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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141688 | Disk brake for vehicle A disk brake for a vehicle, includes: an electric motor which has a motor shaft provided with an armature and which is attached to a caliper body so as to exhibit a power for urging a friction pad toward a disk rotor; and a Hall IC for detecting a rotational angle o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8109370 | Electric linear-motion actuator and electric brake assembly An actuator has planetary rollers disposed between a rotor shaft of an electric motor and an outer ring member fixed around the rotor shaft. The planetary rollers are rotated about the axis of the rotor shaft and about their own axes, thereby converting rotary motio... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7987951 | Electromechanical parking brake There is provided an electromechanical actuator for a parking brake system of a vehicle, including an electric motor, reduction gear train associated with the motor for transmitting motion from the motor to a single power transmission chain sprocket, one power trans... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7950503 | Electric disk brake, caliper for the electric disk brake, motor/controller unit for the electric disk brake, and method for assembling the caliper for the electric disk brake An electric disk brake that can be operated and inspected before being assembled and that can be assembled easily. A piston, a ball ramp mechanism, a differential reduction mechanism, and a pad wear compensation mechanism are integrated to form a piston unit. A moto... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7779971 | Vehicular disk brake A speed reducer 32 has an eccentric rotating member 56 which rotates along with a motor shaft 55 of an electric motor 11, an outer gear 57 which is rotatably supported by the outer circumference of the eccentric rotating member ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7703580 | Actuator for an electromechanical brake, a brake including such an actuator, a vehicle including at least one such brake, and a method of implementing said actuator The invention relates to an actuator for an electromechanical brake, the actuator comprising a pusher and a first drive member arranged to move the pusher in register with a stack of disks and to apply a braking pressure to the stack of disks, the actuator including... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7631732 | Brake device for a packaging strap-reel frame A brake device for a packaging strap-reel frame includes a frame body having its intermediate portion secured with a tubular shaft. An inner disc and an outer disc are pivotally assembled on the shaft rod and their outer sides respectively formed with a circular gro... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7537096 | Motor driven brake apparatus for a vehicle A motor driven brake apparatus is provided for braking a wheel mounted on a knuckle, and includes a brake member rotated integrally with the wheel, a friction member mounted on the knuckle to be capable of being in contact with the brake member, and an electric moto... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7527129 | Brake carrier having improved electromechanical actuator and mounting arrangement therefor A brake actuator includes a carrier (10) having a centerline (11), a periphery and a radial slot (16) in the periphery, and an EMA (20), including an electric motor (30) having a longitudinal centerline (31) and a ram (34... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7458444 | Braking device for cycling exerciser A rotational facility includes a barrel coupled to a driving device for being rotated and driven by the driving device, a wheel rotatably attached onto the barrel, and a braking device secured to the wheel for engaging with the barrel and for braking the wheel relat... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7431131 | User interface for braking a vehicle Methods and apparatus for decelerating and/or stopping a vehicle are disclosed. A vehicle in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a first wheel, a second wheel, and a brake system capable of applying a first braking force to the first... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419035 | Brake application device comprising an electrically actuated wear-adjusting emergency release and auxiliary release device A brake application device for vehicles, especially for rail vehicles, comprising a wear-adjusting device which is embodied in a brake actuator and comprises a helical gear which is provided with a threaded spindle and a nut as screw connection parts, said nut being... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7404472 | Disc brake caliper An opposed piston disc brake caliper has a caliper housing arranged for mounting brake shoes on each of opposite sides of a rotor. The rotor in use is disposed between the brake shoes with each brake shoe having a backing plate and a friction lining applied to the b... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395903 | Electric brake device An actuator 23d for pushing a plurality of friction plates 44, 44 to a plurality of plates 37, 37 to be braked is composed of members including electroactive polymer, the shape of the elastomer of which is changed by electric energy. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389859 | Golf car having disk brakes and single point latching brake A golf car having a hydraulic fluid brake system. The hydraulic fluid brake system is implemented as a disk brake system which is responsive to hydraulic fluid pressure generated from a master cylinder. A brake pedal and associated linkage provides input to a master... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367633 | Braking system Disclosed is a redundant braking system for a vehicle. A controller may monitor a status of a hydraulic braking system, and during vehicle travel, automatically switch to a modulated electric braking system which is separate from the hydraulic braking system when th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7331826 | Electric disk brake The present invention provides an electric disk brake which enables an operation for wiring the harness to be easily conducted without the risk of lowering production efficiency. A caliper body-side connector 26 which, together with a harness-side connector | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331431 | Pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake A pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake, including a brake caliper that straddles a brake disc, at least one brake application device for tensioning the brake disc by way of a displaceably guided element, particularly a cross member. The displaceably ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328777 | Disc brake system driven by rack A brake system using an electric motor to provide sufficient braking force by generating the self boosting operation using the motor and rotational inertia of the brake disc, thereby stabilizing the braking operation. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7275624 | Disk brake unit for motorcycle To provide a motorcycle disk brake that can ensure brake force and also enable miniaturization. A motorcycle disk brake unit (10) has a part (105) of a piston (56) which projects outwards from an outer edge (35) of a brake disk ( | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273134 | Actuation unit for an electromechanically-actuated disc brake An actuating unit is provided for an electromechanically actuated disc brake for automotive vehicles, substantially comprising a driving unit or an electric motor, an actuating element by which one of two friction linings displaceably arranged within a brake caliper... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267207 | Pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake A pneumatically or electromotively operable disc brake for a commercial vehicle, including a brake caliper, which straddles a brake disc, and at least one brake application device for tensioning the disc brake. The side of the brake application device that faces the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258195 | Electromagnetic holding brake An electromagnetic holding brake comprising a switchable electromagnet (4) for holding a movable sheet (6) in a predetermined position, wherein said brake further comprises a second fixated sheet (5) which is arranged substantially parallel to t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240773 | Disc brake with an adjusting system A disc brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, is provided having a caliper reaching over a brake disc, a brake application device arranged in the caliper for applying the brake, as well as an adjusting system arranged in the caliper for compensating brake pad ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7232013 | Brake force sensor A brake system including a brake pad shaped and located to apply pressure to a brake rotor and an actuator shaped and located to apply pressure to the brake pad to cause the brake pad to apply pressure to the rotor. The system further includes a sensor material whic... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7216940 | Adaptation of TMX for axle motion III truck application An apparatus engageable with a railway vehicle truck-mounted braking system for compensating for truck bolster movement which includes at least one force transmitting wedge member movable in a reciprocating motion by a pneumatic actuator. The at least one force tran... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188914 | Method for operating a power-assist braking system In a method of operating a brake assistant system which includes a first mode of operation in which the brake assistant system is not operated, a second mode of operation in which, after recognition of an emergency brake situation, a pressure build-up of wheel brake... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185745 | Electrically actuatable vehicle brake and method for controlling an electrically actuatable vehicle brake An electrically driven vehicle brake comprises a brake piston, which acts on at least one friction lining and can be displaced out of an initial position into an actuation position, in which the brake piston abuts the friction lining against a rotating member of the... | 03/06/2007 |
