Brakes inventions 12/07

20070295567 - Disc brake pad cushions: Cushions for disc brake pads are disposed between the brake pads and their caliper pistons or caliper fingers. The cushions possess such characteristics of resilience that, during braking action, brake pads follow irregularities and ride over high spots on rotor faces. This action significantly reduces uneven frictional drag, which lowers... Agent: John B. Woodard

20070295568 - Electromagnetic retarder comprising means ensuring ventilation: A retarder (100) including a stator (170) and/or a housing (102) surrounding or encasing a rotor (101), a mechanism (140-142) for producing an air current and at least one inlet (120) enabling air current to enter and at least one outlet (120) used to evacuate the air current. The outlet... Agent: Longacre & White

20070295569 - Torsional vibration damper: A torsional vibration damper having a hub carrying a radially projecting flange and an annular inertia mass defining an annular channel encompassing the radially projecting flange and an elastomeric member. An annular compression ring is attached to the opening of the annular channel to axially compress and extrude the elastomeric... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070289825 - Cam-operated release cable for brake actuator: The present invention provides for a brake actuator for use in a motor vehicle. In a motor vehicle with one or more brakes activated by a cable system, there is a lever, a pawl resiliently biased to engage a sector, and a cam member. Connected to the cam member is... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070289822 - Bicycle disk brake caliper with a recursive cooling system: A bicycle brake disk caliper apparatus comprises a caliper housing dimensioned and structured to be mounted to a bicycle, a piston operatively coupled to the caliper housing so that the piston moves between a brake release position and a brake activating position, a hydraulic inlet for receiving a hydraulic fluid... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070289824 - Brake drum: A brake drum includes a generally cylindrical rub track section that is open at one end and at least partially closed by and endwall at its other end. The rub track cross section preferably has a thickness that varies along its axial length and preferably is thickest at an end... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070289823 - Parking brake system: A parking brake system is provided in which a parking brake state for a wheel brake (2A) is obtained by forward movement of a parking piston (44) slidably fitted into a casing (23) with the rear side of the parking piston (44) facing a parking control fluid pressure chamber (47),... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070289826 - Brake drum: A brake drum includes a generally cylindrical sidewall that defines at least part of a rub track, and a labyrinth that is generally open at one end and leads to a radially inwardly extending endwall at its other end. The labyrinth portion of the sidewall is preferably thicker than the... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070289827 - Master cylinder with fill-up function: This invention improves a fill-up device of a master cylinder which is included in a hydraulic brake system for an automotive vehicle and generates a hydraulic pressure corresponding to an operation of a brake operating member. There is provided a coupled switching valve which is switched by being mechanically coupled... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070289828 - Friction damper: A friction damper includes a base body; a support secured to an elongated member of the base body and having a through hole; a rod which extends in such a manner as to pass through the through hole of the support and is movable in an axial direction with respect... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070284197 - Rotary oscillation damper for a rotary shaft, particularly of a gearbox or an internal combustion engine: A rotary oscillation damper of a motor-driven vehicle, includes a substantially rotationally symmetrical base part and a damping member. The rotary oscillation damper is constructed to form part of a brake, particularly a parking brake, wherein brake shoes or brake pads, which are arranged on the vehicle side in a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070284198 - Disc brake, in particular for a utility vehicle: A brake disc, in particular for a utility vehicle, includes a brake caliper which overlaps or engages with a brake disc at least in a peripheral area and which is secured to a brake carrier by fastening elements. Each fastening element includes a guide sleeve which is mounted in a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070284199 - Magnetic rail brake device: A magnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle comprises at least one braking magnet including a magnet coil body having a plurality of magnetic elements held thereon, and which magnetic elements are movable. The device also comprises at least one fixing strip running parallel to a longitudinal length of... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070284201 - Brake mechanism: A brake mechanism includes a connecting element that is fixed to a wheel axle of a motor vehicle or is embodied monolithically therewith, and a fastening flange of a disk brake caliper. The fastening flange is fixed to the connecting element. The brake mechanism is configured in such a way... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070284200 - Brake disc assembly and method of construction: A brake disc assembly comprises a rotor and a hat assembly. The hat assembly is comprised of two hat portions, each having a plurality of curved projections. The curved projections interact with radial recesses formed in the rotor to ensure a secure connection between the hat assembly and the rotor... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070284202 - Method and apparatus for measuring pressure drop of magneto-rheological suspensions in microchannels: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for characterizing flow of magneto-rheological suspensions through microchannels. The apparatus includes a pump for pumping a the magneto-rheological suspension; a microchannel hydraulically coupled to the pump and configured to receive the magneto-rheological suspension from the pump; a manifold hydraulically coupled between an outlet of the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070284203 - Bicycle hydraulic brake actuation device: A bicycle hydraulic brake actuation device includes a hydraulic master cylinder housing having a bore, a master piston and a radial seal received in the bore a push rod and a lever. The push rod is configured to move the master piston and the radial seal between a neutral position... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070284204 - Master brake cylinder arrangement for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system and motor vehicle brake system: The invention relates to a master brake cylinder arrangement (10) for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system having a housing (12), in which two adjacent cylinder bores (18, 20) are provided, two piston arrangements (22, 24), in which a first piston arrangement (22) is received in a first cylinder bore... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC One Maritime Plaza

20070278055 - Adjustable disc brake assembly for a bicycle: An adjustable disc brake assembly on a bicycle having a frame and a rear wheel with a rear axle is attached to the frame and the rear wheel and has a mounting bracket, a brake alignment device and a disc brake. The mounting bracket is attached to the frame and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070278049 - Opposed piston type disc brake: A coupling member configured to bridge outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c in a state of hampering the outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c from being displaced in directions of separating the outer and inner body portions 3c, 4c is constituted by a bridge portion 20a integral with... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070278050 - Toe position control: One aspect is a wrap device including first and second hubs. The first hub is configured with first cam features and the second hub is configured with second cam features. The first and second hubs are configured so that one is rotatable relative to the other about an axis in... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070278051 - Method and device for actuating braking means of a vehicle: In a method and a device for vehicle brake actuation, braking can be actuated as a function of a driver's default value, which can be set by the driver of the vehicle. The default value can be set, in such a way that a braking force dependent on the driver's... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070278052 - Parking brake system: A parking brake system is provided in which a parking brake state of a wheel brake is obtained by forward movement of a parking piston (44) slidably fitted into a casing (23) with the rear side of the parking piston (44) facing a parking control fluid pressure chamber (47), a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070278053 - Double-sided door braking equipment for a operator: This invention relates to a double-sided equipment for a braking system, comprising a first braking pad, a second braking pad, a braking component, a fixing spring component, a compression spring, and an electromagnet, wherein the braking component located between the first braking pad and the second braking pad is movable... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070278054 - Yarn brake with settable braking force: The yarn brake (1) according to the invention comprises individually adjustable biasing means (21, 22) which cooperate with plates (8, 9). By adjusting both biasing means (21, 22), desired positions of the brake plates (8, 9) may be deliberately set in a manner other than in conventional yarn brakes. For... Agent: Ronald S. Lombard Patents And Trademarks

20070278056 - Brake caliper assembly: An abutment block for mounting between ends of a brake pad and a caliper housing is formed as a monolithic structure to prevent relative movement between the block and the caliper housing. The abutment block has a front face directed toward the end of the associated brake pad, and the... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070278057 - Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat: An adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat is disclosed, utilizing an adaptive energy absorber or variable profile energy absorber (VPEA) for mitigating occupant injury due to extreme vehicle movement (e.g., during a vehicle shock event), and/or for mitigating vibration experienced by an occupant of the vehicle seat during... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor