Brakes inventions 02/08

20080047785 - Brake control device for a wheeled walker: A brake control device has a handle, a controlling lever, a driving member and a swing lever. The controlling lever is designed for manipulating by hand and fingers that can be shifted between a braked position, a temporary braked position, and a released position. The swing lever has one end... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080047786 - Fluid cooled wet brake system: Fluid cooled wet brake system comprises a sealed housing containing a volume of lubricating oil, a disc disposed in the housing and adapted for fixing to a rotating body such as a wheel hub, and one or more stators. The stators are rotationally fixed but slidably mounted within the housing... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080047787 - Disc brake actuator mounting arrangement: A disc brake for a vehicle such as a commercial vehicle, wherein the brake caliper is provided with an actuator mounting flange surface which is parallel to the brake rotor, and a corresponding pneumatic or electric actuator is provided with a mounting flange surface which is angled, such that when... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080047788 - Motor-driven parking brake apparatus: A motor-driven parking brake apparatus includes a load sensor (pressure sensor) for detecting axial load of a screw shaft. The pressure sensor includes a transmission member which receives the axial load via a circular surface of a plate, and a casing which accommodates the transmission member and receives the axial... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080047789 - Motor-driven parking brake apparatus: The housing of a motor-driven parking brake apparatus includes a pair of cable reaction-receiving portions for receiving reactions from cables generated due to tensions of the cables, and an axial load-receiving portion for receiving axial load from a screw shaft generated due to the tensions of the cables. These portions,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080047790 - Brake lining for a disk brake of a vehicle, particularly a rail vehicle: A brake lining for a disk brake of a vehicle includes a support plate and a plurality of friction elements coupled to the support plate. The plurality of friction elements each include a lining carrier and a friction lining coupled to the lining carrier.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080047791 - Brake pad with a type plate: A brake pad with markings for different types of brakes is described. A passage or a recess is provided in the brake pad carrier of the brake pad, wherein a badge is inserted. The badge is made of a material which is less firm than the brake pad carrier, such... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080041673 - Parking brake operating apparatus: A parking brake operating apparatus (10), comprises (a) a supporting member (12) disposed integral with a vehicle, (b) an operating member (16) disposed in the supporting member to pivot about a first axis, and actuates a parking brake by a braking operation from an initial position thereof, (c) a ratchet... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080041670 - Wheel brake actuator: An arcuate support for a disk brake caliper is keyed to a tubular axle casing, for example, by way of a woodruff key, to transmit braking torque. The support may slide axially of the axle casing to permit the caliper to accommodate brake pad wear. This construction eliminates the need... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080041671 - System and method for providing passive haptic feedback: Systems and methods for providing passive haptic feedback are described. Embodiments of the present invention comprise an actuator for bringing a manipulandum and braking surface into contact and thereby providing a resistance. The manipulandum includes scroll wheels, scroll drums, linear sliders and similar user input devices. The actuator may be,... Agent: Patent Department (51851) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080041672 - Reduced profile air brake actuator: A brake actuator can include a first housing part having a first peripheral wall, a second housing part having a second peripheral wall, and a flexible diaphragm located between the first housing part and the second housing part and compressed between a point of contact on the first housing part... Agent: Mark D Miller Kimble, Macmichael & Upton

20080041675 - Brake disk, in particlular for a vehicle: A brake disc for a vehicle has at least one annular friction surface provided on at least one outer face of the disc to which a brake pad can be applied for braking purposes. The friction surface has a large number of subsegments, at least some of which are physically... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080041674 - Carbon-carbon stator insert for aircraft brakes: The present invention relates to annular drive inserts which are placed within an annular opening within the brake disk. Preferably the annular drive inserts comprise carbon-carbon composite which has been treated with antioxidant. In a highly preferred embodiment the treatment is accomplished by vacuum impregnation. The antioxidant generally comprises a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Department Ab 2

20080041676 - Air spring with magneto-rheological fluid gasket for suppressing vibrations: Vibration suppression systems and methods for isolating payloads from vibrational forces are provided. A gas spring has a housing and a piston within the housing. The piston is mechanically isolated from the housing via a magneto-rheological (MR) fluid gasket. A payload is coupled to the piston, and net gas pressure... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080041677 - Magnetorheological device and system and method for using the same: A controllable magnetorheological (MR) damper having first, second and third portions is disclosed. The first and second portions have a translational degree of freedom therebetween, and the third portion has a rotational degree of freedom with respect to the first and second portions. The first and third portions are coupled... Agent: Kathryn A Marra General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080041678 - Bicycle damping enhancement system: A bicycle shock absorber and methods for differentiating between rider-induced forces and terrain-induced forces includes a first fluid chamber having fluid contained therein, a piston for compressing the fluid within the fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber coupled to the first fluid chamber by a fluid communication hose, and an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080041679 - Bicycle damping enhancement system: A bicycle shock absorber and methods for differentiating between rider-induced forces and terrain-induced forces includes a first fluid chamber having fluid contained therein, a piston for compressing the fluid within the fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber coupled to the first fluid chamber by a fluid communication hose, and an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080041680 - Bend-resistant piston/cylinder unit: A piston/cylinder unit is disclosed. The piston/cylinder unit includes a pressure tube having one end; a piston rod axially movable in the pressure tube, the piston rod extending through the one end of the pressure tube so that a portion of the piston rod is disposed outside the pressure tube;... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080041681 - Bicycle suspension system: A bicycle suspension system including a travel adjustment apparatus. The bicycle suspension system includes a piston tube and a piston assembly slidably disposed in the piston tube forming a shock-absorbing mechanism. The piston assembly is in contact with the piston tube. The travel adjustment apparatus includes first and second fluid... Agent: Sram Corporation

20080041682 - Nonreturn valve for a shock absorber: Shock absorber provided with a piston and a cylinder, both of which are secured to a part of a vehicle. A nonreturn valve is present in either the piston or the base of the cylinder. The nonreturn valve comprises a valve plate and a valve seat plate. The valve plate... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080035436 - structure of a hand-brake: A hard-brake structure which includes a securing seat having a side edge provided with a plurality of teeth, a pulling shaft seat pivotally connected with the securing seat by a pivotal shaft, a pulling shaft having a pivotal section pivotally connected with the pulling shaft seat, a positioning toothed block... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080035432 - Railway car hand brake lever: A hand brake lever for use on a truck mounted type railway car brake system includes a first elongated portion which is horizontally disposed when the hand brake lever is installed in such car brake system and a second elongated portion which is connected to first elongated portion and which... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080035434 - Brake insulator for disc brake pads: An insulator is provided having opposing first and second sides and adapted for placement between a brake pad and one of a piston and caliper of a disc brake system. The insulator includes first and second metal layers. A viscoelastic layer is disposed between, and spans substantially the entirety of... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080035431 - Fork with integrated braking system: A cycle with a wheel-supporting structure comprising a crown section and a pair of forklegs, a brake assembly with lever arms mounted at least partially within cavity openings within each fork leg to reduce aerodynamic drag.... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20080035433 - Hydraulic integrated parking brake system: A parking brake system for a vehicle with wheel brakes, the system, normally applied, including a main housing having interconnected cavities and bores; a hydraulic pump in one housing cavity, an electric motor for driving the pump and producing pressurized fluid, an internally preloaded actuator having an axially movable output... Agent: Parker-hannifin Corporation Hunter Molnar Baker Morgan

20080035435 - System and method for providing passive haptic feedback: Systems and methods for providing passive haptic feedback are described. Embodiments of the present invention comprise an actuator for bringing a manipulandum and braking surface into contact and thereby providing a resistance. The manipulandum includes scroll wheels, scroll drums, linear sliders and similar user input devices. The actuator may be,... Agent: Patent Department (51851) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080035437 - Brake disk comprising a ceramic friction ring: The invention relates to a brake disk comprising a ceramic friction ring (4) and a connecting flange (6) that is disposed concentric to the friction ring (4). The friction ring (4) is provided with a fastening ring (8) in an interior area, which encompasses fastening bores (10). The friction ring... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080035438 - Damping device with power-assisted deceleration and use thereof for the damping of the retractable steering column of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a damping device with power-assisted deceleration, which is intended to be used in the field of hydraulic shock dampers. The invention includes a sealed body filled with a hydraulic fluid and a piston mounted in the sealed body. The piston is connected to a rod axially... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080035439 - Vehicle suspension assembly with reservoir positioned pressure-relief valve: A vehicle suspension assembly including a damper body and having a valve, including a moveable inertia mass, movable between first and second positions to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the vehicle suspension assembly is described. The suspension assembly includes a pressure-relief valve located in a reservoir tube.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080035440 - Braking device: The invention relates to a braking device having a rotor and a stator; the rotor and the stator are arranged relative to each other in such a way and a working medium can be supplied or engaged in such a way that, during braking operation when working medium is supplied... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080035441 - Telescopic heat isolation assembly of oil pressure rod: A telescopic heat isolation assembly of an oil pressure rod has an oil pressure rod body which has a spindle extended from an interior thereof. An outer sleeve encloses the oil pressure rod body. A pivotal portion is formed at one end of the oil pressure rod. By the position... Agent: Tsung-yu Chen

20080035442 - Energy-absorbing padding with staged elements: An energy-absorbing padding includes multiple stacked base layers, each of which includes a plurality of projecting, hollow, hemispherical or dome-shaped impact-absorbing elements defining respective convex impact surfaces. The elements of a first base layer, which either project in a direction opposite those of at least one other base layer or... Agent: Visteon

20080029351 - Disc brake with optimized caliper mounting and brake lining: An optimized disc brake includes two fixed mountings and one free mounting, and an assembly space optimized brake carrier and corresponding brake lining for a reaction side of the disc brake are provided.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080029352 - Twin rotor disc brake: A caliper for a fixed twin rotor disc brake includes a relatively fixed body, two yokes movable axially with respect to the body, formations defined on the yokes for receiving four brake pads for respective application to rotor sides, and an actuator adapted to urge the yokes relatively axially. One... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080029353 - Electromechanically or pneumatically actuable disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle: An electromechanically or pneumatically operable disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper, which straddles a brake disc, a brake application device arranged in the brake caliper, and at least one electromechanically drivable adjusting device for adjusting a clearance between the brake pads and the brake disc.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080029355 - Electrically operated brake: An electric current value of each motor 13 in the above operation is measured and differences between the values are calculated. Electric current of each motor is increased or decreased so that there is no current difference between the motors 13. Based on a drive amount of each motor in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080029354 - Vertical electrically driving device with brake and work machine: A brake unit of a rotating drive apparatus includes a piston arranged around a vertically extending rotation shaft body in a non-contact state actionably in the vertical direction, a fixed plate arranged below the piston, and a frictional plate arranged between the piston and the fixed plate rotatably together with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080029356 - Floating brake caliper disk brake with guide pins: A floating-caliper disc brake of a motor vehicle has a component fixed to the vehicle, in particular a brake support member, and a floating caliper (2) that is displaceably mounted on the component fixed to the vehicle by way of at least two pin guides (10, 20). A first pin... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080029357 - System and method for removing brake dust and other pollutants: Systems and methods for capturing pollutants from braking mechanisms are provided. The systems can include a housing partially surrounding at least a portion of a vehicle brake assembly and disposed to receive brake dust from the brake assembly and a collector disposed to capture the brake dust received in said... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080029358 - Vibration damper with a mounting: Presented is a vibration damper that includes an outer cylinder that includes a lateral surface, a pin-shaped fastening element that includes a stop surface, and a mounting coupled to the lateral surface. The mounting defines a through-hole that is configured to receive the pin-shaped fastening means and extends circumferentially with... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane