Brakes inventions 07/07

20070170015 - Braking device for child seat: A braking device for a child seat is provided. The braking device comprises a pair of first and second braking rods (20a, 20b), a pair of first and second braking pins (30a, 30b) and a braking pedal mechanism (40), the braking device being provided in a connecting tube (11) between... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070170016 - Brake drum and process for manufacturing the same: A brake drum has its strength elevated in its disk portion. The brake drum is formed from a composition having ceramics dispersed in a matrix. The disk portion has a high ceramic content and thereby a high strength. Its cylindrical portion has a ceramic content decreasing gradually from the outer... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070170017 - Inline skate brake: A brake system for wheeled skates includes a wheel, a first shoulder fixed relative to wheel bearings in the axial direction of the wheel, a second shoulder fixed relative to the wheel in the axial direction of the wheel, an axially extending space between the shoulders, and a braking mechanism... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20070170018 - Positive pad retraction and retention device: A disc brake assembly is provided that includes a disc, a caliper, and a piston having a rear end slidably mounted in a bore in the caliper, a front end that faces the disc, and an inner axial surface. A brake pad is disposed between the piston and the disc.... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20070170019 - Symmetric brake clip: A brake pad clip for a disc brake assembly is disposed between a caliper member and a brake pad. A U-shaped section includes a base portion with opposing symmetrical leg portions extending at substantially right angles from the base portion. The U-shaped section is adapted to receive a portion of... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070170020 - Floating-caliper disk brake, especially for high braking power: Disclosed is a floating caliper disk brake for motor vehicles capable of developing high braking power. To realize a floating-caliper disk brake of high rigidity and heat resistance together with light weight at the same time, the brake comprises a frame-like floating caliper (1, 41), which projects over a brake... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070170021 - Clutch between a rotary output drive shaft for a cutting device, a rotary cutter and cutting device provided with said clutch: A clutch between the rotary output drive shaft of a cutting device and a rotary cutter includes a rotor which is connected to the drive shaft and whose at least one part of the internal walls forms a friction track and a stator which bears the cutter and is driven... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070170022 - Brake and media device employing the same: A brake includes a braking portion for braking a rotatable element, a swinging portion secured with the braking portion, a resilient portion integrally formed with the swinging portion for generating a restoring force to make the braking portion contact the rotatable element, and a forced portion for being operated to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070170023 - Disc brake pad, back plate for pad and method of manufacturing back plate for pad: A back plate for a disc brake pad including a friction material fixing face provided to one surface of the back plate so that a friction material is fixed to the friction material fixing face, and plural projections provided to the friction material fixing face so as to project to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070170024 - Electromagnetic damper control device: An electromagnetic damper control device including a first member containing a magnet, and a second member containing a solenoid combined to permit relative rotation. The relative rotation of the first and second members induces an electromagnetic force in a solenoid that serves as a damping force to a motion. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070170025 - Dual cylinder shock and method therefor: A method for forming a reservoir shock absorber uses an after market twin-tube/double chamber shock absorber. An opening is formed by friction drilling the outer surface of the dual chamber shock absorber. The opening is formed into an outer chamber of the dual chamber shock. The opening is then tapped... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070170026 - Dashpot with amplitude-dependent shock absorption: A dashpot featuring amplitude-dependent shock absorption, especially intended for the wheel of a vehicle and including a hydraulically parallel cylindrical pressure-compensation chamber (8). The pressure-compensation chamber is partitioned by an axially displaceable floating piston (10). At least one face (25) of the floating piston is provided with a resilient bumper... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070170027 - Piston load of vehicle height adjusting shock absorber and method of machining the same: A piston rod installed to a vehicle height adjusting shock absorber includes a body portion having a hollow portion, the hollow portion having first and second ends that are opened. A catching portion is formed to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance inwardly from the first end of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070170028 - Shock absorber for achieving linear damping force characteristics: A shock absorber has a piston formed with a rebound channel and a valve mechanism for generating a damping force by controlling opening and closing and an opening degree of the rebound channel. The valve mechanism comprises a first valve disk having a hole and a slit communicating with the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070163850 - Aerodynamic bicycle disc wheel assembly: An aerodynamic disc wheel assembly includes a pair of generally symmetrical hourglass shaped sidewalls extending from a hub to a brake engaging portion of a wheel. The sidewalls include a radially inwardly positioned widened hub portion, a radially outwardly disposed brake engaging portion, and a two part central portion extending... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070163848 - Parking brake for a motor vehicle: A parking brake for a motor vehicle comprising a disk packet (11) on an axle body in a brake housing (1) with at least one brake disk, one spring (8), by way of which the closure of the brake can be effected by a compression of the disk packet (11)... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070163846 - Highchair: A highchair includes a seat attached to a frame having a first periphery defining a first footprint of the frame. Wheels are attached to the frame adjacent to the first periphery for providing wheeled movement of the frame over a surface. The first periphery of the frame bounds a receiving... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20070163847 - Keyed contour braking system for a commercial vehicle: Various embodiments of the invention relate to a vehicle, especially a commercial vehicle, with a braking system for a wheel of the vehicle having an axle arrangement and a brake, especially a disc brake, whereby the cross-section of the axle arrangement has an outer contour differing from a circle, and... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070163849 - Hydraulic vehicle brake equipped with a parking brake device and method for its operation: To this end, the dual bleeder (2) includes two elements, a bleeder sleeve (30) and a bleeder screw (31). The bleeder sleeve (30) cooperates with a first sealing seat (35), with the result that a hydraulic connection (29) between the two pressure chambers (7, 9) can be separated, while the... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070163851 - High thermal transfer caliper: A brake caliper includes a housing having at least one bore formed therein. A coolant passage is formed through the housing and extends radially outwardly from the bore and is fluidically coupled thereto. The coolant passage can accept a coolant, which can be actively moved or it can be passively... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20070158142 - Method and device for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake: A device and method for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake by measuring a physical property (either resistivity or electrical conductivity) of a friction lining (3) of a brake pad (2) throgh a measurement apparatus (5) electrically connected to the friction lining and comparing the values... Agent: Leo H Mccormick

20070158143 - Multi-disc brake with reinforcing rib: The invention provides a multi-disc brake for a vehicle. A knuckle supports a wheel of a vehicle. A hub is mounted for rotation on the knuckle about a rotation axis. A pair of discs are mounted for rotation with the hub and for sliding movement on the hub along the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070158144 - Adjusting device for pneumatically actuated disc brakes, and disc brake: An adjusting device for a disc brake, especially a pneumatically operated disc brake, is used for rotating and thus axially moving at least one rotary spindle that is provided with internal teeth composed of one or several axially extending grooves. The adjusting device includes an output bush that is provided... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070158145 - Electromotively adjusted disc brake: A disc brake having a caliper, an application device arranged in the caliper on one side of the brake disc, and electrically driven adjusting devices on both sides of the brake disc, in which all adjusting devices on both sides of the brake disc are driven by a single electric... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070158146 - Brake actuator: A brake actuator including a chamber in which is provided a movable pressure responsive element which divides the chamber into first and second compartments, the brake actuator also including a valve assembly with an inlet which is connected to a source of pressurised fluid, an outlet which is connected to... Agent: Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. St.onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20070158147 - Pressure generating unit: The invention relates to pressure generating units, in particular to pressure generating unit arranged in the hand piece of a vacuum biopsy device in the form of a singe (2). In said units, air intake is open by a piston when said piston (5) is in the rear position thereof... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070158148 - Disk brake with a parking brake function: A disk brake with a parking brake mechanism capable of exerting a large piston thrust required for operating a parking brake, without adversely affecting operation of a service brake. A parking brake mechanism 32, which is driven by an electric motor provided outside a housing 30, is incorporated in a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070158149 - Mechanical brake actuator: A mechanical brake actuator realizing the miniaturization of the entire device and the reduction of the parts costs is provided. When the brake lever rotates in the cable releasing direction, the connecting pin can be connected with the free end of the brake lever from one facing plate side while... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070158150 - Brake disk with intermediate layer: Carbon-ceramic brake disks that comprise several layers, whereby at least one layer is used as a bearing element and at least one layer acts as a friction layer, whereby the bearing element and at least one friction layer are separated by an intermediate layer, characterized in that the intermediate layer... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070158151 - Brake apparatus and method: The disclosed apparatus relates to a liquid cooled brake apparatus comprising: a housing, a brake cooling pump mounted to said housing, a braking force actuator mounted to said housing, said actuator being driven by a first driven member; and a braking force applicator in operable communication with said braking force... Agent: Keith J. Murphy Cantor Colburn LLP

20070158152 - Device for slowing the movement of a drawer or similar movable memeber, having releasable locking means: A device for slowing the movement of a drawer or similar movable member, having releasable locking means A device (15) for slowing the movement of a drawer (2) urged by unidirectional thrust means (4), including a casing (17) fixable to a structure (S) and defining a chamber (18) filled with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070158153 - Rotary damper: The present invention provides a rotary damper in which both yields and braking characteristics can be enhanced. The rotary damper of the invention includes a valve mechanism which comprises an operating chamber 7 through which fluid can pass, a valve body 8 which forwardly moves from a natural state position... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070158154 - Piston assembly with reduced shuttle: A piston assembly for a gas spring or damper includes first and second orifice plates that are axially spaced apart from each other. First and second low-friction rings are positioned between the first and second orifice plates. The first and second low-friction rings are separated from each other by a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070158155 - Lever device for operating a hydraulic actuator: A lever device (1) for operating a hydraulic actuator (3), particularly for a motorcycle, comprises a support (5) that can be connected to a bearing structure (4), a hydraulic actuator (3) connected to the support (5), a main lever (2), pivotally connected to the support (5) and intended to be... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070151816 - Cable-driving apparatus and parking brake system using planet gear assembly: Provided are a cable-driving apparatus that performs the function of an equalizer using a planet gear assembly, and a parking brake system using the cable-driving apparatus. The cable-driving apparatus includes a driving motor; a first planet gear assembly for reducing a rotational velocity of the driving motor; and a second... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070151811 - Cable connector for use in a brake actuating system: The present application discloses a cable connector for use in attaching an input cable to an actuator in a vehicle braking system.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070151812 - Handbrake having input load limiter: A brake mechanism for activating the brake rigging of a railway car, the brake mechanism comprising a shaft having axial splines formed on one end thereof, a handle rotatably coupled to the shaft so that the handle is rotationally fixed to the shaft in a first direction and rotates relative... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070151813 - Multi-disc brake with fixed center brake pad assembly: The invention provides a multi-disc brake for a vehicle having a knuckle for supporting a wheel of a vehicle and a hub mounted for rotation on the knuckle about a rotation axis. The multi-disc brake also includes a pair of discs mounted for rotation with and sliding movement on the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070151814 - Multi-disc brake with fixed center brake pad assembly: The invention provides a multi-disc brake for a vehicle having a knuckle for supporting a wheel of a vehicle and a hub mounted for rotation on the knuckle about a rotation axis. The multi-disc brake also includes a pair of discs mounted for rotation with and sliding movement on the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070151815 - Self-boosting electromechanical friction brake: The invention relates to a self-boosting electromechanical friction brake, having a friction brake lining which is displaceable for actuation in the direction of rotation of a brake disk and is braced on a ramp, via a roller body. When the friction brake is actuated, a rotating brake disk exerts a... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070151817 - Railway vehicle brake shoe: A railway brake shoe including a first layer constructed of a composition friction material and a second layer constructed of a resilient composition material. The second layer is joined to the first layer. The second layer is adapted to receive at least one mechanical fastener therein to removably secure the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070151818 - Electromechanically actuated parking brake: Disclosed is an electromechanically actuated 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 carrier, and which is essentially composed of a threaded-nut/spindle assembly, the threaded... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070151819 - Loading dock bumper with two-phase resistance: A bumper for use at a loading dock has two ranges of front-to-back movement: one range for sealing the gap that might otherwise exist between the rear edge of a truck and the front face of the bumper and a second range for absorbing the impact of the truck backing... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC