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Brakes April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100101898 - Magnetic rail brake device with asymmetric excitation coils and/or with multi-part coils: A magnetic rail brake device includes a brake magnet with a solenoid former supporting a solenoid. A horseshoe-shaped magnet core is disposed adjacent to the solenoid former. The horseshoe-shaped magnet core includes a yoke having cheeks that project away from the yoke. Pole shoes are formed at ends of the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100101907 - Mechanical brake system for a cart: A mechanical brake system for a cart includes a mounting member coupleable to the cart between two wheels of the cart, a cam rotatably coupled to the mounting member, a pair of elongate brake actuators movably coupled to the cam at proximal ends thereof, the elongate brake actuators extending outwardly... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100101899 - Brake caliper including heat pipes: A brake caliper including a caliper body and heat pipes at least partially embedded within the caliper body. The caliper body includes spaced inboard and outboard portions. In addition, at least one of the portions includes piston bores. The caliper body further includes a connector between the inboard and outboard... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20100101900 - Electric brake: In an electric brake of the present invention, a plunger of an actuator is connected through a pin to a pivot arm to which an engaging pawl engageable with a tooth portion of a ratchet is pivotably attached. A lower surface (a force-receiving portion) of the pin is adapted to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100101901 - Electric control braking device: The invention relates to a braking device that comprises an electric motor (1) capable of acting with the means (2) for the quick movement of the pads (3) into contact with a disk (4) or a drum, and a magnetostrictive actuator capable of generating a clamping force on the pads... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100101902 - Disc rotor: A disc rotor includes a sliding portion, a hat portion, and a connecting unit connecting the sliding portion and the hat portion. The connecting unit includes a washer arranged between the radially inner portion of the sliding portion and the radially outer portion of the hat portion, and a connecting... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100101903 - Vibration isolators: Vibration isolators are provided that include a shaft, a first bushing, a second bushing, a first outer annular member, a second outer annular member, a first elastomeric member, a second elastomeric member, and a shim. The first elastomeric member is adapted to provide a first stiffness for damping a first... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100101904 - Adaptive damping main stage valve: A vehicle suspension component includes a shock absorber movable between rebound and compression positions and an external valve in fluid communication with the shock absorber to control shock absorber stiffness. The external valve has a valve housing, a piston received within the valve housing, and a blow-off ring movable relative... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100101905 - Drum brakes: A drum brake has a pair of brake shoes (40) moveable radially outwardly into contact with an associated brake drum to provide a handbrake function by a cross strut (100) which acts between the brake shoes or between pivoting brake operating levers (14) which actuate the brake shoes. A handbrake... Agent: Paul E Milliken

20100101906 - Device for damping vibrations: A device is described for vibration damping, which is attachable on a mechanical structure or integratable therein, having at least one mass which is indirectly or directly operationally linked to the structure via elastic means, referred to as the so-called damper mass, and at least one actuator for changing a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100096225 - Motorcycle having concealed brake caliper: A motorcycle includes a wheel support member, a wheel, and a brake caliper. The wheel support member has a wheel mount portion. The wheel is rotatably attached to the wheel mount portion. The brake caliper is attached to the wheel support member at a location spaced from the wheel mount... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20100096222 - Caliper disc brake: Disclosed herein is a caliper disc brake, which improves a rollback performance of a piston. The caliper disc brake includes a caliper housing provided with a cylinder, the piston moving forward and backward within the cylinder of the caliper housing, a dust seal mounted at a front end of an... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20100096221 - Piston for brake calipers, and brake caliper comprising said piston: A brake caliper, especially for motorcycle applications, comprises a main rigid body, which can be coupled with a portion of a structure or a vehicle, and defining at least one seat (5); at least one piston (4) slidingly housed in the respective seat (5) and associated with fluid sealing means... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20100096223 - Opposed-piston disc brake: An opposed-piston disc brake includes cylinder connection oil passages respectively connected to a cylinder of an inner caliper portion and a cylinder of an outer caliper portion, passage communication bores respectively formed at bridge portions to extend in an axial direction of a disc in a substantially straight manner. The... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100096224 - Electronic mechanical drum brake: Disclosed herein is an electronic mechanical drum brake. In the electronic mechanical drum brake including a drum rotated together with a wheel, a pair of brake shoes respectively including rims provided with linings, which rub against the inner circumferential surface of the drum and generate braking power, attached thereto and... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20100096226 - Disc brake assembly: A disc brake assembly includes a rotor, a caliper, brake pads and an optional filter. The optional filter can be disposed within a shroud which covers at least about 70% of the distal side periphery on at least one of the two sides of the rotor. The disc brake also... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20100096227 - Damper: An example damper assembly includes a tube, a piston assembly axially moveable relative to the tube between an extended position and a retracted position, and a material encapsulating a first fluid. The piston assembly is configured to compress the first fluid using a second fluid.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100096228 - Damper for damping vibrations with a damping body promoting formation of foam: The present invention concerns a damper for damping vibrations. The damper includes at least one substantially longitudinal damping body (1) with two end surfaces (21, 22) and one substantially longitudinal surface (20) between these. The damping body (1) includes a longitudinal direction (a) and a transversal direction (t) and is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100096229 - Hydraulic shock absorber: A hydraulic shock absorber which includes a piston which is slidably fitted into a cylinder and partitions the cylinder into first and second fluid chambers; and a piston rod which is connected to the piston and slidably penetrates through an end wall of the cylinder, wherein the piston rod penetrates... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100096230 - Energy absorber for aircraft: An energy absorber for aircraft includes one or more energy absorber elements and a housing, whereby the energy absorber elements can absorb crash impulses by plastic deformation within the housing.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100089708 - Motion control apparatus: A motion control apparatus (10) in the form of a linear brake includes a camshaft (23) rotatable in a housing (11) moveable along a linear rail (30). The camshaft (23) is rotated by a gear motor (15) causing an eccentric engagement portion of a cam follower (24) to abut with... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100089709 - Vehicle brake control apparatus: A vehicle brake control apparatus is provided with a master cylinder capable of outputting master cylinder pressure, which is pressure of operating fluid generated by operation of a brake pedal, and hydraulic pumps capable of outputting pressurized pressure generated by pressurizing the operating fluid as braking force, wherein a brake... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100089710 - Brake disk: A brake disk has a friction ring and a disk chamber connected to the friction ring via connecting links. The connecting links are made of ceramic material, in this instance. Aluminum oxide or zirconium oxide may be used in this connection, for example.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100089711 - Magnetorheological devices with permanent magnet field bias: b

20100089712 - Projection assembly and lithographic apparatus: A projection assembly includes a projection system to project a patterned radiation beam onto a substrate, a damping system to dampen a vibration of the projection system, the damping system including an interface damping mass and an active damping subsystem to dampen a vibration of at least part of the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100084225 - Secondary brake for a work machine including an adjustable ball ramp assembly: A brake for use in a work machine includes a friction disc, a ball ramp assembly, an actuator and an adjustment mechanism. The ball ramp assembly includes an inner plate, a center plate and an outer plate which are generally coaxially arranged relative to each other. The inner plate includes... Agent: Deere & Company

20100084226 - Brake caliper with cooling system: A brake caliper has two spaced side walls, one having structure for fixing the caliper to a vehicle. The side walls are interconnected by structure which extends astride the disc space. Each of the side walls defines at least one seat for accommodating a pad having a friction surface to... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20100084227 - Disc brake assembly with shim plate: A brake pad assembly is provided that includes a backing plate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and least one opening. Also included are a friction material associated with said backing plate and a shim plate having a first shim surface and a second... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100084228 - Compact combination brake cylinder comprising a pneumatic locking mechanism: A brake cylinder for pneumatic vehicle brakes, especially for utility vehicles includes a spring brake section for carrying out parking brake actions by way of a brake spring, and a service brake section for carrying out pneumatic service brake actions. The spring brake section and the service brake section are... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100084229 - Compact combined cylinder comprising a manual release device: A brake cylinder for pneumatically actuated vehicle brakes, especially for commercial vehicles, includes a housing. The housing is divided into two chambers by a piston, one of the chambers being used as a pressure chamber for actuating an operating brake section, and a cylinder spring of a spring-loaded brake section... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100084230 - Electromechanical linear-motion actuator and electromechanical brake system: The electromechanical linear-motion actuator includes a rotary shaft 14 driven by an electric motor 19 and having a radially outer surface, a stationary outer race member 15 provided around the rotary shaft 14 and having a radially inner surface, a plurality of planetary rollers 16 disposed between the radially outer... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100084231 - Ventilated brake disc: The invention relates to a brake disc comprising a support bell, intended for being connected to a wheel hub of a vehicle, and a braking band intended for cooperating with a caliper arranged astride of the brake disc. The braking band comprises two flanges connected by a plurality of connecting... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20100084232 - Friction material for brakes: A copper and titanate free non-asbestos friction material.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20100084233 - Friction material for brakes: A non-asbestos friction material includes at least one binder, fiber, lubricant, abrasive and titanate in a range of volume fractions in combination with other materials such as fillers and is substantially free of copper and asbestos.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20100084234 - Dual constraint disc valve system for damper: A valve assembly for a damper includes a piston with a central hole to receive a rod and at least one fluid passage spaced form the central hole. At least one deflecting disc is positioned on one side of the piston to at least partially overlap the fluid passage. The... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100084235 - Trashcan with hydraulic lid deceleration: A trashcan has a hydraulic drop-deceleration mechanism including a can body, a lid, and a connection pole for push-open connection. The lid is connected to the connection pole at a top connection pole end. The connection pole is connected to the foot pedal via a lever at a bottom connection... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20100078269 - Disk brake: There is provided a disk brake, comprising: a pad supporting member where at least a pair of lining pads is supported, and at least two first installation holes are provided at a mounting portion that is installed to a vehicle; at least two second installation holes provided at a non-rotational... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100078270 - Automatic system brake: The translation apparatus comprises an elongate track, an elongate fixed member and a stage. The fixed member extends parallel to the track in a fixed lengthwise position relative to the track. The stage is mounted on the track and is capable of movement along the track. The stage comprises a... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20100078272 - Brake cylinder for a pneumatically operable vehicle brake: A brake cylinder for a pneumatic vehicle brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle includes a spring-loaded brake section for performing parking brake operations by a spring-loaded spring, and a service brake section for performing compressed air-actuated service brake operations. The spring-loaded brake section and the service brake section are combined... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100078271 - Compact combined cylinder comprising a manual release device: A brake cylinder for pneumatic vehicle brakes, especially for commercial vehicles, includes in addition to a pneumatic locking mechanism, a manual release mechanism for manually releasing the spring brake section, and a device designed to visually recognize the manual release condition of the spring brake section outside of the housing.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100078273 - Electronic parking brake apparatus: An electronic parking brake apparatus may include a driving member coupled to and actuating a parking cable, a case in which the driving member is housed, a cable ferrule disposed outside the case and coupled to a portion of the parking cable therethrough, wherein the cable ferrule is biased toward... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100078274 - Parking brake mechanism: A parking brake mechanism for an air-actuated disc brake includes an electrically powered actuator, an extensible device drivably connected to the electrically powered actuator and able to extend and retract and be held in place in an extended position to thereby apply a brake, and a resilient device arranged to... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100078275 - High velocity compression damping valve: A shock absorber includes a pressure sensitive valve assembly that controls fluid flow through the pressure sensitive valve assembly based upon the velocity of the piston assembly in the shock absorber. The pressure sensitive valve assembly restricts fluid flow as the velocity of the piston in a compression stroke increases... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100078276 - Amplitude sensitive damper apparatus: An amplitude sensitive damper apparatus that is provided with an amplitude sensitive valve unit may include a plug coupled to a piston rod to form a spring groove with the piston rod in a predetermined section, a spool member configured and dimensioned to cover the spring groove and slidably coupled... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100078277 - Valve assembly for damper between a lower chamber and a compensation chamber in the damper: A valve assembly is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve sliding in a valve holder and a base. The valve holder is held by the base by a resilient holding mechanism, the valve holder is mobile with respect to the base between a compression position and an expansion position.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20100078278 - Trailer connection selector: A truck includes a pressurized air supply system for providing air to one of a plurality of air supply connections and a selector circuit for providing selection to one of the air supply connections. The circuit includes a first inversion valve with supply from a selector valve and control from... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC