Brakes inventions 04/09

20090107777 - Parking brake device of disk brake: Disclosed is a parking brake device of a disk brake. The parking brake device includes a caliper housing including a finger unit and a body part to push pad plates, which are installed at both sides of a disk, to closely make contact with the disk, a cylinder provided in... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090107778 - Actuation system for a parking brake: The present invention relates to an actuation system for a parking brake of a motor vehicle, comprising a foot or a hand-actuated manual actuation means (10) for tightening of the parking brake, wherein the parking brake is purely mechanically tightened via the actuation means, a locking mechanism (20) for tightening... Agent: John D. Titus The Cavanagh Law Firm

20090107779 - Magneto-rheological damper: In a magneto-rheological variable damper (6), the piston (16) comprises an inner yoke (32), an outer yoke (31) concentrically surrounding the inner yoke and held in position by pair of end plates (33, 34) made of non-magnetic material and disposed on either axial end surfaces of the piston. The piston... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090107780 - Method of assembling a hydraulic shock absorber and hydraulic shock absorber: Before inner components of a hydraulic shock absorber, such as a cylinder, a piston and a piton rod, are placed, an outer shell is joined with a joint portion of an assembling apparatus so that a gas pressure chamber and the outer shell are in communication with each other. A... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090107781 - Vibration damper having a rebound buffer: A vibration damper for the wheel suspension of a motor vehicle includes a damping tube, a working piston which splits the interior of the damping tube into two working chambers and is attached to a piston rod, a closure assembly which closes an open end of the damping tube and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090107782 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber (100) for suppressing vibration in a vehicle includes a valve disk (1) that delimits the interior of a cylinder (40) in which a working fluid is sealed; a first passage (2a), a second passage (2b) and a third passage (2c), which are disposed in series so as... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090107784 - Hydropneumatic spring and damper system: The hydro-pneumatic spring damping device in particular for wheeled vehicles or tracked vehicles includes at least one hydro-pneumatic element (1) having a gas chamber (1h) wherein the hydro-pneumatic element (1) includes a heat exchanger (1i) which is arranged such that it influences the temperature of the gas in the gas... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090107783 - Single cylinder type hydraulic shock absorber for vehicle: A single cylinder type hydraulic shock absorber for a vehicle (100) includes a cylinder (1), a free piston (2) that is inserted slidably into the cylinder (1) and delimits a fluid chamber (7) and a gas chamber (8) in the cylinder (1), a piston (3) that is inserted slidably into... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090107785 - Hydraulic shock absorber: In a hydraulic shock absorber, an outer operating oil chamber within an inner tube is communicated with a piston rod side oil chamber within a cylinder, an annular oil chamber is compartmentalized between an inner periphery of an outer tube and an outer periphery of the inner tube, the annular... Agent: Orum & Roth LLC

20090107786 - Automotive brake cam assembly: A brake cam assembly comprises a cam tube and a cam rod, each having an inboard end and an outboard end, relative to the wheel to be braked. The cam rod carries a cam at its outboard end to actuate the brake. At least one inboard bearing ring is secured... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul LLP Attn: Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

20090107787 - Inserts with holes for damped products and methods of making and using the same: One embodiment of the invention includes a frictional damping insert including a body constructed and arranged to be incorporated into a product and to form at least a portion of a frictional damping means, the body including lines of weakness constructed and arranged to segment the body into separate sections... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090101451 - Force measuring device for a parking brake of a vehicle, in particular of a passenger vehicle: A force measuring device for a parking brake of a vehicle has a housing, having a Bowden cable for actuating the parking brake and having a force measuring element for determining the cable force. The Bowden cable is guided through the housing and has first and second stops which are... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090101456 - Disk thickness variation tolerant brake system and method for manufacturing thereof: A corner module, comprising a knuckle, a hub and bearing a caliper assembly including a caliper that carries at least two opposing and spread apart brake pad assemblies, and a rotor having a rotational axis including a hat portion and a disc portion, the disc portion disposed between the at... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20090101457 - Wheel hub for camshaft serviceability: A wheel hub includes a hub flange that extends about the wheel hub. The hub flange includes a removed section that is aligned with a camshaft assembly. An insert is used to fill the removed section. The insert is selectively removable from the hub flange to provide access to the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090101452 - Brake or clamping arrangement for rotatable shafts: In a brake- and/or clamping arrangement for a shaft supported in an apparatus housing or a device housing and comprising a braking disc mounted on the shaft rigidly for rotation therewith and a clamping ring supported in the device housing, the braking disc has a friction area comprising two truncated... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20090101453 - Electromechanical zero backlash brake: The invention relates to an electromechanical brake (10), especially for vehicles, which comprises an electrical actuator (18) producing an actuation force and acting upon at least one friction member (21) in order to force said member against a component (21) of the brake to be slowed down, thereby eliciting a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090101454 - Disk brake and method of producing the same: A disk brake is provided which is free from problems attributed to the obverse-reverse orientation of a cover member as installed. A cylinder portion (21) slidably accommodating a piston is formed from a plate-shaped cover member (43) constituting the bottom thereof and a caliper body main part (46) having an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090101455 - Self-adjusting torsion lock parking brake: A park brake includes a brake arm movable about a pivot. A release cable is associated with the brake arm for unlocking the brake arm relative to the pivot. A release mechanism is associated with the brake arm, and is positioned about the pivot. A self adjusting mechanism is associated... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090101458 - Wheel brake for a vehicle and a vehicle comprising the wheel brake: A wheel brake for a vehicle including a brake disc unit adapted to brake the rotation of a rotation element, which is adapted to be drivingly connected to the wheel . The brake disc unit includes a first set of discs and a second set of discs arranged in an... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090101459 - Hydraulic shock absorber: In a shock absorber of a vehicle, when a moving speed of a piston rod in relation to a cylinder tube is slow and first and second input forces are externally applied to the shock absorber, damping forces of pressure side and extension side first damping force generating devices are... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090095576 - Brake condition monitoring: A system and method for monitoring the usage of brake members of an aircraft braking system. The system makes a separate record of each brake actuation in which there is relative movement of the brake member's facing friction surfaces which causes wear, determines the types of brake usage and operates... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090095577 - Brake: A brake for retaining a mobile carriage on which apparatus such as storage facilities are located. The brake includes a pivot member with a release end and a locking end and with a claw at the locking end. The claw engages a slotted member when the locking end is depressed.... Agent: John Maier, Iii

20090095578 - Brake assembly for final drive: A braking system for a final drive for a wheel assembly of an independently powered wheeled vehicle. The system includes a service brake having a displaceable element actuatable to retard rotation of the individual wheel assembly. A park brake is positioned closely adjacent to the service brake and is actuatable... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090095579 - Electric linear-motion actuator and electric brake assembly: In an actuator of the type in which a plurality of planetary rollers 4 disposed between the rotor shaft 2a of an electric motor 2 and an outer ring member 3 fixed in position around the outer periphery of the rotor shaft 2a are rotated about the axis of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090095580 - Brake with spindle and cam disk arrangement: A brake, in particular for motor vehicles, has a friction member (1) which can be pressed an actuator (15) against or released from the friction face of an element (3) which is to be braked. The brake is equipped with a particularly simple and reliable readjustment device (7) and with... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090095581 - Floating disc brake: A floating disc brake assembly including a housing, a pair of diametrically opposed cylindrical cavities within the housing, and an end cover positioned over the opening and having an aperture therethrough. A shaft with an axis of rotation is positioned within the aperture with an end of the shaft positioned... Agent: Edward G. Greive Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20090095583 - Heat sink for disc brake rotor: A disc brake rotor element for a vehicle braking system, the disc brake rotor having a plurality of heat sinks positioned in the surface area contacted by the disc brake shoes in order to aid in the dissipation of heat from the brake rotor, thus maintaining the brake rotor at... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20090095582 - Internally ventilated brake disk for disk brakes: The invention relates to an internally ventilated brake disk for disk brakes, in particular for motor vehicles, having two friction disks that are arranged adjacent to one another, that are connected to one another by webs that have an essentially radial, preset curvature, and that form cooling channels between them... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090095584 - Damper: A damper is comprised of an actuator (A) connected to a sprung member (B) side of a vehicle, the actuator (A) including a motion converting mechanism (T) for transforming a linear motion into a rotational motion and a motor (M) to which the rotational motion resulting from the transformation by... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20090095585 - Vehicle damper: A damper (1) is provided with a body (2) which surrounds an annular compression chamber (3), the damper (1) being furnished with at least one pneumatic compensation chamber (30, 40) and a control piston (4) that can move relative to the body (2), the control piston (4) having a rod... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090095586 - Fluid damper: A fluid damper, in particular for damping the movement of parts of furniture such as a drawer or a door, includes a cylinder (2) and a piston (5) linearly displaceable within the cylinder (2). The piston (5) has a plate stopper (3) at a first end and is engaged with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090095587 - System and method for attaining and maintaining hydraulic pressure for locking a vehicle's wheels: Hydraulic pressure for wheel lock is kept by trapping suitably pressurized brake fluid between a brake power unit (34) and hydraulic actuators at the brake calipers or shoes at the wheels (22) by a locking mechanism (120) that acts on the brake pedal shaft (128) independently of the brake pedal.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090090585 - Method of monitoring the operability of a brake actuation unit: In a brake-by-wire system, upon application of the brake pedal (3), the actuator (55) will deactivate the device (5), which connects and disconnects the simulator, during a predefined switching time (T2-T3). The movement of the brake pedal (3) in the direction of actuation, which movement occurs during the switching time,... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20090090586 - Magnetorheological (mr) piston ring and mr damper having same: A magnetorheological (MR) piston ring includes an MR-piston-ring body disposable within a cylinder of an MR damper. The MR-piston-ring body has a radially inner surface defining a boundary of a longitudinally-extending MR passageway. The MR-piston-ring body includes a surface portion which is slidingly engagable with the cylinder and which has... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090090587 - Speed responsive damper and impact absorbing damper device: A speed responsive damper (10) comprises: a cylinder (11) in which a fluid is enclosed; a piston (13) that is slidably fitted into the cylinder and that has an orifice (19a) through which a fluid passes; a piston rod 14 whose one end is fixed to the piston and whose... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090090588 - Damping valve: A damping valve includes a valve body, the valve body having at least one through hole and a valve seating surface. There is at least one valve disk configured to mate with the valve seating surface and at least partially seal the through hole and a first spring configured to... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090084637 - Electrically actuated aircraft brakes: Method and apparatus for monitoring electrically-actuated aircraft brakes includes measuring the break heat pack thickness to determine wear of the brake discs and adjusting the measurement so as to give ongoing compensation for temperature variations and hence expansion of the heat pack.... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090084638 - Disc brake pad with visual wear indicator: A disc brake pad having a visual indicator of brake wear to eliminate the current necessity of dismantling related parts for brake pad inspection by an automobile mechanic. The improved brake pad uses an existing conventional brake pad friction material having a recess cut into a rear surface of the... Agent: Warn Partners, P.C.

20090084639 - Bicycle brake system: A brake system for a bicycle includes a number of brake members constructed to engage one another, such as a rotor and a shoe or pad. At least one of the brake members includes fiber reinforcing members. The fiber reinforcing members are distributed throughout the brake member and communicate the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090084640 - Brake arrangement: A brake arrangement includes a rotor, an annular magnet located at an inner circumferential surface of the rotor, a laminated silicon steel structure, plural sets of coils, and a brake mechanism. The laminated silicon steel structure is formed by stacking a plurality of annular silicone steel sheets, each of which... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090084641 - Wheel cylinder integral auto adjuster: Wheel cylinder based auto adjuster incorporated within the wheel cylinder housing, comprising a (13) housing, (12) lip seal, (10) plunger, (4) adjuster, (6) adjusting screws, (3) dust cover, (2) a cam screw, (9) copper washer, (8) thrust bearing and (7) excluder assembly characterized in that the said adjusting screw and... Agent: Showatech Inc Subsidiary Of Brakes India Limite

20090084642 - Brake pad assembly for a bicycle disc brake: Disclosed herein is a brake pad assembly for a disc brake on a bicycle, the brake pad assembly comprising a brake friction pad and a back plate. The back plate includes a first layer deposited onto the brake friction pad and a second layer deposited onto the first layer. The... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20090084643 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber comprises first and second axially aligned cylinders (11, 21) each having a liquid filled piston chamber (12, 22), an axially displaceable piston (13, 23) received in the piston chamber (12, 22), and means (14, 24) for dampening axial displacement of the piston (13, 23) through the liquid... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090084645 - Damper device: A damper device includes a cylinder body and a piston body. At least one of the cylinder body and the piston body is attached to an article subject to damping so that the damping is applied to a movement or a relative movement of the article subject to the damping.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090084644 - Hydraulic shock absorber: In a hydraulic shock absorber structured such that a vehicle body side tube and an axle side tube are slidably fitted, and a plurality of adjusting portions are provided in a cap sealed to an upper end opening portion of the vehicle body side tube, a plurality of adjusting portions... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20090084646 - Bi-fold valve-type magnetorheological fluid energy absorbing device: An energy absorbing device is provided that includes a damper assembly having inner and outer concentric tubes and a piston movable within the inner tube. The damper assembly is configured to form bi-fold valve-type cavities to operatively connect an inner chamber of the inner tube with an outer chamber formed... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090084647 - Damping force adjusting structure of hydraulic shock absorber: In a damping force adjusting structure of a hydraulic shock absorber, a blow valve blowing an oil liquid in a rod side chamber to a back pressure chamber is provided in a back pressure introduction path introducing the oil liquid in the rod side chamber to the back pressure chamber,... Agent: Orum & Roth LLC