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Brakes November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/10

20100294601 - Combination cylinder with pawl-actuated emergency release device for the parking brake: The invention relates to a combination cylinder including a service brake cylinder as an active service brake with at least one pressure-medium-actuated service brake piston which actuates a brake mechanism via a service brake piston rod, and a spring store brake cylinder as a passive parking brake with a spring... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100294602 - Parking brake system: An electromechanically operable parking brake system is provided for motor vehicles as well as to a respective method of operation The system includes, but is not limited to a brake device that is lockable by a brake module, a control unit that is electrically coupled to the brake module and... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100294603 - Brake with field responsive material: A controllable brake with a shaft having an axis of rotation and a shaft end. The controllable brake including a controllable brake rotor connected with the shaft, the rotor having a rotation plane. The controllable brake includes a controllable brake magnetic field generator located proximate the controllable brake rotor, the... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20100294604 - Damping mechanism: A damping mechanism (1) that generates a damping force in response to a liquid flow between a first liquid chamber (R1) and a second liquid chamber (R2) comprises a partitioning member (2) separating the first liquid chamber (R1) and the second liquid chamber (R2) and a flow passage (P) formed... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100294605 - Front fork: In a front fork which is capable of adjusting a spring force of a suspension spring housed in a fork main body by driving a jack mechanism housed in the fork main body to raise and lower an upper end position of the suspension spring, the jack mechanism defines a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100294606 - Hydraulic shock absorbing apparatus of vehicle: A hydraulic shock absorbing apparatus of a vehicle is described in which hydraulic shock absorbers are provided at both left and right sides of a wheel. One hydraulic shock absorber is provided with a compression side damping valve in one oil passage of a piston, is provided with a check... Agent: Orum & Roth LLC

20100288588 - Brake device comprising an elastic energy accumulator: Disclosed is a brake device, particularly a disc brake, comprising a caliper, brake drum, or similar, and energy accumulator, especially an accumulator spring. The energy accumulator rests on the caliper or similar while being supported on an abutment by means of a lever arm. A mechanism for transmitting resilient forces... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100288589 - Brake lining set having different compressibility: The present invention discloses a brake pad set for a disc brake with a clamping device. This brake pad set comprises at least one first brake pad, which is arranged on the one side of the brake disc and a second brake pad, which is arranged on the other side... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20100288590 - Automatic brake adjuster for adjusting the slack between the brake lining and brake drum of a vehicular braking system: This invention relates to an improvement on Automatic Brake Adjuster with flexible reference point wherein one-way lock mechanism and clutch mechanism are integrated in one part and located on the worm shaft with the provision of isolating the one way lock mechanism and regulator worm gear wheel from heavy clutch... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100282547 - Disc brake for a commercial vehicle: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle has a caliper that straddles a brake disc. The caliper is mounted on a brake carrier on the vehicle side by way of two connecting bearings in an axially displaceable manner in relation to the brake disc. The connecting bearings each include a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100282548 - Drum brakes: A drum brake backplate having a vibration damping mass secured thereto. One or more portions of the mass are secured to the backplate and the remainder of the mass is spaced from the backplate and defines one or more further portions which are tuned to vibrate relative to the backplate... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100282549 - Externally controllable electrohydraulic vehicle brake system: An externally actuable electrohydraulic vehicle brake system including an externally actuable electrohydraulic vehicle system with slip control. In order to make available a brake system which permits highly dynamic pressure build-up processes without throttling effects in the suction path, in particular through a master cylinder, being adversely affected, it is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100282552 - Brake disc having ribs arranged between two friction rings: A brake disc is provided having ribs which are arranged between two friction rings, extend essentially in the radial direction and bound air cooling ducts by their side walls standing essentially perpendicular to the surface of the friction rings. At least one of the side walls of one, two, three,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100282551 - Brake disk: A brake disk, preferably for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), having an outer ring (2) and an inner ring (3), wherein the two rings (2, 3) are connected to one another in a floating fashion at a plurality of connecting points (5) using in each case one clamping connector (12). According... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100282550 - Mode altering insert for vibration reduction in components: A component with a first number of natural modes of vibration. An insert may be coupled to the component. The insert may have a second number of natural modes of vibration which is a different number than the first number of natural modes of vibration of the component. The insert... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising Ethington P.C.

20100282553 - Rotary damper having improved braking features: A rotary damping device (10) includes a housing (12) comprising a radially inner wall (17), a radially outer wall (18) and an end wall (19), which delimit a chamber (16) containing a viscous braking fluid; and a rotor (14), rotationally connected to the housing and mounted thereon on the opposite... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20100282554 - Multi-chamber impact absorption system to protect individual: A multi-chamber impact absorption system protects an individual by providing a bladder including a plurality of adjacent compressible fluid filled chambers.... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20100276235 - Mounting aid and mounting method: A mounting aid and a mounting method is provided for a cable pull adjustor (1) which includes a pull element (S) which can be connected to at least one cable pull (5, and a driver which can be connected to the actuating member (4) of the braking device (3) and... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20100276232 - Disk brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, and hold-down spring of such a disk brake: The invention relates to a disk brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a hold-down spring (2) for holding down a force transmission device of the disk brake, wherein the hold-down spring comprises a first holding region (4) having a first support device for support on a hold-down device in the... Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20100276233 - System to eliminate electric actuator contamination: A system to reduce or eliminate brake actuator contamination by providing a clean air source for the actuator such that a volume of a void in the actuator can vary without introducing moisture and/or contaminants into the actuator. A movable wall moves in response to changes in the volume of... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (goodrich)

20100276234 - Pump element, hydraulic block with pump element, and installation method: The invention relates to a pump element for installation in a pump bore of a hydraulic block, which includes a pump plunger, a restoring spring for the pump plunger, and an inlet valve having an inlet valve cover, in which a closing spring and a closing body are arranged. According... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20100276236 - Damped product and method of making the same: One exemplary embodiment includes a damped product. The damped product is composed of a sintered powder metallurgy material and has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a density that is greater in value that a density of the second portion. The different densities damp vibrations... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising Ethington P.C.

20100276237 - Apparatus and method of manufacturing brake lining: A manufacturing apparatus 10 for manufacturing a brake lining 41 is provided with a support portion 33 for supporting a brake shoe 43, a compressing portion 20 for compressively bonding a strip-shaped brake lining 41 to a rim 43b by compressing a material and a mold portion 31, 32 including... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100276238 - Device for controlling a hydraulic suspension shock-absorbing device: The invention relates to a device for controlling a suspension hydraulic shock-absorbing device (2, 5) mounted on the frame (11) of a cycling vehicle, characterised in that the mobile wall of the piston (18) is provided with a valve, the opening of which is controlled by a cycling or tension... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100276240 - Brake system and method for controlling a brake system: A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100276239 - Brake system and method for operating a brake system: A brake system for a vehicle is described, having a main brake cylinder which is designed to detect an actuation of a brake input element and to provide a pressure signal corresponding to the actuation of the brake input element, and a first brake circuit having a first wheel brake... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP