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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118149 | Selective freewheeling mechanism and electromechanical vehicle brake having a selective freewheeling mechanism The invention relates to a selective freewheeling mechanism for developing an electromechanical vehicle brake (service brake) into a parking brake. The freewheeling mechanism according to the invention has an outer ring and a locking element cage which are configure... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8002101 | Torque based park lock assembly A torque based park lock assembly for motor vehicles, especially passenger cars and trucks equipped with automatic transmissions, includes a lobed wheel secured to a transmission output shaft and a rotation restricting flexible lever which may be selectively moved i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7832541 | Torque based park lock assembly A torque based park lock assembly for motor vehicles, especially passenger cars and trucks equipped with automatic transmissions, includes a lobed wheel secured to a transmission output shaft and a rotation restricting flexible lever which may be selectively moved i... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810626 | Vehicle transmission comprising a parking brake and method for controlling the same A vehicle transmission having shifting elements (A-E) and a parking brake for locking a drive train output and a method for controlling the transmission. Activation of the parking brake depends on a driver's control action. Deactivating the parking brake, when the v... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7621387 | Parking brake and shift mechanism for vehicles A parking brake and shift mechanism for vehicles comprises a transmission shaft, a parking shift gear wheel, a stopper, and a dog clutch. The parking shift gear wheel is provided with at least one tooth to move in conjunction with the axis of the transmission shaft.... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7416071 | Braking method for a vehicle A braking method for a vehicle is proposed as a safety measure and replacement function if the brake system fails, in particular the X-by-wire brake system of a motor vehicle, in which the vehicle is braked with the help of the transmission by a defined engagement o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7341319 | Device and method for operating a motor-vehicle parking brake Disclosed is a method for operating an electromechanically operable and/or electromechanically lockable parking brake for motor vehicles having an operating element, an electronic control unit, to which are sent wheel speed values from wheel speed sensors, at least ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322457 | Shifting device for the mechanical coupling-free transmission of shift commands to the automatic transmission of a motor vehicle A shifting device (1) for the mechanical coupling-free transmission of shift commands to an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle (shift-by-wire shifting), with at least one housing and/or one frame and one selector lever for the manual selection of shift... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311639 | Method for improving a drive-to-park shift According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a clutch is applied when the vehicle comes to a stop. The application of this clutch locks the output shaft with energy stored therein. When the shift selector is then moved to the park position, the clut... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303057 | Parking device of vehicle A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device includes a parking gear provided ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7287620 | Method and apparatus for controlling the speed ranges of a machine A method and apparatus of a work machine wherein an operator traverses the work machine within an operator selected speed range. The operator positions a speed-range control device to select the operator selected speed range, thus, sending a speed-range signal from ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287443 | Motor vehicle comprising a drive train having a multiple clutch drive A motor vehicle includes a drive train having a drive unit, a gearbox having a first gearbox input shaft and a second gearbox input shaft, and a clutch having a first clutch device which is associated with the first gearbox input shaft, and a second clutch device wh... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7216941 | Parking brake lock-in key switch system with automatic application for a vehicle with an air brake system A parking brake system for motor vehicle air brakes provides automatic engagement of the parking brakes when a gearshift lever is moved to park, but requires manual disengagement of the parking brakes. The effect is achieved in part by controlling the discharge cond... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7178619 | Electrically powered vehicle drive control device and electrically powered vehicle drive control method A vehicle including an electrically powered machine, a parking gear mechanically connected to the electrically powered machine, a parking lock mechanism that locks the parking gear, a sensor that detects a rotor position of the electrically powered machine, and a co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172063 | Gearshift unit for motor vehicles A gearshift unit (1) for electronic transmission control in motor vehicles including a gearshift lever housing (4) and a gearshift lever (5) moveable in relation to the gearshift lever housing (4), the gearshift lever being rotatable abou... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156218 | Parking device for vehicle A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device comprising a parking gear provide... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152723 | Parking device for motor vehicle A parking device for vehicles in which the rotation of an input shaft of a transmission is not limited by the frictional force of an engine when the engine is brought into a halt, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140483 | Transmission parking brake A parking lock (1) of a transmission comprises a parking lock wheel (2) that is rotationally fixed relative to a shaft (25) and a locking ring (3) that is rotationally fixed relative to a housing (24), the locking ring (3) c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140697 | Electric parking brake apparatus When a driver operates an activation switch, an electric parking brake apparatus performs a parking brake activation control in order to operate an electric motor until the tension of a base wire reaches a predetermined target tension to thereby bring parking brakes... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137486 | Selective actuation device Selective actuation device (1) comprising and actuator (5) acting upon an actuation lever (7) that has at least one thrusters element (7b) for the actuation of a first operating group (12, 13) and a cam element (6) mo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139652 | Range selection control device of automatic transmission A range selector issues a range selection command signal representative of an operation range of a shift-by-wire type automatic transmission meeting with a driver's intention. The operating range is at least one of P(parking)-range, R(reverse)-range, N(neutral)-rang... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104151 | Two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive change-over apparatus and driving actuator therefor An actuator is provided with an output shaft connected to a driving gear, a pair of cam followers turned by the shaft and driving the cams held on driven shafts urging members held in housings of the driving gear, a rotation retaining plate mounted on the output sha... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107139 | Speed control device and counter for a motor vehicle A speed control device and counter for a motor vehicle includes an auxiliary accelerator member and a plurality of counters for analyzing the driving habits of an individual. The auxiliary accelerator member is moveable between an operational and an inactive positio... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7014028 | Drive device A drive device comprises a first switchgear (9) and a second switchgear (11) which can be actuated respectively hydraulic pressure in an opening direction and via spring force in a closing direction, and which are provided with a device (26) by ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011188 | Cable tension sensing device A sensing device for sensing an amount of force transferred between a first element and a second element includes a first attachment structure and a second attachment structure mounted to the first attachment structure to enable relative linear movement between the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011377 | Electronic control unit for automatically activating a parking brake and method for preventing the automatic activation of the parking brake in motor vehicles An electronic unit for automatically activating a parking brake in dependence of at least one specified operating parameter or operating mode of a motor vehicle, which can be started without a mechanical key, is equipped with a device for arbitrarily preventing the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997289 | Electrically-operated parking brake device When a shift position is shifted from an R range to a D range and when the shift position is shifted from the D range to the R range, an electrically-operated parking brake device is automatically cancelled. In this manner, the electrically-operated parking brake de... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6966410 | Arrangement and method for automatically disengaging a manual operator for an electric parking brake A parking brake operated by an electric motor has a manual operator including a flexible cable core drivable with a tool to allow drive gearing driven by the electric motor, but which is disengaged from a driving connection to the gearing whenever the motor is energ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951528 | Method for operating a motor-driven vehicle To avoid damaging the electrical braking system of a motor vehicle due to driving with an applied parking brake, the parking brake is automatically released, if the speed of the motor vehicle exceeds a prescribed minimum value, and the drive unit of the motor vehicl... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6918470 | Electromagnetic brake The invention relates to an electromechanical brake comprising a stack of disks and at least one electromechanical actuator having a pusher for applying pressure to the stack of disks in controlled manner, the brake being equipped with a parking device for maintaini... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913121 | Auxiliary system for an automobile parked on a slope An auxiliary system for an automobile parked on a slope that automatically releases the parking brake at an appropriate time when the automobile is restarted, thereby preventing the automobile from rolling backward or stalling, and enabling the driver to proceed smo... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905181 | Electric parking brake system An electric parking brake system that includes a parking brake, and an electric motor, wherein the parking brake is activated by the electric motor. Operation of the parking brake is controlled such that a vehicle is decelerated at a target deceleration of a predete... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6889812 | Motor vehicle comprising tiltable gear shift unit and method of activating a parking brake forming part of the vehicle A vehicle including a gearshift unit having a gearshift lever housing (4) and a gearshift lever (5) moveable in relation to the gearshift lever housing (4), the gearshift lever being maneuverable within an active position range for active gearsh... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6881175 | Combined control device for the parking brake and park lock function of motor vehicles The combined control unit is designed with a manual drive stage input unit (2) for the vehicle gear setting and an electronic selection signal unit (5) connected at vehicle control bus (1) also electronic gearbox control (7) connected to ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6872165 | Parking brake system for a gearbox of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a parking brake system for transmissions of motor vehicle, especially for an automatic transmission and an automated selector transmission, having one parking brake for blocking or releasing the transmission according to actuation signals of... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868952 | Parking lock mechanism and a roller bearing outer race for same To provide an inexpensive parking lock mechanism for a countershaft transmissions, the transmission shaft is locked relative to a bearing outer race of a tapered roller bearing. This bearing outer race is rotationally fixed relative to the transmission housing and o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6851538 | Control unit gear or shift program selection of an automatic vehicle gearbox A control unit for the gear or shift program selection of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle is presented, which has a emergency release mechanism. With this a parking brake of the motor vehicle transmission can be released by an operating device that can ... | 02/08/2005 |
