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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151951 | Disc brake caliper with a cooling duct A disc brake caliper comprising a suspension side portion, facing an associable suspension to support said caliper, a wheel side portion facing a wheel being rotatably integrally associable to a brake disc, said wheel side and suspension side portion comprising cyli... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7963376 | System for cooling a disc brake rotor and collecting brake pad waste The present invention is a system which improves the airflow in a disc braking system by using impellers which are powered by a drive shaft that is rotated via a roller that is contacted with the brake rotor. A housing is provided that fits on a brake disc which hol... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950505 | Mechanically ventilated disc brake rotor A mechanically ventilated disc brake rotor has internally housed centrifugal fan impeller rotates freely at one direction and engages with brake rotor in other direction with use of single direction ball bearing. While a vehicle travelling forward, centrifugal fan i... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7721855 | Locomotive dynamic braking grid package configuration In a locomotive having a dynamic braking capability, a method for maintaining an airflow path to a resistive grid disposed within a resistive grid enclosure having an enclosure inlet and an enclosure outlet is provided, wherein the method includes generating an inle... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7600615 | Finned brake duct to divert cooling air to a vehicle brake system A brake duct assembly for use in communicating cooling air from a front facia of a vehicle to a front brake assembly. The assembly includes an inlet portion, a passageway portion, and an outlet portion. The portion is disposed in the vehicle facia, and the outlet po... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7380645 | Aerodynamic standoffs to air cool disc type auto brake rotors The invention includes a mounting hat for a brake rotor having a lower section connected to an upper section. Also included is a plurality of aerodynamically shaped standoff vanes each having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a top and a bottom connected to the upper... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7337884 | Cycle brake cooling article Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from a circumferential braking element of a wheel of a cycle, each having a rigid surface which in combination with said braking element, defines an air deflection and concentration path that can be focused to t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7281613 | Interface disc for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus A friction disc (16) for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus includes elongated and shortened fins (42, 43) upstanding between and equally circumferentially spaced intermediate first and second component discs (40, 41). The fins (42,... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267210 | Braking bank and disc for disc brake A braking band (14) of a disc-brake disc (10), which has an unusual ability to improve the cooling efficiency of the disc brake, comprises a first plate (20) and a second plate (22) arranged face to face so as to form a space (24).... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261192 | Brake disk and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a brake disk having axial friction surfaces, preferably for land vehicles, in particular, an internally ventilated brake disk having two friction rings that are joined via connecting elements, whereby one of the axial outer surfaces of the b... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255205 | Disc brake located outside wheel envelope A disc brake for a vehicle such as a commercial vehicle, wherein the brake rotor extends from a hub end of an axle inboard a sufficient distance to place the friction surface of the rotor and the brake caliper outside the envelope of a wheel mounted at the end of th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228947 | Method and tools for the production of a braking band for a brake disk The invention relates to a method and tools for producing a braking band (2) of a disk-brake disk (1) by casting, in which the disk comprises at least two plates (3, 3′) connected to one another by connecting elements (4) forming an int... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219777 | Reinforced brake rotor Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a brake rotor which may include a central mounting portion for mounting the brake rotor on a hub, a first annular braking surface and a second annular braking surface, where each braking surface includes an i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198139 | Air guide for cooling a vehicle brake assembly A brake cooling system that directs cooling air to a vehicle brake assembly. The cooling system includes an air guide that, during operation of the vehicle, receives air, pressurizes air, and directs pressurized air to the brake assembly. The air guide cooperates wi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7111710 | Braking surface cooling assembly and brake performance enhancing methods Vanes positioned immediately adjacent the swept area of a moving friction brake rotor induce a flow of air over the rotor by displacing the boundary layer of gases from the rotor surface and conducting such layer along the intercepting surface of the vane, and thus ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097010 | Brake disc for a vehicle disc brake Brake disc for a vehicle disc brake, comprising a radially inner hub portion (1a), intended to be non-rotatably joined to a wheel hub, and a surrounding, radially outer disc portion with opposing friction surfaces. The outer disc portion is formed by t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7059456 | Internally-ventilated brake disks with improved cooling Internally ventilated brake disk in the form of a circular ring disk with cooling channels in the interior of the disk which extend, respectively, from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the circular ring disk, wherein the channel cross section an... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6978867 | Bicycle hub with an attached cooling disk A bicycle hub brake component is provided for braking a hub of a wheel mounted on a bicycle frame The component comprises a brake drum and a cooling disk. The brake drum has a drum body that is adapted to rotate integrally with the hub, wherein the drum body has a b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962242 | Brake rotor A brake rotor having an annular disc connected to an annular mounting flange, the mounting flange defining a radially inner flange wall and including a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting holes, in which the flange wall includes a plurality of recesses, w... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957726 | Floating brake rotor assembly with non-load bearing pins The floating brake rotor assembly with non-load bearing pins includes a brake rotor and hub that are coplanar and are interconnected by pin and spring assemblies such that the pins do not bear rotational torque being transferred between the brake rotor and hub. The ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935470 | Disk brake A disk brake comprising: a disk, which comprises a plurality of coaxially disposed arcuate shaped recesses and a plurality of radially disposed channels; arcuate shaped pads matingly mounted therein the arcuate shaped recesses; a caliper comprising caliper pads, the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6880683 | Brake disc having air circulating fan blades A brake disc for cycle brake systems includes an outer peripheral portion, a hub portion, and an air circulating device attached to the brake disc, and inclined relative to the brake disc, to propel and circulate air around the brake disc when the brake disc is rota... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6698557 | Brake drum cooling apparatus A brake drum assembly includes an impeller and stator that help cool the brake drum. The impeller and stator combination are especially suited for low-speed vehicle operations. The impeller includes a plurality of impeller vanes formed about the circumfer... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6626273 | Brake disk and corresponding axle hub The invention relates to a brake disk comprising two friction rings which are connected via links and between which an air channel is configured, as well as support elements which are molded to the inner peripheral area of the brake disk and designed for ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6615958 | Integrated aircraft wheel, brake and axle for all-electric aircraft braking system An integrated wheel, brake and axle structure for an aircraft comprises a tubular axle, and a wheel hub rotatably mounted interiorly of the tubular axle and accessible at an axial end thereof for mounting of a wheel thereto. A brake disk stack, having fro... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615954 | Monitoring system and method for brake disks A monitoring system for brake disks, particularly of rail vehicles, having at least two sensors which are arranged in the brake disk or in the proximity of the brake disk and whose sensor signals relate to the temperature of the brake disk. The monitoring... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6564912 | Brake disk A brake disk for disk brakes, in particular of land vehicles, has a friction ring received by a support section, formed, for example, by a portion of a wheel hub. The support section has an out-of-round outer formation on which the friction ring is seated... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6454058 | Disc brake rotor A disc brake including a pair of friction plates arranged coaxially in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship and a plurality of vanes extending between the pair of friction plates, each of the vanes having a proximal end, a distal end and a mid-portion ex... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6446770 | Brake rotor having an array of grooves formed thereon A rotor has an array of grooves formed on the brake pad contact surface. The array is preferably formed as a repeating pattern of regularly spaced grooves. The repeating pattern of grooves creates a plurality of radially and circumferentially offset rings... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443269 | Rotor for disc brake assembly An annular disc brake assembly having a housing mounted to a vehicle and a rotor disc mounted to a wheel of the vehicle. Annular brake pads extend parallel to the rotor disc within the housing and are mounted thereto with at least one brake pad being mova... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6422358 | Ventilated disc brake rotor The invention is directed to a ventilated brake rotor, including a hub mounting face, a rotor ring having two faces, and a hub wall connecting the hub mounting face to the rotor ring. The rotor ring has alternately faced conical passages disposed at an an... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419056 | Apparatus for aircraft brake thermal management Apparatus for aircraft brake thermal management including heat shields made of one or more insulating pouches of metallic foil having ceramic fibers or other appropriate insulation therein. The pouches are either vacuum sealed or provided with pin hole br... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6405839 | Disc brake rotor A disc brake including a pair of friction plates arranged coaxially in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship and a plurality of vanes extending between the pair of friction plates, each of the vanes having a proximal end, a distal end and a mid-portion ex... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401880 | Brake rotor having cooling passageways with substantially constant cross-sections A brake rotor for an automotive vehicle braking system is disclosed. The rotor includes a brake rotor hat portion attached to a brake rotor disk portion. The disk includes a plurality of radially extending passageways separated by a plurality of webs. The... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6386341 | Brake disk made of a fiber-reinforced material A brake disk made of a fiber-reinforced material includes two assembled friction rings. The friction rings, on interior sides, are provided with ribs. The two friction rings are supported with respect to one another along at least a portion of the ribs. I... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6367599 | Ventilated disc An inner disc portion and an outer disc portion are connected through first to fifth connecting ribs. The second and third connecting ribs which are provided on the outer diameter side are inclined reversely to each other so that a portion where the dista... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367598 | Rotor for disc brake assembly A brake rotor for use in a vehicle disc brake assembly includes an inner mounting flange and an outer annular friction disc connected together by a circumferential hat. The inner mounting flange is formed having a center pilot hole and a plurality of lug ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364071 | Combined disk and drum brake with an internally ventilated brake disk An internally ventilated brake disk has two friction rings and an inside shoe brake, in the interior friction ring. A ring groove is provided which, in its base, has passage openings to air guiding ducts between the friction rings of the brake disk. The r... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6357562 | Aerodynamic wheel-bearing housing A wheel bearing housing for suspending a wheel of a vehicle is provided. The wheel, mounted at the wheel bearing housing, is provided with a brake device. In order to create a wheel suspension device which has devices for guiding air that are provided at ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6341825 | Wheel cap A wheel cap is detachably joined to a disc wheel and having air discharge openings formed in the outer periphery thereof. The wheel cap has a plurality of radial fins provided for the reverse side of the wheel cap and formed from the wheel cap center towa... | 01/29/2002 |
