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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6679568 | Block-protected braking system The invention relates to a block-protected braking system for a vehicle, comprising an electronic controller (22, 24) arranged in a housing (12), a valve block (14) to accommodate solenoid valves for controlling the hydraulic fluid in the braking system, ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6211631 | Electrical power-assisted steering systems An electrical power-assisted steering system is disclosed comprising a brushless electric motor (1) which has a plurality of phase windings connected at a start point and in which a switching means (13) such as a relay is provided in at least one phase of... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5937649 | Brake master cylinder with return connection A brake master cylinder (10) for a hydraulic vehicle brake system has a master cylinder housing (32) and at least one pressure chamber (40) designed therein. Connected to the pressure chamber (40) is a hydraulic fluid reservoir which, furthermore, is prov... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5940262 | Control circuit for an electromagnetic device for controlling an electromagnetic fuel control valve A control circuit for an electromagnetically operable fuel control valve of a vehicle engine includes a tank capacitor which upon closure of first and second controllable switches supplies current to the winding of the valve to achieve a high rate of rise... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5864195 | Stator component including limbs provided with recesses at their outer surface A stator component is described which comprises first and second limbs defining respective pole faces. Each limb includes an outer surface which is provided with a pair of elongate recesses, each extending in a direction angled to the pole faces. The rece... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5857491 | Valve arrangement A valve arrangement comprises a piezo electric member arranged to control fuel flow through an orifice, the piezo electric member being operable to flex away from the orifice to allow an increased rate of fuel flow therethrough. The piezo electric member ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5855420 | Electronically controlled brake booster and method of operation thereof An electronically controlled brake booster for a vehicle brake system including a housing having a vacuum chamber and a servo chamber separated from the vacuum chamber by a movable wall. The brake booster further includes a control valve operable by an el... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5819885 | Brake and actuator assembly A brake and actuator assembly is disclosed, and includes a brake having an actuating shaft operable to cause friction elements of the brake to be urged against a rotary braking member. The assembly also includes a brake actuating mechanism to which the sh... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5810569 | Pump having a variable instantaneous delivery rate A pump is disclosed having a variable cam arrangement under the influence of which a plunger is reciprocable. The variable cam arrangement comprises a plurality of cam rings which in an embodiment of the pump are relatively moveable in order to adjust the... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5777223 | Measuring systems for linear or angular movements A measuring system for linear and angular movements with a first length or angle sensor (3) which operates in accordance with a first measuring method and which converts an input value (s, alpha) in the form of a linear or angular movement into an electri... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5732556 | Actuation assembly for a braking system for motor vehicles A pneumatic brake booster (10) and a hydraulic master cylinder (60) are arranged in a series along a common axis (A) to form an assembly which includes a booster housing (12), a power input member (30) and a power output member (40). A mechanical power tr... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5709437 | Vehicle braking system A vehicle braking system with an electronically controllable brake servo unit which comprises a first pneumatic working chamber (13) and a second pneumatic working chamber (14) which are separated from each other by a movable wall (11), wherein a travel s... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5704552 | Injector An injector is described which includes a holder having an inlet, and a passage for supplying fuel from the inlet to a valve needle seating, an adjustable spring abutment plate being located between the inlet and passage. Adjustment of the position of the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5658055 | Vehicle brake system having an electronically controlled booster The vehicle brake system including an electronically controlled brake booster (10), comprising a first actuator (350) which is connected to a second actuator (360) for transmitting to the same an actuating movement (P) of a brake pedal, wherein the second... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5613742 | Asynchronous rear dump logic in ABS control systems An anti-lock ABS braking system for a road vehicle includes a respective dump valve for each brake actuator which enables pressure to be selectively dumped from that actuator to release the braking action of the relevant rear wheel. Whether a given rear w... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5526904 | Floating caliper brake, especially a floating caliper spot type disc brake A floating caliper brake comprises two bolts (16, 18) which are axially displaceable in bores (20, 22) to guide the floating caliper (10). One bolt/bore pair matches accurately, while the other bolt/bore pair fits together with relatively more clearance. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5520267 | Actuating device with automatic readjustment of disc brakes, especially for trucks and buses A first threaded member is supported for rotation about a screw axis (C; C'; C") parallel to the axis (A) of a brake disc in a casing which is disposed axially next to the brake disc when in built-in position. A second threaded member is fixed against rot... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5511865 | Apparatus for resonance control in a brake intervention traction control system An apparatus for attenuating wheel speed variation during periods of brake intervention traction control is provided. The speed of the or each driven wheel is monitored and the braking force applied to the or each driven wheel is controlled in accordance ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5505526 | Adjusting actual brake pressure to match stored pressure values associated with a brake pedal position A brake pressure control method in a vehicle brake system equipped with an electronically adjustable brake pressure booster provides that, during a braking operation, a stored design value (psoll) of the brake pressure constantly is associated ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5483851 | Gearbox Thermal expansion within a gearbox causes relative motion of all of the component parts therein. For gearboxes having components made of different materials, differential thermal expansion may alter the clearances between meshing gears and give rise to in... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5462028 | Fuel pumping apparatus A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an engine includes a pumping plunger housed in a bore one end of which connects with an outlet and also by way of a valve with a source of fuel under pressure. Also provided is a further plunger housed in a f... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5427442 | Brake pressure control method and apparatus, including a brake pressure booster In a motor vehicle brake system, a force increase gradient (Fv ped) at the brake pedal is determined and, in response thereto, the brake pressure is boosted in a manner which provides for successively associating respective threshold values (Fv max) with ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5412794 | Microprocessor based systems providing simulated low voltage conditions for testing reset circuits A microprocessor system having two microprocessors, each of which has its own reset circuit, and a circuit being provided which detects under-voltage in the system supply voltage, each of said microprocessors having circuitry associated with it for induci... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5400693 | Brake pressure booster A brake pressure booster for a vehicle brake system comprises a vacuum booster which includes two chambers, the low pressure chamber (16) of which is evacuated during actuation in a brake pressure boosting fashion, while a pressure higher than that in the... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5394329 | Method of and apparatus for estimating surface friction Measurements of wheel speed are compared to detect excessive wheel spin. An output of the wheel spin detector is supplied to a drive reducing device for reducing vehicle drive engine output in response to detection of excessive wheel spin. The reduced veh... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5376462 | Thixoformable layered materials and articles made from them A thixoformable material and a method for forming it are provided in which the material comprises a series of sequentially deposited layers of substantially metallic material, at least some of the layers having different properties. The layers may be of d... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5369583 | Optical torque sensors and steering systems for vehicles incorporating them A torque sensor, or a relative angular movement sensor, comprises an LED light source mounted in a fixed position relative to a housing which shines light through an associated fixed collimator plate, the light being detected by a pair of detectors also m... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5355978 | Liquid-immersed disc brake A liquid-immersed disc brake has a housing containing rotatable and stationary members operated by a wedge device for brake actuation from actuating means. The brake is supplied with cooling liquid, of which the flow is controlled by a valve, a portion of... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5333588 | Pump/injector A pump/injector for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a pumping plunger reciprocable within a bore. The plunger and bore define a pumping chamber which is connected to the inlet of a fuel injection nozzle. The amount of fuel which f... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5331813 | Brake actuator assembly for motor vehicles A brake actuator assembly for motor vehicles. A mounting plate (14) formed with a central hole (60) serves for fastening a pneumatic brake pressure booster (22) to the splashboard (10) of a motor vehicle. The brake pressure booster (22) includes a rear ho... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5330027 | Method of and apparatus for controlling wheel spin A traction control system is provided for controlling wheel spin of a vehicle. The amount of wheel spin is determined for each driven wheel and compared with a threshold. When the threshold is exceeded, drive to the driven wheel is immediately reduced by ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5325734 | Device for positioning a sensor A holding device for positioning a sensor (12) with respect to a body (10), with a spacing (x) precisely adjusted between the sensor and the body, comprises a spring (28) which biases the sensor in the direction of the body and a movable adjusting member ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5315818 | Fuel control system The fuel control system supplies an engine via a pressure raising and shut-off valve. The valve is operated by a piston and cylinder arrangement. A shut-off motor controls the fuel pressure in a control line of a rapid shut-down valve. The rapid shut-down... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5295736 | Trailer braking control system for a towing vehicle A trailer braking control system which is adapted to modify trailer braking from a towing vehicle by regulating the coupling head service braking pressure signal generated on the towing vehicle in response to driver's demand pressure and measured values o... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5279394 | Disc brake A disc brake having two brake pads adapted to be pressed against the brake disc on either side is supported via guide pins (34, 36, 38, 40) on a brake support (10) with respect to the frictional forces occurring on braking. A force sensor is arranged on o... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5261236 | Turbocharged engine control system An engine control system generates a manifold pressure demand signal from an engine output demand signal provided by an accelerator pedal position transducer or a cruise control. The manifold pressure demand signal is compared with the actual inlet manifo... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5249850 | Control of ABS threshold without accompanying reduction of brake pressure In a method of controlling the brake pressure of a vehicle brake system equipped with anti-lock protection it is provided to measure the slip and/or rotational retardation of a wheel whose brake is applied and to compare each measured value with a given t... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5236253 | Pressure control device for an anti-lock and/or anti-slip system A pressure control device for an anti-lock and/or anti-slip system of a motor vehicle comprises a valve casing (10) in which a damping chamber (36) and an expansion chamber (44) are arranged in a common recess (12, 12'), the two chambers having a common a... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5217093 | Disc brakes The present specification discloses a clamp member and a torque taking member with the clamp member being slidably mounted on the torque taking member by at least one sliding pin connection, whereby the clamp member can slide relative to the torque taking... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5193576 | Pressure regulator A pressure regulator comprises a housing internally divided by a diaphragm, the diaphragm carrying a valve closure ball engageable with a valve seat forming part of an outlet from the housing. The ball is located within a ball carrier which is attached to... | 03/16/1993 |
