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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938237 | Brake structure for a main shaft of a direct drive torque motor A brake structure for a main shaft of a direct drive torque motor comprises a body, a direct drive torque motor, a main shaft and a brake assembly. The main shaft is provided for fixing the torque motor and the body, and the brake assembly is mounted between the bod... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7909147 | Low drag failsafe brake A brake adapted to be rotationally coupled with a shaft and in communication with a fluid source and a negative pressure source, the brake including a housing defining a chamber therein. A disc assembly is positioned within the chamber and includes a plurality of st... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7874406 | Thermal simulation friction device cooling control A cooling system for cooling a friction device includes a flow control device which controls a flow of fluid through the friction device. A controller estimates a temperature state of the friction device and calculates a flow command based on the temperature state. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7374027 | Balanced flow cooling water jacket A fluid jacket for a disc brake is provided that promotes a balanced flow of cooling fluid throughout the fluid jacket to most effectively remove heat from the disc brake. The fluid jacket includes an annular body configured for engagement with a friction surface. T... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7353919 | Cooling arrangement for brake caliper The invention relates to a brake caliper with at least one axially displaceable, hydraulically actuated piston (1), with which a brake pad (8) can be pressed against a brake disc (9). The brake caliper is characterized in that the piston (1 | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353920 | Fluid cooled brake housing A housing (10) for a braking system (56) comprises a casing (12) defining a cavity (14) for housing one or more friction pads (15). The casing (12) is composed of a plurality of separate walls including a circumferential wal... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7197946 | Torque measuring device for electric motors and method to measure the torque of an electric motor A torque measuring device for electric motors having a rotor and a stator is proposed, said apparatus comprising a holding apparatus to hold the stator non-rotatably, an eddy current brake device which can be used to brake the rotor and a torque sensor connected to ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7055657 | Wet friction device with inward and outward circulating cooling means An interleaved friction plate braking device having a multiplicity of confined curved or slanted vanes on the outside diameter of the rotating driven plates to impact a stationary fluid reservoir and impart inward flow thru passages to more completely cool and lubri... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036640 | Brake cooling system and method of cooling brakes in an axle assembly An axle assembly that uses brakes that require cooling includes a brake cooling system that uses at least one hydraulic pump that supplies cooling oil to the brakes. Means for driving of the hydraulic pump using rotation of a component of the axle assembly such as a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000743 | Brake shoe assembly having a corrosion reducing lining A brake shoe assembly provides a plurality of drain openings located through a brake shoe table which correspond with drain openings in a brake lining. The aligned drain openings provide an unobstructed moisture escape path from an inner surface of the brake shoe ta... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6899783 | Method of manufacturing friction plate for wet clutch In order to manufacture a friction plate for a wet clutch including a core plate and a friction member bonded to at least one of annular flat surfaces of the core plate, each friction member including friction member segments, an oil groove being provided between ad... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6722476 | Caliper for a disk brake for a high-performance motorcar A caliper for disk brakes for high-performance cars, which has a high degree of reliability, comprises a body having two side portions and two transverse bridges connecting the two side portions, cylinder-piston units arranged along each side portion, and a circuit ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6651786 | Band brake assembly A band brake drum assembly (50) is provided and includes a brake band member (52), a generally round and/or cylindrical and brake drum (54) which is disposed concentric to band (52), and an input or hub shaft (56 which is fixedly coupled to and rotatably ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6528132 | Phase change cooling of brake components A cooling device for a brake component is provided. The brake component includes a structural element that has an interior cavity. A cooling material is disposed within the cavity. The material has a phase change temperature at a particular pressure and v... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6491139 | Fluid-cooled brake system A liquid cooled brake system for motor vehicles. A mounting bracket having a plurality of mounting members is adapted to be fixedly mounted to an axle spindle assembly. The mounting bracket is adapted to support at least a first stator, a rotor, and at le... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6478126 | Eddy-current brake device An eddy-current brake device includes at least one heat exchanger for dissipating the thermal energy that is due to the eddy currents during braking. The heat exchanger is designed to define a path for the cooling liquid, which path is predetermined in or... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6405835 | Hydraulic motor with brake device A hydraulic motor capable of minimizing a wear caused on a rotating brake disk of a brake device, wherein a rotating brake disk (32) which forms a plurality of arc-shaped grooves (17) apart from each other in circumferential direction and constitutes a br... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6371255 | Spring applied hydraulic release brake A prime mover of an underground mining machine is propelled by motor driven endless tracks that are operated in unison or independently to effect forward and reverse movement of the machine and turning of the machine. Drive is transferred to each track fr... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6321879 | Fluid cooled disc brake for bicycle A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to the housin... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321880 | Detachable fluid cooling system for bicycle disc brake A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a detachable cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6238017 | Advanced motorcycle chassis and braking system A motorcycle chassis embodies novel techniques, geometries, and configurations to provide enhanced performance, including new techniques to enhance braking performance. A first feature facilitates the application of braking force to each wheel in proporti... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6202802 | Fluid cooled disc brake for bicycle A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to the housin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6203649 | Method of manufacturing a flat friction ring There is described a method of manufacturing a flat friction ring which consists of a supporting ring (1) and a friction lining (2) provided on at least one side of the supporting ring and at least approximately forming radial oil grooves (3), which frict... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196358 | Detachable fluid cooling system for bicycle disc brake A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a detachable cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6186285 | Wet disc brake A brake arrangement for a vehicle adapted for connection to an axle end. The brake arrangement includes a rotor disc adapted, in use, to rotate with the axle end and a stationary housing enclosing the rotor disc with one or more seals. A substantially sea... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170617 | Method of cooling bicycle disc brake A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to the housin... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5890983 | Cooling apparatus of a gear transmission having an electromagnetic clutch A cooling structure of a power transmission apparatus is provided. The power transmission apparatus has an electromagnetic clutch including a fixed outer member with an exciting coil and a rotary inner member adapted to be fixed to the outer member by con... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5687826 | Lubrication system for one-way clutch Disclosed is a lubrication system for a one-way clutch which is provided with an inner ring, an outer ring, and an end bearing having an inner and outer peripheral walls and disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The end bearing is provided o... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5671835 | Wet friction member A wet friction member which can maintain boundary lubrication by decreasing the thickness of oil film on a friction surface even when the sliding velocity increases. In a case where the friction surface of the friction member is in pressure contact with a... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5601175 | Lubrication system for one-way clutch An end bearing for a one-way clutch is disclosed. The end bearing is provided in its inner or outer peripheral wall with at least one lube oil groove which is oblique to a central axis of the one-way clutch to introduce a lube oil into the one-way clutch.... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5596513 | Method and apparatus for estimating internal brake energy A method and apparatus for estimating internal brake energy in a fluid cooled brake of the type used in large work machines from easily sensed machine operating parameters. The temperature of the coolant is sensed before and after it passes through the br... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5562186 | Piston seal A seal for use with an annular piston which may be used in a hydraulic system for actuating disc brakes or clutches of drivetrain subassemblies. The seal may be used with a piston having a relatively large average diameter and a relatively small radial th... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558183 | Disk brake A disc brake caliper which includes a cooling fluid gallery which at least partially surrounds at least one of the brake operating piston and cylinder assemblies to cool the hydraulic fluid of any such assemblies. The gallery is constructed to provide thi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5513728 | Brake system for mining conveyor A brake system for use with a rotatable mechanical load. The brake system includes a brake apparatus operative to selectively apply a braking torque to the load. The braking mechanism within the brake apparatus preferably includes a plurality of brake pla... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5469943 | Brake assembly having a dump valve A brake assembly, having a plurality of co-operating rotating and non-rotating brake discs, includes a dump valve mechanism, including a spool valve. The spool valve is adapted to move between first and second positions to close and open fluid communicati... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5460255 | Universal segmented friction clutch facing A wet-type friction clutch having universally shaped friction segments manufactured from a nearly scrapless process. Relative juxtaposition of the segments will achieved desired amounts of cooling fluid flow into and out of the friction discs with corresp... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5394963 | Composite cast brake caliper A composite cast caliper in which the body of the caliper is cast with an additional component embedded therein. The embedded or intra-cast component can be either a reinforcing structure to strengthen and prevent deflection of the caliper body or it can ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5392886 | Liquid cooled shock absorber A liquid cooled shock absorber unit for a vehicle having an outer cylinder surrounding a shock absorber cartridge forming an annular chamber connected to a source of liquid coolant through a plurality of coolant delivery tubes extending through the annula... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5358077 | One piece liquid cooled disc brake assembly An improved internally liquid-cooled disc assembly for use in a disc braking system includes a one-piece disc casting having a plurality of cooling cells formed therein. Cooling liquid flows along an incoming flow path formed between an inner flange and a... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5355978 | Liquid-immersed disc brake A liquid-immersed disc brake has a housing containing rotatable and stationary members operated by a wedge device for brake actuation from actuating means. The brake is supplied with cooling liquid, of which the flow is controlled by a valve, a portion of... | 10/18/1994 |
