Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems inventions 05/07

20070120417 - Brake pipe control system with remote radio car: A remote radio railroad car located within or at the end of the train that charges or exhausts the brake pipe in response to radio commands from the lead unit. The brake pipe control system includes a first controller at a first car at the lead end for controlling the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP Suite 900

20070120418 - Brake apparatus for a vehicle: A brake apparatus capable of applying a regulator pressure regulated by a regulator valve device to an assisting chamber, to obtain a smooth brake feeling, even when a brake pedal is operated by a vehicle driver, during an automatic braking operation. A first control valve is disposed in a power... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070120419 - Hydro-pnemuatic mechanic device for the exploitation of the wave motion: A hydro-pneumatic mechanic device for the exploitation of the wave motion for obtaining renewable and ecological energy, comprising a series of submerged cylinders, placed onto wharfs fixed to the ground or onto floating pontoons or similar, provided in their lower part with a conic opening for the water inlet and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070114836 - Towed vehicle braking apparatus: An auxiliary braking system and method of controlling the braking a towed vehicle is provided that includes a remote control that is in selective communication with an auxiliary braking unit positioned in a towing vehicle. More specifically, it is often desirable for the operator of the towing vehicle to assess... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070114837 - Braking system for vehicle: In a liquid pump for a braking system of a vehicle, one end of a piston is slidably inserted into a cylindrical space of a housing member, and a sliding ring is provided on the piston. A suction chamber is formed by an inner peripheral surface of the housing member,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070114838 - Braking system with ebs and prefill function and electronic braking control method: The present invention makes an improved braking system available. This comprises a brake pedal and/or a servo unit and also incorporates a hydraulic unit including an integrated electronic controller (for short: EBS) and a hydraulically actuated wheel brake associated with each wheel. Hereby, the wheel brakes are connected hydraulically to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070114839 - Vehicular anti-lock control system: A vehicular anti-lock control system includes: a ground load calculation section for detecting or estimating a ground load of a wheel; a road surface friction coefficient calculation section for detecting or estimating a road surface friction coefficient; and a reference fluid pressure calculation section for calculating an upper side reference... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070114840 - Piston-type accumulator: A piston-type accumulator, with an axially movable piston (8) in a housing bore (5), includes a seal (4) interposed between the piston (8) and the housing bore (5), which is fixed inside the housing bore (5), and a cover (6) for closing the housing bore (5). The housing bore (5)... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070114841 - Vehicle control apparatus: A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a prime mover and wheel brakes which are equipped in a vehicle with an automatic transmission. The vehicle control apparatus includes a prime mover stopping unit which stops and restarts the prime mover under predetermined conditions, and a braking force retaining unit which retains... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070114842 - Brake control apparatus and control method thereof: The invention provides a brake control apparatus that improves the controllability of a vehicle in the control for restraining slip of the wheels. The brake control apparatus includes: wheel cylinders that apply braking force individually to wheels by supplying a working fluid; retention valves that are provided respectively upstream of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070114843 - Electro-mechanical brake system and electro-mechanical brake apparatus used therefor: The invention provides an electro-mechanical brake system which can keep a stop state even if a malfunction is generated in a parking brake, and an electro-mechanical brake apparatus used for the electro-mechanical brake system. An electro-mechanical brake actuator presses a brake pad to a disc rotor so as to independently... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070114844 - Vehicle brake control device: During normal braking, a brake fluid supply route is used through which brake fluid is supplied from a master reservoir to wheel cylinders to using first to fourth pumps. When an abnormality occurs, a route is used through which a master cylinder pressure, which is generated by depressing a brake... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070108836 - Electrohydraulic brake system for motor vehicles: Disclosed is an electrohydraulic brake system for motor vehicles, which has a brake pressure sensor or main brake cylinder, a pressurizing medium reservoir, an electrohydraulic pressure source, separation valves, which are inserted in the connection between the main brake cylinder and the wheel brakes, inlet valves, which are connected before... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070108837 - Brake control apparatus and control method thereof: A brake control apparatus has first and second wheel cylinders; a master cylinder unit; first and second systems; a separation valve; a pressure control mechanism that controls the working fluid pressure transferred to at least one of the first and second wheel cylinders independently of the brake operation, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070108838 - Regenerative braking control system and method: A system and method for controlling a regenerative braking system includes determining that at least a first wheel of a vehicle is experiencing a wheel slip event. The method also includes compensating, at a determined rate, the braking torque applied to the second wheel, upon determining whether the first wheel... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070102996 - Hydraulic full power brake system for trailers: A trailer brake system includes a full power hydraulic brake system that is electrically controlled by a system control unit. The trailer brake system includes a power unit that maintains a pressurized supply of hydraulic fluid and a brake control unit that is fluidly connected between the power unit and... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070102997 - Air brake safety device: The invention is particularly directed toward a safety device for a truck trailer having a valve, the valve having a casing rotatably mounting a valve spool therein. The casing has an air inlet, an air outlet,a vent outlet, and an alarm outlet. The spool has a passageway therethrough. The air... Agent: Jack Paavila

20070096547 - Method for vehicle front brake sizing: A method is provided for sizing a brake system for an automobile using a processor. The method comprises gathering characteristics of the automobile and then calculating a maximum rotor size based the characteristics. Next, a specific torque required to skid the automobile at a selected deceleration is calculated for the... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070096548 - Digital databus: A brake system for a railway vehicle (10), wherein the axles (3, 6) of the vehicle are provided with axle speed sensors (1, 2, 4, 5) adapted to measure the speed of rotation of the respective axle. The output of the axle speed sensor being fed to a data processor... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070096549 - Method and device for carrying out a braking process: The invention relates to a method and a device for carrying out a braking process. A deceleration variable (zsoll) which describes the desired vehicle deceleration (zsoll) is reduced when the driving state of the vehicle during the braking process meets a first state condition, and increased again when the driving... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070096550 - Vehicular brake device: A pump body includes a cylindrical first case for housing the plurality of rotary pumps, a second case located coaxially with the first case, and a disk spring located between the first case and the second case. In addition, a fixing means located at an entrance of the concave portion... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070096551 - Propulsion system for a work vehicle having a single drive pump and differential capability: A hydraulic drive circuit for a work vehicle including a positive displacement flow divider positioned intermediate a hydraulic pump and a plurality of hydraulic motors.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070096552 - Braking device for a rail vehicle: A brake device of a rail vehicle includes at least one spring-loaded cylinder having a pressure port and at least one service brake cylinder having a pressure port configured to receive a service brake pressure. Further included is a control valve arrangement having at least three ports, wherein a first... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070096553 - Hydraulic unit for slip-controlled braking systems: Disclosed is a hydraulic unit including an accommodating member having a first housing surface. The first housing surface has valve accommodating bores (X1-X4) in several valve rows (X, Y, Z), several inlet valves are arranged in a first valve row (X),several outlet valves are arranged in a second valve row... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070096554 - Electronic compressed air system: An electronic compressed air system for vehicles includes a compressed air supply part having a compressor, a compressed air consumer part having load circuits forming an air-suspension circuit, and service-brake circuits having reservoirs. The load circuits are supplied with compressed air via solenoid valves. The pressure in the load circuits... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070096555 - Regenerative braking system for a work machine: A regenerative braking system for a work machine includes a ground driven hydraulic pump coupled to a drive system, the ground driven hydraulic pump being configured to absorb shaft power from the drive system by converting the shaft power into a hydraulic flow, and the ground driven hydraulic pump also... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070096556 - Automatic braking apparatus for a vehicle: A torque applying device is provided for applying a driving torque to at least a pair of wheels, and a torque restraining device is provided for restraining the torque created on the wheels to be applied with the torque by the torque applying device. A friction braking device is provided... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070096557 - Rollback reduction in hybrid or conventional powertrain vehicle via vehicle stability enhancement system (vses): An anti-rollback control system for a vehicle having a brake system includes a brake pedal that is operable to induce a brake pressure in the brake system and a control module that holds the brake pressure equal to a hold pressure that is based on an incline angle to inhibit... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff