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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946394 | System and method for aircraft braking system usage monitoring The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate of usage of the part can be d... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7891468 | Motor-driven parking brake apparatus A motor-driven parking brake apparatus includes a load sensor (pressure sensor) for detecting axial load of a screw shaft. The pressure sensor includes a transmission member which receives the axial load via a circular surface of a plate, and a casing which accommod... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7849976 | Electro-mechanical brake An electro-mechanical brake achieves a safe traveling and braking with a high accuracy device for detecting a piston position at which a brake pad and a disk rotor contact each other. A pad contact position detecting device in which an electric circuit is not formed... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7552803 | Aircraft shock strut having a fluid level monitor A system for monitoring a liquid level in an aircraft shock strut includes a cylinder having an internal chamber sealed by a piston telescopically movable within the cylinder. The chamber contains a gas and a liquid, and a sensor assembly is provided for monitoring ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7543687 | Piston damper assembly, and dust tube subassembly, having a position sensor A piston damper assembly includes a piston damper and a relative position sensor. The piston damper includes a damper body and a piston rod. The piston rod is axially movable within the damper body. The relative position sensor includes an axially-extending magnetic... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7503436 | Disc brake control system for vehicle In a disc brake control system for a vehicle, a control unit determines that a brake disc is in a condition of a thermal inclination of brake disc, and further determines that the brake disc is restored from the thermal inclination. The control unit operates an actu... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7497305 | Brake condition monitoring A system and method for monitoring the applications of carbon-carbon brakes of an aircraft to determine brake condition and operate a brake maintenance program or charge a brake system user. The system and method includes monitoring each actuation of the brakes and ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7467692 | Method of and system for reducing power required for an electric brake to maintain a static force A brake system includes a piston for applying an output force to a brake, a motor operatively connected to the piston and a controller receiving a braking request and sending a brake force signal commanding a level of brake force to the motor to cause the motor to m... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7464795 | Method and device for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake A device and method for monitoring the application of a motor vehicle automatic parking brake by measuring a physical property (either resistivity or electrical conductivity) of a friction lining (3) of a brake pad (2) throgh a measurement apparatus ( | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458442 | Electric brake having parking brake function An electromagnetic braking system includes a brake stack (20), a ram (18) shiftable in a first linear direction toward and against the brake stack (20) and in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction, a motor (12) hav... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441632 | Force sensor and motor-driven parking brake apparatus using the same A force sensor includes a shaft to which a magnet is fixed, and a case which can reciprocate with respect to the shaft and to which a Hall IC element is fixed. The Hall IC element outputs an output voltage which changes in accordance with relative displacement betwe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416059 | System and method for aircraft braking system usage monitoring The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate of usage of the part can be d... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401686 | Device in a vehicle brake arrangement A device in a vehicle brake arrangement for determining the applied brake force comprises an enclosed elastically deformable medium (20), on which the reaction force from the brake force is to act. An axially movable push rod (22) is in contact with th... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7364020 | Measuring device for an electromechanical brake A force sensor for an electromechanical brake has a closed ring having a C-shaped profile that is open inwardly. Force is introduced along the inner circumference of the ring. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331427 | Disc brake A disc brake (10) is described, comprising a brake disc (12) and two brake shoes (20), which are pressable against both sides of the brake disc (12) and which in relation to a peripheral force (C′) generated upon application of the brak... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7234567 | Brake tensioning device comprising shearing force measuring bolt A brake application for a rail vehicle brake includes a brake actuator for application and release of the rail vehicle brake. Also included is a force converter for converting energy supplied by the brake actuator to a brake application movement. The force converter... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207423 | Acceleration sensor for motor vehicles An acceleration sensing unit (1) includes an acceleration sensor element (4), wherein said sensing unit (1) emits an electric signal at a signal output (k3, k4), the sensing unit (1) is electrically active and supplied with ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198137 | Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback with position sensing Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback with position sensing are described. In one described system, a first and second brake surfaces are configured to contact each other. An actuator may be configured to exert a force on at least one of the first and se... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7114596 | Brake shoe proximity sensor A brake system with an integral proximity sensor for providing an indication of a condition of the brake system. The brake system includes a brake drum, a brake shoe, a brake pad, and a position sensor. The brake pad is connected to a pad mounting surface of the bra... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114597 | Spring loaded cylinder A spring storage cylinder, for the generation of braking forces for the auxiliary and parking brake effect, comprises a piston, arranged in a housing, which may be displaced for the operation of a brake lever. The piston is pretensioned against the brake lever by a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6913118 | Disc brake The invention relates to a disc brake (10) having two brake shoes (12, 14), which for generating a clamping force (A, A′) are pressable against both sides of a brake disc (16), and having an actuator device (26) for actuating at least o... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6805224 | Automated brake torque monitoring system An escalator brake torque monitoring apparatus comprises a brake having a brake arm with a mounting point for pivotally affixing the brake to a fixed element of the escalator. A torque sensor is mounted to the brake arm at the mounting point and is affixed to the fi... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6796404 | Cover pan ABS sensor A driving axle assembly includes an anti-lock braking system sensor, a carrier having an opening, a differential assembly including a housing rotatably mounted to the carrier and a cover pan mounted to the carrier to enclose the opening. The cover pan includes a bos... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6779636 | Park-brake monitoring-system for a vehicle A park-brake monitoring-system monitors the selected and actual operational states of a park-brake system of a vehicle. The park-brake monitoring-system includes one or more selected-state sensor(s) that produce signals implicative of the selected operational state ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776266 | Smart digital brake stroke sensor A brake stroke sensor is disclosed. In particular, a digital brake stroke sensor capable of indicating a position of pushrod linear displacement is disclosed. The brake stroke sensor includes a prism attached to the pushrod. The prism includes a number of markers to... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6662906 | System of controlling or regulating an electromechanical brake With electromechanically or electromotively operated brakes, adjusting a clearance presents a problem because with this type of brakes self-actuating reset means of the type provided for hydraulic brakes cannot be used. For adjustment, a neutral position ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659233 | System and method for aircraft braking system usage monitoring The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate of usage of the pa... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6648103 | Method and apparatus for securing a shopping cart A method and apparatus for securing a wheeled device such as a shopping cart is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a body having a pair of spaced stops with an intermediate trough. In use, the wheels of the cart are rolled along an upwar... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634724 | Electrically driven brake booster An electrically driven brake booster (1) includes an input member (4) disposed in operative association with a brake pedal (12), an output member (5) disposed in operative association with the master cylinder (6), and drive transmitting device (10) for tr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6612736 | Method and apparatus for estimating vehicle brake rotor temperature An estimated brake rotor temperature is provided including a cooling effect during active braking as well as when braking is inactive. The cooling effect is based on a difference between the rotor temperature and sensed ambient temperature and is also pre... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612659 | Intelligent input push rod assembly An intelligent input push rod assembly for applying an input force from a brake pedal to a power booster of a brake system. The input push rod assembly includes a sensor that is capable of generating an electrical output having a magnitude that varies wit... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6581728 | Brake shoe proximity sensor A brake system with an integral proximity sensor for providing an indication of a condition of the brake system. The brake system includes a brake drum, a brake shoe, a brake pad, and a position sensor. The brake pad is connected to a pad mounting surface... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6554108 | Method and device for monitoring the movements of an actuator A method of monitoring the motion of an actuator of a vehicle brake including establishing an actuator reference coordinate which is associated with a predetermined actuator reference position, defining an actuator actual coordinate in accordance with the... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6501375 | Brake monitoring system A brake monitoring system generally includes a plurality of brake monitors mounted on each of a plurality of brake actuators. Each brake monitor generally comprises a sleeve mounted to a push rod which moves relative to a stone shield on the brake actuato... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6481539 | Disc brake lining wear monitoring system and method A system and method for monitoring brake pad wear are provided. The system provides a vehicle disc brake caliper assembly including a boot assembly and least one friction pad. The system further provides at least one caliper bolt including a caliper bolt ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6478124 | Brake device for a drive machine of an elevator A brake device has magnets arranged on a frame that is fastened to a bearing pedestal of an elevator drive machine. The frame includes a pair of spaced stabilizers attached to a pair of magnet carriers on which the magnets are fastened. The magnets act on... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6478118 | Handle for operating a parking brake A knob arrangement for operating parking brakes intended for use in vehicles comprising brake units and an electrically operated tensioning device for applying or releasing braking force to the brake units. According to the invention, a device is arranged... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6480107 | Apparatus for assembly of brake monitor An apparatus for assembling a brake monitor upon a brake actuator, wherein the brake monitor includes an annular push rod sleeve having a first sensor element, preferably a magnet, and a second sensor element fixed relative to the brake actuator housing. ... | 11/12/2002 |
