a plate coupled... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070062767 - Disk brake, especially with an electromotive adjusting device, and method for controlling said type of disk brake: An electro mechanical or pneumatically actuated disk brake, in particular for a utility vehicle, includes a brake caliper or saddle and a brake disk. The brake saddle overlaps the brake disk at least in sections of the outer periphery thereof. The disk brake also includes a tensioning device which is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070062766 - Pneumatically actuated disk brake with electromotive adjusting devices and method for controlling the disk brake: An electro mechanical or pneumatically actuated disk brake, in particular for a utility vehicle, includes a brake caliper or saddle and a brake disk. The brake saddle overlaps the brake disk at least in sections of the outer periphery thereof. The disk brake also includes a tensioning device which is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070062768 - Bi-metal disc brake rotor and method of manufacturing: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a friction damped disc brake rotor, including the steps of: (A) providing a ceramic coating on an insert, wherein the insert has a body with tabs extending therefrom to hold the insert in a desired position within a mold; (B) washing the ceramic... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070062769 - Disc brake with parking function: A disc brake enables a parking apparatus to be operated via actuation of an electric motor, thereby permitting easy operation of the parking apparatus. The disc brake comprises a piston to compress a friction pad used for braking of a disc, a caliper housing to receive the piston such that... Agent: Richard P. Berg C/o Ladas & Parry

20070062770 - Spring force adjusting device for a hydraulic shock absorber: A spring force adjusting device for a hydraulic shock absorber includes a cover (13) having a tubular shape, which is arranged on an outer side of a rod (12), a suspension spring (2) arranged on outer peripheries of a cylinder (11) and the cover (13), a cam mechanism (3) which... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070056811 - Brake system for a well service or drilling hoist: The brake system includes a brake lever independent of, but capable of rotating about the same point as a bell crank. Upon receiving a downward force, a member extending from the lever strikes a portion of the bell crank and generates a force that cause the bell crank to rotate.... Agent: King & Spalding, LLP

20070056812 - Disc brake: The invention relates to a disc brake having a brake carrier which is fastenable to a vehicle frame and provided with studs for guiding at least one brake lining axially with respect to a brake disc, wherein the brake lining includes U-shaped recesses for the studs into which the studs... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070056813 - Hysteresis brake for a valve operating control device of an internal combustion engine: In a valve operating control device hysteresis brake particularly for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, including a hysteresis device rotatable about an axis of rotation so as to be movable along a pole structure of an electromagnet forming a magnetic field effect region in the hysteresis device... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070056814 - Quick release hand brake: A brake mechanism comprises a housing, a first handle, a first shaft mounted in the housing having at least one gear rotationally fixed thereon, a second gear rotatably mounted in the housing in operative engagement with the first shaft, a locking mechanism, and a clutch operatively disposed between the first... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070056815 - Bi-metal disc brake rotor and method of manufacturing: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a friction damped disc brake rotor, including the steps of: (A) positioning at least one insert into a mold, wherein the insert has a body with tabs extending therefrom to hold the insert in a desired position within the mold; and (B) casting... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070056816 - Brake assembly with rust jacking: A brake component assembly includes a support plate and a friction lining mounted to the support plate with a plurality of fasteners. A sealing barrier is formed between the support plate and the friction lining. A liquid material is initially applied to at least one of the support plate and... Agent: Gregory B. Beggs Law Offices Of Gregory B. Beggs

20070056817 - Damper: A damper is provided. The damper comprises an inner housing, an outer housing, a damping piston assembly and a volume compensation piston. The inner housing defines an inner chamber for holding working fluid. At least a portion of the outer housing is spaced from the inner housing and wherein an... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070056818 - Apparatus for controlling hydraulic brakes in bicycles, motorbicycles and the like: Apparatus for controlling brakes in bicycles and the like, to be used, in particular, for disc brakes mounted on bicycles, with a pump (8) connected with a relevant reservoir (88) for the fluid of the hydraulic circuit, and comprising a piston (89) sliding within a relevant chamber (80) provided with... Agent: Alessandro Steinfl C/o Ladas & Parry

20070056819 - Shock absorbing member for vehicle: An impact absorber for a vehicle, which has a tubular shape and which is to be disposed between a side member and a bumper beam of the vehicle, so as to be crushed like an accordion in an axial direction thereof upon application of a compressive load thereto, for absorbing... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070051565 - Brake device for pushcart: A brake device for a pushcart includes a rotary lever rotatable on a base between first and second positions and biased to the first position. A cam member is rotatable within the rotary lever, and has a convex portion and a concave portion. A braking pin is disposed movably on... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070051566 - Automatic brake control for hand-propelled vehicles: Hand-propelled vehicle (10) such as a pram or stroller has electrically-operated brake apparatus (13) which is applied automatically on a user releasing their grip from handle (12). Braking does not occur immediately grip or touch sensors (17) on handle (12) register that the user has released handle (12). Programmable controller... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070051567 - Apparatus for actuating a bicycle hub brake: An apparatus is provided for actuating a bicycle hub brake of the type having a fastening bracket adapted to be nonrotatably mounted relative to a bicycle frame, a brake drum, and a brake mechanism adapted to apply a braking force to the brake drum, wherein the brake drum rotates integrally... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070051568 - Tapered pin design: The present invention relates to a disc brake operable to apply a clamping force to a rotatable disc. The disc brake includes a support bracket, slide pins coupled to the support bracket, inner and outer brake shoes and a caliper supported by the slide pins. The support bracket is a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070051569 - Brake system for vehicle: To provide a brake system for a vehicle by which enhancement of brake performance is achieved and the heat generated due to braking can be efficiently cooled. A rotor is formed in a substantially annular shape with frictional surfaces being provided at an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070051570 - Brake spider: A brake spider provides the foundation for brake assemblies and supports the various components of brake assemblies. The brake spider, typically made of forged weldable steel and/or iron alloys, is permanently attached to and immobilized on an axle, usually by welding. The brake spider contains three different apertures, the brake... Agent: Richard Bray Williams

20070051571 - Snap in abs exciter ring: An exciter ring/disc brake rotor assembly allows snap in fitting of the exciter ring onto the disc brake rotor. Either of two snap fit mechanisms limits clocking of the ring in use.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070051572 - Brake shoe and brake lining blocks with keyed connection: A brake shoe assembly comprising a brake shoe to which brake plates are assembled. The brake shoe and brake plates are connected by a key or tang in one to a key way or slot in the other. Preassembled fasteners are provided on the brake plates to facilitate alignment of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20070051573 - Fluid flow regulation of a vehicle shock absorber/damper: Shock absorber components, such as a radial bypass damper, an anti-cavitation valve (ACV) and an incremental flow metering valve IFMV. The damper is of a continuous, unitary construction with a main hole and auxiliary holes interconnected by passageways. The ACV has openings that angle obliquely relative to entry surfaces of... Agent: Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione

20070051574 - Rod guide seal: A shock absorber includes a rod guide assembly which includes a pair of bearings spaced from each other and a seal assembly located adjacent one of the two bearings. The seal assembly can be located between the two bearings or the seal assembly can be located adjacent one of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070051575 - Master cylinder lever with independently variable rest position and engagement point: A method of varying a rest position of a one-piece lever in a hydraulic brake system. The hydraulic brake system comprises a master cylinder including a cylinder and a port, a piston received in the cylinder, the piston having a radial seal between cylinder and the piston, the piston being... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun L.l.c.

20070051576 - Dynamic vibration absorber and dynamic vibration absorbing device using the same: A dynamic vibration absorber (1) includes: a weight (2); a frame body (3) which surrounds the weight (2); a total of four pairs of vertically mounted U-shaped leaf springs (4, 5, 6 and 7) which are interposed between the frame body (3) and the weight (2) so as to hold... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20070045054 - Apparatus for mounting a brake control element to a bicycle hub brake: An apparatus for mounting a brake control element to a bicycle hub brake comprises a rotating member structured to be rotatably mounted relative to a fastening bracket so that rotation of the rotating member actuates a brake mechanism, wherein the rotating member includes a brake control element mount. The rotating... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070045055 - Stroller with a brake assembly: A stroller includes a tubular member disposed between left and right wheel axles and extending along a rotating axis, a linking rod rotatably mounted in the tubular member and having two linking ends which extend outwardly of the tubular member to connect with two brake control seats, a brake pedal... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20070045056 - Disk braking device and motorcycle provided with the disk braking device: A disk braking device suppresses warp of friction members and deterioration in reaction at the time of braking, and provides friction members with a uniform service life, where pistons are increased in number to heighten a braking force. A piston mechanism comprises pistons arranged along an outer periphery of a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070045057 - Disk braking device and motorcycle provided with the disk braking device: A disk braking device for a motorcycle ensures radiation quality of a disk plate and reduces friction member abrasion of a friction member. A plurality of through-holes are formed in the disk plate and a plurality of notches are formed at peripheral edges of the disk plate. The through-holes are... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070045058 - Stay damper: A stay damper comprises a cylinder (1) in which a gas is charged, a piston rod (2) which projects under a pressure of the gas in the cylinder (1), and a stopper (10) which locks contraction of the piston rod (2) in an elongated position. The stopper (10) displaces between... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070045059 - Self aligning brake kit: A brake (10) for the drive shaft of a vehicle or machine includes a housing (11) having an open end (12) which is adapted to be attached to the vehicle. A shaft is received in the housing (11) and is adapted to be attached to the vehicle drive shaft for... Agent: Edward G. Greive Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070045060 - Brake system having a reduced length and an axially mounted actuator: The invention relates to a heavy vehicle brake system and in particular, a brake system having a reduced length and an axially mounted actuator while delivering the same clamp force. A brake system for a vehicle including an actuator having a service chamber and a parking chamber and the actuator... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070045061 - Disc brake apparatus: In a disc brake apparatus, by means of an actuator which operates in accordance with an operation force, a braking piston fitted into a cylinder portion of a caliper is axially driven so as to push a pad toward a disc rotor. A friction force in a circumferential direction of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070045062 - Disk brake apparatus: Axial grooves 8e and circumferential groove 8f intersecting with he axial grooves are provided in a cylinder bore 8e. A fixed-side cam plate 12 has anti-rotation projections 12c, which are projected from the fixed-side cam plate 12 and inserted into the axial grooves 8e, and fastening grooves 12d, which are... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070045063 - Disc brake pad: At four corners of a pressure plate 7, weights 15 are adhered an adhesive agent for high temperature use. When a frictional vibration is generated by frictionally engaging with a rotor in operating a brake, a shim 12 is displaced relative to a pressure plate 7 by inertia of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070045064 - Mass reduction for twin piston calipers: A disc brake includes a support bracket, slide pins coupled to the support bracket, inner and outer brake shoes and a caliper moveably supported by the slide pins. The caliper has first and second spaced apart piston cavities positioned along a longitudinally extending rail, a plurality of spaced apart fingers... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070045065 - Automatic slack adjuster: A slack adjuster for a vehicle drum brake includes a pinion that rotates about a worm axis whenever the slack adjuster pivots. Excess clearance is taken up upon commencement of the apply stroke, at an accelerated rate. This enables a larger amount of initial clearance to be built into the... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070045066 - A wheel hub: A wheel hub for a corner assembly on a vehicle wherein a wheel and a rotor for a brake system are attached to the wheel hub. The wheel hub has a cylindrical body with a peripheral surface thereon having a flange to which the rotor and the rim of a... Agent: Leo H Mccormick

20070045067 - Hydraulic circuit with a pilot operated check valve for an active vehicle suspension system: A suspension system, connected between two members of a vehicle, includes a cylinder having first and second chambers separated by a moveable piston. The piston has a larger surface area in the first chamber than in the second chamber. A first proportional valve connects the first chamber selectively to a... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070045068 - Damping device having controllable resistive force: A damper assembly is provided including a linear to rotary motion conversion mechanism having an outer tube member. An inner tube member is reciprocally movable and at least partially disposed within the outer tube member. The inner tube member is adapted for linear translation in a first and a second... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070045069 - Active vehicle suspension with integrated load leveling: An active suspension system isolates a first member from vibration in a second member. A hydraulic actuator is connected between the first and second members and includes a cylinder having a second chamber and a first chamber defined on opposite sides of a piston in the cylinder. A rod is... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070045070 - Disturbance isolation systems and methods for sensors: Systems and methods for disturbance isolation of small sensors is provided. A disturbance isolation bracket comprises a structural band having an inner surface and an outer surface, at least one isolating element coupled to the outer surface of the structural band, and at least one device mount coupled to the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.