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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8012063 | Pressure assisted park servo A pressure assisted park servo assembly for an automatic transmission includes a servo or spool valve which receives pressurized hydraulic fluid from various sources including two solenoid valves and transmission ports. The servo valve controls two flows of pressuri... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7188546 | Accelerator pedal with braking action An accelerator pedal unit (10) for a vehicle whereby an accelerator pedal (11) is moveable from a rest or first position (15) through an idle position (17) to a second position (16) and wherein vehicle braking is caused to occur wh... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6086515 | Process and system for retaining a vehicle on an inclined roadway To retain a vehicle on an inclined roadway and when starting uphill, the vehicle speed, the brake pedal application, the drive torque, the operating condition of the vehicle engine, the application of a parking brake, and the activation of the retaining s... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5975648 | Method for preventing a vehicle from being parked with an activated roll-away preventer and unactivated parking brake A motor vehicle is prevented from being parked with an unactivated parking brake. This vehicle has a roll-away preventer normally to apply a brake pressure which prevents the motor vehicle from rolling. To prevent unintentional rolling of the vehicle upon... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5558123 | Electrically controlled pressure-holding valve A pressure-holding valve for a brake system having a body with a blind bore therein. The body has a first passage which connects the blind bore with a variable pressure inlet port and a pressure outlet port. The blind bore is closed by seals carried on a ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5209329 | Automatic locking brake When the vehicle speed falls below a predetermined reference speed, the measured vehicle deceleration is used to calculate an extrapolated time when the vehicle will be brought to a complete stop. When the extrapolated time is reached, the brake pressure ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5170679 | Automatic transmission for a motor vehicle with an overrunning clutch as a hill support A transmission for a motor vehicle, having frictional shift elements, an overrunning clutch used as a hill support, and an automatic control of the working pressure of the shift elements to protect the functioning of the overrunning clutch.... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4882975 | Parking maintaining apparatus for brake booster A parking maintaining apparatus includes a solenoid-operated open/close valve which opens or closes a constant pressure passage providing a communication between a valve mechanism and a constant pressure chamber of a brake booster. A relief valve is provi... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4865175 | Device for holding braking force for vehicle A device for holding the braking force of a motor vehicle has a braking force holding valve in a brake operating fluid circuit. The device ascertains whether a load is imposed on an engine of the motor vehicle based on detected signals indicating the amou... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4681196 | Control circuit for brake booster vehicular hill holder system A brake booster (10, 210, 310) connected to a control circuit (120) provides a system for the continued braking of a vehicle when the vehicle is situated on an incline and the brake pedal (92) is released by the operator. Continued brake application is ac... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4579202 | Brake holding apparatus Brake holding apparatus for use in a vehicle having a fluid pressure operated braking system including a master cylinder and at least one brake cylinder. The apparatus includes a trapping valve movable to an open position allowing fluid communication betw... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4515259 | Clutch-operated hill holder brake system A brake control device for preventing backward movement of a vehicle on an uphill road during operation of the clutch pedal after release of the brake pedal, the device including a cylinder body having oil passages for connection between the master cylind... | 05/07/1985 |
