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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033364 | Gap adjusting mechanism of a wet brake By rotating a regulating bolt about an axis thereof to move forward/backward with respect to a protrusion portion, a lever is rotated about a shaft portion of an adjusting member. Therefore, the shaft portion of an adjusting member is rotated together with the lever... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7614483 | Adjusting device for pneumatically actuatable disk brakes and disk brakes The invention relates to an adjusting device of a disk brake, in particular a pneumatically actuatable disk brake. The adjusting device is in embodied in such a manner that it can rotate at least one rotatable spindle which acts upon at least one pressure piece on t... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7424358 | Method for adjusting the play of a disc brake A method is provided for adjusting the play between the brake linings and the brake disc of a pneumatically actuated disc brake by way of at least one or several adjustment devices actuated by electric motors. The method sensorlessly determines the play caused by br... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367433 | Disc brake with pressure piece A disc brake for a commercial vehicle, operated pneumatically or by electric motor, comprising a brake caliper, an application device and at least one adjuster device arranged with the brake caliper, is characterized in that both adjuster elements of the at least on... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7345871 | System and method for locking a tablet computer display Disclosed are systems and methods for locking a movable appendage (e.g., a display) of an electronic device (e.g., a tablet computer) comprising a rotational lock interfaced with a display hinge assembly of the display, and a docking member disposed to engage at lea... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7322447 | Disc brake and monitoring device for such a disc brake A disc brake has a brake disc and a brake caliper spanning the brake disc. A brake applicator shaft is supported on the brake caliper and arranged transversely to an axis of rotation of the brake disc. The brake applicator shaft has a rotary lever for actuating the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7258206 | Disc brake An electronically controlled disc brake with self-servo effect comprises a ramp plate provided with a brake pad for engagement with a brake disc, an actuator for applying a control force on the ramp plate substantially transverse to the brake disc, a ramp bridge, an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240776 | Bottom valve apparatus of hydraulic shock absorber In a bottom valve apparatus in which a flow passage is formed in a bottom piece, a check valve opening and closing the flow passage is provided in one face side of the bottom piece, and a coil spring urging the check valve is fastened by a bolt and a nut which are p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188710 | Hydraulic brake actuator comprising electrically actuable lock for park brake In an automotive vehicle braking system, a hydraulic brake actuator includes a wedge for locking a hydraulic piston in a brake position for purposes of applying a park brake. To apply the park brake, hydraulic pressure is increased to advance the piston to urge the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182185 | Disk brake comprising an adjuster module The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182181 | Disc brake having a fixed disc The present invention concerns a disc brake having a fixed brake disc. On each of the opposing sides of the brake disc at least one brake pad is arranged. Furthermore, the disc brake has an actuator and a clamping device. The clamping device is axially fixed in rela... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178645 | Brake apparatus having automatic clearance adjusting mechanism with overadjustment preventer A brake apparatus having an automatic clearance adjusting mechanism with an overadjustment preventer constituted such that a piston is constituted by a structure of being divided in a plug piston 16 and a ring piston 14. The plug piston 16 is in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175006 | Apparatus and method for sensing disc brake actuator position For an air-operated disc brake there is provided an internal brake actuator stroke indicator which provides an indication, readily ascertained from outside the brake caliper, of the amount of actuator stroke remaining in a disc brake apparatus before a remaining ava... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168528 | Three run disk brake stack and method of assembly In the invention there is provided a disk brake stack having disks with available wear portions of a first thickness, a second thickness and a third thickness. The disk(s) having an initial available wear portion of a first thickness are of a thickness so that at th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152716 | Control system and method for a disc brake A control system for a disc brake adjuster mechanism includes a controller and an electric adjuster motor for operable connection to an adjuster mechanism for driving a friction lining towards and away from a disc brake rotor to maintain a predetermined running clea... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134532 | Disk brake The invention relates to a disk brake, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake caliper, which extends over a brake disk, an application device located in the brake caliper for applying brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction of the... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121387 | Disk brake having a brake application system with a rotary lever The invention relates to a brake disk, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake caliper covering a brake disk, a tensing device arranged in a brake caliper for clamping the brake pads on both sides of the brake disk in the direction thereof, and at l... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123472 | Common pivot arrangement of portable computer A common pivot arrangement mounted on a base member with first and second locating holes is disclosed to include a hinge unit having first through holes corresponding to the second locating holes of the base member and second through holes, and a rotary device, whic... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104366 | Method of increasing friction material utilization for carbon brakes A method of increasing carbon disc utilization in aircraft carbon brakes. A brake (10) is initially assembled with a heat stack (16) of alternating thick rotors (R1–R4) and thin stators (S1–S3). When the piston (20 | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100747 | Integral motor brake manual release mechanism The present invention relates to a manual brake release mechanism for an electromagnetic brake of an electronic motor. The manual brake release mechanism includes a cam and lever assembly operable to move an armature plate away from a friction disk, thereby, disenga... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7055658 | Gain stabilizing self-energized brake mechanism A self-energized disk brake assembly includes gain stabilization features for controlling the multiplication of applied force against a rotatable brake member. The brake assembly includes a first brake pad supported about a first pivot and a second brake pad support... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032721 | Control method for controlling a resetting system of a disc brake and brake disc assembly The invention relates to a control method for controlling a resetting system of a disc brake provided with a brake caliper, involving the following steps: 1. in order to determine the actual play of the disc brake, the brake disc is displaced back and forth with the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034673 | Method for monitoring an electrohydraulic vehicle braking system Method for monitoring an electrohydraulic braking system. The volume uptake is determined by the elasticity within the wheel brake that is subjected to certain fluctuations, on the one hand, and to a much greater degree by the clearance that is present, on the other... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997291 | Vehicle disk brake with a motion converter A disc brake for a vehicle having a housing with a cavity therein that is divided by a thrust plate into a fluid chamber and an atmospheric chamber. A converter located in the fluid chamber includes a fixed reaction plate and a sliding plate that are separated by a ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6959790 | Antilock disc brake The present invention relates to a brake device for a bike, and more particularly to an antilock disc brake device, which is mounted to the front/back fork of a bike, and includes a slider, plural steel balls, a fluted disc and a shaft pad. The present invention is ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6896106 | Method and assembly for automatic slack adjustment of an electric brake actuator A method of accommodating wear in an electrically operated brake assembly includes setting a home position when a brake shoe engages a brake drum. A stepper motor drives the brake shoes into engagement with the drum. Upon engagement of the brake shoes with the drum,... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6871728 | Vehicle brake device A vehicle brake device having a hydraulic pressure generating source is proposed which can reliably prevent dragging and ensure the initial response of brakes during braking. In a brake fluid supply passage from the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder, a brake flu... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854572 | Electrically operated disc brake An electrically operated disc brake includes a ball/ramp mechanism operable to convert rotary motion of an electric motor to linear motion and transmit the linear motion to a piston so that the piston is advanced to urge a pair of friction pads against opposite side... | 02/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6684982 | Cable disc brake with manual wear adjustment mechanism A bicycle cable disc brake is provided a disc brake pad adjustment mechanism to adjust the spacing between the friction pads. Basically, the cable disc brake has a first caliper housing portion containing a cable actuated mechanism, and a second caliper h... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679356 | Brake caliper backdrive apparatus and method The invention provides a brake caliper backdrive apparatus and method of backdriving a brake caliper. The apparatus includes a brake caliper, a motor including a shaft operably attached to the brake caliper and, a biasing member operably attached to the s... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6662906 | System of controlling or regulating an electromechanical brake With electromechanically or electromotively operated brakes, adjusting a clearance presents a problem because with this type of brakes self-actuating reset means of the type provided for hydraulic brakes cannot be used. For adjustment, a neutral position ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6626269 | Zero drag disc brake with anti-knock-back device A disc brake caliper assembly has a housing with a bore. A piston in the bore is movable between applied, retracted and knock-back positions. The piston is activatable by hydraulic pressure to move from the retracted position to the applied position; and ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6536562 | System for controlling or regulating an electromechanical brake With electromechanically or electromotively operated brakes, adjusting a clearance presents a problem because with this type of brakes self-actuating reset means of the type provided for hydraulic brakes cannot be used. For adjustment, a neutral position ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6481542 | Brake adjuster A brake adjuster is provided for a vehicle brake such as for heavy duty vehicle. The brake adjuster includes a brake module that produces an electrical signal for adjusting the vehicle brake. The heavy duty vehicle brake typically includes a pair of pisto... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6374957 | Brake cylinder for a rim brake The invention relates to a brake cylinder (100) and a hydraulic rim brake comprising a unit for receiving a brake pad (103). With known brake cylinders, it is difficult to remove the running wheel if the tire mounted on the wheel rim (6) is substantially ... | 04/23/2002 |
