| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 060547100 | With control of or by a separate power fluid, etc. | 30 |
| 20080264059 | Control apparatus and control method for negative pressure generating apparatus - A control apparatus for a negative pressure generating apparatus includes an ejector that generates a negative pressure whose magnitude is larger than that of a negative pressure to be taken from an intake passage in an intake system for an internal combustion engine provided in a vehicle; a state change device that makes the ejector function or stop functioning; and a predetermined value change device that changes a predetermined value according to an operating state of the vehicle, when the state change device makes the ejector function based on a result of a comparison between the negative pressure to be taken from the intake passage and the predetermined value. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090071147 | Brake Booster Leak Detection System - A control system for evaluating a brake booster system includes an engine evaluation module that detects an engine off condition. A pressure evaluation module, during the engine off condition, monitors hydraulic brake line pressure, detects a change in brake booster pressure, and determines a brake booster vacuum decay rate based on the change in brake booster pressure. A fault reporting module detects a brake booster system fault based on the brake line pressure and the brake booster vacuum decay rate. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090165457 | Double redundancy electro hydrostatic actuator system - A double redundancy electro hydrostatic actuator system includes two hydraulic pumps; two fail safe valves connected with the two hydraulic pumps, respectively; one dual tandem hydraulic cylinder connected with the two fail safe valves and having a piston rod, wherein the piston rod is moved by switching supply and discharge of the fluid; two switching valves connected with the two fail safe valves; two accumulators connected with the two switching valves and the two hydraulic pumps, respectively; and two chambers connected with the two switching valves, respectively. Each of the two accumulators accumulates the fluid from a corresponding one of the two hydraulic pumps, and sends the fluid to a corresponding one of the two fail safe valves. The two chambers receive the fluid from the two fail safe valves, respectively. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090241539 | VEHICULAR BRAKE APPARATUS - An annular sealing member | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090320464 | On-demand power brake system and method - A hydraulic brake system includes a piston that separates a first pressure chamber from a second pressure chamber of a cylinder bore. A valve within a piston bore is movable between three positions. In the first position, the first and second pressure chambers are in fluid communication with a low-pressure fluid supply; in the second position, the second pressure chamber is isolated from the first pressure chamber and the low-pressure fluid supply; in the third position, a high-pressure fluid supply is in fluid communication with the second pressure chamber, allowing high-pressure fluid to flow into the second pressure chamber. High pressure in the second pressure chamber moves the boost piston, applying boosted braking pressure to a vehicle brake. Pressure in the second chamber against a surface of the valve biases the valve toward the first position. An accumulator stores pressurized fluid and provides the high-pressure fluid supply, enabling on-demand brake boosting force during engine-off operation of a hybrid vehicle. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100089054 | ADAPTIVE FREE-TRAVEL REDUCTION - The invention relates to a brake system, an operating device, in particular a brake pedal, and a control and regulating device, wherein the control and regulating device controls a drive apparatus on the basis of the movement and/or position of the operating device, wherein the drive apparatus moves a piston of a piston/cylinder system, so that a pressure is set in the working chamber of the cylinder, wherein the working chamber is connected to at least one wheel brake via at least one pressure line, wherein the operating device acts on a pedal tappet and moves said pedal tappet, and the pedal tappet is connected to a travel simulator and acts on a displaceably mounted coupling element by means of a spring, wherein the pedal tappet and the coupling element are locked to one another by means of a fixing device, wherein the coupling element can be locked or fixed to and/or released or disconnected from the panel tappet by means of the fixing device optionally in any desired positions or in at least two different positions relative to said pedal tappet. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110185723 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLED BOOST - A vehicle brake system includes a brake pedal unit coupled to a vehicle brake pedal. The system includes 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 brake pedal unit. A hydraulic pressure source supplies fluid at a controlled boost pressure. A hydraulic control unit is adapted to be hydraulically connected to the brake pedal unit and the hydraulic pressure source. The hydraulic control unit includes 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 brake pedal unit is supplied to the first and second vehicle brakes. The input piston cooperates with a seal mounted in the brake pedal unit to provide for a progressive rate of friction therebetween as the input piston is advanced in the brake pedal unit by the brake pedal. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110203269 | Engine Vacuum System - A vacuum pump onboard a vehicle provides vacuum for a brake booster and to control the electronic vacuum regulation valve (EVRV) valve of a wastegate on a turbocharger. Commands to the EVRV are based on an operating condition of an engine and the vacuum level in the vacuum system. In one example, a vacuum sensor is provided to determine vacuum proximate the EVRV. In another example, the vacuum proximate the EVRV is modeled based on the vacuum at the brake booster, which may be determined by a vacuum sensor coupled to the brake booster. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110247324 | VACUUM-ASSISTED BRAKE-FORCE BOOSTER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTMENT THEREOF - A brake-force booster for a motor-vehicle braking system has a booster housing, with a force-input member which is capable of being coupled to a brake pedal and which can be inserted into the booster housing against the action of a return spring, with a force-output member which is capable of being coupled to a brake cylinder, with a chamber arrangement with a working chamber and a vacuum chamber, which are separated by a movable wall, with a control-valve arrangement arranged between the force-input member and the force-output member, wherein the control-valve arrangement exhibits a first valve seat for optional connecting of the working chamber to external atmosphere, and a second valve seat for optional connecting of the working chamber to the vacuum chamber. A setting of the response force of the brake-force booster is effected by means of a stop sleeve on which the return spring is supported, whereby for the purpose of setting a bias of the return spring the stop sleeve is capable of being displaced relative to the force-input member and is capable of being fixed to the latter in a setting position. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120023926 | HYDRAULIC BOOSTER VENTED INPUT ROD WITH POPPET - A hydraulic brake booster system. The hydraulic brake booster system includes a primary piston axially moveable within a bore of a cylinder, a booster chamber located rearwardly of the primary piston within the bore, an input rod extending within the booster chamber, a booster vent path in selective fluid communication with the booster chamber, and a seal member located between the forward face and the primary piston, the seal member in a fixed relationship with the input rod and configured to (i) seal the booster vent path from the booster chamber when the input rod is in a first position, and (ii) not seal the booster vent path from the booster chamber when the input rod is moved rearwardly within the booster chamber to a second position. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120055150 | Master Cylinder and Brake Booster Assembly - A brake booster includes a housing, a retention cuff, and a spring. The housing defines a passage to an interior chamber. The retention cuff is positioned in the interior chamber about the passage. The spring engages the retention cuff in the interior chamber. The master cylinder arrangement includes a tube member and a brake fluid reservoir. The tube member includes a first end and a second end. The tube member extends through the passage and the retention cuff such that the first end of the tube member is exposed to the interior chamber of the brake booster. The brake fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the tube member. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120096849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE BRAKING - An engine with a positive pressure assisted brake booster is disclosed. In one example, an operator applying vehicle brakes is assisted by positive pressure provided by a compressor coupled to an engine of the vehicle. Operation of the vehicle brakes may be improved especially when engine vacuum is limited. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120124991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEVER STROKE ADJUSTMENT - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for lever stroke adjustment that includes, a master cylinder body having a master cylinder body wall at least partially bounding an inside of the master cylinder body, a piston bore situated substantially inside the master cylinder body, a rotatable cam assembly extending through the master cylinder body wall and into the piston bore, the cam assembly having a cam shaft with a lobe portion positioned in the piston bore and a cam lever positioned outside of the master cylinder body. The apparatus further including, a piston having a compression passage that includes a first sealing surface and a poppet valve having a first poppet end with a poppet actuating surface and a second poppet end with a second sealing surface, wherein rotation of the cam assembly varies the distance between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120137674 | BRAKE SYSTEM WITH MASTER CYLINDER, DISENGAGED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOOSTER - Braking system with master cylinder ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130000296 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE ASSIST VACUUM MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A hydraulic brake assist vacuum maintenance system includes a vacuum source, a vacuum booster/master cylinder interfacing with the vacuum source, a brake pedal interfacing with the vacuum booster/master cylinder, a brake control unit interfacing with the vacuum booster/master cylinder, wheel brakes interfacing with the brake control unit and a hydraulic brake assist interfacing with the brake control unit and adapted to hydraulically operate the wheel brakes upon reduction or cessation of vacuum pressure from the vacuum source to the vacuum booster/master cylinder. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20150052888 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - A hydraulic system ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 060547200 | By pressure responsive valve dividing flow between motor and an auxiliary load | 1 |
| 20110131973 | Brake Booster for an Automotive Brake System and Corresponding Automotive Brake System - The invention relates to a brake booster for an automotive brake system with regenerative brake force generation, comprising a force input element that may be or is coupled to a brake pedal, a chamber arrangement having a vacuum chamber and a working chamber that are separated from one another by a movable wall, a control valve, by means of which in accordance with a displacement of the force input element the working chamber is connectable selectively to the vacuum chamber and the atmosphere to generate and reduce a differential pressure at the movable wall, wherein the control valve has a control valve housing that is connected for joint movement to the movable wall In this case, it may be provided that in a first actuation phase of the brake booster from its rest position the force input element is displaceable relative to the control valve housing by an idle travel, in which the control valve remains non-actuated to suppress a build-up of a differential pressure at the movable wall. | 06-09-2011 |
| 060548000 | Flow in recirculating circuit controlled | 1 |
| 20120174575 | FLUID PRESSURE BOOSTER FOR BRAKING DEVICE - A fluid pressure booster for a braking device includes a control piston on which an input brake operation acts in an advancing direction, and a reaction force based on fluid pressure of a booster fluid pressure generation chamber acts in a retracting direction. A pressure increasing valve is provided between a valve chamber communicating with a fluid pressure generation source and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. A pressure reducing valve is provided between a release chamber communicating with a reservoir and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. At least one contraction portion is formed between an outer periphery of a front portion of the pressing rod and an inner periphery of a front portion of a valve seat member. | 07-12-2012 |
| 060552000 | Mechanical feedback to manual control controls power fluid to establish position of working member of master | 8 |
| 20100326072 | BOOSTER - An input rod and an input piston are advanced in response to an operation of a brake pedal, and an electric motor is driven according to the movement of the input piston to push a primary piston forward in a master cylinder through a ball-screw mechanism, thereby generating desired hydraulic pressures in a primary chamber and a secondary chamber and supplying the hydraulic pressure to the brake caliper of each wheel. At this time, a part of the hydraulic pressure in the primary chamber is received by the input piston to feed back to the brake pedal a part of the reaction force of hydraulic pressure during braking. A retainer of a spring assembly interposed between the primary and secondary pistons has a hollow structure to insert therein the forward end portion of the input piston, thereby allowing a reduction in the axial length of the primary piston. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20120023927 | Pedal Feel Simulator Actuator and Cutoff Assembly - A braking system includes an emulator cylinder, an emulator actuator piston within the emulator cylinder, an emulator actuator chamber within the emulator cylinder defined in part by the emulator actuator piston, a pedal feel simulator including an input port in fluid communication with the emulator actuator chamber and an output port, a selector piston movable within the emulator cylinder between a first position and a second position, and a poppet valve operably connected to the emulator actuator piston, the poppet valve movable by the emulator actuator piston between a deactivated position and an actuated position and configured such that (i) when the selector piston is in the first position and the poppet valve is in the actuated position, the poppet valve is closed and the emulator actuator chamber is not in fluid communication with the reservoir through the poppet valve, and (ii) when the selector piston is in the second position and the poppet valve is in the actuated position, the poppet valve is open and the emulator actuator chamber is in fluid communication with the reservoir through the poppet valve. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120192555 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC BRAKE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an electro-hydraulic brake and a control method thereof which provide hydraulic braking force to transfer a stable pedal feel and provide regenerative braking to improve fuel efficiency. The electro-hydraulic brake includes a master cylinder, a housing including a booster chamber and a base chamber, an oil reservoir, a hydraulic control unit connected to the oil reservoir, a simulation unit, and a pedal displacement sensor. The hydraulic control unit includes an accumulator, a pump to absorb oil from the oil reservoir and to discharge the oil to the accumulator, a motor to drive the pump, a normal cut valve, a simulation control valve, two control valves to control the pressure in the booster chamber, pressure sensors to sense the pressures in the base chamber, the accumulator and the booster chamber, and a controller to control the motor and the valves based on pressure information and pedal displacement information. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20220136212 | Mechanism for raising and lowering lifting arms of a work vehicle - A mechanism ( | 05-05-2022 |
| 060553000 | With distinct piston or diaphragm exposed to pulsator pressure imparting feel to manual control | 4 |
| 20120247100 | VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A vehicle brake system comprises a master brake cylinder having an input piston and master piston and connected to a wheel brake device, a reaction force generating device for generating a reaction force pressure corresponding to a displacement amount of the input piston, a change over valve provided in an open passage branched from a hydraulic conduit connecting the reaction force generating device to the reaction force chamber defined by the input piston and the change over valve connected to a reservoir, a brake force boosting device for applying an assisting pressure to a master piston, an assisting pressure limit judging portion for judging whether the assisting pressure has reached to an assisting limit pressure, and a change over controlling portion for changing over the change over valve to an open state when the assisting pressure limit judging portion judges that the assisting pressure has reached the assisting limit pressure. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140069093 | PEDAL SIMULATOR FOR ACTIVE BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a pedal simulator for an active brake system. The pedal simulator includes a simulator block provided therein with a bore, a first reaction unit including a first reaction piston slidably installed in the bore, a first damping member installed at the first reaction piston, and a first reaction spring compressed by the first reaction piston, and a second reaction unit including a second reaction piston provided in the bore to support the first reaction spring and slide in the bore, a damping housing connected to the simulator block to be spaced a certain distance apart from the second reaction piston, a second reaction spring installed between the second reaction piston and the damping housing to be compressed by the second reaction piston, and a second damping member installed in the damping housing to contact the second reaction piston. The second damping member is configured with an upper damper and a lower damper. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140230429 | PEDAL SIMULATOR FOR ACTIVE BRAKE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a pedal simulator for an active brake system. The pedal simulator includes a simulator block provided therein with a bore, a first reaction unit including a first reaction piston slidably installed in the bore, a first damping member installed at the first reaction piston, and a first reaction spring compressed by the first reaction piston, and a second reaction unit including a second reaction piston provided in the bore to support the first reaction spring and slide in the bore, a damping housing connected to the simulator block to be spaced a certain distance apart from the second reaction piston, a second reaction spring installed between the second reaction piston and the damping housing to be compressed by the second reaction piston, and a second damping member installed in the damping housing to contact the second reaction piston. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150059335 | STROKE SIMULATOR - Provided is a stroke simulator in which the piston operates smoothly without being inhibited from displacement thereof by the negative pressure generated in the closed space, even if the piston is configured to be displaced so as to close the space in which the elastic member is housed, and to elastically deform the elastic member. A stroke simulator, in which a simulator piston presses a first return spring, which is housed in a bottomed cylindrical portion, from an opening portion side of the cylindrical portion, to cause the first return spring to be elastically deform, and to generate a brake reaction force. When the opening portion is closed by the simulator piston, a brake fluid filled in the cylinder portion is taken into the inside of the cylindrical portion via a flow path leading to the inside of the cylindrical portion from a second cylinder. | 03-05-2015 |
| 060555000 | Master movement of master produces a pressure that controls the power fluid | 3 |
| 20130111897 | PEDAL OSCILLATION SUPPRESSION - A vehicle brake system. The system includes a wheel brake, a brake pedal, a master cylinder, a first valve, a second valve, a pump, a pressure sensor, a pressure controlling device, and a controller. The master cylinder increases a pressure of a brake fluid in the brake system based on a user depressing the brake pedal. The pump pumps the brake fluid through the first valve to the wheel brake and to draw the brake fluid from the wheel brake through the second valve. The pressure sensor senses a pressure of the brake fluid in the brake system. The pressure controlling device reduces a pressure of the brake fluid at the master cylinder. The controller operates the first and second valves, the pump, and the pressure controlling device during a controlled braking event. | 05-09-2013 |
| 060556000 | Power fluid input controller operated by piston or diaphragm acted on one side by pressure of a manual master and on the other by pressure of a power driven master | 2 |
| 20100154408 | BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING A FORCE-CONTROL SIMULATOR - The invention relates to a brake control system for motor vehicles comprising a brake pedal ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20140360177 | VARIABLE PEDAL FEELING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - Disclosed is a variable pedal feeling adjustment device. A pedal simulator includes a simulator block formed with an oil hole connected to a master cylinder through a passage and a bore communicating with the oil hole, a damping housing slidably installed in the bore while being restricted in rotation, a first reaction unit provided in the bore and configured to provide reaction force by being pressurized by oil from the master cylinder, and a second reaction unit supported by the damping housing and configured to provide reaction force by being pressurized by the first reaction unit. An auxiliary simulator includes an auxiliary chamber connected to the passage through a connection passage, an auxiliary piston slidably provided in the auxiliary chamber, and an auxiliary spring to elastically support the auxiliary piston. A control valve is installed to the connection passage to control transfer of hydraulic pressure to the auxiliary chamber. | 12-11-2014 |
| 060560000 | Power fluid also fed into a separate expansible chamber directly driving output means | 1 |
| 20150075157 | HYDROPNEUMATIC DEVICE FOR PRESSURE TRANSMISSION AND RIVETING DEVICE - A device for riveting and a hydropneumatic device for pressure transmission, including a working piston and a transmitter piston in the form of a double-acting cylinder for transmitting pressure to the working piston, wherein a working stroke of the working piston in a working direction includes a first stroke and a subsequent second stroke, wherein the first stroke is controlled by means of pneumatic pressure acting on the working piston and the second stroke is controlled by means of pneumatic pressure acting on the transmitter piston, and wherein hydraulic fluid is displaced by the transmitter piston and the displaced hydraulic fluid effects the second stroke of the working piston. Regulation means having an actuating device are provided for regulating the pneumatic pressure on both sides of the double-acting cylinder of the transmitter piston such that the second stroke of the working piston is predefined by way of the regulation. | 03-19-2015 |
