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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967393 | Pressure balanced supply valve for vehicle brake system with integrated low pressure accumulator A pressure balanced supply valve for use in a vehicular braking system. A housing defines a first chamber, a second chamber, a first fluid conduit for connection to a master cylinder, a second fluid conduit for connection to a hydraulic pump, and a third fluid condu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7931345 | Motor vehicle brake system having a low pressure accumulator A motor vehicle brake system having a hydraulic cable, via which a wheel brake module can be pressurized by a brake medium using brake pressure from a brake cylinder and to which a low pressure accumulator is connected for temporarily receiving excess brake medium, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7845736 | Method and device for open- and/or closed-loop control of a generator in a vehicle A method and a device for the open- and/or closed-loop control of a generator or a dynamo in a vehicle. The generator supplies, at least part of the time, an electric motor located in a braking system, e.g., a pump motor, with electrical power. A main feature is tha... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7823982 | Horizontally opposed hydraulic piston pumps In one aspect, a brake pump assembly including a plurality of pairs of pumping elements configured in a horizontally opposed arrangement, and a rotatable eccentric assembly located between the pumping elements. The pairs of pumping elements abut the eccentric assemb... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7798576 | Brake control device for vehicle In an ABS control, a vehicle brake control device detects a sudden change road in which a friction coefficient changes suddenly from a high value to a lower value and controls, based on the detection of the sudden change road, the currents to be supplied to a first ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794025 | Braking systems A braking system includes a brake actuator which is moveable by pressurised hydraulic fluid fed to the actuator along a transmission line, in a first direction, to move a brake applying member to apply a braking force to a member to be braked, a master valve includi... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7562944 | Hydraulic regenerative braking system for a vehicle A hydraulic regenerative braking system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes two hydraulic machines, each of which is disposed proximate a corresponding vehicle wheel. A transformer is in communication with each of the hydraulic machines, and with a pair o... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7448698 | Brake fluid pressure control actuator Pressure regulating reservoirs are positioned in an upper portion of a housing, and pumps are positioned below the pressure regulating reservoirs. More specifically, the pressure regulating reservoirs are positioned in an upper portion of the housing so as to provid... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7390174 | Piston pump A piston pump (10) for a hydraulic consumer of an electronically controlled vehicle brake system, carries a stepped piston (50, 50′) and centers a sealing assembly (26, 26′) which is retained in an axial direction Ax by a step (52, 52′ | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370729 | Breather device for speed-change devices In a breather device linking a space within a transmission case (1) to outside air, a breather (10) is provided at a middle position in a lengthwise direction on an upper portion of the transmission case, in particular, at a position displaced in an ax... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357462 | Hydraulic brake system for a wind energy plant The hydraulic brake system comprises a piston/cylinder unit (14) for activating and releasing a brake (12), comprising a volume (16) adapted to have a pressurized working fluid supplied thereto for moving the piston (24) from a braking po... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354190 | Two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method A two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method produces a solution including a first substance and a second substance in a predetermined ratio by first mixing the first substance with a first liquid to produce a first solution and then mixing the first solution wi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354119 | Brake system A brake system for a vehicle has a brake pedal and at least one rotational part. The brake system further includes a shaft connectable to the rotational part, and a first fluid control unit configured for being filled with fluid and actuating in response to manipula... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7344199 | Primary/secondary brake system A brake system for braking a rotatable brake disk includes a primary brake piston engagable with the brake disk and a secondary brake piston engagable with the primary brake piston and operable to move the primary brake piston into engagement with the brake disk. Bo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341318 | Circulating fluid regulated braking device for air and land vehicles A circulating fluid regulated braking device for a vehicle includes a piston pump mounted directly on the hub of each vehicle wheel. The pumps mounted on front wheels are connected by pipes to a primary two-way valve, which, in turn, is connected by pipes to a prima... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325886 | Vehicular brake control system In a vehicular brake control system in which pressure upstream of a plurality of pressure increase control valves is variable, a brake control ECU sets a value of a current supplied to a solenoid coil in each of the pressure increase control valves in accordance wit... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308910 | Device for damping pressure surges A device for damping pressure surges in a fluid with a housing (10) and a piston (14) that can be longitudinally displaced inside the housing (10) against the pretensioning force of a spring energy store (12). The piston (14) inter... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303241 | Pump drive motor control apparatus A pump drive motor control apparatus controls a motor used for driving a hydraulic pump. Every time the supply of electricity to the motor is resumed (every time the motor control signal changes from a low level to a high level), the apparatus measures a time which ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290841 | Hydraulic braking system including power-operated pressure source device, and device for controlling pressure output of the pressure source device Braking system including a power-operated hydraulic pressure source operable to deliver a pressurized working fluid, a brake including a hydraulically operated brake cylinder, and a flow-rate changing device disposed between the power-operated hydraulic pressure sou... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264317 | Hydraulic unit A hydraulic unit for a hydraulic regulation device, in particular for slip-controlled motor vehicle brake systems, includes several hydraulic, mechanical and/or electrically operable functional elements arranged at an accommodating member, such as accumulation eleme... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232192 | Deadband regenerative braking control for hydraulic hybrid vehicle powertrain A system for braking the wheels of a hydraulic hybrid vehicle includes a brake pedal having a range of pedal displacement including a deadband displacement range, an accumulator containing fluid at relatively high pressure, a reservoir containing fluid at lower pres... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219967 | Brake system for a vehicle driven by at least one hydraulic motor fed in a closed circuit A method of operating a brake system for a hydraulic motor, by feeding the hydraulic motor with at least one pump having a variable cubic capacity, in a closed circuit, providing a friction brake to brake the motor, providing a brake controller that controls an amou... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213691 | Antilock brake system An antilock brake system for use with a self-energizing brake system having hydraulic interconnected actuators that act on an eccentric rotor and a brake exciter that provides for disengagement of the actuators from the rotor. The antilock brake system has wheel spe... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204565 | Electrohydraulic assembly for an electronically controlled brake system The invention relates to an electrohydraulic assembly for an electronically controlled brake system with an accommodating member which includes accommodating bores for electrohydraulic valves, accommodating bores for hydraulic supply devices and an accommodating bor... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188912 | Braking systems A braking system includes a brake actuator which is moveable in a first direction to cause a brake applying member to apply a braking force to a member to be braked. A master valve includes a piston assembly which upon operation of a brake operating member, directs ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188913 | Vehicular motor-driven brake device A vehicular motor-driven brake apparatus includes an open circuit in which reciprocation of a master cylinder generating a brake pressure is caused by an actuator that operates according to a pedal operation amount, and brake fluid discharged from a wheel cylinder d... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168771 | Methods of measuring pressure of hydraulic fluid, methods of evaluating soundness and hydraulic drive devices for carrying out the methods A condition of hydraulic fluid conducted from an accumulator to an operation device via a pressure control unit, is evaluated by determining a pressure (Pa) of the fluid in a flow path interconnecting the accumulator and the control unit, and determining a stabiliza... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165818 | Vehicle attitude control system In a vehicle attitude control system of an automotive vehicle employing a pump-and-motor assembly, and a hydraulic actuator that regulates fluid pressures in wheel-brake cylinders of road wheels of the vehicle, independently of each other, a control unit is electron... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152931 | Hydraulic circuit with accumulator A hydraulic circuit includes an accumulator having an inflow passage which introduces a hydraulic fluid which is discharged from a hydraulic pump into a hydraulic fluid chamber and a discharge passage which discharges the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic fluid cha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144091 | Brake apparatus with orifices for restricting brake fluid pressure pulsation In a brake apparatus, a pump sucks brake fluid and discharges the brake fluid through a pump discharge conduit. Orifices are connected in series with one another with respect to brake fluid flow discharged from the pump and restrict the brake fluid flow. Because the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7120528 | System and method for operating a rollover control system in a transition to a rollover condition A method of operating a hydraulic safety system 38 includes determining a relative roll angle, determining a relative a slip angle, determining a yaw rate and determining a pressure build rate for the hydraulic safety system 38 in response to a relativ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114600 | Disc brake comprising at least one inclinable brake pad A brake device for a motor vehicle having a friction first element with a first face that is pressed against a first face of a second element secured to a wheel of the motor vehicle during a brake application and an third element for applying a braking force bearing... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104613 | Pump with reciprocating high pressure seal and valve for vehicle braking systems A pump assembly with a combination reciprocating high-pressure seal and fluid inlet check valve for use within brake systems. The pump assembly comprises a housing having a bore formed therethrough and a piston disposed within the bore for reciprocal movement therei... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104617 | Independent braking and controllability control method and system for a vehicle with regenerative braking A strategy is provided using feedback control algorithms to monitor and dynamically modify front and rear braking torque to maintain controllability in a vehicle that initially favors regenerative braking. Simple proportional-integral-derivative feedback controllers... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100751 | Hydraulic pump for vehicles controllable by handlebars A master cylinder which has an unusual ability to limit space requirements, to be fitted in vehicles controllable by handlebars, comprises a cylinder body provided with a seat for housing a portion of the handlebar. A chamber for slidably housing a piston extends al... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7069675 | Power tilt apparatus In a power tilt apparatus in which an operation state of a cylinder apparatus is switched between an extension side and a compression side in accordance with an oil feeding direction of a pump apparatus by a switching valve apparatus provided in a pipe passage conne... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052096 | Vehicle antilock brake control system A vehicular antilock brake control system does not require a lengthy extension piping from its actuator. The system provides for an accurate controlling method for maximizing a calculated road surface friction coefficient. Each wheel has a control unit consisting of... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021725 | Pump drive motor control apparatus A pump drive motor control apparatus is applied to a motor for driving a hydraulic pump which supplies to a hydraulic circuit the brake fluid returned to a reservoir as a result of ABS control. When a motor inter-terminal voltage becomes equal to or less than a volt... | 04/04/2006 |
