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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020673 | Braking system for high speed and power rotating machinery A braking system for a high speed, high load rotor operating in a vacuum and suspended by a magnetic field such as in a flywheel energy storage device includes a pair of calipers disposed on opposed sides of the rotor for actuating a pair of annular friction discs i... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006813 | Method and arrangement for machine cooling A method of controlling the temperature of a brake arrangement for a machine is disclosed. The method includes providing a flow of pressurized fluid to the brake arrangement and sensing a first temperature of the fluid downstream of the brake arrangement. The method... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7677366 | Disc brake caliper and manufacturing method of disc brake caliper After chemical nickel plating has been applied onto a rotor-side surface 10 of a caliper 5a made of aluminum alloy and an opposite surface 11 disposed in an opposite side of the rotor-side surface, nickel-tungsten alloy plating is applied... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7604097 | Wet brake system A brake system (100) utilizes a ring gear assembly (13). The ring gear assembly (13) includes a ring gear (13G) that rotates in the oil in the oil sump formed by the housing (101). The ring gear picks up oil as it rotates and as th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7591349 | Liquid cooled brake assembly An adjustable fluid cooled brake is provided that integrates the driven shaft and bearings with braking components to form a packaged assembly. The brake includes a driven shaft and two bearings disposed about the driven shaft. The brake further includes a housing d... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7546910 | Heat shield assembly for aircraft wheel and brake assembly A heat shield assembly for a wheel and brake assembly includes one or more torque bars that include a coupling device which cooperates with a portion of a heat shield (and more particularly heat shield sections) at a location axially outwardly remote from the inboar... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7364021 | Wheel brake The invention relates to a wheel brake for a motor vehicle including an electromechanical actuating device and a hydraulic actuating device, which are redundant. In this way, the likelihood of failure of the wheel brake is reduced. A self-boosting device increases a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357464 | Integral braking system for motorcycles An integral brake system for motorcycles, in which a hydraulic brake system acts on one wheel is connected by a hydraulic line to a main brake cylinder which is controllable with a first brake lever, a brake system acts on the other wheel, with an actuator controlla... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7341130 | Protective shield for a disc brake and a disc brake including such a protective shield A protective shield for a disc brake which includes a brake disc attached to a wheelshaft for a vehicle, and a brake yoke with a pair of brake supports. The protective shield is fitted close to one side of, and partly covers laterally, the brake disc. The protective... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337884 | Cycle brake cooling article Cycle brake cooling articles are secured at and offset from a circumferential braking element of a wheel of a cycle, each having a rigid surface which in combination with said braking element, defines an air deflection and concentration path that can be focused to t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320391 | Alternative pack designs for multidisk clutches A method and apparatus reduces hot spotting in transmission clutch packs actuated by a piston with axial fingers engaging the clutch pack. The method and apparatus combine an alternative pack arrangement with the fingered actuator, the alternative pack preferably be... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7281613 | Interface disc for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus A friction disc (16) for a torque and/or rotational control apparatus includes elongated and shortened fins (42, 43) upstanding between and equally circumferentially spaced intermediate first and second component discs (40, 41). The fins (42,... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281619 | Multiple-disk brake or clutch A multiple-disk brake or clutch (1) includes at least one disk (2, 4) in a housing and at least one disk located on a shaft. Coolant is located in the housing (3). A coolant outlet (10) and a coolant inlet (7) of a cooling circuit ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278521 | Disc rotor of disc brake device for vehicle and disc brake device A disc rotor of a disc brake device for a vehicle, the disc rotor being substantially disc-shaped, is disclosed, including a flange portion with which the disc rotor is mounted on a wheel of the vehicle, and a brake portion formed coaxially with a rotational axis of... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258210 | Balanced support of brake pads A disc brake comprising a caliper, one or more brake discs and one or more brake pads. The brake pads are received on back plates or other pad support. The caliper and the pad supports are designed to take up resulting re-action forces during braking in a plane perp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258208 | Vertical mount disc brake with disc separator A brake (10) which is adapted to be rotationally coupled with an output shaft includes a housing (11). An inner shaft (33) is adapted to be attached to the output shaft for rotation therewith. A disc assembly (64) includes a plurality of ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255208 | Aircraft brake wheel heat shield A perforated heat shield (20) is formed of a single layer and is implemented to be positioned between an aircraft brake assembly (34) and wheel assembly (28) in order to effectively protect the wheel assembly (28) and adjacent components ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237657 | Friction plate A friction plate is formed of a core plate and friction linings bonded on opposite surfaces of the friction plate, respectively. To permit cooling of each friction lining from a side of its associated surface of the core plate, the friction plate is provided, for ex... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228945 | Techniques for employing electric brakes to control movement of rotatable components A brake assembly includes a mounting plate, pressure members disposed in a substantially coplanar manner relative to the mounting plate, and electric actuators mounted to the mounting plate. The electric actuators are configured to selectively move the pressure memb... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7219777 | Reinforced brake rotor Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a brake rotor which may include a central mounting portion for mounting the brake rotor on a hub, a first annular braking surface and a second annular braking surface, where each braking surface includes an i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7180215 | Mid shield for an electric motor A motor is described that includes a motor enclosure, a motor-bearing assembly, a motor control unit, and a mid shield. The motor-bearing assembly is configured for placement within the motor enclosure, and a portion of the motor control unit is configured for place... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7126299 | Enhanced system and method for controlling discharge of electric energy from machines Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method comprising: receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor; and via the working coil, transferring the... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121389 | Oil system The invention relates to an improved system for supplying filtered oil to wet brakes of the tractor without additional/auxiliary pump. The system comprises of a suitably sized connection provided on the drain line of the Hydraulic system, which supplies required qua... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114598 | Brake cooling mechanism of four-wheeled vehicle A brake cooling system for a four-wheeled drive automobile effectively releases frictional heat generated in a braking apparatus from a surface of a casing of the braking apparatus, and has enough height of a body of the automobile relative to ground level. The brak... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111710 | Braking surface cooling assembly and brake performance enhancing methods Vanes positioned immediately adjacent the swept area of a moving friction brake rotor induce a flow of air over the rotor by displacing the boundary layer of gases from the rotor surface and conducting such layer along the intercepting surface of the vane, and thus ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104378 | Wet clutch A wet clutch includes a clutch carrier that encloses a stack of clutch plates and a clutch backing plate. Two sets of alternating slots are provided in the clutch carrier. One set of slots is shallower than the other set and is configured to support the clutch backi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104493 | Dispensing apparatus and method Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for dispensing elongated material, such as tape, from a spool or roll of such material are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dispenser includes a rotatable spindle for supporting the roll of material and a brake assembly ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106016 | Inductive heating system and method for controlling discharge of electric energy from machines Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method comprising: receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor; and via the working coil, transferring the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093697 | Heat shield assembly for aircraft wheel and brake assembly A heat shield assembly for a wheel and brake assembly includes one or more torque bars that include a coupling device which cooperates with a portion of a heat shield (and more particularly heat shield sections) at a location axially outwardly remote from the inboar... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086490 | Tracked vehicle A tracked vehicle has smooth driving and idler wheels (6, 7, 8, 9), which frictionally transmit the tractive force to tracks (3, 4), e.g. rubber tracks, and which are mounted on a frame (3) of the vehicle which carries at least one driving engin... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073875 | Brake fluid circulation A brake circuit has a brake connected with a master cylinder via a brake application line. The brake master cylinder has a first chamber in which brake fluid is pressurized on movement of a first piston in a brake applying direction by an operating device. The first... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066303 | Brake piston The present invention relates to a brake piston with reduced transmission of heat from the disk to the brake fluid. In particular, the present invention relates to a disk-brake piston (7) characterized in that it comprises a cup (12) having a sk... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059456 | Internally-ventilated brake disks with improved cooling Internally ventilated brake disk in the form of a circular ring disk with cooling channels in the interior of the disk which extend, respectively, from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the circular ring disk, wherein the channel cross section an... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7051846 | Disc brake for vehicles An electric heat-generating circuit installed within disc brakes of vehicles to generate heat and dry the discs when current flows. An electromagnetic induction unit generates a current to the electric heat-generating circuit by using an electromagnetic induction ph... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051845 | Heat shield assembly for aircraft wheel and brake assembly A heat shield assembly for a wheel and brake assembly includes one or more torque bars that include a coupling device which cooperates with a portion of a heat shield (and more particularly heat shield sections) at a location axially outwardly remote from the inboar... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
