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20080224532 | PARKING BRAKE INTERLOCK - A parking brake interlock is provided according to the invention. The parking brake interlock includes a parking brake inlet configured to receive a parking brake air supply, a service brake inlet configured to receive a service brake air supply, an exhaust port, and an interlock valve mechanism in communication with the parking brake inlet, the service brake inlet, and the exhaust port. The interlock valve mechanism is configured to exhaust the parking brake air supply if the service brake air pressure is not received. The interlock valve mechanism is further configured to hold the parking brake air supply in order to generate a parking brake air pressure if the service brake air pressure is received. | 09-18-2008 |
20090008988 | CONTROL COMPONENT FOR HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT INCLUDING SPRING APPLIED-HYDRAULICALLY RELEASED BRAKE - A control for use in a hydraulic circuit where the control can act as a valve and an auxiliary pressure source for the hydraulic circuit. | 01-08-2009 |
20090230761 | Brake system for engine-operated vehicle and controlling method thereof - A brake system provided with a brake booster using intake negative pressure of an engine for boosting a brake operating force for a vehicle. A requested braking force is detected base on an operating amount of a brake pedal, and when the requested braking force is less than a threshold value, a master cylinder pressure prevailing in the master cylinder using an operating force boosted by the brake booster is supplied to the wheel cylinder. On the other hand, when the requested braking force is greater than or equal to the threshold value, brake fluid pressure having been boosted by a pump is supplied to the wheel cylinder. The threshold value is set to a value that becomes greater the larger the negative pressure inside the brake booster. | 09-17-2009 |
20100127560 | HYDRAULIC DEVICE FOR ACTUATING THE BRAKING OF WORK VEHICLES AND THE LIKE - A hydraulic device for actuating the braking of work vehicles and the like, comprising a duct for connecting the delivery duct to the discharge duct or to an auxiliary duct, along which there are auxiliary pumping elements, which can be actuated in order to pump pressurized liquid into the feed duct; a one-way valve being provided which allow the liquid to flow along the connecting duct exclusively toward the delivery duct. | 05-27-2010 |
20110031804 | BRAKING SYSTEM - A braking system includes: a first connecting line (L | 02-10-2011 |
20110187180 | HYDRAULIC BRAKING ARCHITECTURE FOR AIRCRAFT HAVING BRAKES WITH HALF-CAVITIES - A hydraulic braking architecture for aircraft comprising a plurality of wheels fitted with brakes, each including two half-cavities, the architecture comprising:
| 08-04-2011 |
20110241417 | BRAKING APPARATUS - A braking apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a fluid pressure circuit that is provided between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder, and that includes both a first system flow channel connecting a reservoir and at least one of the plurality of wheel cylinders, and a second system flow channel connecting at least one of the plurality of wheel cylinders and the master cylinder, and that forms a flow channel for supplying operating fluid to each of the wheel cylinders; and a pump provided in the first system flow channel and driven by the motor to increase the fluid pressure of the operating fluid to be supplied from the reservoir to the wheel cylinders. A control unit controls the driving state of the pump in order to drive, when a predetermined fail standard for braking control has been satisfied, the motor in accordance with the information detected by an operating state detection means, and executes fail-safe control for providing braking force by supplying the operating fluid discharged from the pump to the fluid pressure chamber in the master cylinder. | 10-06-2011 |
20110273004 | BRAKE DEVICE ARRANGEMENT AND AUXILIARY DEVICE ARRANGEMENT OF A PNEUMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A brake device arrangement and auxiliary device arrangement of a pneumatic brake system of a vehicle include a pneumatic control valve and other pneumatic components for carrying out braking functions or auxiliary braking functions of the braking system. In order to produce a modular construction, a brake control module, which is pre-mounted on a support for producing a braking pressure, is arranged adjacent to a filter module, for treating the air on the input side, and at least one auxiliary module for fulfilling the auxiliary braking functions. | 11-10-2011 |
20110285197 | Hydraulic Brake System with Controlled Boost - A vehicle brake system includes a brake pedal unit (BPU) coupled to a vehicle brake pedal and including an input piston connected to operate a pedal simulator during a normal braking mode, and coupled to actuate a pair of output pistons during a manual push through mode. The output pistons are operable to generate brake actuating pressure at first and second outputs of the BPU. A hydraulic pressure source for supplying fluid at a controlled boost pressure is included. The system further includes a hydraulic control unit (HCU) adapted to be hydraulically connected to the BPU and the hydraulic pressure source, the HCU including a slip control valve arrangement, and a switching base brake valve arrangement for switching the brake system between the normal braking mode wherein boost pressure from the pressure source is supplied to first and second vehicle brakes, and the manual push through mode wherein brake actuating pressure from the BPU is supplied to the first and second vehicle brakes. | 11-24-2011 |
20110291469 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for operating a brake system for motor vehicles that can be actuated in a “brake-by-wire” operating mode both by the vehicle driver and independently of the vehicle driver, and that is operated preferably in the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, and that can be operated in a first fallback operating mode wherein a brake force amplifier is available, and in a second operating mode without brake force amplification, in which only operation by the vehicle driver is possible. According to the invention, the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, provided as the normal operating mode, is divided into energy-saving and high-power operating modes, between which a switch is made depending on the braking situation, and using different components of the hydraulic circuit. | 12-01-2011 |
20110304198 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE AND HYDRAULIC BRAKING - A method for controlling hydraulic braking and regenerative braking in a hybrid brake system is provided, and includes allowing depression of a brake actuator in response to a braking request. Depression of the brake actuator creates pressure in a master cylinder circuit, and the method commands regenerative braking upon depression of the brake actuator until the regenerative braking reaches a threshold level. Transfer of fluid pressure from the master cylinder circuit through a control valve to a wheel circuit is prevented between a first pressure and a second pressure of the master cylinder. Transfer of fluid pressure from the master cylinder circuit to the wheel circuit is partially limited between the second pressure and a third pressure. Full transfer of fluid pressure from the master cylinder circuit through the control valve to the wheel circuit is allowed when the fluid pressure is above the third pressure. | 12-15-2011 |
20110316326 | BRAKE SYSTEM - A brake system including: (i) hydraulic brakes provided for respective wheels of a vehicle, and configured to be activated by hydraulic pressures of respective brake cylinders so as to restrain rotations of the respective wheels; (ii) a power hydraulic pressure source including a drive source that is activatable by supply of electric energy, and configured to generate hydraulic pressure by activation of the drive source; and (iii) a common passage to which the power hydraulic pressure source and the brake cylinders of the hydraulic brakes are connected. The brake cylinders include a first brake cylinder connected to the common passage via a first individual passage that is provided with a normally-close electromagnetic valve as a first individual control valve. The brake cylinders include a second brake cylinder connected to the common passage via a second individual passage that is provided with a normally-open electromagnetic valve as a second individual control valve. | 12-29-2011 |
20120025598 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a hydraulic brake system capable of reducing periodic pressure pulsation caused by operation of a piston. The hydraulic brake system includes a master cylinder generating braking hydraulic pressure by operation of a brake pedal, a wheel brake provided to each of front right and left wheels and rear right and left wheels of a vehicle to receive the braking hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder to generate braking force, a solenoid valve provided to each of an inlet and an outlet of each of the wheel brakes to control flow of the braking hydraulic pressure, a low pressure accumulator Jo temporarily storing oil, which is ejected from the wheel brakes during operation of the solenoid valves, a pump compressing the oil stored in the low pressure accumulator such that the oil is ejected towards the wheel brakes or the master cylinder as needed, and an orifice disposed near an outlet port of the pump. Further, a damper unit is disposed between the outlet port of the pump and the orifice to reduce pressure pulsation caused by operation of the piston, thereby improving product reliability through noise reduction during brake control. | 02-02-2012 |
20120062022 | BRAKING SYSTEMS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEMS FOR FARM VEHICLES - This invention discloses a hydraulic braking system ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120080935 | ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC PRESSURE REGULATION MODULE COMPRISING PRESSURE REGULATION CHANNELS HAVING SEPARATE PNEUMATIC CIRCUITS - An electropneumatic pressure regulating module, formed as a structural unit, is described for an electropneumatic brake system of a vehicle, including: at least two separately regulable pressure regulating channels, wherein a regulated working pressure, acting at at least one working pressure port, for at least one brake application device of the brake system is generated for each pressure regulating channel on the basis of working air originating from at least one compressed air store and as a function of braking demand signals of a brake transducer, in which to form pressure regulating channels having separate pneumatic circuits, each pressure regulating channel is assigned at least one dedicated storage pressure port which can be connected to a dedicated compressed air store, and in which the pneumatic flow paths of each pressure regulating channel are formed so as to be pneumatically separate, at least proceeding from the respective storage pressure port as far as the respective working pressure port, from the pneumatic flow paths of a respective other pressure regulating channel. | 04-05-2012 |
20120112523 | COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR TRUCK TRAILERS AND COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY METHOD - A compressed air supply system is described for a truck trailer, which includes at least one first compressed air network, which supplies a pneumatic brake system of the truck trailer with an air pressure limited according to a requirement, and at least one compressed air supply coupling between the tractive vehicle and the truck trailer for supplying compressed air, in which the at least one compressed air supply coupling is configured for a higher air pressure than the limited air pressure according to the requirement. | 05-10-2012 |
20120205967 | Main Brake Cylinder and Method for Operating a Main Brake Cylinder - The disclosure relates to a method and a device as part of a complete brake system, that is, a brake system comprising a conventional part and a further part, such as a recuperative part, by means of which volume displacements of brake fluid are possible. The method according to the disclosure and the device according to the disclosure are used particularly if the pressure conditions in the hydraulic part of the brake system are adapted by the controllable braking force amplifier to a change in the additional braking effect of the further part of the brake system. A blending of the braking effects of the different brake systems into a constant total braking effect is thus accomplished, even if the proportion of the individual brake systems in the total braking effect change. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212042 | HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A hydraulic assembly for operating a brake system in a motor vehicle is described, the hydraulic assembly including a hydraulic pump, an electric motor having a shaft for driving the hydraulic pump, and a rotor which is operatively linked to the shaft of the electric motor for the purpose of driving the shaft with the aid of compressed air. | 08-23-2012 |
20120319462 | BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - In a brake control system, a power supply portion supplies a voltage to a plurality of actuators. When a first actuator is supplied with a voltage equal to or higher than a first minimum operating voltage from the power supply portion, the first actuator operates to perform a first function. When a second actuator is supplied with a voltage equal to or higher than a second minimum operating voltage from the power supply portion, the second actuator performs a second function. The first minimum operating voltage and the second minimum operating voltage are set to be different from each other by a predetermined value so that the first actuator and the second actuator stop operating in a predetermined sequence with a decrease in the supplied voltage. | 12-20-2012 |
20120326490 | DUMP TRUCK - A dump truck is provided with service brakes provided on front wheels, and a separating block that separates and outputs hydraulic oil into each of the service brakes. The separating block is offset in a vehicle width direction from an exhaust pipe that is arranged substantially in a middle of the dump truck in the vehicle width direction. Hydraulic lines that connect the separating block and each of the service brakes are arranged to pass through the middle of the dump truck in the vehicle width direction, and are installed in a row between the separating block and the middle. | 12-27-2012 |
20130069423 | HYDRAULIC POWERED PARK BRAKE SYSTEM - A hydraulic circuit for a motor vehicle supports operation of a power steering gear and a power assisted park brake unit incorporating a spring actuated hydraulic release (SAHR) chamber. The hydraulic circuit includes a pump with the power steering gear being connected to receive hydraulic fluid under pressure from the pump. Hydraulic fluid from the pump is delivered to first and second valves, the first or release control valve being connected to the SAHR chamber and the second or recirculation valve being coupled to return hydraulic fluid to a pump inlet. | 03-21-2013 |
20140197680 | Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System with Electromechanical Actuator, and Method for Operating Such a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System - A hydraulic vehicle braking system comprises a master cylinder having at least one piston displacably accommodated therein, a mechanical actuator that is coupled, or can be coupled, to a brake pedal for actuating the piston, and an electromechanical actuator. The electromechanical actuator is likewise provided for actuating the piston and can be activated, at least for boosting or generating brake force, when the brake pedal is actuated. Furthermore, a valve arrangement is provided, which has a first valve per wheel brake for selectively uncoupling the wheel brake from the master cylinder, and a second valve for selectively reducing the brake pressure at the wheel brake. The valve arrangement can be controlled at least within the framework of an ABS control mode. | 07-17-2014 |