Brakes inventions 06/08

20080149433 - Advanced \"omer\" rescue system: An escape system for moving a person on a cord on the exterior of a building. The building has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are substantially perpendicular to each other. The system comprises a control device for controlling the movement of... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080149434 - Parking brake and actuator mechanism: The present invention is predicated upon improved vehicle brake assemblies, parking brake assemblies, parking brake actuators, or combinations thereof, having simplified attachment features, reduced friction and improved duty cycle over previously known devices.... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch Pc

20080149435 - Direct drive braking system including an integrated package bearing: A wheel bearing hub and disc brake rotor assembly for use on vehicles includes a rotor (14) and a wheel mount (24), formed as a package bearing, fastened to the rotor with a connection assembly that promotes in plane torque transfer. The rotor has a flange form as a series... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080149436 - System and method for an autobrake function for an aircraft electric brake system: A system and methods for an electric autobrake function suitable for use with an aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a single master autobrake channel configured to generate a master autobrake command and a plurality of slave autobrake channels configured to receive the autobrake master command. The methods receive autobrake... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080149437 - Method for automatically braking a vehicle equipped with an electronically controlled brake system: A method and system for automatic braking is described. A service brake which can be operated electrically with a compressed air pressure and a parking brake which can be operated electrically are provided. When the vehicle stops due to the service brake being applied, the service brake is released and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080149438 - Damping force generating mechanism for shock absorber: A damping valve (10) resists a flow of fluid from a first fluid chamber (41) to a second fluid chamber (42) which are separated by a piston (1). A partitioning member (24, 27-29, 52) partitions an inflow space. (A, B) of a passage (2) in the first fluid chamber (41).... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080142314 - Methods and apparatus to connect a brake disc to a brake: Methods and apparatus to connect a brake disc to a brake are disclosed. A brake disc torque pad is received in a complementary shaped opening in the brake disc and the torque pad engages a tab of the brake to connect the brake disc to the brake.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080142315 - Apparatus for automatic brake of walking support machine: The present invention is devised for walking support machines consist of steering handles (1), main body (2), and a front wheel (3) and 3 rear wheels (4), and is characterized by being comprised of; fixed disks (10) which are installed at the bottom of said main body (2) and support... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080142316 - Process for release of at least one pressure medium operated spring accumulator brake and an apparatus and hydraulic circuit for carrying out the process: The invention relates to a process for releasing at least one spring accumulator brake (10), which is operated by a pressure medium and which is connected to a brake-release-pressure-supply-circuit (63) in normal operation for impact with a brake release pressure and which, in service operation, is detached from the circuit... Agent: Yi Li

20080142317 - Spindle: The invention relates to a spindle (1), in particular an electromechanical parking brake of a vehicle, which is embodied as a component of a spindle drive. The aim of the invention is to secure, in a detachable and simple manner, a standard cable pull comprising fittings to a spindle. Said... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080142318 - Braking interlock for an electric brake system of an aircraft: An electric brake system for an aircraft includes a power interlock mechanism that prevents inadvertent (uncommanded) application of brakes. The interlock removes operating power from the brake mechanisms whenever the brake system sensor data does not indicate a legitimate brake application condition. The interlock processing occurs in parallel with the... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080142319 - Brake rotor having corrugated fin structure: A brake rotor having first and second brake plates and a corrugated fin structure. The fin structure has a plurality of fins. A first portion of each fin is metallurgically bonded to the first brake plate and a second portion of each fin is metallurgically bonded to the second brake... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080142320 - Toroidal rotary damper apparatus: A damper apparatus includes a housing having a toroidal inner housing surface and a slidably linked piston moveable in the housing having a curved outer peripheral piston surface in engagement with the inner housing surface. A fluid barrier is attached to the housing and located in the housing interior. A... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles L. Thoeming Bielen, Lampe & Thoeming, P.a.

20080142321 - Braking system for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a braking system for motor vehicles, the system comprising a hydraulic operating brake provided with two separate line circuits (14, 18) connecting a main brake cylinder (20) to brake devices (12) associated with the vehicle wheels by means of an antilock device (16), and a parking... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080135347 - Motorcycle rear-wheel braking system operating mechanism: A mechanism for placing a hand operated rear-wheel brake lever of a motorcycle on the left handlebar of said motorcycle. A steel wire is routed from the right foot brake pedal by means of an extension to a small lever found under the clutch hand lever on the left handlebar.... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, Llc

20080135348 - Internal brake caliper assembly: A brake caliper assembly includes opposing brake shoes positioned on substantially opposing inner surfaces of a dual-disk rotor, wherein said assembly comprises an internal actuator circumferentially arranged between radially inner and outer portions of the rotor, the actuator having an inner surface facing an inboard rotor inner surface and an... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080135349 - Electric brake for aircraft: An electric brake assembly and method are characterized by a brake disk stack (12) and an actuator assembly (11) for applying braking force to the brake disk stack, the actuator assembly including an actuator mounting member (18), and at least one actuator module (27) removably mounted to the actuator mounting... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080135350 - Disc brake and brake pad: The present invention refers to a disc brake for a vehicle having a caliper receiving one or more brake pads and encircling one or more brake discs, of which at least one brake disc is received slideably on a hub, which is received on a wheel axle, whereby, at brake... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080135351 - Spring for a composite brake disk and composite brake disk: A spring for a composite brake disk. The spring has a planar central region with a hole and two spring regions which are formed symmetrically to one another and which in each case on sides lying opposite one another adjoin the planar central region. The spring regions in each case... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080135352 - Brake caliper vertical mounting assembly joint arrangement: A pneumatically- or electrically-actuated disk brake, in which a mounting frame supports a brake caliper and a torque plate secures the mounting plate to an axle, are arranged such that fasteners securing the mounting frame to the torque plate are oriented essentially perpendicular to the axle's longitudinal axis. Between the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080135353 - Disc brakes: One aspect of the invention includes a disc brake including a pad and a supporting member movably supporting the pad. The supporting member includes a pair of torque receiving portions adjacent to ends of the pad for regulating movement of the pad in two circumference directions of a disc rotor.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080135354 - Caliper for a disk brake: A brake caliper of a disc brake includes a housing with a bore, in which a piston is arranged in an axially displaceable fashion, a shaft for actuation, which is mounted in a rotatable and axially displaceable fashion, two ramp elements being rotatable in relation to each other, a readjusting... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080135355 - Electric parking brake system with one cable for vehicle: The present invention provides an electric parking brake system with one cable that has only one cable between an actuator, serving as a power generator, and parking cables and high flexibility in laying-out for mounting to a vehicle. According to an electric parking brake system with one cable of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080135357 - Electromechanical braking system: The invention relates to an electromechanical braking system, especially for a motor vehicle comprising a 12V/14V on-board supply system. Said braking system comprises a brake actuator unit provided with an electric motor for generating a braking force, and a power supply for the electric motor, said power supply comprising a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080135358 - Remote control for braking system of progressive cavity pump: A brake actuator has a motor that provides input rotation in first and second directions. A reducer couples to the motor and reduces the input rotation into an output rotation to be applied to a brake screw of a progressive cavity pump drive. A sensor measures rotational speed of the... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.l.p.

20080135356 - Transmission motor structure: A transmission motor structure includes a motor, an interruption device, and a transmission mechanism; the interruption device includes a bearing positioned around an output shaft of the motor, and a pressing plate secured to the output shaft; the transmission mechanism includes a main drive wheel connected to the output shaft,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080135359 - Brake rotor with ceramic matrix composite friction surface plates: The disclosure relates to structures and a method for providing an air cooled rotor with ceramic-metal composite friction surface plates, and in particular to a brake rotor including a rotor hat; a ventilation disc having a plurality of cooling vanes extending therefrom; a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) friction surface plate... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, Llc

20080135360 - Cycle brake cooling article: Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from braking elements of a wheel of a cycle, each article having a Venturi-like rigid surface, including a central portion that defines a void space, which in combination with said braking element, defines an air deflection and concentration path focused upon... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman And Assocs Pc

20080135361 - System of smart colloidal dampers with controllable damping curves using magnetic field and method of using the same: An apparatus includes a damper, a source of magnetic field coupled to the damper, a colloidal ferro-fluidic damping medium disposed in the damper, a sensor installed on the host structure to measure vibrations, and a vibration control circuit. The output of the sensor is fed back to the control circuit,... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080135362 - Hydraulic shock absorber: A shock absorber includes a cylinder tube, a piston fitted slidably in an axial direction in the cylinder tube and arranged to divide an inside of the cylinder tube into first and second fluid chambers, a piston rod extending from the piston to an outside of the cylinder tube, and... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080135363 - Damper fixing mechanism: A piston is slidably displaced inside of a cylinder tube, and damper grooves are provided on both end surfaces of the piston, which extend substantially perpendicular to the axis thereof. The damper grooves penetrate along the end surfaces of the piston, and respective dampers formed from an elastic material are... Agent: Paul A. Guss Paul A. Guss Attorney At Law

20080128227 - Wheelchair safety brake assembly: This invention relates to gravity reactive braking systems. According to the invention there is provided a brake system to control speed in a forward direction for descending inclined surfaces and a brake system for controlling rollback when ascending an inclined surface. The speed pacer braking assembly includes a downhill activator... Agent: Office Of The Staff Judge Advocate U.s. Army Medical Research And Materiel Command

20080128220 - Portable wheel chock: A portable wheel chock for partially accommodating and supporting a vehicle wheel. The wheel chock comprises a base plate which is configured to have at least a portion of the vehicle wheel rested thereupon. In addition to the base plate, the wheel chock comprises a support frame which is attached... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080128221 - Abseiling unit with a winding function: The invention relates to an abseiling device having a winch function, comprising a guide roller (2) which is mounted so that it can rotate in both directions and is intended for the non-slip guidance of a rope element (15), a transmission mechanism with a centrifugal brake (7), the large gearwheel... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080128222 - Pneumatically and/or electromechanically actuated disk brake for a utility vehicle: A disk brake mechanism is described, comprising one of a pneumatic and electromechanical actuator having a brake piston, a brake application device for actuating the disk brake mechanism, and a fixed-type brake caliper attached to an axle, for moving a reaction-side brake lining against a brake disk during application. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080128223 - Disk brake equipped reduced-size yoke: A disk brake (1) usually comprises a caliper (2), a carrier (3) and friction means (8, 9). The caliper is slideably mounted on the carrier. To improve the braking performance of such a disk brake while reducing the manufacturing cost, the invention provides that a first friction means is retained... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080128224 - Caliper and brake lining for a brake caliper: A brake calliper for a disc brake, in particular for motor cycles and/or bicycles, includes a housing (30) for accommodating brake linings (40) which grip a brake disc during braking, with the housing having an abutment area (33) for contact with the brake linings during braking in the forward direction... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080128225 - Linkage positioner for a drum brake: A linkage positioner for a drum brake for adjusting braking-related wear, especially on brake linings, has an overload clutch and a one-directionally rotating or one-way clutch, including a ball ramp clutch, which is biased with the aid of a pressure spring, and a bevel clutch.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080128226 - Linkage positioner for a drum brake: A linkage positioner for a drum brake, which is used to compensate for braking-related wear, especially on the brake linings, has an overload clutch and a one-directionally rotating or one-way clutch. The overload clutch is embodied as a ball ramp clutch, which is biased by a pressure spring.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080128228 - Brake band holder: A braking device is provided for braking or immobilising a shaft in a work tool, particularly a saw chain, hedge shears or the like. The braking device has a brake band that at surrounds at least part of an area of the shaft, in which the brake band forms an... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080128229 - System for connecting a brake disc and hub: A brake disc/hub connection for connecting a brake disc to a brake disc hub includes supporting elements on the inner circumference of the brake disc. The brake disc hub is provided with bosses or cams on the outer circumference. Intermediate elements, which protrude into intermediate spaces provided between the bosses... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080128230 - Magnetorheological damper and use thereof: An magnetorheological damper useful in structural vibration control has a damper body and a moveable portion relative to the damper body. The damper includes an magnetorheological material contained within the damper body for resisting movement of the moveable portion. Rheology changes can be generated in the magnetorheological material owing to... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc