Brakes inventions 08/09

20090211856 - Performance disc brake system: A disc brake mechanism including a generally annular rotor ring having an outer diameter and an inner diameter, a plurality of teeth extending from the inner diameter of the rotor ring, a generally cylindrical drive shaft head defining a major axis, and a plurality of rounded connection wedges extending therefrom.... Agent: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090211854 - Buffer device of disk brake: A buffer device of a disk brake comprises a cylinder; the cylinder being installed with at least one piston assembly which has a piston and a push cover. The piston is installed at an inner side and outer side thereof, and the inner side having a receiving chamber for receiving... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20090211855 - Ball ramp brake: A ball ramp brake including a housing, a disc assembly within the housing, and an annular rotatable actuator to actuate the brake by compressing the disc assembly. The rotatable actuator includes a plurality of depressions oriented circumferentially therein which become progressively shallower in a first circumferential direction. A plurality of... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090211857 - Brake pad for a disc brake: A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a utility or commercial vehicle, including a pad retaining spring which is designed as an arc-shaped leaf spring, can deflect radially and is fastened by way of a hood to a lining carrier plate which supports a friction lining material.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090211858 - Hydraulic vehicle brake: A hydraulic vehicle brake having an optional locking device is described. The locking device is disposed inside a hydraulic chamber that is delimited by a brake piston. For reducing the hydraulic fluid intake, an incompressible filling body is provided inside the hydraulic chamber.... Agent: Douglas V Pavelko Macmillan Sobanski &todd

20090211859 - Solenoid valve assembly of shock absorber: Disclosed is a solenoid valve assembly of a shock absorber wherein a plug the position of which is threadedly adjusted is prevented from escaping. The solenoid valve assembly includes a tubular spool rod having a female threaded portion formed on one end thereof, a plug including a male threaded portion... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20090205910 - Brake wear measurement system: A brake measurement system that utilize angular and/or linear displacement sensors to measure movement of a member operatively coupled to a movable member of a brake, wherein displacement of the movable member of the brake is indicative of brake wear. The system can include a twisted spline member operatively coupled... Agent: Don W. Bulson (grco) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090205911 - Self-energizing disk brake: A Self-energizing disk brake having an electric actuator for applying an actuating force is described. The brake has a self-energizing device for boosting the electric actuator, arranged between the actuator and the brake lining, and a brake application unit for applying at least one brake lining to one side of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090205912 - Electric parking brake: Disclosed is an electric parking brake. The electric parking brake includes a motor which forms torque through an electric device, multi-stage gears coupled with the motor, a gear wheel which is mechanically linked with the multi-stage gears, a screw nut which has a hollow structure, and is integrally formed with... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090205913 - Magnetorheological (mr) rod guide assembly and mr damper having same: A magnetorheological (MR) rod guide assembly includes a nonporous MR-rod-guide-assembly housing, annular first and second seals, and a non-annular, porous filter plug. The housing has a through bore. The first and second seals are positioned in the through bore, are adapted to sealingly contact an MR piston rod, and are... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090205914 - Piston rod guide, in particular for a single-tube vibration damper: The invention relates to a vibration damper, comprising a cylinder (5) that is filled with damping medium, in which a piston rod (7) is guided in an axially movable manner by a piston rod guide (3), the lateral surface of the piston rod guide lying against an inner wall of... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090200119 - Quick-release device of a bicycle brake cable: A quick-release device of a bicycle brake cable includes a main frame mounted to a handlebar of the bicycle, a lever pivotally mounted to the main frame and a push device mounted in the main frame to normally push the lever for selective changing the position between the lever and... Agent: Sam Chen

20090200120 - Self-energizing disk brake and control method for a self-energizing brake: A self-energizing disk 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

20090200121 - Hydraulic disc brake caliper with one way plumbing: A hydraulic disc brake caliper housing that includes first and second side portions and first and second end portions that cooperate to define a fluid path defined therein that extends between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid path extends from the fluid inlet, through the second side... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20090200122 - Sliding arrangement for a disk brake: A sliding arrangement for a disk brake includes a caliper adapted to engage a brake disk, and a first and a second support bearing for fixing the caliper to a brake support of the vehicle so that the caliper is axially slideable relative to the brake disk, where the first... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090200123 - Actuating assembly: An actuating assembly, including a rotatable core and an electric drive for driving the rotatablecore are disclosed. The rotatable core is arranged for engagement with a cable disposed within a pair of conduit sections and the cable can connect with a pair of actuatable devices. The rotatable core is arranged... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090200124 - Parking brake system for motor vehicles: A parking brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a control element and at least two electromechanical actuators. Each electromechanical actuator is configured for generating a parking brake force at one wheel of the motor vehicle. The electromechanical actuators are each provided with wheel electronic systems. The control element is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090200125 - Arrangement, device and method at a disturbance-eliminating valve for damper: An electronically-controlled damper arrangement includes a valve assembly. The valve assembly features a valve slide that carries at least two pistons. The first piston controls flow through two separate flow paths while the second piston controls damping provided by the valve slide. The first piston being both axially moveable and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090200126 - Variable damping-force damper and manufacturing method of the same: A variable damping-force damper includes a cylinder tube filled with magnetic particles (MRF), a piston that is slidably disposed within the cylinder tube, a piston rod connected with the piston and is disposed so as to protrude out of one end of the cylinder tube and a rod guide that... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090200127 - Shock absorber with pressure-controlled damping: A damper (400) including a pressure-sensitive damping control circuit that selectively permits fluid flow from a first chamber (406a) to a second chamber (448). A piston (410) is supported for reciprocation to vary a volume of the first chamber. A blow-off piston (429) is movable between a closed position, wherein... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200128 - Hydraulic disc brake caliper with one way plumbing: A hydraulic disc brake caliper housing that includes first and second side portions and first and second end portions that cooperate to define a fluid path that extends between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid path extends from the fluid inlet, through the first side portion, through... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20090200119 - Quick-release device of a bicycle brake cable: A quick-release device of a bicycle brake cable includes a main frame mounted to a handlebar of the bicycle, a lever pivotally mounted to the main frame and a push device mounted in the main frame to normally push the lever for selective changing the position between the lever and... Agent: Sam Chen

20090200120 - Self-energizing disk brake and control method for a self-energizing brake: A self-energizing disk 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

20090200121 - Hydraulic disc brake caliper with one way plumbing: A hydraulic disc brake caliper housing that includes first and second side portions and first and second end portions that cooperate to define a fluid path defined therein that extends between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid path extends from the fluid inlet, through the second side... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20090200122 - Sliding arrangement for a disk brake: A sliding arrangement for a disk brake includes a caliper adapted to engage a brake disk, and a first and a second support bearing for fixing the caliper to a brake support of the vehicle so that the caliper is axially slideable relative to the brake disk, where the first... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090200123 - Actuating assembly: An actuating assembly, including a rotatable core and an electric drive for driving the rotatablecore are disclosed. The rotatable core is arranged for engagement with a cable disposed within a pair of conduit sections and the cable can connect with a pair of actuatable devices. The rotatable core is arranged... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090200124 - Parking brake system for motor vehicles: A parking brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a control element and at least two electromechanical actuators. Each electromechanical actuator is configured for generating a parking brake force at one wheel of the motor vehicle. The electromechanical actuators are each provided with wheel electronic systems. The control element is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090200125 - Arrangement, device and method at a disturbance-eliminating valve for damper: An electronically-controlled damper arrangement includes a valve assembly. The valve assembly features a valve slide that carries at least two pistons. The first piston controls flow through two separate flow paths while the second piston controls damping provided by the valve slide. The first piston being both axially moveable and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090200126 - Variable damping-force damper and manufacturing method of the same: A variable damping-force damper includes a cylinder tube filled with magnetic particles (MRF), a piston that is slidably disposed within the cylinder tube, a piston rod connected with the piston and is disposed so as to protrude out of one end of the cylinder tube and a rod guide that... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090200127 - Shock absorber with pressure-controlled damping: A damper (400) including a pressure-sensitive damping control circuit that selectively permits fluid flow from a first chamber (406a) to a second chamber (448). A piston (410) is supported for reciprocation to vary a volume of the first chamber. A blow-off piston (429) is movable between a closed position, wherein... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090200128 - Hydraulic disc brake caliper with one way plumbing: A hydraulic disc brake caliper housing that includes first and second side portions and first and second end portions that cooperate to define a fluid path that extends between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid path extends from the fluid inlet, through the first side portion, through... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20090194372 - Hitch attachable no skid emergency brake: This invention creates a novel way to stop a vehicle on an icy, snowy or wet surface when normal tire tractions can not do it, and it is adoptable to any vehicle with a hitch. The emergency brake system is a pivotable metal piece, which makes hard contact with the... Agent: Zoltan Egeresi

20090194373 - Brake systems for rollators and rollators comprising the same: A brake system for a rollator may include a brake handle, a braking device operatively coupled to the brake handle, and a gear rim mechanically coupled to at least one wheel of the rollator. The brake handle may be pivotally attached to a frame of the rollator and comprises a... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090194374 - Quick-release device of a bicycle brake cable: A quick-release device of a bicycle brake cable includes a brake arm mounted on a frame of the bicycle, a guider selectively slidably mounted on a free end of the brake arm and a safe lever pivotally mounted in the brake arm. The brake arm includes a groove defined along... Agent: Sam Chen

20090194375 - Manual wheel chocks with automatic positive locking: A wheel restraint includes a wheel chock that is manually movable between a retracted position clear of a wheel of a vehicle at a loading dock and an operative position to block the path of the wheel. In the retracted position, the chock can be manually moved freely along a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090194376 - Manual wheel chocks with enhanced bracing upon deployment: An example wheel restraint includes a wheel chock that is manually movable between a retracted or release position clear of a wheel of a vehicle at a loading dock and an operative position to block the path of the wheel. In the release position, the chock can be manually moved... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090194377 - Electromechanically actuated disc brake with guide plate: A self-boosting electromechanically actuable disc brake is characterized in that a component (pressure piston 9, 10), which is stationary during braking and which is connected to an adjusting device or is part of the adjusting device, of the self-boosting device is held, with slight play parallel to the brake disc... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090194378 - Brake shield: A brake shield is provided to cover a brake disc in a vehicle. The brake shield is arranged to at least partly cover one side of the brake disc, and the brake shield includes, but is not limited to a cover portion adapted to cover a hub of said brake... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090194379 - Fluid-pressure shock absorber: A fluid-pressure shock absorber comprising: an external cylinder with an open portion provided at one end thereof, a piston rod, a tip of which projects from the open portion of the external cylinder; a rod guide, wherein the open portion of the external cylinder is closed with caulking works so... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090194380 - Isolator with damping: An isolator comprising a hub, a pulley frictionally engaged with the hub through a bushing for instantaneous rotational movement, the bushing and hub having a coefficient of friction, a resilient member engaged between the pulley and the hub for transmitting a torque, and a locking member for retaining the pulley... Agent: The Gates Corporation