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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128180 | Hydraulic brake system The invention relates to a hydraulic braking system having a device for controlling brake slip, drive slip, and/or the driving stability of a vehicle. Among other things, such devices use pumps, valves, and reservoirs to control brake pressure in the wheel brakes in... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7967394 | Hydraulic unit of electronic control brake system A hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system capable of achieving compactness of a modulator block by optimizing connection between components and valves, which are mounted in the modulator block, is disclosed. The hydraulic unit of an electronic control b... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7325883 | Hydraulic braking system featuring selectively-coupled pump suction circuits An automotive braking system controls the flow of pressurized brake fluid from a tandem master cylinder to several wheel brakes via a pair of braking circuits. Each circuit features a pressure relief line having, in series, a normally-closed valve, low-pressure accu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327549 | Systems and methods for target impact An apparatus for impact with a target includes electrodes deployed after contact is made between the apparatus and the target. Spacing of deployed electrodes may be more accurate and/or more repeatable for more effective delivery of an immobilizing stimulus signal. | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303242 | Fast fill brake system An adaptation to a vehicle antilock braking system modulator to increase the initial displacement of the master cylinder, provide quicker system response and improved pedal feel. A solenoid assembly is added to the non fluid side of each of the low pressure accumula... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273260 | Electronic breakaway device A breakaway device (10) to detect when a towed vehicle (14) separates from a towing vehicle (16) in order to engage the towed vehicle's brakes broadly comprises a sensor operable to detect when a signal from the towing vehicle (16) is los... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264318 | Brake pressure control arrangement In a method for joining at least two work pieces by friction stir welding wherein the work pieces are placed placed in overlapping relationship and are at least partially plasticized in the area where they are to be joined by a rotating friction tool provided with a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7244002 | Vehicle brake system A brake-by-wire type vehicle brake system is arranged to return a piston of a master cylinder to a normal position by opening a shutoff valve so as to supply a hydraulic pressure of a pump to the master cylinder when the shutoff valve is closed and a stroke simulato... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237851 | Brake hydraulic pressure control unit A brake hydraulic pressure control unit is proposed. It includes housing, a pump mounted in the housing, a reservoir for hydraulic fluid, and hydraulic pressure control valves. The pump is adapted to draw hydraulic fluid in the reservoir and return the thus drawn fl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7213672 | Vehicle hydrostatic transmission circuit A hydrostatic transmission circuit for a vehicle having at least two displacement members (12) driven by at least one hydraulic motor (10) having a feed main duct and a discharge main duct (16, 18). Skid control means for controlling skidding of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7192099 | Brake devices A brake device comprises a brake cylinder, a reservoir, a pump, a master cylinder, and a pulsation-reduction device. The reservoir serves to accumulate a working liquid discharged from the brake cylinder. The pump serves to pump the working liquid accumulated within... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7093911 | Floating piston for augmenting pressurized fluid flow during vehicle braking operations A hydraulic braking system including first and second braking circuits. The first and second braking circuits each include a wheel brake, a pressurized fluid source, and a hydraulic conduit connecting the wheel brake to the fluid source. Each of the hydraulic condui... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090311 | Brake traction control valve A brake traction control valve is disclosed. The brake traction control valve includes a valve core, a shell, an armature, an exciting coil, a plunger, and a return spring. The valve core has an inlet to allow inside and outside of the valve core to communicate with... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7014277 | Vehicular braking control apparatus and abnormality detection method for vehicular braking apparatus In an electronic control brake system capable of controlling the braking force by adjusting the hydraulic pressure applied to each wheel cylinder through the use of a pressurization source and a hydraulic pressure adjusting portion, the hydraulic pressure applied to... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6991303 | Hydraulic braking system operated by an external force In a hydraulic braking system operated by an external force, for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, having a primary pressure source which is operated by external energy and provide brake pressure to the wheel brakes during normal operation, and which also has ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6986555 | Vehicle brake control system A vehicle brake control system includes an electric fluid pump that, upon energization thereof, pumps brake fluid from a reservoir to a brake circuit at a position upstream of a pressure control valve, an inlet circuit connecting the inlet opening of the pump to a m... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6979062 | Braking system A brake system and a brake device for use with automobiles is provided in which braking energy stored in an auxiliary pressure source can be effectively used for braking, even if an electrical system fails. The vehicle brake system includes a proportional pressure c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957872 | Integrated pre-charge for controlled brake systems First and second pumps are integral in that the pumps are driven by a common motor. The first pump is driven in pumping motion by an eccentric disposed on the motor shaft and the second pump is driven in pumping motion by an end of the motor shaft. The first pump ca... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953229 | Hydraulic braking system and method with flow control device In an enabled mode of a first-fill device, if a fluid pressure in a first pressurizing chamber is lower than a predetermined value, a working fluid can be supplied to a brake cylinder from both the first pressurizing chamber and a second pressurizing chamber. If the... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6941207 | Steering angular velocity detecting device Operates steering angular velocity in first steering angular velocity calculating unit and second steering angular velocity calculating unit, by using steering angle signal from steering angle generating unit, and outputs steering angular velocity by switching them ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905179 | Anti-lock braking system low pressure accumulator for protection master cylinder lip seals A braking system includes an accumulator positioned along the brake line between the wheel brake and a pump. The accumulator includes a cylinder defining a bore and a piston fitted within the bore. The cylinder defines an inlet and an outlet fluidically connecting t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874858 | Automotive anti-lock control system An anti-lock controller controls an anti-lock brake system so as to realize any of a pressure decreasing mode where a normally-opened electromagnetic valve is closed, while a normally-closed electromagnetic valve is opened, a holding mode where the normally-opened e... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6860569 | Electro-hydraulic brake system with four wheel push through An improved electro-hydraulic brake system having an electrically powered normal source of pressurized hydraulic brake fluid, and a manually powered backup source of pressurized hydraulic brake fluid to all four of the vehicle brakes in the event of failure of the n... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6851762 | Vehicle brake fluid pressure control device with hydraulic booster A hydraulic booster is provided between a M/C pressure and a W/C pressure. The hydraulic booster is composed of a pump and an amplifying piston amplifying the brake fluid amount discharged from the pump. The brake fluid discharged from the amplifying piston is suppl... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6752473 | Electronically controlled brake system for automobiles An electronically controlled brake system for automobiles is disclosed. This brake system has a low/intermediate pressure accumulator, which is connected to both the NC-type solenoid valves and the oil suction line so as to store pressurized oil discharged from the ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6685278 | Brake control device for a vehicle A brake control device for a vehicle includes a master cylinder, a wheel cylinder, a brake pedal behavior simulator, a normally-open type electromagnetic valve, a normally-closed type electromagnetic valve, and a brake pressure control device. The brake p... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6641230 | Anti-locking brake system for a land vehicle An anti-locking brake system for a land vehicle, which is set up in particular for traction control and vehicle dynamics control, comprises a pump (42) for actuating a wheel brake (37) which removes brake fluid from a brake pressure generating unit (31) a... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6604795 | Braking system including high-pressure source between master cylinder and brake cylinder A braking system including (a) a hydraulically operated brake cylinder for operating a brake, (b) a master cylinder operable according to an operation of a manually operable brake operating member, to pressurize a working fluid, (c) a master-cylinder cut-... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6554372 | Hydraulic brake system A brake system (10) having a brake booster (12) that is responsive to an operator brake input for providing a first input force to a master cylinder (13) to develop a first brake application and is responsive to a hydraulic input for providing a second in... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543859 | Electric control apparatus for brake An electric control apparatus of a brake is provided with a second reservoir, in which a brake fluid is stored in advance, separately from a control device of a brake hydraulic pressure. The second reservoir communicates with a pump, which is an original ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6464307 | Automotive hydraulic pressure brake system Automotive hydraulic pressure brake system with a stroke simulator is proposed which while the electric control system is functioning properly, the supply of hydraulic pressure from a master cylinder is cut off and hydraulic pressure is generated by a pow... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6450589 | Brake pressure transducer for a hydraulic vehicle brake system A brake pressure transducer is to be provided for a hydraulic vehicle brake system that can be actuated by initiating an actuating force (FB) via an actuating element (2) in order to generate a brake pressure for at least one wheel brake (3) by reducing t... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6443540 | Vehicular brake control apparatus and vehicular brake control method A vehicular brake control apparatus performs braking force limiting control for limiting, if the vehicle is in a predetermined driving state, braking forces applied to rear wheels of the vehicle in comparison with the braking forces applied to the front w... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6419329 | Method for improving the control performance of a motor vehicle control system To improve the control behavior of an automotive vehicle control system, such as an anti-lock system (ABS), a driving stability control system (ESP, ASMS, DDC), etc., in a brake system which includes a master cylinder, inlet and outlet valves for pressure... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416138 | Slave operated self-contained hydraulic brake system for towed trailers and other vehicles A slave operated self-contained hydraulic brake system having an electric motor that is mounted on a gear housing. The electric motor moves a threaded rod in a lateral direction. Movement in a first direction results in contact of the rod with a master cy... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6398317 | Hydraulic vehicle brake system with wheel slip control, and valve for such a brake system The present invention relates to an automotive vehicle brake system with wheel slip control which is provided with a non-return valve, between a secondary and a primary circuit. Initially, both circuits are evacuated for filling the brake system with pres... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6371576 | Method of controlling a vehicle hydraulic brake system A control method of a hydraulic pressure source-driving type vehicle hydraulic brake system is provided in which water hammering or worsening of the brake feeling does not occur when brake liquid is replenished through a replenish passage. A motor for dri... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6357838 | Mechanical oil pressure control apparatus for antilock brake system A mechanical oil pressure control apparatus for an antilock brake system including a recessed first body having an oil inlet passage communicating with a master cylinder and an oil outlet passage communicating with a wheel cylinder, a hollow second body t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6336688 | Hydraulic brake system with bleed valve To provide for non-powered evacuation and filling of an anti-lock brake system with integrated control units, a check valve is placed between the suction side of the ABS pump (16) and the wheel brake (6). The check valve (26) enables evacuation and fillin... | 01/08/2002 |
