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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419033 | Emergency brake device for elevator An emergency brake device for an elevator includes a brake shoe portion provided inside a sheave 1 or deflector sheave of an elevator and having a brake shoe 5a at a lower end of the brake shoe portion, the brake shoe generating a braking force ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7207177 | Position control device for an electrical-fluid power drive and a method of positioning A method and a position control device for an electrical-fluid power drive comprising a fluid power and an electrical actuator for driving a force output point. The invention contemplates the following steps: of derivation of a target overall drive force, to be prov... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7124858 | Brake system An object of the invention is to provide a brake apparatus which can facilitate slope starting and slope climbing and which can be produced small in size and light in weight. In addition, another object of the invention is to provide a brake apparatus which can obta... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7014019 | Brake actuator comprising an energy accumulator and an inertia weight The invention relates to a brake actuator, especially for a rail vehicle brake, comprising an accumulation brake unit having an energy accumulator for storing and supplying energy for applying the brake, preferably in the event of safety braking and/or park braking,... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6913123 | Method and device for service braking Service braking of a vehicle can be carried out by way of a service brake actuator having an electric motor for applying its service brake. Energy from a loaded spring in a spring brake actuator connected to the service brake actuator can be released at will for sup... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6840354 | Brake actuator The invention relates to a brake actuator, especially for a rail vehicle brake, comprising a service brake unit with a brake force generator for applying and/or releasing the brake, an accumulator brake unit with an energy accumulator device for accumulating and del... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6817453 | Remote brake release with clutch A remote brake release for elevator drive machine brakes includes a release lever attached to a shaft coupled by a clutch to a bellcrank. The clutch is normally engaged and can be a spring clutch or a friction type disc clutch. Movement of the lever to rotate the sh... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6722477 | Brake actuator The invention relates to a brake actuator, especially a brake actuator for rail vehicle brake calipers for a disc brake. Said brake actuator comprises a service brake unit with an electromotive drive system for clamping and releasing the brake, a safety brake unit w... | 04/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6131704 | Elevator rail brake Rail brake (1) for an elevator, comprising a brake body attached to the elevator car, a clamp part comprising jaws (3,4) that engage a guide rail (2) via braking surfaces during braking. A spring (10) generates a load on the clamp part to press the brakin... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6033042 | Vehicle brake system with powertrain dynamic braking A friction brake system in a vehicle has a spring apply force, a pressure release force and a solenoid release force. The solenoid release force is determined by the electrical dynamic brake capacity available at the vehicle powertrain. Under full braking... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5803211 | Motorized brake actuator, especially for rail vehicles A brake system for gradual, uniform and jerk-free deceleration of a load, such as a railway car, can have a motor which is operable to store force in a spring and which force is applied in a force-transmitting chain including a measuring spring to a brake... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5620077 | Fail-safe brake actuation system The actuator uses an electric motor to drive a recirculating ball screw thread connection, to hold a brake-actuation spring at bay. After the spring has been compressed to the brakes-off position, the electric motor is de-energized. Then, the screw-thread... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5429339 | Rope traction device A rope traction device used as a winding instrument for a moving scaffold and other construction, loading and unloading and conveying machines, includes a sheave which is rotated by a motor through a speed reduction gear and around which a part of a tract... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5322306 | Vehicle for conveying trolleys A vehicle for conveying trolleys have driving wheels activated by a control assembly to engage and advance one or a series of trolleys. A reel assembly is detachably engageable with the leading trolley and supports a first anchoring line which secures the... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5031880 | Rope traction device A rope traction device used as a winding instrument for a moving scaffold and other construction, loading and unloading and conveying machines includes a sheave which is rotated by a motor through a speed reduction gear and around which a part of a tracti... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5014828 | Electromagnetic brake with clamping jaws The electromagnetic brake comprises an electromagnet and a movable armature attracted by this electromagnet when the latter is energized and separated from the latter by spring means when the electromagnet is not energized. The electromagnet and the armat... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4895227 | Spring brake unit and its application to a braking system Braking unit for vehicle, of the type comprising an axial actuating helical spring maintained in release position, against its elastic reaction force, through a screw-nut system rotatively driven by an electric motor, the spring acting upon the brake thro... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4819564 | Linear motor driven conveying installation and braking device therefor A conveying installation with a linear motor drive including a stator placed along a travel path and at least one conveyor unit guided along the stator in a constrained manner. The stator is divided into a plurality of stator portions. To each stator port... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4805740 | Motor-driven brake system, especially for rail vehicles A brake system for a rail vehicle provides a strain-gauge sensor in the brake-force path to be connected in a Wheatstone bridge control together with a variable resistance for setting the desired brake force. The latter includes an infrared photo FET brid... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4760895 | Electric actuators A spring applied force actuator having an output member movable from a first position to a second output position, a first power spring by which can be generated on the output member an output force when the member is in its second position, first power m... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4716980 | Control system for rider vehicles An electric rider vehicle control system is disclosed which includes a dead man brake that is normally set to prevent coasting, and controls which release the brake and permit normal transport operation of the vehicle at multiple speeds by an operator on ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4651852 | Electrically-controlled actuators An electrically-controlled force-exerting actuator comprising a force-applying power spring arranged to exert a force on an output member, a force-applying control spring arranged with respect to the power spring such that the force exerted by the control... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4601449 | Electric pipe snubber An electric pipe snubber has an annular housing, fixed to a supporting surface, surrounding a pipe and a plurality of brake means fixed to the housing radially disposed about the pipe, which are biased towards and engage a serrated section on the pipe, an... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4557355 | System for controlling an electromechanically reciprocable load An electromechanically reciprocable load has a driving spring tending to displace it from a retracted position into a working position upon the release of a locking brake. The spring force is opposed by the countervailing force of an electric motor which,... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4175645 | Electrically resettable railway brake A brake for a railway vehicle has a transmission whose input is connected to a drive motor and whose rotary output is connected through a free-running stepdown transmission to an eccentric that rotates about an axis perpendicular to the direction of displ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4033435 | Retainer mechanism for vehicle brake actuators In a brake actuator an electric motor is operable when energized to hold a resilient brake applying assembly in a retracted energy-storing position and to retain the assembly in the retracted position.... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3945628 | Nodal beam inertial flexure A helicopter having a lift unit including a multiblade helicopter main rotor system and a nodalized module including a beam driven in response to blade developed vertical forces has a fuselage unit connected to the beam only at vibration nodal points alon... | 03/23/1976 |
