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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186488 | Reduced-noise electric brake actuator An electric brake actuator is described. The actuator comprises a housing, an electric motor, a device for torque transmission and an element for torque delivery. The device for torque transmission is a gear mechanism with a gear shaft which is parallel to the motor... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177040 | Disk brake for vehicle In a disk brake for a vehicle, an electric motor is attached to a caliper body so as to exhibit a power for urging a friction pad toward a disk rotor. The electric motor includes a brush holder for holding brushes which contact a commutator at positions at even dist... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8061490 | Electromechanical linear actuator for a parking brake An actuator includes a screw mechanism (13) having a threaded nut (16) rotatable by an electric motor (11) about a longitudinal axis (x) and a screw (17) translatable along the axis between an axially extended position and an axially retr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7731003 | Axially actuating device having elastic joining portion An axially actuating device having an elastic joining portion is provided, which is used for carrying an object and actuating the object to move axially, and comprises a fixed portion, a moving portion, and a joining member. The joining member is used to combine the... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7607521 | Apparatus and method for operating a take-up mechanism in a locomotive braking system In the specification and drawings, an apparatus and method for operating a take-up mechanism is described and shown. The take-up mechanism includes a gear, a motor configured for engagement with the gear, and a manual input shaft configured for engagement with the g... | 10/27/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7431133 | Method for actuating an electromechanical parking brake device A method for actuating an electromechanical parking brake device for a brake that can be actuated by an electromechanical actuator comprised of an electric motor and of a reduction gear connected downstream of the electric motor and provided for converting a rotatio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422091 | Disc brake having an electromotively actuated adjusting system A disc brake, particularly for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper that overlaps a brake disc, a tensioning device for tensioning brake pads, and an adjusting system for compensating for wear to the brake pads and/or brake disc. The adjusting system has at ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7395905 | Electromechanical actuator for a vehicle brake, the vehicle brake including such an actuator, and a method of maintaining such an actuator The invention provides an electromechanical actuator for a vehicle brake, the actuator comprising: a motor; a screw-and-nut system having a first element, the screw or the nut, rotated by the motor; and an antirotation member preventing rotation of the second elemen... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383927 | Operating mechanism for a parking brake An operating mechanism (1) for a parking brake, particularly for motor vehicles, arranged in a housing (60) comprising a threaded rod (20) driven by a motor (10) having a first brake cable fixing (30) guided on said threaded rod ( | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370735 | Hydraulically actuable vehicle brake In a vehicle brake having a brake piston accommodated in a housing, a blocking device for securing the brake piston inside the housing and an actuating device for controlling the blocking device, it is provided that the brake piston together with the housing delimit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367434 | Electric power clamping apparatus In an electric power clamping apparatus that locks a clamping arm when it is not driven by an electric motor attached with the a brake mechanism, manual operation of the clamping arm is facilitated. In an electric power clamping apparatus for transmitting an output ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359786 | Control and power supply network for vehicle braking system An electrically controlled braking system includes a first control unit and a second control unit in electrical communication via a communication link and a human machine-interface manipulatable by a vehicle operator. The human-machine interface includes a first sen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353097 | Control network for vehicle dynamics and ride control systems having distributed electronic control units An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, si... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350432 | Gearbox comprising an electromechanical actuator A transmission (8) for a motor vehicle (2) with a housing (26) and a shifting apparatus arranged therein and with an electromechanical transmission actuator (24) with a first electric motor (32) for exercising a selection motion of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353101 | Methods and apparatus to control electro-mechanical brakes Methods and apparatus to control electro-mechanical brakes are disclosed. A disclosed example method of controlling a brake actuator comprises receiving a value representative of a velocity of a piston associated with the brake actuator relative to a pressure plate ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347306 | Apparatus and method for operating a take-up mechanism in a locomotive braking system The present invention discloses and claims an apparatus and method for operating a take-up mechanism. The system includes electric and manual actuating mechanisms engaged with a combiner mechanism to apply force to the take-up mechanism. In a first mode of operation... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347304 | System for control of brake actuator A vehicle brake system includes a brake actuator, a brake controller operative to control the brake actuator, and at least one position sensor which senses a current position of at least one moveable brake component and provides a current position signal indicative ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7325658 | Actuator unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake An actuating unit for an electromechanically actuatable disk brake for motor vehicles consists essentially of a drive unit (1), i.e., an electric motor (11); an actuating element (7), by means of which one (4) of two friction linings (... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316300 | Vehicle brake and method for actuating a vehicle brake In a vehicle brake comprising a housing, a brake piston, which is accommodated in the housing and on which a brake lining is fitted, and a blocking device, it is provided that the brake piston is displaceable in the housing by means of an actuating device and that t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314257 | Tire slip model A vehicle brake system includes a brake actuator associated with a tire, the brake actuator having at least one moveable brake component, and a brake control system. The brake control system is operative to determine a target position of the at least one moveable br... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311180 | Disk brake An electromechanically actuatable self-boosting disk brake in which a friction brake lining is guided displaceably with a guide whose angle to the brake disk is adjustable via an electric motor to attain brake reinforcement. The angle of the guide is adjusted indepe... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309941 | Rotating electric machine and electric vehicle A rotating electric machine according to the present invention includes: a rotation axis extending along a first direction; a first rotor for coupling with the rotation axis to rotate together with the rotation axis; a first stator disposed so as to oppose the first... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299905 | Electric disc brake apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an electric disc brake apparatus having a simple constitution in which the operating condition of a parking brake can be reliably detected. A controller detects the operating condition (steps S25, S26) o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285927 | Control apparatus for electric motor of inverter system and control apparatus for electro mechanical brake A relay switch for selectively connecting a power supply line of an inverter to a ground line is inserted between the inverter and a power source, and a power consumption unit such as a resistor element is inserted between the relay switch and ground line. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7219772 | Disk brake with a regulating system The invention relates to a disk brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake caliper covering a brake disk, a tensing device arranged in a brake caliper for tensing the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction thereof, and at le... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215090 | Control apparatus for electric motor of inverter system and control apparatus for electro mechanical brake A relay switch for selectively connecting a power supply line of an inverter to a ground line is inserted between the inverter and a power source, and a power consumption unit such as a resistor element is inserted between the relay switch and ground line. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198336 | Vehicular brake control apparatus and control method of vehicular brake apparatus A vehicular brake control apparatus includes a braked member that rotates together with a wheel, a braking member, an electric driving device that presses the braking member against the braked member to apply a braking torque to the wheel, when being supplied with e... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182184 | Disk brake comprising an electric motor-driven wear adjusting system A disk brake apparatus with a readily- releasable wear adjuster, including a brake caliper which overlaps a brake disk, a tensioning device for tensioning brake pads and an adjusting system for compensating for brake pad wear, where the adjusting system includes at ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156471 | Two-stage cylinder for applying automatic set and release hand brake An apparatus engageable with a hand brake assembly for automatically applying at least one brake secured to a railway vehicle. The apparatus comprises an operating mechanism which is a two stage pneumatic cylinder having a primary portion for initial phase of the br... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150506 | Control network for brake system An electrically controlled braking system includes at least one control unit and first and second brake component responsive to control signals generated by the control unit. A first control network electrically connects the control unit and the first brake componen... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146786 | Electric linear deck lift assembly An electric linear deck lift assembly for raising and lowering in a controlled and accurate manner the cutting deck of a lawnmower to a variety of different heights, including preset heights. An electric motor drives a linear drive rod connected to the cutting deck,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140697 | Electric parking brake apparatus When a driver operates an activation switch, an electric parking brake apparatus performs a parking brake activation control in order to operate an electric motor until the tension of a base wire reaches a predetermined target tension to thereby bring parking brakes... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137489 | Actuator An actuator, preferably a linear actuator for furniture, comprises a brake spring (20) in the form of a helical spring having a plurality of windings wound around a cylindrical element (10) of plastics rotatable at least during braking, said spring bei... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135794 | Spring support having a height-adjustable spring plate Spring support having at least one axially moveable spring plate, an actuator with a rotor producing a rotational movement relative to its stator, which is converted into an axial movement of the spring plate, and a torsional locking element which prevents torsional... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129658 | Electro-mechanical actuator braking apparatus and method using motor commutation sensor output to derive piston displacement A braking system is disclosed that includes a brake (22), a ram (20) shiftable in a linear direction relative to the brake (22) for actuating the brake (22), and a stop (24) for limiting movement of the ram (20). The system ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121388 | Automatic application hand brake An apparatus engageable with a hand brake assembly for automatically applying at least one brake device secured to a railway vehicle with such hand brake assembly. The apparatus includes an operating mechanism having at least a portion thereof engageable with at lea... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117748 | Sensor arrangement for force measurement A sensor arrangement for detecting mechanical forces (F) with at least one magnetic-field-dependent sensor element, in which the output signal of the sensor element depends on the deflection of a mechanical component in the magnetic field in response to the exertion... | 10/10/2006 |
