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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794026 | Vehicle braking apparatus and related control method A vehicle braking apparatus is capable of suppressing time lag at the time of activating an ABS, reliably detecting wheel slippage at a wheel even on a low μ road surface, and performing a brake operation to stop the vehicle without causing stroke variations in a b... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7367359 | Proportional micromechanical valve The present invention provides a proportional microvalve having a first, second and third layer, and having high aspect ratio geometries. The first layer defines a cavity with inlet and outlet ports. The second layer, doped to have a low resistivity and bonded betwe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357465 | Brake pedal feel simulator A brake pedal feel simulator is provided which reduces the simulation force provided to the brake pedal during emergency or failed conditions. The simulator generally comprises a first spring having a first spring rate and a second spring having a second spring rate... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354511 | Hydraulic unit for industrial trucks A hydraulic unit for industrial trucks, comprising a motor pump unit which is directly attached to a tank, a reflux filter which has an elongate filter casing for a filtering element adapted to be introduced into the tank through an opening, a hose coupling, and an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325884 | Modular regenerative braking A brake module provides a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit of pressurized brake fluid. A first set and second set of brake actuators are operated by the application of pressurized brake fluid. A first and second fluid separator unit are integrate... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322658 | Hydraulic unit for anti-slip braking systems In order to produce a compact hydraulic unit for use in an electrohydraulic braking system, the invention discloses that a first accommodating bore for a first feeding device of a pump is passed through between valve accommodating bores of a first and second valve r... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322657 | Stroke simulator A second piston includes a first protruding portion that protrudes toward a first piston and a second protruding portion that protrudes toward a stopper. By changing a height of the first protruding portion and a height of the second protruding portion it is possibl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311365 | Actuator for controlling brake hydraulic pressure and device and method for inspecting the same An actuator for use in a vehicle hydraulic brake system having an anti-lock control and/or vehicle stability control function has a housing which also serves as the body of the master cylinder. The housing is formed with four wheel cylinder ports to be connected to ... | 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 |
| 7300118 | Electronic park brake valve system for air brakes vehicles A vehicle brake system includes a source of fluid pressure adapted to supply a braking force a brake actuator including a parking brake chamber, and a combination valve fluidly coupling the brake actuator to the source of pressure, the combination valve having an in... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299904 | Brake fluid pressure maintaining apparatus for vehicles A brake fluid pressure maintaining apparatus for a vehicle, having: a master cylinder; a check valve; and, a normally-open-type electromagnetic valve including an electromagnetic coil, a fixed core, and a movable core, and in the brake fluid pressure maintaining sta... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278694 | Anti-lock brake system with continuous wheel slip control An anti-lock brake controller that is operable, upon detecting a potential wheel lock-up situation during a vehicle braking cycle, to cycle apply and dump valves associated with vehicle rear wheels continuously between apply and dump modes to determine an estimated ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264318 | Brake pressure control arrangement In a method for joining at least two work pieces by friction stir welding wherein the work pieces are placed placed in overlapping relationship and are at least partially plasticized in the area where they are to be joined by a rotating friction tool provided with a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252346 | Braking force control apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In brake control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a cornering stability control section is configured to start a provision of the braking force for the vehicle when a cornering limit estimating section estimates that a cornering state variable of the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252345 | Brake system for a motorcycle A combined braking system in which communicative connection a master cylinder and a brake caliper is cut off by an electromagnetic on-off valve, and hydraulic pressure, corresponding to driving conditions and a braking operation, is generated by an electrically-oper... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246864 | Vehicle motion control apparatus A hydraulic pressure regulating device is disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit. A desired value is provided for a wheel cylinder operatively associated with a wheel to be controlled, on the bas... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244002 | Vehicle brake system A brake-by-wire type vehicle brake system is arranged to return a piston of a master cylinder to a normal position by opening a shutoff valve so as to supply a hydraulic pressure of a pump to the master cylinder when the shutoff valve is closed and a stroke simulato... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229138 | Brake fluid pressure control device A brake fluid pressure control device controls brake fluid pressures through control of fluid pressure control valves operated in accordance with control signals from, for example, a computer. Signal lines for supplying control signals to control circuits controllin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210749 | Vehicle braking system with proportional poppet valve pressure control strategy An electrohydraulic brake system where brake pressure is controlled by the combined action of an apply valve and a dump valve by the implementation of a method of controlling the voltage applied to the apply and dump valve. The EHB pressure control system receives a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204566 | Hydraulic braking pressure control unit A hydraulic braking pressure control unit including three or more hydraulic pressure control components, and a holder structure which holds those hydraulic pressure control components, wherein the three or more hydraulic pressure control components are selected from... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188913 | Vehicular motor-driven brake device A vehicular motor-driven brake apparatus includes an open circuit in which reciprocation of a master cylinder generating a brake pressure is caused by an actuator that operates according to a pedal operation amount, and brake fluid discharged from a wheel cylinder d... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185956 | Performance hydraulic systems for hybrid brake system A braking system including a pre-charge with a plurality of pumps disposed in parallel with respect to one another. The pumps can direct pressurized brake fluid to the brakes during a controlled braking maneuver. The pumps operate with offset operating cycles such t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182412 | Brake controller When it is in a forward or backward range, in an idle state, the vehicle is perfectly stationary, brake releasing velocity Bv is larger than Bv_on, brake stroke Bs is smaller than Bs_on and braking force Bf is larger than driving force Fd, a brake ECU executes a pro... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178881 | Rear pressure control and rear dynamic proportioning in a vehicle brake system An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a rear brake hydraulic circuit having a fluid storage element and a master cylinder supplying a volume of pressurized brake fluid to the rear brakes during the braking cycle in a pump-less anti-lock brake apparatu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174247 | Method for improving the regulatory behavior of motor vehicle regulatory systems The invention relates to a method for improving the control behavior of motor vehicle control systems such as ABS, ESP, etc. comprising electrically driven hydraulic pumps, inlet and outlet valves and low-pressure accumulators, wherein the low-pressure accumulators ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7158372 | Electronic control unit In an electronic control unit, a chassis is provided with a plate portion, and a circuit board is secured to a board-side attaching surface of the plate portion with a predetermined space secured relative to the plate portion. The chassis is further provided with a ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156365 | Method of controlling microvalve actuator In a method of controlling an actuator of a microvalve, a controller is provided for supplying a voltage to the actuator. The controller provides an initial voltage to the actuator which is effective to actuate the microvalve. Then, the controller provides a pulsed ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152933 | Brake booster vacuum prediction algorithm and method of use therefor An algorithm residing in, for example the ECM of a motor vehicle, which predicts brake booster vacuum for vehicles using vacuum for brake pedal assist. The predicted brake booster vacuum is compared to a calibrated brake booster vacuum threshold to determine if adeq... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150508 | Modular regenerative braking A brake module provides a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit of pressurized brake fluid. A first set and second set of brake actuators are operated by the application of pressurized brake fluid. A first and second fluid separator unit are integrate... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143622 | Extruded composite profile and method for separately winding two individual simultaneously extruded tubes with the aid of a winding device The invention relates to an extruded composite profile (10) and to method for separately winding two individual simultaneously extruded tubes (20, 30) with the aid of a winding device. The inventive extruded composite profile (10) consists of at... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144091 | Brake apparatus with orifices for restricting brake fluid pressure pulsation In a brake apparatus, a pump sucks brake fluid and discharges the brake fluid through a pump discharge conduit. Orifices are connected in series with one another with respect to brake fluid flow discharged from the pump and restrict the brake fluid flow. Because the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140699 | Method for regulating a predetermined modifiable brake pressure The present invention relates to a method for regulating a predetermined modifiable brake pressure in the wheel brakes of a brake system, wherein input quantities determining the brake pressure in the individual wheel brakes are evaluated and correcting variables of... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138745 | Method and apparatus for an actuator system with integrated control An apparatus comprising a substrate; and a platform elevated above the substrate and supported by curved flexures. The curvature of the flexures results substantially from variations in intrinsic residual stress within the flexures. In one embodiment the apparatus i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131463 | Device for damping pressure pulsations and a hydraulic unit equipped with this device Pressure pulsations are damped in and a hydraulic unit by a device including a housing with an inlet and an outlet having a throttle and a filter preceding the throttle. The filter and the throttle are combined into a one-piece function element, which can be produce... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104615 | Vehicle motion control apparatus The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes a hydraulic pressure regulating device disposed between a master cylinder and a pair of wheel brake cylinders included in each of a dual hydraulic circuit, and a monitor for moni... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093911 | Floating piston for augmenting pressurized fluid flow during vehicle braking operations A hydraulic braking system including first and second braking circuits. The first and second braking circuits each include a wheel brake, a pressurized fluid source, and a hydraulic conduit connecting the wheel brake to the fluid source. Each of the hydraulic condui... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093435 | Hydraulic controller A hydraulic controller includes: a pair of liquid chambers; and an on-off valve capable of opening and closing a flow channel on the side of the liquid chamber with a higher hydraulic pressure out of the pair of liquid chambers. The flow channel can provide communic... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084602 | Predicting wheel slip and skid in a locomotive The present invention is directed to the termination of the occurrence of wheel slip/skid and prediction and prevention of the onset of wheel slip/skid in a locomotive. In one configuration, a lookup table of adhesion factors is used to predict the occurrence of whe... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083240 | Vehicle braking system A vehicle braking system includes: a hydraulic booster which applies output hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic power source to a boosted hydraulic pressure chamber after regulating the output hydraulic pressure as a control piston operates to balance reaction force g... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080890 | Method for improving the operation of a braking system In a method for improving the operation of a hydraulic vehicle brake system with an active hydraulic brake boost, wherein a pressure fluid volume flow between a master brake cylinder and the wheel brakes of the vehicle is controlled by means of an analog or analogiz... | 07/25/2006 |
