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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002090 | Electro-mechanical brake apparatus The invention provides a brake apparatus in which a vibration resistance and a heat resistance are improved, in a control apparatus of an integrally structured brake in which an electric circuit portion is attached to a brake force generating portion of the brake ap... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7516823 | Electric braking apparatus An electric braking apparatus including a motor for pressing brake pads on disks, a metal housing for housing the motor, a positive-polarity power line for transmitting power from a battery to the electric motor, a negative-polarity ground line for connecting the el... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7434669 | Hydraulic vehicle brake A hydraulic vehicle brake equipped with a parking brake device, in particular for motor vehicles, including a brake housing in which a hydraulic service pressure chamber is delimited by a brake piston, wherein the parking brake device acts on the brake piston and, i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431133 | Method for actuating an electromechanical parking brake device A method for actuating an electromechanical parking brake device for a brake that can be actuated by an electromechanical actuator comprised of an electric motor and of a reduction gear connected downstream of the electric motor and provided for converting a rotatio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424937 | 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 ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7383928 | Parking brake for a vehicle with brake booster A parking brake for a vehicle, including a parking brake unit, an actuating device situated inside the vehicle and operable to transmit an actuation signal to a control unit, a hydraulic circuit of a service brake of the vehicle connected to the parking brake unit, ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7354372 | Actuator for shift-by-wire automatic transmission system An electric actuator for an automatic transmission includes an adapter to transmit rotary motion between the adapter and the automatic transmission. An electric motor has an output shaft operably connected to the adapter by a gear set which includes a ring gear. The... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347304 | System for control of brake actuator A vehicle brake system includes a brake actuator, a brake controller operative to control the brake actuator, and at least one position sensor which senses a current position of at least one moveable brake component and provides a current position signal indicative ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347305 | Park brake system having a latching device An actuator for an electro-mechanical-brake motor assembly includes a housing surrounding a rotatable motor shaft presenting a longitudinal axis. A spring is non-rotatably supported on the housing. A latching device is non-rotatably supported by the housing. The lat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325658 | Actuator unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake An actuating unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake for motor vehicles consists essentially of a drive unit (1), i.e., an electric motor (11); an actuating element (7), by means of which one (4) of two friction linings (... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314257 | Tire slip model A vehicle brake system includes a brake actuator associated with a tire, the brake actuator having at least one moveable brake component, and a brake control system. The brake control system is operative to determine a target position of the at least one moveable br... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299905 | Electric disc brake apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an electric disc brake apparatus having a simple constitution in which the operating condition of a parking brake can be reliably detected. A controller detects the operating condition (steps S25, S26) o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285927 | Control apparatus for electric motor of inverter system and control apparatus for electro mechanical brake A relay switch for selectively connecting a power supply line of an inverter to a ground line is inserted between the inverter and a power source, and a power consumption unit such as a resistor element is inserted between the relay switch and ground line. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267209 | Electromechanically-operated disc brake for motor vehicles The present invention relates to an electromechanically operable disc brake for motor vehicles comprising a brake caliper and an actuator arranged at the brake caliper, with two friction linings cooperating with each one lateral surface of a brake disc, with at leas... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241244 | Actuator for shift-by-wire automatic transmission system An electric actuator for an automatic transmission includes an adapter to transmit rotary motion between the adapter and the transmission. An electric motor has an output shaft operably connected the adapter by a gear set which includes a ring gear. A release mechan... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234785 | Parking-braking in vehicles having an electronic braking system A parking braking system for a vehicle uses an electronic braking system (EBS) as a primary source for generating a parking brake force via pneumatic brake actuators. Each pneumatic actuator actuates a piston that is adapted to rotate a pivoted lever, which moves to... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232013 | Brake force sensor A brake system including a brake pad shaped and located to apply pressure to a brake rotor and an actuator shaped and located to apply pressure to the brake pad to cause the brake pad to apply pressure to the rotor. The system further includes a sensor material whic... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227324 | Parking brake and method for controlling the same A method for controlling an electrically actuable parking brake is described. In this method the cutoff current of the electric motor is varied to compensate for example for changes in the application force associated with aging or wear or for changes in the applica... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215090 | Control apparatus for electric motor of inverter system and control apparatus for electro mechanical brake A relay switch for selectively connecting a power supply line of an inverter to a ground line is inserted between the inverter and a power source, and a power consumption unit such as a resistor element is inserted between the relay switch and ground line. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205688 | Actuator and brake device An actuator has an electric motor, a screw shaft connected to a rotational shaft of the electric motor in such a manner as to be capable of transmitting power, a nut member disposed on peripherally of the screw shaft and connected to the rotational shaft of the elec... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203034 | Using eddy-currents for releasing actuator suspension assembly of rotary disk storage device A mechanism is provided for restraining and releasing an actuator suspension assembly in a magnetic disk device which is in a retracted position. In a magnetic disk device, according to one embodiment, a magnetic disk 4a is formed of an electrically co... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198336 | Vehicular brake control apparatus and control method of vehicular brake apparatus A vehicular brake control apparatus includes a braked member that rotates together with a wheel, a braking member, an electric driving device that presses the braking member against the braked member to apply a braking torque to the wheel, when being supplied with e... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185745 | Electrically actuatable vehicle brake and method for controlling an electrically actuatable vehicle brake An electrically driven vehicle brake comprises a brake piston, which acts on at least one friction lining and can be displaced out of an initial position into an actuation position, in which the brake piston abuts the friction lining against a rotating member of the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7170246 | Motor control apparatus A motor control apparatus supplying braking power to brake a motor comprises a braking power providing unit to receive input power having an input power voltage lower than a braking power voltage and to boost the input power voltage up to the braking power voltage t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7137673 | Vehicle yaw stability system and method A yaw stability system for a vehicle as well as methods for controlling yaw in a vehicle and estimating the retarding torque of an electromagnetic retarder. The yaw stability system includes a yaw rate sensor, a plurality of braking devices, and a control unit. The ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134533 | Combined service and parking brake apparatus In a brake apparatus, a lead in a meshed portion between an external-thread portion (second stationary screw element) of a threaded shaft and an internal-thread portion (second movable screw element) of a nut is shorter than that in a meshed portion between an inter... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129658 | Electro-mechanical actuator braking apparatus and method using motor commutation sensor output to derive piston displacement A braking system is disclosed that includes a brake (22), a ram (20) shiftable in a linear direction relative to the brake (22) for actuating the brake (22), and a stop (24) for limiting movement of the ram (20). The system ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108110 | Brake device for an electric motor The invention is based on a braking device for an electric motor with a stator (14, 16, 18) and a rotor (10), in particular for a direct current series-wound motor, with a braking element (20) that can be moved between an operating position and ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086504 | Disc brake comprising an adjuster module The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of the... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066304 | Disc brake A disc brake for a heavy road vehicle has a caliper arranged at a brake disc mounted on a wheel axle of the vehicle. An electric motor and two thrust rods operationally connected thereto are provided in the caliper. The thrust rods transform a rotational ingoing mov... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058459 | Method and device for operating a decentralized control system A method of and a device for operating a decentralized control system, at least two control units are provided to control at least one actuating element each. In this control, different operating modes are to be differentiated, the selection of the respective operat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051846 | Disc brake for vehicles An electric heat-generating circuit installed within disc brakes of vehicles to generate heat and dry the discs when current flows. An electromagnetic induction unit generates a current to the electric heat-generating circuit by using an electromagnetic induction ph... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052427 | Electric screw actuator system An electric screw actuator system, e.g. for an electrically driven and controlled steering device, comprises a screw actuator, an electric motor (2) engaging the screw actuator through a reduction gear mechanism (3), electronic operating means for oper... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7018324 | Magnetic controlled loading device in combination of a power generating set and an adjusting drive mechanism A magnetic controlled loading device in combination of a power generating set and an adjusting drive mechanism having a flywheel, a shaft, a transmission element, a magnetic controlled loading device, a micro power generating set and an adjusting drive mechanism int... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014017 | Electronic parking brake actuating assembly An actuating assembly for an electronic parking brake includes a housing and motor secured to the housing and having an output shaft. A cable assembly is rotatably driven by the motor. A cable is anchored at a first end to the cable assembly and wraps around the cab... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007779 | Electromagnetic brake assembly and power supply An electromagnetic brake assembly has a brake shoe) movable between a first position at which it is located in a braking engagement with a movable surface and a second position at which it is located out of braking engagement with the movable surface. An electromagn... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007775 | Screw actuator with a fixed nut A screw actuator comprises a housing (1), a screw mechanism (4) with a nut (6) and a screw (5), as well as a motor (7) which is drivingly connected to the screw. The screw (6) is rotatably and translatably supported with res... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004045 | High thrust valve operator A high thrust operator for gate valves employs an inverted satellite roller screw assembly driven by an internally threaded cylinder carried within a bearing case. The cylinder is sized to provide a relief plenum within the case into which the roller screw assembly ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004290 | Electrically powered brake system To provide an electrically powered brake system capable of performing a control of the braking force appropriate to a particular wheel rotational speed with high response and capable of being simplified in structure with no need to employ any hydraulic equipment and... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000742 | Force transmission device for a disc brake A force transmission device for a disc brake is operable to move a friction element of the brake into engagement with a rotary brake disc along a first axis in response to a loading from a thrust member. The device is restrained from movement transverse to the first... | 02/21/2006 |
