Brakes inventions 03/08

20080073163 - Micro-electromechanical device: A micro-electromechanical device includes a frame, a moveable member movably connected to the frame such that the moveable member is capable of movement relative to the frame and drive system for use in moving the moveable member relative to the frame. A braking system is provided that inhibits movement of... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP

20080073164 - Self-boosting friction brake: The invention relates to a self-boosting disk brake. In case of failure, in order to enable releasing the disk brake or putting it out of operation, the invention proposes embodying a self-boosting device so that it is movable in the direction of rotation of a brake disk and is fixable... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080073160 - Sensor detecting wear in a brake lining of a vehicular brake system: The invention relates to a sensor for detecting wear of a brake lining of a vehicular brake system, the sensor being imbedded in the brake lining and worn off by the brake disk (3) of the brake system, where according to the invention a block (2) of predetermined size of... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080073161 - Sensor system: The present invention concerns a sensor system for monitoring at least the wear of lining material of a disc brake. It may also be used to monitor the stroke of the brake actuator. The sensor system uses the position of an adjusting mechanism or a thrust plate as an indication... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080073162 - Over-center clamping wheel chocks: A wheel chock system for preventing movement of one or more wheels. The system may include a pair of chocks for clamping onto one or more wheels. The chocks may be connected through a linkage mechanism that can be rotated to draw the chocks together or move the chocks further... Agent: Karl R Cannon

20080073165 - Brake disc assembly for vehicle wheels: A brake disc assembly for vehicle wheels, comprising at least one friction ring and a wheel fixing zone that runs parallel to the friction ring. The friction ring and wheel fixing zone are configured in one-piece from a die-cast material and connecting struts are formed between the friction ring and... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080073166 - Brake system stabilizer assembly: The present invention adds a stabilizing force member to prior art Railway brake systems and greatly improves the control of the spatial orientation of a modified brake beam within a Railway vehicle and provides lateral support to a truck lever connection and levers, which in turn, properly locate actuating bars... Agent: Jerome A. Malachowski

20080073167 - Steel spring damper: A damper is shown for damping the movements of a spring. The spring is housed within the damper. The side walls of the damper can have cutouts or hinge members resulting in flexure of the side walls when the spring is compressed or released. A steel band can be housed... Agent: Law Office Of Ronald R Kilponen

20080073168 - Variable ratio suspension system for autos: The variable ratio floating suspension system (10) includes upper (30) and lower (40) leverage arms with a shock-absorbing component (50) connecting the leverage arms (30, 40). In the preferred embodiment, the leverage arms (30, 40) and shock-absorbing component (50) pivotally connect a vehicle chassis to a vehicle wheel spindle (26).... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080067016 - Disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle: A disc brake, particularly for a utility vehicle, includes a caliper having a receiving space for an application device. The caliper straddles a brake disc and is movable into an operative connection with brake pads, and is fastened to a brake anchor plate. A holding clip is releasably fastened to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080067015 - Brake carrier: A brake carrier for a heavy vehicle disc brake includes an actuating side carrier portion including a support for an actuating side brake pad having a first material having a first property. The brake carrier also includes a separate reaction side carrier portion having a support for a reaction side... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080067017 - Brake actuator reinforcement and method of attaching same: In order to safely and conveniently assemble and service new design spring brake actuators having power springs located in the middle of the actuator, the actuator's rear chamber cover must be able to withstand high localized forces from tools such as power spring compression rods. A reinforcement and method for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080067018 - Brake disk: A brake disk with enhanced cooling features. The brake disk defines a plurality of channels with ribs located within those channels. Two friction plates are connected together by way of a plurality of vanes. The vanes define channels through which cooling air travels. The ribs extend from the surface of... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080067019 - Magnetorheological damper: A magnetorheological (MR) damper includes a damper tube, a movable non-MR damper piston, and a non-movable MR damper piston. The damper tube has substantially hermetically separated first and second chambers, wherein the first chamber contains a non-MR fluid and the second chamber contains an MR fluid. The non-MR damper piston... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080067020 - Shoe to machined cast anchor interface for duo-servo drum brake: A drum brake includes a spider having an anchor with as-cast recesses and anchor seats machined within the as-cast recesses. The as-cast recesses provide clearance for a shaft of a cutting tool during machining of the anchor seats. First and second brake shoes are pivotally supported by the anchor. Each... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080067021 - Shoe brake for an elevator drive: A shoe brake has a brake element for generating a braking force has at least one brake element that is adjustably settable relative to the brake shoe. The brake element may include an arcuate or segment-shaped base plate that fits in a corresponding arcuate or segment-shaped recess in the brake... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20080060886 - Wheeled vehicle support: Disclosed are systems and methods for supporting a wheeled vehicle in a stationary and/or upright orientation. In one aspect of the present invention, a self-locking rear brace is coupled with an adjustable front brace to provide a plurality of contact points between the vehicle support and a wheel contained therein.... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20080060888 - Disk brakes: The present invention includes a disk brake including a caliper having an opening, the opening includes two edges, the caliper also having pin holes positioned adjacent to the two edges, a pad positioned in the opening of the caliper, a pair of pad pins connectable to the pin holes of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080060885 - Brake system with hydraulic brake equipment: A hydraulic brake system for two-wheel vehicles, especially bicycles, is provided. The system has a filling device, and a dispensing system filled with hydraulic fluid and a brake mechanism hydraulically connected to the dispensing system. The dispensing system also has an equalizing reservoir and a filling and bleeding opening. A... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080060887 - Wheel brake caliper: A crane wheel brake having a pair of brake shoes at opposite sides of a crane wheel. Each of the brake shoes has a brake pad, a brake pad guide roller, and a spring for biasing the brake pad guide roller to project beyond the brake pad towards the wheel.... Agent: Long And Cameron

20080060889 - Braking pressure control unit for vehicle braking system: An object of the invention is to fix a control circuit board to a casing unit and then the casing unit to a block in a simple structure and with a small number of parts. A metal rod is integrally formed with a partitioning wall of the casing unit. One... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080060891 - Brake disc structure with composite materials: A brake disc structure with composite materials is provided, which includes a disc-shaped inner disk made of a light metal material, and at least two outer disks respectively stacked and combined with the upper and lower surfaces of the inner disk through a metallurgical reaction process. The outer disks are... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080060890 - Flexibly mounted disc brake rotor for pneumatic, electromotive, and/or hydraulic disc brakes: A disc brake rotor includes at least one friction ring having a friction surface adapted for contact with a brake pad during braking, and an annular mounting portion by which the rotor is attachable to a hub. A connection permitting radial expansion and contraction of the friction ring relative to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080060892 - Brake pad comprising a grease reservoir: The invention relates to a brake pad (10) for a motor vehicle disk brake, which is intended to be received in a hydraulic braking caliper (12) and which is able to be applied by said caliper (12) against a rotating brake disk, of which an application face (26) is intended... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080060893 - Brake lining cup attachment method for reduced wear: A brake lining assembly having an annular carrier disk, and a plurality of segmented brake lining cups, each having a center, secured to the carrier disk and filled with brake lining material, wherein the brake lining material is secured to the carrier disk through the lining cups with an attachment... Agent: Kathleen K. Bowen Co., Lpa

20080060894 - Active vibration damper: An active vibration damper having: an electromagnetic oscillator with a coil member and a yoke member, one of the coil member and yoke member of the electromagnetic oscillator being fixed to a target member whose vibration to be damped while the other being elastically supported by the target member via... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080053758 - Brake system with hydraulic brake equipment: A hydraulic brake system for two-wheel vehicles, especially bicycles, is provided. The system has a dispensing system filled with hydraulic fluid and a brake mechanism hydraulically connected to the dispensing system. The dispensing system has an equalizing reservoir and a filling and bleeding opening. The filling and bleeding opening has... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080053759 - Disc brake caliper and a method of manufacturing a disc brake caliper: A fixed type disc brake caliper (8, FIG. 1) has a body (10, FIG. 1) machined from at least one solid piece of material. The body comprises a pair of limbs (12, 14) interconnected by spaced bridging members (16, 18), each limb housing one or more hydraulic cylinders (26, 28,... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080053760 - Disc brake apparatus: The disc brake apparatus includes a disc brake having a parking brake mechanism operated by an electric motor as a drive source to mechanically hold a piston, which has been moved forward by a hydraulic pressure supplied from a hydraulic control unit into a caliper, in a braking position even... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080053761 - Electric parking brake apparatus: An electric parking brake apparatus for a vehicle includes a state information outputting part and a control part. A navigation device is connected to an accessory power supply of the vehicle. The accessory power supply supplies an electric power even when an ignition switch is turned off. The state information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080053762 - Brake device: A brake disc guard is provided inside of a rim of a front wheel and mounted on a knuckle. A caliper is located in a cutout portion formed at a front portion of the brake disc guard. The caliper is supported through a caliper bracket to the knuckle. A large-diameter... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080053763 - System and method for self-powered magnetorheological-fluid damping: A system and method for self-powered magnetorheological-fluid damping of mechanical vibrations includes a hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder is configured for at least partially disposing magnetorheological fluid therein. A piston head is disposed within the hydraulic cylinder. The piston head has first and second sides and is configured to be... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080053764 - Front fork: A front fork including an axle side tube, an axle bracket connected to the axle side tube, and a damper cylinder is disclosed. A lower end of the damper cylinder is held between the axle bracket and a lower end of the axle side tube. Furthermore, a damping force generating... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080053765 - Front fork: A front fork is disclosed. The front fork includes an axle side tube slidably connected to a vehicle body side tube; an axle bracket attached to a lower end of the axle side tube; a damper cylinder extending up from a side of the lower end of the axle side... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080053766 - Motorcycle lock: An integrated disk caliper brake and disk lock for a bicycle or a motorcycle is provided. The caliper brake of the present invention is adapted to work for a wheel rotationally fixed to a motorcycle frame. The caliper has an elongated main body, which extends generally in parallel with suspension... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20080053767 - Inertia valve vehicle suspension assembly: A damper including an inertia valve movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the shock absorber is disclosed. In these embodiments, the damper has at least one chamber that at least partially surrounds two other chambers.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080053768 - Inertia valve vehicle suspension assembly: A damper including an inertia valve movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the shock absorber is disclosed. In these embodiments, the damper has at least one chamber that at least partially surrounds two other chambers.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080053769 - Friction damper: The invention relates to a friction damper comprising at least two guided relatively displaceable assemblies (100, 200), one of which is connected to a fixed reference and the other is movable, an intermediate member (300) which rests on the first assembly (100) and is relatively frictionally movable with respect thereto... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman