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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249660 | Drum brake A drum brake has cylinders symmetrically fixed to a stationary member. Each cylinder has an axial bore therein with a groove for retention of a seal. A piston engages each seal to define chambers that receive pressurized fluid. Webs for friction members have a first... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7069725 | Electro-hydraulic brake circuit for a vehicle When an element of the electro-hydraulic brake circuit (1) is malfunctioning, a master cylinder (2) can brake the vehicle. A brake actuation simulator (8) is then disconnected from the master cylinder (2) by means of an O-ring gasket (... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7475759 | Disc brake A disc brake for a vehicle wherein first and second friction member have projections thereon that are located in grooves in first and second rails of an anchor. On movement of the first and second frictions members during a brake application, the projections slide i... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472776 | Drum brake An actuator for a drum brake including a plunger connected through a resilient member to a linkage attached to a web on a brake shoe. A rod extends from the plunger and engages a lever arm that is pivotally retained on the web. The lever engages an extendable strut ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7464795 | Method and device for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake A device and method for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake by measuring a physical property (either resistivity or electrical conductivity) of a friction lining (3) of a brake pad (2) throgh a measurement apparatus ( | 12/16/2008 |
| 7437917 | Method of evaluating a disc brake rotor A method for determining local departures of opposed friction surfaces that are spaced apart in parallel planes normal to the axis of the rotor. Displacement sensing probes are placed in opposing alignment adjacent the friction surfaces and rotor is spun. Instantane... | 10/21/2008 |
| D576932 | Spacer | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419227 | Braking device for a motor vehicle A braking device for a motor vehicle having a first brake circuit (10) with a master cylinder (11) controlled by a brake pedal (12), a second brake circuit (20) with at least one pump (27) that is controlled by a computer (C), and ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409889 | Booster control rod coupling arrangement An arrangement (10) for disconnectably coupling an axially orientated motor vehicle brake booster control rod (12) to a brake pedal (14). A first end (16) of the control rod (12) is coupled to an intermediate part (20) of a ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410034 | Drum brake A parking brake including a disc fixed to a vehicle and a plurality of clips attached to the disc to align channels on first and second brake shoes with a braking surface on a drum. Each clip has a rectangular shape with a flat first end fixed to the disc and a U-sh... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407234 | Manual assembly to ABS/TCS/ESP hydraulic units A shock mounting system for affixing a motor driven pump, a plurality of hydraulic valves and accumulators, and motion sensing devices to a vehicle to minimize the transmission of noises to the hydraulic unit and the vehicle. Each mounting point comprising a mountin... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7395904 | Disc brake An actuator arrangement for a disc brake for moving first and second friction members into engagement with a rotor and effect a brake application. The actuator arrangement includes first and second levers that are pivotally connected to an anchor located in a plane ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7356901 | Method of forming bushings between guide pins and guide pin bores A disc brake having an anchor bracket fixed to a vehicle, a rotor fixed to and rotatable with a wheel and a caliper that spans the disc and supports a pair of opposed braking pads with respect to the rotor. Parallel alignment members fixed to the caliper and having ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343741 | Vehicle master cylinder A master cylinder (1) having a bore (3) fitted with at least one piston (4, 5) and at least one seal (19, 20, 21, 22). The seal (19, 20, 21, 22) is partially stiffened by a reinforcement member (25). In order to retain the p... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337881 | Full float multi-force caliper assembly A disc brake having a caliper straddling a rotor; a fixed carrier, an actuator comprising a primary cylinder located in the caliper and closed by a piston; a guide arrangement including first and second pins for allowing the caliper to slide relative to the carrier ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325445 | Air test to determine surface roughness A surface roughness measuring apparatus (11) has a probe (27, 41) with a smooth surface region (31, 43) contoured to conform to a surface (33) the roughness of which is to be measured, and an aperture (25, 49) located generally cen... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318370 | Tie rod for booster and booster comprising such a tie rod A tie rod (40) for mounting a booster and the brake control master cylinder on a bulkhead (3) of the vehicle engine compartment. The tie rod (4) comprises, at each of its ends, a shoulder (43, 44) defining a bearing surface having a frust... | 01/15/2008 |
| D558107 | Hub for a brake booster | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303242 | Fast fill brake system An adaptation to a vehicle antilock braking system modulator to increase the initial displacement of the master cylinder, provide quicker system response and improved pedal feel. A solenoid assembly is added to the non fluid side of each of the low pressure accumula... | 12/04/2007 |
| D556101 | Rear shell for a brake booster | 11/27/2007 |
| D556102 | Plunger connector | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299820 | Hydraulic fluid reservoir In order to prevent hydraulic fluid infiltrating out from a hydraulic fluid tank (1) when a vehicle is in operation, the invention provides for the tank to be compartmentalized by an anti-overflow partition (16). The anti-overflow partition is made in ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299631 | Arrangement for the connection of a brake fluid supply reservoir An arrangement (10) for the connection of a brake fluid supply reservoir (12) to a longitudinal brake master cylinder (14) of a motor vehicle, in which at least one lower supply pipe (16) connected to the reservoir is received in a comple... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270220 | Thermo clip in an adjustor mechanism for a drum brake An adjuster arrangement for maintaining first and second brake shoes of a brake between a minimum and a maximum clearance with respect to a drum. The adjuster arrangement has a pawl located on a pivot pin on the first brake shoe and an arm that engages a star wheel ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267206 | Device for the hydraulic actuation of a parking brake and method for operating such a device A parking and emergency brake device having an actuating device (10) that is supplied with pressurized fluid wherein a piston (14) slides in a cylinder (12, 22) to axially delimits a front hydraulic pressure chamber (16) and exert a deter... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267040 | Booster with reduced dead travel and a braking system comprising such a booster A pneumatic brake booster with short actuating travel, comprising a skirt and a pneumatic piston that are rigidly connected and slideably mounted in a sealed casing to delimit a low-pressure chamber and a variable-pressure chamber and a three-way valve arrangement t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261190 | Reaction lever for a parking brake A lever for moving first and second brake shoes into engagement with a drum to effect a brake application. The lever has a first end connected to the brake shoes and a second end with a tine fixed thereto to which a cable is connected to apply an input force to effe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255036 | Pneumatic servomotor comprising a diaphragm and/or a joint which is overmoulded onto the skirt A pneumatic servomotor (12) for an assisted braking having a rigid axial casing (16) with a movable substantially truncated-cone shaped transverse skirt (18) that is integral with a piston (20) for the actuation of an associated master cy... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240602 | Brake control device A device comprised a master cylinder driven by a control member (20), a pneumatic booster (14), a piston (22), first (VE1) and second (VE2) balancing valve elements, first (VA1) and second (VA2) intake valve elements,... | 07/10/2007 |
| D545648 | Tool for holding an S-cam brake | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234384 | Pneumatic booster with shifted valve seats A pneumatic brake booster (10) for a motor vehicle comprising a casing (12) within a moving partition (14) is secured to a moving piston (12) having an inlet valve (52) and a re-equalizing valve (50) with offset seats borne ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232190 | Reservoir for a hydraulic circuit A tank according to the invention comprises a casing, a filling port (5) extending, on the outside of said tank, into a filling neck (7), which is provided with a screw thread having a pitch (p) and which cooperates with a cap (9). The inner sur... | 06/19/2007 |
| D544819 | Ribbed boot | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213499 | Spacer for a boost unit A spacer secured to a dash panel offsets a boost unit of a brake system into an engine compartment. The spacer has a cylindrical body with a u-shaped space through which air from the engine compartment is communicated to the boost unit to effect a brake application.... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201456 | Pneumatic brake booster A pneumatic brake booster for a motor vehicle, comprising a piston (22) mounted between a control rod (24) actuated by a brake pedal and a push rod (34) actuating a piston of a brake master cylinder. Structure for increasing brake boosting durin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194946 | Pneumatic servomotor for power-assisted braking, the servomotor having a crimped diaphragm A pneumatic servomotor (12) for power-assisted braking for a motor vehicle, which servomotor is of the type having a substantially cylindrical rigid casing (16) inside which a moving transverse partition (18) is movably mounted that has a periph... | 03/27/2007 |
| D538316 | Knuckle | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182182 | Drum brake and brake shoe for one such brake A drum brake comprising a plate on which at least one shoe having a friction lining is mounted. A lever moves the shoe against a wheel drum in response to a braking command to effect a brake application. A resilient return spaces the shoe apart from the drum when br... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178882 | Servo brake system comprising a decompression piston integrated with the primary piston of the master cylinder A boosted brake for actuating a primary piston (54) of a master cylinder through a feeler and a reaction disk having a decompression piston (62) that is elastically returned by a spring (70). The decompression piston (62) has at least two... | 02/20/2007 |
