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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038227 | Brake control device improving driver's brake feeling An upper limit of a target value of a wheel cylinder pressure generated by a wheel cylinder is set. Specifically, the upper limit of the target value is predetermined and increases with elapsed time from the beginning of the control. Accordingly, the actual applicat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7832813 | Parking brake module for a pressure medium-operated brake system A parking brake module for a pressure medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having a parking brake function enabled by at least one spring brake cylinder includes a first valve device that increases the amount of pressure medium and has an inlet that can be conn... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810889 | Digital databus A brake system for a railway vehicle (10), wherein the axles (3, 6) of the vehicle are provided with axle speed sensors (1, 2, 4, 5) adapted to measure the speed of rotation of the respective axle. The output of the axle speed sensor being fed t... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7784880 | Braking system for a floor conveyor A braking system for a floor conveyor, which features at least one travel motor for at least one driven wheel, an electric steering control for at least one steered wheel, a service brake with a braking transmitter generating a braking signal and an electromagnetica... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7494194 | Remote control train-line braking system A remote train-line braking control system includes first and second air supplies and a first control valve connected in fluid communication between the first air supply and an air pressure controlled diaphragm that controls a fluid pressure supplied to a train-line... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7434895 | Electronic equalizing reservoir controller with pneumatic penalty override and reduction limiting A control system which allows electro-pneumatic control of an equalizing reservoir with the capacity to create penalty applications in a purely pneumatic manner. A controller for the equalizing reservoir includes an electro-pneumatic source of pressure or atmosphere... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434894 | Method and device for controlling the brake system of a vehicle A method and a device for controlling the brake system of a vehicle, wherein a stand-by phase is made available. The stand-by phase is initiated as soon as the input pressure exceeds a threshold value S1 and the rate of change of input pressure exceeds a thir... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431406 | Compressed air processing system The present invention relates to a compressed air processing system. The compressed air processing system includes an inlet connection, a pressure control unit, a multi-circuit protection valve, a plurality of outlet connections, a parking brake connection, an elect... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422293 | System and a method for dissipating voltage in an electrical circuit of a vehicle A system and a method for dissipating voltage in an electrical circuit of a vehicle. The system includes a power source and an inverter. The power source has a voltage source and a contactor. The inverter is electrically coupled to the power source and includes a de... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419229 | Vehicle braking force control A vehicle brake control apparatus controls an actual braking force of a vehicle to achieve a command braking force in accordance with a driver's demand braking force corresponding to a driver's braking operation, and a target braking force. A controller is configure... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410223 | Vehicle hydraulic brake device A hydraulic brake device includes a hydraulic pressure supply passage for reducing the output hydraulic pressure by a first proportional solenoid valve and supplying it to a hydraulic passage leading from a pressure adjusting valve to the wheel cylinders, a second p... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401866 | Braking device for an industrial truck A braking device for an industrial truck, comprising an electromagnetic brake unit on a load-bearing wheel and/or driving motor, a brake pedal the position of which is detected by an electric position detector which generates an analog electric braking signal, and a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396089 | Electro-pneumatic latching valve system The electro-pneumatic latching valve system having an electrical switch unit that further includes an “apply” or “activate” switch, a “release” or “deactivate” switch, and a power supply. A first solenoid valve is in electrical communication with the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377599 | Brake system A brake system for a mobile work tool, such as for a logging machine or a combined dredger-loader, is disclosed. The mobile work tool is provided with two non-muscular brake valves for brake actuation which may be operated by the driver in accordance with the orient... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370917 | Braking system for a trailer vehicle An electro-pneumatic system including relay valves disposed between a pressure supply inlet and outputs respectively, and having respective control inputs; associated solenoid-operated valves each operable in a first or a second condition respectively to allow or pr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367634 | Relay configuration for an electro-pneumatic train A relay valve configuration which can be used with various cars in an electropneumatic train and under the control of one of the electropneumatic brake control valves. The improved brake control valve includes a relay valve mounted at an interface of the manifold. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363116 | Method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking into account different driving situations A method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking different driving situations into consideration, involving an evaluation of a vehicle acceleration, wherein apart from a driving force of a vehicle drive unit, resistance forces resulting from rotatio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7357463 | Electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle An electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle including a multi-layer structure with a plurality of superimposed plates, and in particular, an upper plate carrying and/or integrating a plurality of pneumatic, electro-pneumatic or electri... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359786 | Control and power supply network for vehicle braking system An electrically controlled braking system includes a first control unit and a second control unit in electrical communication via a communication link and a human machine-interface manipulatable by a vehicle operator. The human-machine interface includes a first sen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350878 | Relay configuration for an electro-pneumatic train A relay valve configuration which can be used with various cars in an electropneumatic train and under the control of one of the electropneumatic brake control valves. The improved brake control valve includes a relay valve mounted at an interface of the manifold. T... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353097 | Control network for vehicle dynamics and ride control systems having distributed electronic control units An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, si... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347506 | Arrangement and method for activating an emergency brake function within a vehicle Method and apparatus for activation of an emergency brake function (8; 8′) within a vehicle (1) when a first brake circuit and a second brake circuit are out of order. A first sensor (20; 20′) is included for detecting whether the pressure (... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7344200 | Vehicle braking system A vehicle braking system has two driver-operable input devices. The vehicle braking system is sufficiently configured such that one of the driver-operable input devices is effective in causing resistance to the rotation of at least one wheel only when a predetermine... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337041 | Feedback control methods and apparatus for electro-pneumatic control systems Methods and apparatus related to feedback control for electro-pneumatic control systems are disclosed. An example electro-pneumatic control system comprises an electro-pneumatic controller and a secondary pneumatic power stage coupled to the electro-pneumatic contro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7306295 | Pump system for parking brakes for a rail vehicle The present disclosure relates to a pump system for parking brakes for a rail vehicle. The pump system includes at least one actuator, at least one pump and a reservoir as a fluid source. Also included is a manifold in fluid communication with the reservoir and the ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300118 | Electronic park brake valve system for air brakes vehicles A vehicle brake system includes a source of fluid pressure adapted to supply a braking force a brake actuator including a parking brake chamber, and a combination valve fluidly coupling the brake actuator to the source of pressure, the combination valve having an in... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296861 | Brake system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a brake system for a motor vehicle comprising a master brake cylinder in which a primary piston for generating a brake pressure in a hydraulic brake circuit can be displaced according to actuation of a brake pedal, it being possible to displ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293842 | Control network for vehicle dynamics and ride control systems having distributed electronic control units An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, si... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290840 | Vehicle brake system A brake system for a vehicle is comprised of a first brake system that mechanically applies a braking force to wheels according to a master cylinder hydraulic pressure outputted from a master cylinder which receives a brake manipulation force of a driver, and a seco... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281684 | Systems and methods for braking aircraft, including braking intermediate main gears and differential braking Systems and methods for braking aircraft are disclosed. These systems and methods can be employed on multi-main gear aircraft to reduce the radius with which the aircraft makes low speed, pivot turns. Further systems and methods can be used to correct the braking be... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7269762 | Method for mutual monitoring of components of a distributed computer system A method of mutual monitoring of components of a distributed computer system for a safety-relevant application in a motor vehicle in particular. The components are interconnected by at least one communication system. To make the mutual monitoring of components as si... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7237852 | Method and device for controlling and braking an aircraft running on the ground Method and device for controlling and braking an aircraft running on the ground According to the invention, the aircraft (1) comprises two close undercarriage wheel assemblies (2D, 2G) and two distant undercarriage wheel assemblies (3 | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226135 | Braking system for a self-powered rail vehicle provided with an anti-slip device A pneumatic operating device for direct braking and an electropneumatic valve unit of an anti-slip device have their outlets connected to the braking actuators through an interlock valve device which can selectively allow the greater of the pressures received from t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222922 | Three-state magnet valve A three-state magnet valve for control of fluid flow from a source of fluid pressure. The three-state magnet valve has an application pilot solenoid electrically connectable to a control module, and an application valve for connecting the source of fluid pressure an... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213892 | Vehicle motion control apparatus The present invention is directed to a vehicle motion control apparatus, which includes normally open valves to supply hydraulic pressure discharged from a master cylinder into wheel brake cylinders, normally closed valves to reduce wheel cylinder pressure, and a pr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204563 | Park brake interlock and trailer brake valve assembly A brake system for a tractor-trailer vehicle includes a service brake system and a park brake system. The service and park brake systems are used to brake both a tractor and a trailer towed by the tractor. A trailer hand control valve is actuated by a vehicle operat... | 04/17/2007 |
