Brakes inventions 04/08

20080093181 - Brake caliper guide pin assembly: A brake caliper guide pin assembly including a caliper body defining an elongated bore, the elongated bore defining a central axis, a bushing positioned in the elongated bore, the bushing including at least a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is formed from a rigid material... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080093179 - Method for controlling a braking system of a motor vehicle: Disclosed is a method for controlling a brake system (1) of a motor vehicle, which includes an electric generator (4) and a number of hydraulic, electronically controllable friction brakes (2) being allocated to axles of the motor vehicle, and the brake torque of which is composed of the brake torque... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080093180 - Disc brake system: There is disclosed a disc brake system incorporating a split calliper having a first calliper half integrally formed with a mounting plate for mounting the calliper on a vehicle. A second calliper half is fixedly and removably attached to the first calliper half in spaced apart relation to provide room... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080093182 - Apparatus and method for connecting hydraulic brake lines to brake assemblies on towed trailers: The installation of hydraulic brake lines on trailers can be simplified by using flexible hose sections and a custom three-way coupling adapted to fit in the tight space constraints around a hydraulic fluid port on a brake assembly. The custom three-way coupling has a first fitting for connecting to the... Agent: Rudolf O. Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080093183 - Actuator system: An actuator system (5) has an electric actuating drive (7) and a first and a second output shaft. The actuator system (5) additionally has at least one actuating element which is coupled to the first output shaft and/or to the second output shaft. The actuating element is designed for coupling... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080093185 - Ceramic-forming polymer material: Disclosed is a polymer material comprised of at least one non-cyclic ceramic-forming polymer. The porosity and elemental composition of the resulting ceramic can be varied by inclusion of polymers with particular ratios of carbon, silicon, oxygen, and hydrogen and by manipulation of the conditions under which the polymer material is... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20080093184 - Brake disc assembly: A brake disc rotor assembly formed of a radially inner part adapted for securement to a hub and a radially outer part spaced from the inner part and secured thereto by a plurality of fasteners engaged into apertures formed by opposing U-shaped slots having two parallel sidewalls and an arched... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20080093186 - Vibration damping member: A vibration damping member to be attached to a vibrating member for damping a vibration of the vibrating member comprises a plurality of plate members which are stacked one over the other in such a manner that they are relatively moveable with respect to each other.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080087503 - Pad sets for disk brakes: The present invention can include a disk brake having a pad with an engaging groove formed in the pad, the pad also includes a convex member projected from one portion of the pad, a shim is positioned between the pad and a pressing member for pressing the pad toward a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080087505 - Adjustable cam actuated brake assembly: In a cam actuated brake, an adjustable cam disposable intermediate a pair of following surfaces on first ends of a pair of arms. The arms being rotatable about parallel axes and having a pair of opposing brake surfaces at second ends. The cam comprises a body having a first and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080087504 - Roller housing having retaining arms: In a braking device having a pair of opposed arms rotatable about parallel axes having first ends coupleable to opposing brake pads to brake a disk therebetween, a cam follower connected to the second ends and retainable against a cam is disclosed. The braking device further including an actuated cam... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080087506 - Friction element and disc brake: A friction element for a disk brake that includes a support plate (2) on which is fixed a friction material designed to come into contact with a first face of a brake disk. The friction element also includes an elastic element for returning the friction element to its rest position,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080087507 - Disc brake assembly and method of assembly: This invention relates to an improved disc brake assembly. The disc brake assembly includes a member adapted to be secured to a vehicle component, the member having a pair of ears each provided with at least a first opening formed therethrough; a brake caliper supported relative to the member; a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080087508 - Drum brake adjusters: A method of manufacturing a drum brake engagement fork. The method includes selecting a blank of flat sheet material, forming the blank so as to have tongue portions on one side and grooves on the other side of said blank, forming a tube from the blank with the side seam... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080087509 - Method and device for actuating a braking system, in particular a parking brake of a motor vehicle: To securely park a motor vehicle (1) a parking brake (5) is often used, the brake actuating a hydraulically or electrically-assisted braking system (5, 5a) by means of a control button. If a speed signal is not available the reliable functioning of the parking brake (5) is no longer guaranteed.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080087510 - Motion retarding system and method: A motion retarding system includes a linear array of permanent magnets for providing a magnetic flux along with a diamagnetic member for engaging the magnetic flux and producing eddy currents in the diamagnetic member which results in the braking force between the linear array of permanent magnets and the diamagnetic... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080087511 - Internal structure for landing bag shape control: An impact attenuation bag has a height-reducing structure in the form of an internal rib that draws the upper and lower surfaces of the bag closer together, reducing the overall height of the bag when inflated as compared with the same bag in the absence of the rib. This gives... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080087512 - Shock absorber having a continuously variable semi-active valve: A shock absorber includes an external valve which controls the damping characteristics of the shock absorber. The external valve controls the flow of fluid between the lower working chamber of the shock absorber and the reservoir chamber and between the upper working chamber of the shock absorber. The damping characteristics... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080083589 - Magnetic damping device: A magnetic damping device comprises a frame, a load wheel, two magnetic means, and a damping adjusting mechanism, wherein these two magnetic means have two arched plates that coaxially couple with each other by a connection shaft for synchronously adjusting the magnetic damping force. The damping adjusting mechanism has the... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080083590 - Base assembly for a motor brake mechanism: A motor brake mechanism includes a base which has a disk and hooks integrally extending from a peripheral edge of the disk to adapt to engage with a top face of the fixing plate. Because the hooks are integrally formed with the disk, the overall structural integrity of the base... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080083591 - Device for damping vibrations: m

20080078629 - Brake force detecting device: A brake force detecting device having a sensor plate fixed to a knuckle. A straight line connecting the centers of two bolts for fixing a caliper bracket to the knuckle is perpendicular to a straight line connecting the centers of two bolts for fixing the sensor plate to the knuckle... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080078630 - Wheel brake mechanism for a baby stroller: A wheel brake mechanism for a baby stroller has a pair of sliders which can be released from and engaged with a toothed portion of a pair of rear wheels. The pair of sliders are driven by a pedal via a transmission shaft. The pedal has a rear end and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078631 - Disc brake in combination with brushless electric motor-generator: A combination brake and motor-generator comprises a disc brake including a brake caliper and one or more rotors; a brushless pancake electric motor-generator including a stator of one or more electromagnets and a rotor having a plurality of radially arrayed, angularly-spaced permanent magnets of alternating polarity. The rotor of the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080078632 - Brake system and method: A brake system for a vehicle can include a brake actuator, an equalizer operably connected to the actuator, and two brake wires that are each connected to the equalizer and extend to first and second brake assemblies. The first and second brake wires can extend in a first direction extending... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080078633 - Shock suppressor: A shock suppressor has a first base, a second base and a connecting device. The second base is parallel to the first base. The connecting device is slidably mounted between the first base and second base to connect the first and second bases and has a universal connector. The first... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080078634 - Adjustable damping valve with a fail-safe damping force characteristic: An adjustable damping valve including an actuator, which exerts an actuating force on a valve body against the force of a spring to influence the throttle cross section which determines the damping force, where an emergency valve is connected in parallel with the throttle cross section with respect to the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080078635 - Damper assembly: A damper assembly for a suspension system of a vehicle includes a housing adapted to be mounted to one end of a strut in the suspension system. The housing has a chamber with fluid therein. The damper assembly also includes at least one diaphragm extending across the chamber to react... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff