Brakes inventions 08/08

20080202865 - Wheel brake comprising a wear sensor: A brake for a vehicle wheel which is mounted in such a way that it can be rotated in relation to a wheel support, the brake including a frame which is fixed to the wheel support, and additional mobile and fixed friction elements. The inventive brake also includes a device... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080202866 - Bicycle brake: The invention relates to a bicycle brake, having a first lever that comprises an actuation arm for connecting to an inner cable of a brake cable and a braking arm for supporting a brake pad. The brake also has a second lever that comprises an actuation arm for connecting to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080202867 - Bicycle disk brake rotor: A bicycle disk brake rotor which is rigidly joined to the hub and can be brought into a frictional engagement with a caliper secured to the bicycle. The rotor has an inner annular region, which is joined positively and nonpositively to the hub, and an outer annular region, while the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080202868 - Handbrake linkage for a railroad freight car: A linkage interconnecting a brake rod with a brake lever in a brake system of a railroad freight car. A length of chain extends from an end of the brake rod, and a monolithic connecting link interconnects an opposite end of the length of chain with a brake lever, so... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080202869 - Handbrake linkage for a railroad freight car: A linkage interconnecting a brake rod with a brake lever in a brake system of a railroad freight car. A length of chain extends from an end of the brake rod, and a monolithic connecting link interconnects an opposite end of the length of chain with a brake lever, so... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080202870 - Holding brake device: A holding brake device has a brake body, a drive output body and a brake surface. The drive output body is arranged so as to be axially moveable. The drive output body can be coupled to a drive output unit, by which an axial drive output force can be exerted... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080202871 - Pneumatic braking system for a commercial vehicle: h

20080202872 - Handle of electromagnetic brake: An electromagnetic brake includes a housing, a pin, brake springs urged against the pin, a handle pivotably secured to the pin, a coil, a moveable armature plate, a moveable friction disc, a trigger switch on the housing and including a projecting contact and a pivotal trigger, steel balls in the... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080202873 - Rotary damper: A rotary damper includes a driven-to-rotate member having integrally a driven-to-rotate part for coupling to a drive member and a first inner cylindrical wall, the first inner cylindrical wall including a locking part at a bottom end of the first inner cylindrical wall; a fixed support member for holding the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080202874 - Operator platform isolation system: A vehicle for terrain travel includes a chassis, an operator platform including space for footing, a first isolation mechanism and a second isolation mechanism operably connected between the chassis and the operator platform. The isolation mechanisms are to be placed either below, above or level with the operator platform and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080202875 - Spring-damper device for motor vehicles, and level-regulating system for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a spring damper facility for a motor vehicle and a level control system for a motor vehicle. The spring damper facility has a main hydraulic volume and a pneumatic volume separated from the main hydraulic volume interacting with the main hydraulic volume. According to the invention,... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080202876 - Steering damper: A steering damper comprises two oil chambers (R1, R2) delimited in a housing (1, 7) by a partitioning member (2,8), and a damping valve (2a, 2b) which imposes a drag on a flow of working oil between the two oil chambers (R1, R2). By further comprising an oil passage (5)... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080202877 - Support apparatus and method for ceramic matrix composite turbine bucket shroud: A shroud support method and apparatus for a ceramic component of a gas turbine having: an outer shroud block having a coupling to a casing of the gas turbine; a spring mass damper attached to the outer shroud block and including a spring biased piston extending through said outer shroud... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080196982 - Torque pads for aircraft brake systems and aircraft brake system including same: An aircraft brake system (42) includes a torque tube (44), a plurality of spaced stators (48) mounted on the torque tube (44), a wheel (40) surrounding the torque tube (44) and a plurality of rotors (50) connected to the wheel (40) and projecting into the spaces between adjacent ones of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080196983 - Brake actuating unit for actuating a motor vehicle brake system: Disclosed is a brake actuating unit for actuating a motor vehicle brake system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type. The system includes a brake booster which is operable in response to the driver's wish both by a brake pedal and by an electronic control unit. A device is provided to decouple a... Agent: Craig Hallacher Continental Teves Inc

20080196984 - Parking brake device and vehicle brake system provided with such a parking brake device: The invention relates to a parking brake device comprising a spring element and an actuating element that acts upon the spring element, wherein by applying an actuating force to the actuating element the parking brake device is transferrable between a brake-inactive release position and a brake-active parking position. In the... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080196986 - Composite brake disks and methods for coating: A brake disk formed of a light weight ceramic and ceramic composite materials, the brake disk having a coating overlying at least a portion of the brake disk. The brake disk includes parallel surfaces wherein at least a portion of the parallel surfaces are coated with a coating material to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080196985 - Wear resistant coating for brake disks with unique surface appearance and methods for coating: A brake disk including carbon steel, stainless steel or a ceramic composite material and coated with a coating material that is wear and corrosion resistant and when applied properly allows for the coated surface to have a variety of “textured” appearances. For example; the coated surface can be made to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080196987 - Stopper structure and vibration-proofing structure for vehicle: A stopper structure includes a first stopper surface and a second stopper surface that are provided between a vehicle body and a rear suspension member that are connected to each other in a manner such that the vehicle body and the rear suspension member are displaced relative to each other.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080190712 - Brake pad with identification means and system and method for the identification of brake pads: A brake pad for a vehicle includes a back plate and a lining made of a friction material, and the lining includes a wireless identification device adapted to identify the brake pad. The brake pad enables wireless identification of brake pads and also makes it possible to obtain a wireless... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080190713 - Derailment control system: Derailment control system for railway vehicles that, in addition to detecting and issuing a warning of said derailment, provides control over the brake of the derailed vehicle or vehicles and provides additional emergency braking and/or a warning to the driver's cab, said system having a main unit (1) to which... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080190714 - Integrated overloaded and braking safety device appropriately applied on the winding mechanism for loading: The present invention relates to an integrated overloaded and braking safety device appropriately applied on the winding mechanism for loading; wherein, brake nut piece equipped with gear wheel of the general mechanical ratchet brake set is redesigned to be separate gear wheel, brake nut piece and gliding spring seat, and... Agent: I-te Pan 5f.-2, No. 212, Sec. 1

20080190715 - Disc brake: This invention is about disc brake for an automobile installed in a carrier. The disc brake has a special feature which reduces temperature and noise in the automobile when braking. The special feature is a coated pad spring.... Agent: Seoungil Kang

20080190716 - Shim and a subassembly including a shim and backing plate: A shim for use in a braking subassembly comprising a metal backing plate comprising a first side surface, wherein the shim comprises at least one flexible tab extending from an edge thereof for assisting in coupling the shim to the backing plate along a backing plate side surface thereof, and... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20080190717 - Self-boosting electromechanical vehicle brake: A self-boosting electromagnetic disk brake having an electromechanical actuating device and a mechanical self-boosting device that has a wedge mechanism. A wedge is displaceable parallel to a brake disk and relative to a friction brake lining, and the relative displaceability of the wedge is limited relative to the friction brake... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080190718 - Method for operation of a braking system for a motor vehicle: Disclosed is a method for operating an electromechanically operable parking brake for motor vehicles with a driving engine furnished with a mechanical gear box, being substantially composed of an operating element, an electronic control unit, to which are sent wheel rotational speed values from wheel rotational speed sensors, at least... Agent: Craig Hallacher Continental Teves, Inc.

20080190719 - Variable damping force valve of shock absorber: A variable damping force valve of a shock absorber includes a variable valve for varying damping force by a plurality of flow passages connected to the shock absorber and a solenoid actuator for actuating the variable valve. The variable valve and the solenoid actuator are coupled with each other by... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080190720 - Method for precharging a low-pressure accumulator of a motor vehicle braking system: The present invention relates to a method for pre-filling a low-pressure storage device (14) of a motor vehicle braking system (17), having a changeover valve (8), a hydraulic pump (9), an outlet valve (13), and a low-pressure storage device (14) situated in a suction line of the hydraulic pump (9).... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080185235 - Electric parking brake control apparatus, electric parking brake system, and method for controlling electric parking brake system: An electric parking brake control apparatus includes: an electric parking brake actuator that pulls cables connected to respective parking brake units of wheels; a brake actuator that controls braking pressures applied to the wheels by service brakes; a pressure-increase control unit that controls the brake actuator to increase the braking... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080185236 - Braking system with single actuation for a stroller: Braking system for a stroller utilizes an actuator to move two brakes close to an axis to unlock the rear wheels of the stroller and away from the axis to lock the rear wheels. Each brake comprises a long arm. The brakes are disposed at the opposite sides of the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080185237 - Dual bicycle braking system: A dual bicycle braking system for applying greater braking force to the front wheel of a bicycle than to the back wheel, the system having front and rear brakes controlled by front and rear hand brake levers, the rear lever operationally secured to a singular rear caliper break, the front... Agent: Andy Moon

20080185238 - Wheel immobilizer apparatus and associated method: Embodiments of the present invention provide a wheel immobilizer apparatus and method for immobilizing a wheel of a vehicle. For example, a wheel immobilizer apparatus may include a plurality of chocks and an adjustment member secured to each of the chocks and configured to adjust a relative distance between a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080185239 - Liquid cooled brake with support columns: A liquid cooled brake is provided having an improved housing that provides strong yet lightweight structural support. The brake includes end plates disposed about a driven shaft and axially spaced from one another. A plurality of axially extending pins connect the end plates. A friction plate is coupled to the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080185240 - Self-boosting electromechanical disk brake: The invention relates to a self-reinforcing electromechanical disk brake. The invention proposes to produce a lining carrier plate of the disk brake from a fiber composite material. A bending-resistant lining carrier plate can be produced cost-effectively in this way. In addition to fiber-reinforced plastic, steel-reinforced concrete can also be considered... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080185241 - Vehicle braking system: A vehicle braking system including an input piston and a pressure piston that are moveably supported within a cylinder. The input piston is allowed to depress the pressure piston and is connected to the a brake pedal. Pressure chambers to the front and to the rear of the input piston... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080185242 - Torque brake: A torque transfer limiting arrangement includes a housing, an input drive shaft, an output drive shaft, and an output cam plate having a plurality of ball ramps with a plurality of balls for transmitting input torque to the output cam plate. A stator assembly is rotatably fixed relative to the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080185243 - Disc brake caliper: A disc brake caliper (4) comprising a first half caliper on the support side and a second half caliper on the wheel side (20, 24). at least one of said portions comprising a seat (28) having a prevailing extension that defines an axial direction (X-X). The caliper comprises at least... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080185244 - Hydraulic shock absorber: A piston connected with a piston rod is fitted in a cylinder having a hydraulic fluid sealed therein. A damping force is generated through extension and compression disk valves and an orifice. Vehicle height adjustment is performed with a self-leveling mechanism by transferring the hydraulic fluid between the cylinder and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080185245 - Damping force variable shock absorber: A damping force variable shock absorber is provided, which is configured to prevent a ring disc of a damping force variable valve from being excessively bent without increasing the thickness of the ring disc. The damping force variable shock absorber includes a damping force variable valve controlled in a pilot... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080185246 - Damping force variable shock absorber: A damping force variable shock absorber is provided, which is configured to prevent a ring disc of a damping force variable valve from being excessively bent without increasing the thickness of the ring disc. The damping force variable shock absorber includes a damping force variable valve controlled in a pilot... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080185247 - Sealing structure for self leveling damper utilizing quadrangular-sectioned o-ring: There is provided a sealing structure for hermetically sealing a gap between a base valve and an internal cylinder in a self leveling damper, which includes internal and external cylinders, a piston valve and a piston rod provided in the internal cylinder, and a base valve provided in a distal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080185248 - Steering gear inertia damper: A tunable mass damper for use in a vehicle steering system in which a rack and pinion gearing subsystem would otherwise transfer resonant vibrations to the vehicle steering wheel. The mass damper element is a generally cylindrical mass supported and suspended around the shaft extending from the pinion gear by... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080185249 - Damped products and methods of making and using the same: Various embodiments of the invention include products and parts including a frictional damping means and methods of making and using the same.... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.