Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems inventions 04/07

20070090688 - Control system for a vehicle combination: A control system for a vehicle combination comprises a towing vehicle and a trailer, with an electronically activatable drive train. A manual operator control device, which is fixed on the towing vehicle, can be used by the vehicle driver to input a driving request for manual operation of the vehicle... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070090689 - Electro-hydraulic unit, in particular for anti-lock devices for automotive vehicle wheels: c

20070090690 - Brake control system and brake control method: A brake control system includes at least one wheel cylinder that receives the work fluid to apply a braking force to a corresponding vehicle wheel, a wheel cylinder pressure control system that controls the control pressure applied to the at least one wheel cylinder by controlling the supply of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070090692 - Apparatus and method for maintaining braking force of vehicle: A braking force maintaining apparatus executes hill-hold control in which braking force applied to each of wheels of a vehicle is maintained by a braking device even after release of a brake pedal. An electronic control unit determines whether the yaw rate of the vehicle is greater than or equal... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070090691 - Brake control system: A motor vehicle has an inclinometer to determine the steepness of the slope upon which the vehicle stands, brakes and a driver brake pedal for generating a braking effort in the brakes. The brakes are also controlled by a brake hydraulic control unit and an electronic control unit. The brake... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070085414 - Estimating torque/force exerted by a load against a motor-driven actuator: A first method for estimating a torque/force exerted by a load against an actuator driven by an electric motor against the load includes measuring motor current of the electric motor and measuring a position/angle or speed/angular speed of the actuator and includes calculating the torque/force exerted by the load against... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc. Legal Staff - M/c 480-410-202

20070085415 - Braking system for an agricultural vehicle: An agricultural vehicle is disclosed having ancillary equipment that may be raised and lowered relative to the ground with consequential changing of the position of the centre of gravity of the vehicle and having a hydraulic braking system comprising a master cylinder and a slave cylinder. The braking system further... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070085416 - Braking system for an agricultural vehicle: An agricultural vehicle is disclosed having ancillary equipment that may be raised and lowered relative to the ground with consequential changing of the position of the centre of gravity of the vehicle and having a hydraulic braking system comprising a master cylinder and a slave cylinder. The braking system further... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070085417 - Apparatus and method for maintaining braking force of vehicle: A braking force maintaining apparatus of a vehicle includes a reference braking force setting section, a threshold value setting section, a braking force change rate detecting section, and a change rate determining section. The reference braking force setting section sets, as a reference braking force, a braking force acting on... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070080579 - Apparatus and method for indicating parking brake non-engagement: A parking brake engagement indicator for a parking brake system on a commercial truck wherein an indicator bar is mounted on the truck and is moveable between a position of impediment between the driver's outside lower leg portion and the driver's side exit doorframe of the truck, to a second... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070080580 - Braking control method and system for a positioner in a medical imaging apparatus: In some embodiments, a braking system for a positioner in a medical imaging apparatus comprises a brake coil coupled to a power supply, a first control circuit coupled to a top side of the brake coil, a second control circuit coupled to a bottom side of the brake coil, and... Agent: International Patent Counselors

20070080581 - Auxiliary braking system: The present invention discloses an auxiliary braking system, which is used to enable an actuation device having a braking interface to perform braking. The auxiliary braking system of the present invention comprises: a dynamic device controlled by a controller; a linking device coupled to the dynamic device; and a motion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070080582 - Control unit for an electric oil pump: A control unit for an electric oil pump of the present invention includes: a one-way valve that permits circulation of operating fluid from the electric oil pump to the friction engagement device and blocks circulation in the opposite direction; an accumulator that is connected to a fluid supply path joining... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070080583 - Vehicle and control method for changing control mode of driving and braking force based on change rate of wheel vertical load: A vehicle is provided in which, when a slip between a wheel and a road surface is increased, a driving and braking control is performed to reduce the slip. A change rate in a wheel vertical load is determined. A mode of the driving and braking control is changed based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070080584 - Reverse radar with vehicle approaching alarm: The present invention relates to a reverse radar with vehicle approaching alarm comprising a main body and sensors, in which the main body comprises a CPU circuit, an operational amplifier circuit, a switching circuit, a signal transmitting-receiving circuit, a detecting circuit and a power source, and the input terminals of... Agent: Eric Chan

20070075582 - Braking device for vehicle: To provide a braking device for a vehicle, which is capable of switching properly between single braking for one of front and rear wheels and combined braking with CBS according to the driving conditions of the vehicle, and of thereby achieving the balance between active vehicle controllability based on a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch