Brakes inventions 09/09

20090236187 - Disk brake: A disk brake having a brake caliper, which engages axially in a U shape around a rotatable brake disk is provided. The disk brake includes a caliper bridge, two caliper limbs and at least one actuating device. At least one brake lining is mounted in an axially movable fashion in... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090236188 - Disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle: A disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes a caliper which surrounds a brake disc, against which brake pads can be pressed on both sides during braking. A holding bracket is fastened to the caliper and bears against pad retaining springs acting on outer edges of the brake... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090236189 - Disc brake, in particular for a utility vehicle: A disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes a caliper which engages over a brake disc, and a brake application device, by which a brake pad can be pressed against the brake disc via at least one actuating spindle in the caliper, in correspondence with a pressure piece.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090236190 - Wheel stud sleeve for a ceramic brake disk: A sleeve for holding a mounting stud in the bore of a ceramic brake disk wherein the sleeve is made of metal and is equipped on one side with a collar, that slip-proof and captive attachment is effected by a flange on the opposite sleeve end, and that neither the... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090236191 - Sintered brake lining: The invention relates to a sintered brake lining (3) with a cylindrical friction element (4) made from a first sintered material, which has an external cylinder surface and a cylinder height (6), and with a reinforcing element (5) enclosing the friction element (4) which is disposed on the external cylinder... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090236192 - Shock absorber: The shock absorber includes N magnets arranged such that like poles of adjacent magnets face each other to generate repulsive force, where N is an integer of at least 2; and a magnet holder that accommodates the N magnets such that a distance between the adjacent magnets is variable, whereby... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090236193 - Damping valve for a hydraulic shock absorber: Components of the basic structure of the flow-control valve (1) are an axially movable slide (5) having a body (6) and a valve sleeve (7), an electromagnetic linear actuator (8) for axial displacement of the slide (5) and a fixed guide body (9) configured as a tube and having an... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090236194 - Valve apparatus of shock absorber: A valve apparatus for a shock absorber includes a piston valve having rebound and compression passages, a sliding valve movably coupled to a piston rod to block and open the rebound passages, and at least one valve disc provided at a lower side of the sliding valve and separated a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090229926 - Proximity sensor for brake wear detection: A proximity sensor 20, 21, 22 and method for detection of wear in a brake disc stack 55 on an aircraft including a wear pin 40, 43, 50 for moving in a first direction as the brake wears, and a switch 20, 21, 22 for measuring movement of the wear... Agent: Honeywell/bskb Patent Services

20090229927 - Breaking device: A braking device for vehicles comprises a body (12), a lever (13) hinged to said body that can be operated by a user of the vehicle, a hydraulic cylinder (17) having a cylinder-shaped chamber integral with the body (12) for connecting to a hydraulic braking circuit of the vehicle, the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090229928 - Method and apparatus for constraining a bicycle: A device and method adapted to keep a bicycle upright and stable while not in use that engages one or more brake levers and the brakes of the bicycle, while the bicycle is leaned against an object. A device and method which is lightweight, easy to keep with the bicycle,... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20090229929 - Cantilever brake device: A cantilever brake device is disclosed having a pair of opposing brake arm assemblies with cable tension or the traction point at the distal end of the body members at the bottom trunk portions rather than at the upper level by the adjustable arm members. By moving the cable tension... Agent: Miller Nash LLP

20090229930 - Disc brake caliper: A disc brake caliper for a rail vehicle comprises brake pad holders suspended—at either side of a brake disc to be braked—for movements only in a plane perpendicular to a substantially horizontal center-line of the caliper. Members of the caliper for transmitting movements from a brake unit to the brake... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090229931 - Hydraulic vehicle brake system: The invention proposes equipping a hydraulic vehicle brake system with a pedal travel modulator that has an electromechanically driven piston-cylinder unit. The piston-cylinder unit upon brake actuation “furnishes” additional brake fluid and thereby boosts a pedal travel of the vehicle brake system.... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090229932 - Brake pipe vent valve for locomotive brake system: The present locomotive brake system includes a brake controller operable by an operator and a brake pipe vent valve. The brake controller includes an emergency output port which provides emergency pneumatic signal on the emergency output port when the brake controller is in an emergency position. The brake pipe vent... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090229933 - Disc brake pad: A disc brake pad (210) is disclosed, including a front side (216) for engaging a disc brake rotor and a rear side (218) for engagement by respective service (233) and park brake (232) actuators. The rear side of the pad (210) includes a recess arrangement (220) for receiving a disc... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090229934 - Adjustable hydraulic damper for vehicles: The present invention provides an adjustable hydraulic damper for vehicles, which enables the running vehicle to generate kinetic energy through the extrusion of piston and piston rod in the hydraulic damper, thus allowing for circulating supply of high-pressure oil and providing kinetic energy to the vehicles under the control of... Agent: Hung, Sheng-fu

20090229935 - Continuously blockable locking device: A housing having a first housing end and a second housing end, a substantially cylindrical work chamber formed in the housing, a piston which is arranged in the work chamber so as to be displaceable and which divides the work chamber into a first work space near the first housing... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090223760 - Adaptive brake scheme during a locomotive distributed power communication loss: An adaptive brake system for a distributed power train responsive to an interruption in a communication system for the train and a brake application initiated at the lead locomotive, reduces the brake pipe fluid pressure at a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive to a predetermined pressure level to reduce... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090223764 - Restraining arms for wheel chocks: Wheel restraints for restraining vehicles at loading docks are described herein. An example wheel restraint includes a restraining arm to anchor a wheel chock to a fixed point at the dock. When in a blocking position, the chock rests directly upon the dock's driveway without the chock having to engage... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090223752 - Disk break apparatus for electromechanical brake system: A disk brake apparatus for an electromechanical brake system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first motor and a second motor. The first motor is provided for front wheels and rear wheels, for power transmission with a sun gear of a planetary gear set; and... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090223753 - Flanged shim for disc brake squeal attenuation: A brake pad assembly provided for a disc brake apparatus. The brake pad assembly comprises a backing plate having a flat inner face and a flat outer face oriented opposite to the inner face, a friction member fixed to the inner face of the backing plate, and an anti-squeal shim... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090223754 - Vehicle disk brake: Disclosed is a disk brake for a vehicle having a manual release unit, capable of manually releasing the contact of a disk and a friction pad which are locked in a braking state. The disk brake includes a disk rotating together with a wheel of the vehicle, a friction pad... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090223755 - Vehicle brake with an electromechanical drive: A vehicle brake with an electromechanical drive, by means of which electrical energy fed into a brushless direct current motor is converted into mechanical energy to generate braking forces, the electrical energy being fed via an electronic control unit into the electric motor.... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090223756 - Method for producing friction surfaces or friction layers of a carbon-ceramic brake disk as well as a carbon-ceramic brake disk provided with such friction surfaces or friction layers: The invention relates to a method for producing friction surfaces or friction layers in a carbon-ceramic brake disk for motor vehicles in which the friction surfaces or friction layers in the finished state are treated by a thermal coating method. The invention likewise relates to the corresponding friction surfaces or... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090223757 - Undercar air management system: A vehicle including an under body air management system includes a frame having first and second parallel, longitudinally extending frame members, rear wheel brakes, first and second ducts adapted to be mounted on frame members of the vehicle, an air inlet fixture mounted on the first end of each of... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090223758 - Fluid shock absorber: A shock absorber (D1) comprises a ring-shaped seal member (3) supported by a cylinder (1) so as to cause a tip to contact the piston rod (2) resiliently. A ring-shaped actuator (4a) exerts an inward force on the outer circumference of the seal member (3). The actuator (4a) is constituted... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090223759 - Shock absorber for drawer: Disclosed is a shock absorber for a drawer. The shock absorber includes a body filled with fluid, a piston member inserted into the body while being coupled with a rod, and a buffering member installed in the body to prevent the body from being broken by receiving pressure change of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090223761 - Self leveling shock absorber: A self leveling shock absorber includes a base shell, an inner tube in the base shell, having a low pressure chamber between the shell and the inner tube, a piston rod in the inner tube and having a hollow portion with an upper portion closed, a piston valve coupled to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090223762 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber with a possible minimum peak value of the impact acceleration during a collision. The shock absorber includes a tubular cylinder part with an opening at one end and the other end closed, a seal part configured to seal the internal space of this cylinder part at a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090223763 - Shock absorber: A shock absorber for a suspension fork or a suspension unit, especially for bicycles, with a damping space (4) filled with damping fluid (5), and a rebound piston (8) that engages in the damping space (4) and moves relative to the damping space for damping the rebound. A reservoir (14)... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090218179 - Electric brake: Provided is an electric brake capable of accurately estimating the brake pad temperature and securing a sufficient braking force and response. An electric brake has a disc rotor rotating with a wheel, an actuator for rectilinearly actuating a piston in the axial direction of the disc rotor by using an... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090218180 - Brake caliper: A brake caliper has a brake pad having a backplate with a friction material attached to one side and a loading face on an opposite side. The caliper further includes a piston that applies a force to the loading face. The brake pad is releasably attached to the piston, thereby... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090218181 - Servo motor brake device: A small-sized, lightweight servo motor brake device (1) that has a low operation speed for releasing a brake during normal operation is provided, wherein compression coil springs (7) cause a slide plate (6) to be pressed against a brake disc (4) that is securely connected to a motor shaft (2),... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090218182 - Segment brake: The invention rotates to a mounting of one or more electromagnetically bleeding spring-loaded brakes (a, b) on a machine wall or the like. The invention is characterized in that the brakes are, while distributed over the periphery on the face, act upon an axially moving brake rotor (5) with continuous... Agent: W. Norman Roth

20090218183 - Brake rotor and abs tone ring attachment assembly that promotes in plane uniform torque transfer distribution: A brake assembly for use on vehicles includes a rotor having connection tabs and a hub having bobbins, integrally formed or separate, with the rotor connection tabs being positioned between the hub bobbins and clamped together with a top plate. An ABS tone ring is fastened to the hub and... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090218184 - Brake: A two-piece brake shoe is disclosed wherein each piece of the brake shoe has a free end and an end portion opposite the free end that is designed to be inter-fitting with an end portion of the other piece of the brake shoe. Each piece of the brake shoe has... Agent: Paul And Paul

20090218185 - Resilient shock-absorbing device: A resilient shock-absorbing device includes an absorber body having top and bottom faces and including first and second absorber layers. The first absorber layer includes a plurality of juxtaposed resilient first outer tube halves heat-sealed to each other, and a plurality of first foam members filled respectively in the first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP