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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344199 | Primary/secondary brake system A brake system for braking a rotatable brake disk includes a primary brake piston engagable with the brake disk and a secondary brake piston engagable with the primary brake piston and operable to move the primary brake piston into engagement with the brake disk. Bo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337883 | Linear electromechanical screw actuator for a parking brake The actuator comprises a tubular nut (22) coupled by means of an external thread (21) to the casing (12) of the actuator. The nut has an internal thread (23) opposite the external thread, for engaging a threaded rod (11) which is p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337882 | Linear electromechanical screw actuator for parking brake A linear electromechanical actuator of the screw type for a parking brake including a tubular nut (22) coupled by means of an external thread to the casing (12) of the actuator and operated to perform a screwing movement about and along a longitudinal ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7306295 | Pump system for parking brakes for a rail vehicle The present disclosure relates to a pump system for parking brakes for a rail vehicle. The pump system includes at least one actuator, at least one pump and a reservoir as a fluid source. Also included is a manifold in fluid communication with the reservoir and the ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275624 | Disk brake unit for motorcycle To provide a motorcycle disk brake that can ensure brake force and also enable miniaturization. A motorcycle disk brake unit (10) has a part (105) of a piston (56) which projects outwards from an outer edge (35) of a brake disk ( | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264093 | Combined service and parking brake apparatus A combined service and parking brake apparatus includes a piston which forms a hydraulic chamber within a cylinder portion; a brake lining which, when pressed by the piston, brakes rotation of a disc rotor; a second piston which divides the hydraulic changer into a ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255207 | Piston seal and disc brake using the piston seal A piston seal of a disc brake can stabilize the amount of rollback of a piston by reducing thermal expansion and a decrease in modulus of elasticity of the piston seal caused by an increase in temperature, thereby preventing a driver from feeling that the brake oper... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7182183 | Electrically actuated disc brake assembly A disc brake assembly has a hub that is rotatable about an axis and at least a pair of discs supported on the hub for relative axial movement along the axis of the hub with the discs having opposite sides presenting braking surfaces. A non-rotatable support structur... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168530 | Waterproof universal drum brake hydraulic cylinder The invention discloses an improved drum brake hydraulic cylinder. In a preferred embodiment, the invention discloses an O-ring in an annular groove to seal the cylinder. One specifically disclosed embodiment shows an additional exterior seal over the piston and the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7097260 | Parking brake for a tractor A parking brake for a motor vehicle includes: a manual operating lever; a braking device designed to act on brake disks applied on a bevel pinion for transmission of the motion to the wheels of the motor vehicle; and a cable for transmission of the command imposed v... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7021727 | Vehicle brake system for preventing brake noise There is a case where first and second pressurizing units press different portions of friction members to a brake disc so as to press the friction members to the brake disc with predetermined pressing force, thereby generating braking force. When the brake noise is ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021432 | Park brake linkage A park brake linkage includes a pivotable park brake actuating handle, a park brake bell crank rotatably mounted on a cross shaft, an arm extending radially from the park brake bell crank, and a single connector between the handle and the firs arm to transmit pivoti... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6942074 | Drum brake system for vehicle A drum brake system adapted to transmit force to left and right levers for evenly contacting the left and right shoes to the drum when the driver depresses the brake pedal. The force is transmitted from a wheel cylinder, thereby resulting in an effective braking act... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920964 | Automated hydraulic brake A brake actuating assembly includes a cam member that has first and second cam surfaces. A first piston in a first hydraulic circuit is selectively enabled to axially translate the cam member from a released position to an actuation position while an actuation pisto... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6907967 | Compact actuator An actuator including a housing accommodating a screw mechanism and a drive including a motor. The screw mechanism includes a nut and a screw, one of which is rotatably supported with respect to the housing. Upon relative rotation of the nut and the screw, linear mo... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902241 | Vehicle brake control apparatus for controlling normal wheel brakes upon detection of defective wheel brake or brakes A brake control apparatus for controlling at least three brake devices provided for braking respective at least three wheels of an automotive vehicle which includes two wheels located on respective left and right sides of the vehicle, wherein an emergency brake cont... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6872165 | Parking brake system for a gearbox of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a parking brake system for transmissions of motor vehicle, especially for an automatic transmission and an automated selector transmission, having one parking brake for blocking or releasing the transmission according to actuation signals of... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6860570 | Vehicular parking brake apparatus and control method thereof A vehicular parking brake apparatus includes right and left-side brakes connected to an electric motor via a cable and an equalizer, so that the operating forces of the brakes become equal. In this case, the operating forces of the right and left brakes are commonly... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6851761 | Parking brake arrangement and method of controlling the parking brake A control process can be carried out during parking braking by way of a parking brake arrangement. The brake is applied by way of a service brake cylinder, and a position of a piston rod is fixed by rotation of a self-locking rotating spindle and application of the ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6725978 | Cable joining system for cycles An auxiliary braking system for supplementing an existing bicycle braking system is disclosed. The brake wire of the auxiliary braking system is removably secured to an existing primary brake wire, so that the actuation of the auxiliary braking system causes the mai... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6681900 | Electric brake actuator An electric brake actuator for actuating a brake arrangement. The actuator includes an electric drive unit (15, 15') and a load multiplier (17). the electric drive unit (15, 15') is in cable connection through a first cable unit (16, 16') with the load mu... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6666302 | Parking brake device including pivotable brake lever which extends through aperture of backing plate A parking brake device for a vehicle, including: (a) a backing plate which is fixed to a body of the vehicle such that the backing plate is held substantially perpendicular to an axis of a wheel of the vehicle; (b) first and second arcuate brake shoes whi... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6543587 | Hydraulic brake with electric parking brake A vehicle brake assembly has a rotor that mounts to a shaft of the vehicle for rotation with it. The rotor has an annular braking surface. A hydraulic piston is non-rotatably mounted to the vehicle. The piston is movable axially relative to the rotor and ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6510928 | Brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake device A brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake has sufficient support to withstand the reaction force during the brake operation, a function to prevent damage to an inner cable and to prevent water ingress into the brake, a simple structure with less n... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6505714 | Parking-braking in vehicles A vehicle braking system having an operating member (103) by way of which a foundation braking force can be transmitted to a brake actuator in accordance with a driver's intentions, wherein there is provided a park brake mechanism (24) which provides the ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6405838 | Electric parking brake for drum brakes A drum brake assembly for a vehicle is provided. A backing plate supports opposing brake shoes with a drum disposed there about. Each of the brake shoes has a portion in spaced relation from one another. A wheel cylinder is supported by the backing plate ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6390247 | Electric caliper with eccentric lever drive A brake caliper. A motor rotates a ball screw which translates a ball nut and a first drive pin. Translation of the first drive pin rotates a first brake lever attached to an eccentric cam shaft having a cam portion. Rotation of the cam portion on the ecc... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386338 | Electric parking brake manual override A manual override mechanism for an electric brake includes a flexible cable having an elongate outer conduit and an elongate inner core extending within the conduit, a conduit end fitting secured to an end of the outer conduit, a housing located within th... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6338533 | Brake assembly for a motorcycle A brake assembly for a motorcycle provided with a hydraulically actuated front brake and rear brake for a front wheel and a rear wheel, respectively, including a first brake actuating device and a second brake actuating device, for applying hydraulically ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6325183 | Brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake A brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake which, even if the distance from the brake mounting surface to the brake shoe center in the width direction is short, secures an effective stroke of the brake cable, facilitates the layout of the brake cab... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6309029 | Vehicle braking device A braking device for a vehicle having an operational hydraulic brake system, and an electronically controlled brake system. The hydraulic brake system and the electronically controlled brake system act independently on a brake caliper of a hydraulic brake... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6290030 | Electromagnetic antilock brake system The present invention relates to an electromagnetic antilock brake system which comprises an electromagnetically actuated release arm capable of adjusting the position of a cam or other motion linkage to result in a controlled application of brake shoes t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6267207 | Apparatus for brake actuation An apparatus for actuating a brake of vehicles, in particular a parking brake, has an electric motor and a coupling element which is movement-coupled with the motor drive shaft of the latter, is linearly movable, can be connected to a brake tensioning mec... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6209689 | Method and system for actuating an electromechanically operable parking brake for automotive vehicles The present invention relates to a method for actuating a parking brake which is electromechanically operable by an actuator by way of a force-transmitting element, the actuator being composed of an electric motor and a self-locking gear which is interpos... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6196359 | Vehicle braking system and braking method using a plurality of two-state actuators The invention is directed to a vehicle braking system having a plurality of two-state actuators disposed at each vehicle wheel and method braking same. The vehicle braking system further includes a brake rotor or brake drum secured to each vehicle wheel f... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6152269 | Integrated unit for the parking and service braking of rotating parts In a braking unit of the SAHR type comprising a braking pack with disks and counter-disks, a resilient system for compressing the pack with a braking load sufficient for parking braking, a first hydraulic system for exerting on the resilient system a cont... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6098762 | Brake actuator A brake actuator includes an electric motor, a conversion device for converting the rotational movement of the electric motor into a linear movement and a hydraulic transmission for transmitting the linear movement of the conversion device to an adjusting... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092789 | Methods and apparatus for boom hoist systems A boom hoist system for supporting and adjusting the position of a lifting crane gantry is provided including a drum, a drive system, and first and second braking systems for selectively stopping rotation of the drum. The boom hoist system operates indepe... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6070949 | Braking system for a two-wheeled motor vehicle Piping associated with interlocked brakes for front and rear wheel brakes is to be simplified to improve maintainability and provide a brake system suitable particularly for a two-wheeled motor vehicle satisfying racing specifications. A braking system in... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6053581 | Process and system for briefly stopping a vehicle A process and a system for briefly stopping a vehicle which utilizes a secondary brake circuit. In the present case, the problem is to be solved that the vehicle operator must exercise high brake holding forces in a stopped condition and, because of a con... | 04/25/2000 |
