Brakes inventions 09/08

20080230328 - Method and booster which are intended to detect the braking of a vehicle, and method of producing such a booster: A method of detecting the braking of a vehicle comprising a push rod (200) intended to transmit an amplified braking command to a master cylinder. A plunger (220), arranged parallel to the primary piston (200) so as to reproduce the movements of this piston, and a sensor (230) which senses... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080230329 - Wheel chock assembly: A wheel chock assembly is provided having a base member extending axially from a top end to a bottom end, first and second support members whose upper ends are pivotally and slidably engaged with respect to the base member, first and second wheel chocks mounted with respect to the lower... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080230330 - Braking device having a wedge mechanism: A braking device includes a brake block which can be actuated by a wedge mechanism which has first and second wedge elements. Each wedge element has at least one contact face beveled in the manner of a wedge, with the contact faces of the wedge elements opposing one another. The... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080230331 - Electric brake actuating assembly: An electric brake actuating assembly (10), including a rotatable actuator (11) and electric drive means for driving the rotatable actuator (11) to rotate, a pair of load transfer members (16, 17) disposed respectively on opposite sides of the rotatable actuator (11) and each load transfer member (16, 17) including three... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080230332 - Bicycle disk brake pad: A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part.... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080230333 - Bicycle braking sheet assembly: A bicycle braking sheet assembly comprises a braking sheet being made of elastic material; the braking sheet being formed with a plurality of receiving holes; a plurality of braking blocks; the number of the braking blocks being equal to that of the receiving holes; the elastic coefficient of the braking... Agent: Chester Wen

20080230334 - Vibration damper with amplitude-selective damping force: A vibration damper includes a damping medium filled cylinder in which a piston rod carrying a working piston is guided with freedom of axial movement, the working piston dividing the cylinder into two working spaces. The piston rod forms a housing having an inside wall, the housing having first and... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080230335 - Front fork: A front fork comprises a telescopic tube (1, 32) in which a damper cylinder (3) generates a damping force. The damper cylinder (3) comprises a guide sleeve (4) and a free piston (6) having an inner circumference which slides on the outer circumference of the guide sleeve (4) and an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080230336 - Method for arranging a separating piston in a cavity and a device with such a separation piston: A steering damper system and method of regulating the fluid pressure of such a system are provided. The system can comprise a piston rod, a cylinder, a passage, and a damper portion. The damper portion can comprise a damper cavity, an outer piston, an inner piston, and a biasing component.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080230337 - Brake control apparatus for vehicles: A brake control apparatus including a reservoir tank, a housing, a pump within the housing, a suction port formed in the housing and communicated with a suction portion of the pump, a discharge port formed in the housing and communicating a discharge portion of the pump with wheel cylinders, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080223669 - Release holding mechanism for railcar hand brake: A release holding mechanism for a railcar hand brake includes a release shaft rotatably mounted in the housing. A quick release handle is rigidly secured to an external end of the release shaft for rotation therewith and manually rotatable into a release position to initiate the quick release of the... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080223670 - Cylinder mechanism: A cylinder mechanism includes a housing, a piston slidably held in the housing for defining a fluid chamber for introducing a working fluid thereinto, and a plurality of disc springs for urging the piston toward the fluid chamber. At least two of the disc springs have respective bottom ends facing... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080223671 - Wheel-guiding pneumatic spring damper unit: A pneumatic spring and damper unit (1) has working chambers (2,3) which are filled with compressed air and are partially defined by rolled bellows or corrugated bellows. The working chambers are superimposed and connected through throttle valves, arranged inside a common pot-shaped cylindrical housing (4), and separated by a cylindrical... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080223672 - Vehicle damper of variable damping force: A damper of variable damping force adapted to be built into a vehicular suspension is disclosed. The damper has frictional force generating means for applying a frictional force to a rod. The frictional force generating means is disposed at one end of a cylinder and positioned externally of the latter.... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080223674 - Damping force generating mechanism: A damping force generating mechanism (V) comprises a front valve body (6) which allows working oil to flow from a first oil chamber (R1) to a second oil chamber (R2) under a predetermined resistance when lifted, and a rear valve body (7) which is disposed on the rear side of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080223673 - Hydraulic shock absorber: A shock absorber includes a cylinder tube connected to one portion of a shock absorbing body, a main piston rod extending from a piston with its extension end being connected to another portion of the shock absorbing body, a sub piston rod extending from the piston, an oil chamber pressurizing... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080223675 - Brake system: A brake system includes a master cylinder which generates brake fluid pressure by a braking operation of a driver, an electric motor-driven slave cylinder which generates brake fluid pressure based on an electric signal responsive to a braking operation of a driver, and a wheel cylinder for braking a wheel... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080217115 - Brake device for pushcart: A brake device for a pushcart includes a main movable member disposed movably within a main seat, an auxiliary movable member disposed movably within an auxiliary seat, and a connecting member interconnecting the main and auxiliary movable members. The main movable member is biased to an upper limit position, and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080217124 - Disc brake system: A disc brake system comprises a mounting hub and at least one disc supported by the mounting hub. The mounting hub has a center portion and an outer portion substantially perpendicular to the center portion and defines a central axis extending perpendicular to the center portion. A plurality of grooves... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080217116 - Parking brake: The present invention relates to a brake for a vehicle, comprising a disc and a shoe device. The disc comprises a braking band of a first material and a support bell of a second material. The braking band e comprises a radially inner track and two opposing friction surfaces which... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080217117 - Disc brake and an additional brake actuator therefore: A disc brake comprises a disc brake caliper, which includes a brake application mechanism with an input element, and a service brake actuator providing a brake application force to the input element via a push rod. An electromechanical brake actuator is arranged between the caliper and the service brake actuator... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080217118 - Bellows for a self-amplifying electromechnical disc brake and disc brake with such a bellows: The invention relates to a bellows for a self-energising electromechanical disc brake. According to the invention, a low deformation force may be achieved by means of a bellows with an elliptical, offset cross-section tapering in one direction and, in opposing circumferential sections of the bellows, the provision of circumferential folds... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080217119 - Electric motor with static brake: An electric motor for driving a vehicle wheel includes a parking brake that is selectively applied to provide a park brake condition. The parking brake is a clutch style brake and includes a sliding brake disk that is mounted for rotation with a motor shaft. A brake piston is used... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c.

20080217120 - Self-reinforcing electromechanical disc brake: The invention relates to a self-reinforcing electromechanical disc brake having a brake caliper produced by means of shaping, in one piece with a housing for electromechanical parts of an actuating device of the disc brake, with the housing forming a dimensionally stable hollow body. It is possible in this way... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080217121 - Electromechanical brake: The invention relates to an electromechanical disk brake which has a switchable freewheel in order to be configured as a parking brake. The switchable freewheel includes a clamping roller freewheel having rollers for locking a motor shaft of an electric motor of the brake. A locating bearing of the motor... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080217122 - Brake actuation unit for actuating a motor vehicle brake system: It is arranged according to the invention that the simulator housing (22) includes a cylindrical area (26) for the accommodation of the two bearings (27, 28). This measure renders it possible to reduce the deformations that occur during actuation of the pedal travel simulator to a great extent.... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080217123 - Vehicle parking system and method for controlling the same: In a vehicle parking system, when a selected shift position is changed between Park and a shift position other than Park, if both an electric motor of an electric parking lock mechanism and an electric motor of an electric parking brake mechanism are operated, these electric motors are started in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080217125 - Adjusting apparatus for a pneumatically actuated disc brake: An adjusting apparatus for a pneumatically actuated disc brake, in particular for arrangement in a rotatable spindle, having an overload coupling and a unidirectional coupling, is distinguished by the fact that the unidirectional coupling has a rolling-body coupling and friction clutches which are arranged on both sides of the rolling-body... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080217126 - End-stop damper: An end-stop damper including a damper body in the form of a cylinder, wherein a piston is guided so that it is displaceable in the cylinder receiving chamber. An air pressure is formed in the receiving chamber produces a braking force acting on the piston during its displacement. The receiving... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20080217127 - Shock absorber: In a shock absorber (D), a rod (3) projects axially from a cylinder (1) housed in an outer tube (2) to the exterior of the outer tube (2). A rod guide (4, 11) supports the outer circumference of the rod (3) so as to be free to slide. The rod... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080217128 - Energy absorption apparatus and method for producing an integral energy absorption apparatus: The present invention relates to an energy absorption apparatus having a first hollow longitudinal section (2) with a first cross-sectional width (5) and a second hollow longitudinal section (3) with a second cross-sectional width (6) and having an overlapping transition region (4) between the hollow longitudinal sections. The invention also... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080210496 - Brake system: A brake system includes an electric brake force generator for braking a wheel of a vehicle by a driving force of an electric motor. A problem determination device is provided in which the problem determination device sends an electrical signal to the electric motor such that the electric motor rotates... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080210497 - Brake system for hybrid electric vehicle and control method thereof: The present invention provides a brake system and its control method for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising a driving motor generating a regenerative braking torque; a hydraulic pressure supplying unit including a brake pedal, a booster and a master cylinder, a first hydraulic line, and a reservoir; a hydraulic brake... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080210498 - Self-applying disc brake: A self-energizing disc brake having an electric actuator in which an activation force applied to the actuator is amplified using a self-energizing device arranged between the actuator and brake lining is described. The device has a brake application unit for applying at least one brake lining to one side of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080210499 - Vehicular brake system: First hydraulic-pressure supply piping extended from an accumulator is connected to a first supply port (that is, to a second pressure chamber) of a cylinder, and to second hydraulic-pressure delivery piping of an ABS via third hydraulic-pressure supply piping having a third linear valve. When the braking hydraulic pressure Pf... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080210500 - Hydraulic regenerative braking system for a vehicle: One embodiment of a hydraulic regenerative braking system for a vehicle having at least one drive wheel includes first (24) and second (32) hydraulic machines operable as pumps or motors. One of the hydraulic machines operates in conjunction with the vehicle drive wheels, while the other hydraulic machine operates in... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080210501 - Assistive front electric brakes for gas or electric vehicles: A front electric brake assembly for assisting vehicle braking is provided. The front electric brake assembly includes a spindle that includes at least one mounting flange. A shaft extends substantially perpendicular from the spindle. An electric brake mounts to the at least one mounting flange of the spindle. A hub... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080210502 - Pressure medium brake system for a motor vehicle as well as a motor vehicle: A pressure medium brake system for a motor vehicle such as a racing vehicle having at least one axle with two wheels and respectively assigned wheel brake cylinders includes devices for determining a cornering of the motor vehicle. A respective wheel brake cylinder of the axle can be controlled as... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080210503 - Motor vehicle brake power proportioning method and device with an elastic element: A motor vehicle brake power proportioning device has a brake control force proportioned by a balance-beam-type device at a variable ratio onto different brake cylinders, particularly to the master brake cylinders of the front and rear axle of the motor vehicle. The balance-beam-type device is configured so that a lever... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080210504 - Composite brake drum with cgi cast liner and a method for manufacturing: A vehicle composite brake drum (10) is provided and includes a brake drum shell (12), and a brake drum liner (22), the brake drum liner (22) is formed of compacted graphite iron. A method of manufacturing the vehicle composite brake drum includes forming a brake drum shell and then forming... Agent: Patzik, Frank & Samotny Ltd.

20080210505 - Method for damping relative movements occurring in a work vehicle during advance: A method for damping relative movements occurring between a first and a second part of a work vehicle during advance of the vehicle, which parts are interconnected by means of at least one hydraulic actuator, includes detecting at least one operation parameter of the vehicle, determining whether a damping condition... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP