Brakes inventions 10/08

20080257656 - Brake monitoring system: A brake monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a primary braking system located in a towing vehicle. A towed vehicle is releasably attached to the towing vehicle. A towed vehicle braking system is mounted in the towed vehicle. An auxiliary braking device is configured to activate the towed... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080257657 - Wrong wheel warning sensor: A warning system is adapted to indicate disc brake and wheel component incompatibility. The system includes an element having a section that is disposed so as to extend between a non-rotating disc brake component and a rotating contour of the wheel component at a location of minimum clearance between the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080257672 - Torque-limited electric servo system for deploying a vehicle snow chain traction system: A single unit of the new deployment system includes a housing to which an electric drive motor is externally mounted. The deployment system for each vehicle requires at least a pair of deployment units: one each for right and left wheels. Each unit includes a reversable electric drive motor having... Agent: Angus C. Fox, Iii

20080257658 - Method and apparatus for adjusting a lever actuated hydraulic disc brake master cylinder: A method of adjusting a lever actuated bicycle hydraulic disc brake master cylinder. The disc brake master cylinder has a housing defining a cylinder having first and second ends and a port communicating with a fluid reservoir between the first and second ends. A piston is received in the cylinder... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20080257659 - Integrated outboard wet disk brake: A integrated outboard wet disk brake comprises a one-piece casting including a power plate, an upper portion and a lower portion. The power plate provides a backing surface for a seated annular housing for brake cooling fluid, and having a central opening. The upper portion extends radially and axially from... Agent: Stephen D. Dellett Patent Department

20080257660 - Disc brake with a self-energizing electric motor actuator: A disc brake is provided with an actuator acting on a brake application device, which brake application device is used for applying at least one brake pad to a brake disc. The brake application device has a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement and is configured in a self-energizing mode. The brake pad... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080257661 - Automatic parking brake: The invention relates to an automatic parking brake acting on a disk brake and in which the piston of the brake comprises a cavity in which there is a spring (1) allowing pressure to be applied to the end (12) of the piston cavity. A washer (5) is positioned between... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080257662 - Magnetic levitation train provided with an eddy-current brake: A magnetic levitation railway having an eddy-current brake (20) is described which cooperates with a reaction rail (8) of the driveway (2). In accordance with the invention the eddy-current brake (20) has at least one brake magnet (21) which is movably mounted to the vehicle (1) and transversely to the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080257663 - Brake disc: A brake disc capable of sufficiently absorbing thermal stress associated with thermal expansion and deformation of the braking section. The brake disc includes a mounting section for attachment to a wheel, a braking section located at the outside circumference of the mounting section for brake pads to be brought into... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080257664 - Pad assembly for use in a disc brake: A pad assembly includes a carrier plate, a backing plate to one side of which is secured at least one friction pad and which is mounted on its alternate side on the carrier plate, a spring acting between the carrier plate and the backing plate and allowing for limited rocking... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080257665 - Brake lining with damper plate: The invention relates to a brake lining (1) comprising a lining support plate (2) which is provided with a friction lining (7) arranged on the surface thereof. A damper plate (3) is placed on the opposite to the friction lining (7) second face of the lining support plate (2). Said... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080257666 - System for cooling a disc brake rotor and collecting brake pad waste: The present invention is a system which improves the airflow in a disc braking system by using impellers which are powered by a drive shaft that is rotated via a roller that is contacted with the brake rotor. A housing is provided that fits on a brake disc which holds... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080257667 - Device for decoupling an attachment from a moving machine element: The invention relates to a device for decoupling an attachment (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) from a moving machine element (4) of a machine tool, production machine or of a robot. In order to carry out the decoupling, the attachment (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) is joined to the machine element (4)... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080257668 - Fluid pressure shock absorber: An object of the present invention is to generate a stable damping force and enhance durability of a main valve in a hydraulic shock absorber in which valve opening of the main valve is controlled by an inner pressure of a backpressure chamber. A first piston 3 and a second... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080257669 - Braking apparatus: The present invention discloses a braking apparatus for a vehicle having a brake pedal. The braking apparatus includes a master cylinder having a reservoir for retaining a brake fluid. At least one hydraulically actuated brake is in fluid communication with the master cylinder and a control unit is in electrical... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080257670 - Brake system for motor vehicles: A brake-by-wire brake system has a pressure supply device (33) keeping on hand highly pressurized pressure fluid for filling the space (21) and a pressure control valve (34) which is connected hydraulically to the pressure supply device (33) and a pressure fluid supply tank (42) in order to control the... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080257671 - Component for the absorption of energy on an impact: The present invention relates to a component for the absorption of energy on an impact having a frame as well as having a section located in the frame and connected to the frame, with the section consisting of a multilayer fiber composite or comprising a multilayer fiber composite.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080257656 - Brake monitoring system: A brake monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system includes a primary braking system located in a towing vehicle. A towed vehicle is releasably attached to the towing vehicle. A towed vehicle braking system is mounted in the towed vehicle. An auxiliary braking device is configured to activate the towed... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080257657 - Wrong wheel warning sensor: A warning system is adapted to indicate disc brake and wheel component incompatibility. The system includes an element having a section that is disposed so as to extend between a non-rotating disc brake component and a rotating contour of the wheel component at a location of minimum clearance between the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080257672 - Torque-limited electric servo system for deploying a vehicle snow chain traction system: A single unit of the new deployment system includes a housing to which an electric drive motor is externally mounted. The deployment system for each vehicle requires at least a pair of deployment units: one each for right and left wheels. Each unit includes a reversable electric drive motor having... Agent: Angus C. Fox, Iii

20080257658 - Method and apparatus for adjusting a lever actuated hydraulic disc brake master cylinder: A method of adjusting a lever actuated bicycle hydraulic disc brake master cylinder. The disc brake master cylinder has a housing defining a cylinder having first and second ends and a port communicating with a fluid reservoir between the first and second ends. A piston is received in the cylinder... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20080257659 - Integrated outboard wet disk brake: A integrated outboard wet disk brake comprises a one-piece casting including a power plate, an upper portion and a lower portion. The power plate provides a backing surface for a seated annular housing for brake cooling fluid, and having a central opening. The upper portion extends radially and axially from... Agent: Stephen D. Dellett Patent Department

20080257660 - Disc brake with a self-energizing electric motor actuator: A disc brake is provided with an actuator acting on a brake application device, which brake application device is used for applying at least one brake pad to a brake disc. The brake application device has a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement and is configured in a self-energizing mode. The brake pad... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080257661 - Automatic parking brake: The invention relates to an automatic parking brake acting on a disk brake and in which the piston of the brake comprises a cavity in which there is a spring (1) allowing pressure to be applied to the end (12) of the piston cavity. A washer (5) is positioned between... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080257662 - Magnetic levitation train provided with an eddy-current brake: A magnetic levitation railway having an eddy-current brake (20) is described which cooperates with a reaction rail (8) of the driveway (2). In accordance with the invention the eddy-current brake (20) has at least one brake magnet (21) which is movably mounted to the vehicle (1) and transversely to the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080257663 - Brake disc: A brake disc capable of sufficiently absorbing thermal stress associated with thermal expansion and deformation of the braking section. The brake disc includes a mounting section for attachment to a wheel, a braking section located at the outside circumference of the mounting section for brake pads to be brought into... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080257664 - Pad assembly for use in a disc brake: A pad assembly includes a carrier plate, a backing plate to one side of which is secured at least one friction pad and which is mounted on its alternate side on the carrier plate, a spring acting between the carrier plate and the backing plate and allowing for limited rocking... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080257665 - Brake lining with damper plate: The invention relates to a brake lining (1) comprising a lining support plate (2) which is provided with a friction lining (7) arranged on the surface thereof. A damper plate (3) is placed on the opposite to the friction lining (7) second face of the lining support plate (2). Said... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080257666 - System for cooling a disc brake rotor and collecting brake pad waste: The present invention is a system which improves the airflow in a disc braking system by using impellers which are powered by a drive shaft that is rotated via a roller that is contacted with the brake rotor. A housing is provided that fits on a brake disc which holds... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080257667 - Device for decoupling an attachment from a moving machine element: The invention relates to a device for decoupling an attachment (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) from a moving machine element (4) of a machine tool, production machine or of a robot. In order to carry out the decoupling, the attachment (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) is joined to the machine element (4)... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080257668 - Fluid pressure shock absorber: An object of the present invention is to generate a stable damping force and enhance durability of a main valve in a hydraulic shock absorber in which valve opening of the main valve is controlled by an inner pressure of a backpressure chamber. A first piston 3 and a second... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080257669 - Braking apparatus: The present invention discloses a braking apparatus for a vehicle having a brake pedal. The braking apparatus includes a master cylinder having a reservoir for retaining a brake fluid. At least one hydraulically actuated brake is in fluid communication with the master cylinder and a control unit is in electrical... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080257670 - Brake system for motor vehicles: A brake-by-wire brake system has a pressure supply device (33) keeping on hand highly pressurized pressure fluid for filling the space (21) and a pressure control valve (34) which is connected hydraulically to the pressure supply device (33) and a pressure fluid supply tank (42) in order to control the... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080257671 - Component for the absorption of energy on an impact: The present invention relates to a component for the absorption of energy on an impact having a frame as well as having a section located in the frame and connected to the frame, with the section consisting of a multilayer fiber composite or comprising a multilayer fiber composite.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080251326 - Disc brake pads having a visual wear indicator which signals the need for pad replacement: A new method and apparatus signals to an inspector on a cursory exterior examination of a vehicle that brake pads have reached the limit of safe wear. Brake pads are designed to release a material that has a color other than the browns and grays of conventional brake pad dust... Agent: Angus C. Fox, Iii

20080251327 - Parking brake system including a brake cylinder: A brake system for a rail vehicle including a brake cylinder having a housing, a port on the housing for receiving fluid pressure signals, a pressure piston carried inside the housing, and a shaft connected to the pressure piston. The pressure piston and the shaft form an actuator to apply... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080251328 - Brake system: Disclosed is a brake system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type for actuating a motor vehicle brake system having a brake booster which is operable in response to the driver's input by a brake pedal and to an electronic regulating and control unit. A device is provided to decouple a force-transmitting connection... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080251329 - Lock device, transmission/drive unit containing such a lock device, and method for manufacturing such a transmission/drive unit: Blocking apparatus, as well as a gearbox drive unit containing such a blocking apparatus, as well as a method for production of a gearbox drive unit such as this for blocking any rotary movement of a shaft (14) with respect to a housing (16) of the gearbox drive unit (10),... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080251330 - Brake shoe: A brake shoe is proposed which includes a lining containing a rubber of the type which becomes ebonite when vulcanized. An elastic interlayer is disposed between the lining and an adhesive layer through which the lining is bonded to the shoe body. The interlayer serves as a stress relief layer,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080251331 - Shock absorber having a continuously variable valve with base line valving: A shock absorber includes an external control valve which controls the damping characteristics of the shock absorber. The external control 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... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080251332 - Anti-blast and shock reduction buffer: A device for mitigating shock loads utilizes load-fitted and form-fitted fluid capsules. Each capsule includes a pair of substantially flat end caps. Further, the end caps are parallel and are centered on a common axis. In each fluid capsule, high-tension members interconnect the two end caps to limit the axial... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20080251333 - Rod assembly weld: A shock absorber includes a welded piston rod assembly. The piston rod assembly comprises an upper piston rod portion welded to a lower piston rod portion and a dirt shield welded to both of the upper piston rod portion and the lower piston rod portion using a single weld.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080251334 - Master cylinder lever for a hydraulic brake with dead-band adjustment mechanism: A master cylinder assembly for a bicycle disc brake having a housing defining a cylinder, a piston received in the cylinder, a lever pivotably attached to the housing, and an adjustment guide body that is operatively associated with the piston. The piston is moveable within the cylinder between a select... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080251335 - Hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic block and an electric motor for driving hydraulic pumps inside the hydraulic block. The hydraulic block and electric motor are joined at a circumferential joint. For connection, the... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080251336 - Frame structure of a vehicle: In a frame structure of a vehicle that includes a flywheel housing, an intermediate housing and a transmission case that are connected to each other along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle to constitute a vehicle frame, the intermediate housing has a hollow shape with a first end and a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080251337 - Image forming apparatus: A damping member is constructed by: a retaining portion which is retained to a surface 8 of a holding member on the side opposite to a holding surface of a vibration generating source; and a main body portion in which a retaining portion is formed at one end and which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080245621 - Dual disc brake assembly: A disc brake assembly including a caliper bracket, a caliper housing having an outer portion and an inner portion, the inner portion defining a piston bore therein, wherein the caliper housing is moveable relative to the caliper bracket, a caliper piston received within and extendable from the piston bore, an... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080245622 - Self-boosting friction brake: The invention relates to a self-boosting electromechanical friction brakes particularly in the form of a partially lined disk brake. The friction brake includes a friction brake lining which is helically movable with respect to the direction of rotation of a brake disk and pressed there into. A ramp mechanism is... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080245623 - Brake housing: The brake housing (12) comprises a first portion (14), a second portion (16), and a demountably coupled cylinder block (18). The first and second portions (14, 16) comprise respective openings (40, 68) through which a rotating component passes. The portions (14) and (16) are coupled together to define an internal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080245624 - Latching device for electro-mechanical actuators: A latching device including a reversibly rotatable drive gear, a reversibly rotatable driven gear meshing with the drive gear, and a cantilever including a latching gear meshing with one of either the drive gear or the driven gear. The cantilever includes an electrically distortable polymeric material configured to distort in... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080245625 - Electric brake system with flexible force transfer member: A brake assembly and system (202) characterized by the use of a flexible force transfer member (230) to enable an electric motor (220) to be mounted remotely from other brake components and preferably at a location shielded from the elements and/or more easily accessible for maintenance and repair. By mounting... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080245626 - Electromagnetic retarder for a motor vehicle: An electromagnetic retarder used to reduce the speed of a rotating machine. This retarder comprises a stator through which a first shaft passes and a rotor which is assembled with the first shaft. The first shaft has a first end and a second end which are axially opposite and which... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080245629 - Energy absorbing device: An energy absorbing device, particularly for single-use occupant protection in vehicles on the action of an external force, has a free-flowing medium which is forced through a constriction by a mobile pressure element on the action of an external force. A pull device or tension device pulls on the pressure... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080245628 - Energy absorbing device operating with a free-flowing medium: An energy absorbing device, in particular a device for single-use occupant protection in vehicles, has a container with a magneto-rheological medium which is forced on impact through a restriction with at least one outlet channel. The flow resistance of the outlet channel may be influenced by a device for generation... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080245627 - Energy absorbing element: An energy absorbing element contains a free-flowing medium. The medium is expressed from the element, upon the occurrence of an impact, through at least one opening. The medium is enclosed in a capsule that bursts on impact.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080245630 - Fluid damper: A damper including a first fluid conduit in fluid communication with a second fluid conduit via a regulator, a first movable member disposed within the first fluid conduit, a second movable member disposed within the second fluid conduit, and a fluid residing between the first and second movable members. The... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080245631 - Piston/cylinder unit with solenoid valve in piston: A piston/cylinder unit includes a closed cylinder filled with a fluid under pressure, a piston dividing the cylinder into a first working chamber and a second working chamber, and a piston rod extending through the second working chamber. A passage through the piston connects the first working chamber to the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080245632 - Bicycle hydraulic brake device: A bicycle hydraulic brake device includes a housing having a master cylinder, a master piston movably mounted in the master cylinder, a brake operating member and an adjustment mechanism. The brake operating member is arranged to move between a rest position and a brake actuating position and to move the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080236958 - Pressure vessel for vehicular air brake system: There is provided a vehicular air brake system, comprising: a vehicle, a wheel rotatably coupled to the vehicle, an air brake configured for engaging the wheel to effect braking of the wheel, a pressure vessel configured for containing pressurized air, wherein the pressure vessel is fluidly coupled to the air... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080236959 - Vehicle brake system: A vehicle brake system, capable of realizing a brake-by-wire construction which can be installed in vehicles in the same manner as conventional brake systems, is provided with a booster device, a master cylinder, wheel brakes, and a hydraulic pressure control device interposed between the master cylinder and the wheel brakes.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080236960 - Disc brake for a utility vehicle: A disc brake for a utility vehicle includes a caliper which straddles the brake disc, in addition to functional parts which are arranged outside of the caliper, as drive parts of an adjusting device, which are encapsulated by a cover fixed to the outside of the caliper. The disc brake... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080236961 - Vehicle-use disc brake: A disc brake in which three pistons are arranged respectively on both sides of a brake disc to miniaturize the disc brake and to enhance the merchantability of a motorcycle by simplifying the appearance shape of the disc brake. A first oil passage provides a communication with first and second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236962 - Vehicle brake apparatus: A pressure regulating valve unit 7 is configured to be electrically driven according to a detection value of a detection unit 74 adapted to detect an amount of brake application effort made by a brake operation member 5 so as to switch states of the vehicle brake apparatus between a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080236963 - Actuator control unit and electric-mechanical brake unit: The invention achieves a further downsizing of an actuator control unit. The actuator control unit has a control circuit controlling an actuator, and a bus bar electrically connected to the control circuit and arranged such as to be partially embedded in an inner portion of a resin case and be... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080236964 - Electric braking apparatus: An electric braking apparatus including a motor for pressing brake pads on disks, a metal housing for housing the motor, a positive-polarity power line for transmitting power from a battery to the electric motor, a negative-polarity ground line for connecting the electric motor to the ground of a vehicle, and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080236965 - Transportation device: The invention provides a transportation device having a shock absorbing device with a reduced non-collapse region. Shock absorbers 14 and 17 constituting a shock absorbing device 10A provided on a transportation device is connected respectively to shock absorbers 17 and 20 disposed rearward therefrom via connecting members 23 and 26... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080236966 - Damping force adjustable fluid pressure shock absorber: A piston coupled to a piston rod is fitted in a sealed cylinder in which oil is contained. During an extension stroke of the piston rod, a damping force is generated by an extension-side valve body, and at the same time, a valve-opening pressure of an extension-side main valve is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080236967 - Locking apparatus: A locking apparatus, particularly of a parking brake device for a vehicle with an automatic transmission, which has a piston unit positioned inside a housing and is axially displaced and locked in a pre-defined axial position, and a catch device that automatically activates when the piston unit is locked to... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080236968 - Hydraulic buffering apparatus: A hydraulic buffering apparatus in which an impact from the road surface is alleviated even when the impact due to high-frequency vibrations are generated, so that the ride quality of a vehicle is improved. A piston is provided in a cylinder for partitioning the interior of the cylinder into a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236969 - Hydraulic cylinder limiter: A limiter bracket, for restricting the stroke of a hydraulic cylinder, is formed from a U-shaped member having a central base portion and two opposing sidewall. The base has a semi-circular retention slot extending from an off center position centrally located detent within the base. The opening of the slot... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080236970 - Optimized hydraulic brake system: In an optimized hydraulic brake system, a pedal travel sensor is used to improve pedal feel. In order to improve pedal feel, a low pressure is detected in the brake booster and the brake hydraulic system is used to increase wheel pressure. This prevents the operator from having to exert... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080236971 - Vehicle brake apparatus: A pressure regulating valve unit 7 is configured to regulate the output hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic pressure generating source 6 through electrical control for application to a boosted hydraulic pressure chamber 9, and a release valve 103 is interposed between the boosted hydraulic pressure chamber 9 and a reservoir... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C