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A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166865 | Brake boost sensor feeler A sensor feeler device for a brake booster. The sensor feeler device (4) includes an axially moveable cylinder (40), the movement of which can be controlled by the control rod which is itself controlled by the brake pedal, a sensor feeler piston (5 | 05/01/2012 |
| 7930969 | Brake booster with dual rate assist A boosted brake having a booster with a decompression arrangement wherein an output push rod has a head with a plurality of openings that extend into a stem and create a plurality of arcuate grooves. The openings receive a plurality of projections that extend from a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7698988 | Brake booster for a hand brake The invention relates to a brake booster intended to transmit handbrake commands. This booster essentially comprises a plunger (3) able to move axially under the command of the control rod (1). An enclosure (2) contains a working chamber (21 | 04/20/2010 |
| 7637200 | Pneumatic brake booster A pneumatic brake booster includes a booster housing, subdivided into at least two chambers by at least one axially movable wall to which a pneumatic differential pressure can be applied, a control valve controlling the differential pressure and being arranged in a ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7634960 | Pneumatic brake booster A pneumatic brake booster for motor vehicles includes a booster housing, subdivided into at least one working chamber and at least one vacuum chamber by at least one axially movable wall to which a pneumatic differential pressure can be applied, a control valve cont... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7526992 | Variable force rate vacuum booster A variable force rate vacuum booster including a reaction disk having an input surface and an output surface, the reaction disk being formed from a deformable material, an input rod position relative to the reaction disk to apply an input force to the input surface ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7448308 | Vacuum type booster device A valve piston 8 of a vacuum type booster device is provided with a bypass passage 51 which is defined between a sound-absorbing member 27 and an input rod 23 to communicate directly with the atmosphere and a sliding-type plate valve 5... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7370571 | Negative pressure type booster device In a negative pressure type booster device, secondary passages 53 communicating directly with the atmosphere is formed between the internal surface of a sliding cylindrical portion 8b of a valve piston 8 and the external surface of a sile... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331641 | Braking stroke simulator The present invention is directed to a braking stroke simulator for use in a brake system, which comprises a simulator piston moved in response to operation of a manually operated braking member, and an elastic element for providing a stroke to the simulator piston ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7247805 | Switch actuation method and mechanism A mechanism is provided for actuating a switch that transmits motion from a first component, which moves along a first path, to a system that is attached to the mechanism. The mechanism includes a second component that moves transverse to the first path and a third ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7228758 | Pedal reaction force device In a pedal reaction force device, a pedaling reaction force is applied to an operating pedal on the basis of a displacement magnitude and a variation speed of the displacement magnitude by a damper device and a spring member which are mechanically displaced in accor... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207261 | Vacuum-operated booster Reaction force from a reaction member is divided and transmitted to a front shaft portion of a plunger via abutment member and to a flange portion of the plunger via a spring unit. The spring unit includes a tubular first holding member assembled to the front shaft ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7159953 | Brake servo unit comprising a reaction disc device This invention mainly relates to a reaction-disk device, to its manufacturing process and to a pneumatic servomotor for an assisted braking, including such reaction device. A reaction device according to the present invention comprises a receiving cavity, fit... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7121186 | Pneumatic servo unit, method for making same and device A pneumatic servomotor for an assisted braking including an emergency-braking assistance device to increase the assistance ratio when an input force is applied to the control rod that is higher than a predetermined value through an extrusion of the reaction disk. Th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100997 | Servo brake system comprising a decompression piston integrated with the pushrod A boosted brake (10) having a booster (12) for activating a primary piston (54) of a master cylinder (14) by way of a feeler (42), a reaction disk (28) and a push rod (52). The push rod (52) that is housed a de... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096574 | Device for separating an angle encoder shaft from a drive shaft A method for separating an encoder shaft of an angle encoder from a drive shaft, which are axially aligned with each other along an axial direction and are self-lockingly braced on each other by a press fit along the axial direction and a central fastening screw, wh... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089846 | Negative pressure type booster device A negative pressure type booster device possesses a valve mechanism constructed to compensate for insufficient depressing force applied to a brake pedal upon emergency braking. Upon depression of the brake pedal, first negative pressure valves contact first negative... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086320 | Brake booster with emergency brake assist function A brake booster, in particular for motor vehicles, having a control valve for controlling the boosting force generated by the brake booster. The control valve comprises a control valve housing, an input element, an output element and a thrust piece, which is dispose... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086321 | Boosted brake having a feeler provided with a stud A brake system having a master cylinder (14) actuated by a moving piston (24) that is fixed to a moving partition (18) in a booster (12). Piston (24) has a front face (26) that acts on a primary piston (30) of the mas... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7082806 | Method of manufacturing a diaphragm backing plate A method of manufacturing a diaphragm backing plate for use in a brake booster comprising the steps of moving a coil of metal having parallel first and second sides that define a first width to a first station. Applying a stamping force to remove a section from the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080588 | Negative pressure type booster A negative pressure type booster includes a power piston, a slide valve, and a holding mechanism, among others, and assists a driver during emergency braking. The holding mechanism is adapted to hold the slide valve at a predetermined frontward position, and include... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077050 | Pneumatic brake booster, particularly for a motor vehicle Pneumatic brake booster, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a reaction disk (30) interposed between a plunger (28) carried by a control rod actuated by the brake pedal and a thrust rod (32) acting on the primary piston of a tandem mas... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063001 | Brake servo-unit comprising a floating element bearing offset valve seats A pneumatic servomotor for power-assisted braking for a motor vehicle having a control rod (38) for opening and closing at least one axial inlet valve (52) that is interposed between a front chamber (16) connected to a pressure source having a p... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051640 | Pneumatic brake booster with reduced dead travel and braking system comprising such a booster A pneumatic brake booster with reduced dead travel comprising a skirt (10) which can move in a sealed manner in a casing, delimiting a low-pressure chamber and a variable-pressure chamber, with respect to a pneumatic piston (16) over a certain travel. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040217 | Tie rod for a brake booster A first and second tie rods locating between a front shell and a rear shell of a brake booster through which a master cylinder is connected to a support member. Each of the first and second tie rods have a head that engages the rear shell and a first shaft that exte... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040717 | Negative pressure boosting device In a negative pressure boosting device of the present invention, upon depression of a pedal at a normal speed, an input shaft 11 and a valve plunger 10 move forward to close a vacuum valve 15 and open an atmospheric valve 16 and a power p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032496 | Vacuum servo brake for a booster brake system for motor vehicles A vacuum servo brake has an input member by which a valve arrangement may be acted upon at an input force to connect a working chamber selectively to the outside or to a vacuum chamber (separated from the working chamber by a piston which may be brought into operati... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032497 | Vacuum brake booster Vacuum brake booster for motor vehicles comprising a booster housing whose interior is subdivided by a movable wall into a vacuum chamber and a working chamber, a control valve that controls a pressure difference acting upon the movable wall and is accommodated in a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017441 | Vehicle pedal device capable of adjusting pedal position in longitudinal direction of vehicle A vehicle pedal device including: a depressable portion which is to be operationally depressed by a driver of the vehicle; an output member which is pivotably supported by a supporting shaft provided in a bracket that is fixed to a body of the vehicle, such that the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014276 | Vacuum booster A vacuum booster which moderates a retraction speed of a valve seat member to restrain a contact noise between a key member retracting in a unitary manner with the valve seat member and a flange surface of a plunger. The vacuum booster includes a noise restriction d... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978710 | Pneumatic booster An elastic member is interposed between a reaction disk and a plunger. By moving the plunger to open a poppet seal such that atmospheric air is introduced into the variable pressure chambers, a pressure differential is created between the variable pressure chambers ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976417 | Pneumatic brake booster with low operating noise The subject of the present invention is a pneumatic brake booster comprising an envelope in which a skirt (2) slides in a sealed manner, a pneumatic piston (8) rigidly attached to the skirt, a three-way valve (20) actuated by a control rod (2... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959637 | Vacuum brake booster A control valve for a brake booster having a first member with a first bore, a second member located in the first bore and having a second bore, a plunger located in the second bore and connected to an input member. A gear fixed to the second member with teeth that ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955044 | Reaction arrangement for brake booster A reaction arrangement for a brake booster having a control valve selectively activated by a manual input force or an electromagnetic force to allow air to create a pressure differential with vacuum and produce an output force that is transmitted through an output m... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935705 | Servo brake booster with two differentiated fixed and variable jumps A pneumatic brake booster (10) having a moving piston (22) for urging an actuating rod (34) of a master cylinder (28) in response to actuation of a plunger (56). The plunger has a front end that passes through the piston (22... | 08/30/2005 |
