| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 188166000 | Spring | 42 |
| 20090038895 | Multi-disc brake hub assembly with disc slide pins - A brake hub assembly including a hub defining a central axis, a plurality of guide pins, each of the plurality of guide pins extending from the hub and being generally aligned with the central axis, and a disc having at least two friction surfaces, the disc defining a plurality of guide pin receiving bores, wherein each of the plurality of guide pin receiving bores are positioned to receive an associated one of the plurality of guide pins therethrough such that the disc is moveable relative to the hub along the central axis. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090321196 | Asymmetric Tension Adjustment Mechanism and Head Piece Including Same - An asymmetric adjustment mechanism, a head piece (e.g., stethoscope head piece or audio headset) including such an adjustment mechanism coupled to an ear tip subassembly, and a stethoscope including such a head piece. In typical embodiments, the adjustment mechanism can be closed (e.g., to reduce separation between ear tips) by exertion of closing force on the ear tip subassembly, or opened by exertion of opening force on the ear tip subassembly. In some embodiments, it automatically locks (e.g., with a desired separation between ear tips) upon cessation of user-exerted adjustment force in a locked state in which it exerts no more than an acceptably small (e.g. zero) bias force on the ear tip subassembly. The bias force has magnitude less than that of the opening force required to separate the ear tips to remove them from the user's ears. Preferably, the adjustment mechanism closes in response to relatively low closing force on the ear tip subassembly but requires that the user exert greater opening force to open it. Some embodiments of the adjustment mechanism are configured for use (e.g., as hinges) in or with apparatus other than head pieces, such as, for example, home appliance or motor vehicle doors, non slamming house doors, springless gates, or laptop screens. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100018813 | LEVER ASSEMBLY FEATURING BLIND CABLE ASSEMBLY - The present invention is predicated upon improved vehicle brake assemblies, parking brake assemblies, parking brake actuating mechanisms, or combinations thereof, having simplified attachment features and for assembling a brake cable within the parking assembly with substantially limited or no visual access therein. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100258391 | STEP-BY-STEP MECHANISM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SEAT ADJUSTMENT - The seat adjustment mechanism has a housing with an outer ring and an inner ring. The rings are arranged concentrically. Clamping bodies interact with double clamping ramps on the rings and are arranged in an annular space between the rings. Spring supports pivot in relation to each other, interact with a stop on the housing, are arranged concentrically with the rings, and engage in each case both in the annular space and in an inner space arranged radially within the inner ring. The spring supports are braced in relation to each other by a spring, which is arranged in the inner space to secure the clamping bodies in the center of the double clamping ramps. Stop surfaces of the spring supports are acted upon by a force in the direction in which they are minimally spaced apart. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110073421 | No-Back Arrangement - A no-back arrangement is disclosed for use in applying a braking load to a rotary actuator member, the no-back arrangement comprising a no-back device operable to apply a braking load to the rotary actuator member when the rotary actuator member is subject to a tensile loading, and limit means operable to limit the magnitude of the applied braking load. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20120152665 | Brake device for an exercise bicycle - A brake device for an exercise bicycle has a main tube, a resilient assembly and a driving assembly mounted axially in the main tube, a end cap mounted on an open end of the main tube, and a button attached to the driving assembly. The resilient assembly has a first resilient element and a second resilient element having a second coefficient of elasticity less than a first coefficient of elasticity of the first resilient element. The driving assembly presses against the first resilient element and is able to obviously and quickly adjust a pressure of the resilient element. The second resilient element quickly pushes the resilient assembly back and a resistance force applied to a wheel of the exercise bicycle is released. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20150090542 | LOCKING DEVICE - The invention relates to a locking device to radially lock a rotatable cylindrical element, where the locking device ( | 04-02-2015 |
| 188167000 | Vehicle | 4 |
| 20080196984 | Parking brake device and vehicle brake system provided with such a parking brake device - The invention relates to a parking brake device comprising a spring element and an actuating element that acts upon the spring element, wherein by applying an actuating force to the actuating element the parking brake device is transferrable between a brake-inactive release position and a brake-active parking position. In the invention, it is provided that the spring element is biased in the release position and that the spring element upon transfer from the release position to the parking position yields only upon attainment of an actuating-force threshold value that is determined by the bias. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090308700 | Spring-Applied Parking Brake With Manual Release and Reapply - A spring-applied parking brake with manual release and reapply. A gear box fixed relative to the rear wall of a cylinder has a manual crank. A pushrod extending through the cylinder and gear box is connected to provide braking force. A threaded collet surrounding helical threads on the pushrod has flexible radially expandable tines. When the gear box is manually cranked, the pushrod is rotated and due to interaction of the threads on the inside of the collet and on the pushrod, the pushrod is moved axially releasing or reapplying the brake. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20120085602 | Braking Device of a Golf Bag Cart - A braking device of a golf bag cart includes a fixing member, a compression spring and a curved tube. The fixing member is connected with a connecting plate of a swing-arm of the golf bag cart, having a chamber formed in one side. The compression spring is installed in the chamber of the fixing member. The curved tube is formed nearly L-shaped, with a horizontal portion fitted in the chamber of the fixing member so as to enable the curved tube to rotate freely against the fixing member, and has a vertical portion used to let a braking wire extend out. With the curved tube to rotate freely, the braking wire can be protected from improperly bent or squeezed to get broken while folding or unfolding the golf bag cart. | 04-12-2012 |
| 188168000 | Draft release | 1 |
| 20140311837 | SAFETY BRAKE SYSTEM FOR TRAILERS - In a gaseous-fuelled stoichiometric compression ignition internal combustion engine, a pilot fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber to help initiate a multi-point ignition. The engine provides performance improvements approaching those of high pressure direct injection engines but with less complexity because the gaseous fuel is introduced into the intake air subsystem at relatively low pressure and as a result of the stoichiometric combustion, the low oxygen content in the combustion products exiting the combustion chamber allows the use of a three-way catalyst instead of other after treatment arrangements normally associated with conventional compression ignition engines that require the addition of a reductant. | 10-23-2014 |
| 188170000 | Fluid-pressure release | 20 |
| 20080202871 | Pneumatic Braking System for a Commercial Vehicle - The system comprises
| 08-28-2008 |
| 20100051396 | Compact Combined Brake Cylinder - A brake cylinder for pneumatically actuated vehicle brakes, especially for utility vehicles, including a spring-loaded brake section for carrying out parking braking processes by way of a cylinder spring, and an operating brake section for carrying out operating braking processes actuated by compressed air. The spring-loaded brake section and the operating brake section are combined to form a structural unit in a housing. The housing is divided into two chambers by a piston, one of the chambers is used as a pressure chamber for actuating the operating brake section. The cylinder spring of the spring-loaded brake section is arranged in the other chamber on the opposite side of the piston. The cylinder spring acts on another spring-loaded piston in the chamber, which can be blocked in relation to the first piston by a pneumatically actuated locking mechanism, and can be released from the first piston by the releasing action of the blocking mechanism. Following the release of the blocking mechanism, the cylinder spring acts between the two pistons and moves the two pistons in relation to each other during a parking brake process. The pneumatically actuatable blocking mechanism acts only in an expansion direction of the spring. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110259680 | PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A parking brake assembly for a railway car includes a ratchet mounted for rotation on a threaded piston rod of a brake actuator and a holding pawl engageable with the ratchet for maintaining a push rod of the parking brake assembly to apply braking force when the air pressure is lost in the brake pipe and releasing the push rod to accordingly release the braking force when the supply of air pressure in the brake pipe is restored. An operating lever and a cylinder connected thereto are provided for selectively rotating the holding pawl. Valve is provided for supplying air pressure to and evacuating it from the cylinder. Release mechanism is provided for manually releasing the braking force. The parking brake assembly is employed with either truck-mounted or carbody-mounted braking system. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110259681 | PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A parking brake assembly for a railway car includes a ratchet mounted for rotation on a threaded piston rod of a brake actuator and a holding pawl engageable with the ratchet for maintaining a push rod of the parking brake assembly to apply braking force when the air pressure is lost in the brake pipe and releasing the push rod to accordingly release the braking force when the supply of air pressure in the brake pipe is restored. An operating lever and a cylinder connected thereto are provided for selectively rotating the holding pawl. Valve is provided for supplying air pressure to and evacuating it from the cylinder. Release mechanism is provided for manually releasing the braking force. The parking brake assembly is employed with either truck-mounted or carbody-mounted braking system. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110303500 | Bistable Valve and Method for Actuating a Parking Brake System Having a Bistable Valve - A bistable valve for use in a parking brake system has a self-retaining device. The self-retaining device includes a movable sliding element, a stationary latch, and a deep latching element pivotable relative to the sliding element and the latch. A method is provided for actuating the parking brake system having the bistable valve including the self-retaining device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110303501 | Parking Brake System - A parking brake system for a vehicle includes an at least partially bistable valve unit to generate a control pressure for controlling at least one function of the parking brake system, and a relay valve which receives the control pressure from the valve unit and either pressurizes or bleeds at least one spring-loaded cylinder according to the control pressure. The valve unit is integrated into a first module integrated into a compressed air supply unit, and the relay valve is arranged in a second module which is arranged at a distance from the first module and the compressed air production system. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120138396 | Control Valve System - A pneumatic brake system that includes at least one pneumatic latching valve; a single device, such as a solenoid, for providing momentary pilot signals to pneumatic latching valve; a source of pressurized supply air in communication with the pneumatic latching valve; a spring brake or other pneumatic device in communication with the pneumatic latching valve; and, optionally, an indicator device for monitoring and displaying the state of the pneumatic latching valve. Upon receiving a first momentary pilot signal the pneumatic latching valve changes from closed to open and delivers pressurized air to the spring brake. Upon receiving a second momentary pilot signal, the pneumatic latching valve changes from open to closed and exhausts pressurized air from the spring brake to the external environment. The valve remains “latched” in its current state until the signaling device is energized and the next momentary pilot signal is received. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120205203 | ENHANCED BRAKING VALVE - The present invention relates to a hydraulic braking valve ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120255818 | STRUCTURE FOR SPRING BRAKE CHAMBER - A structure for a spring chamber is formed by connecting a chamber case and a return spring housing case and includes a piston member and a push rod. The piston member has a spring receiving section which holds a power spring inside the chamber case and a cylinder body section which is interlocked with the spring receiving section. A diaphragm is arranged inside a return spring housing case chamber in the return spring housing case, defines a pressure medium chamber, and is deformed by an advancing and retracting operation of the cylinder body section. The push rod member advance and retract with an operation of the diaphragm, and performs braking or releasing of a brake. The push rod member is formed with integral molding of a push plate and a axle body section with aluminum material. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120325602 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM FOR AIR BRAKE VEHICLES - A push/pull valve controller, including a switch and a fluid actuator, and system for use in combination with a push/pull valve to set and release a parking (or emergency) brake in a vehicle having an air brake system. The push/pull valve controller and system may further include additional safety features, such as a key lock. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130015024 | Electrically Actuatable Parking Brake System - An electrically actuatable parking brake system for a pneumatic braking system includes a control valve device that has a control piston. The parking brake system can assume at least two operating states, namely a parked state or a driving state. The operating states can be assumed in a selective manner dependent on a position of the control piston, and the parked state is provided when the control piston is forced into an end position by the force of a spring that lies in a spring chamber. Leaked air that exits a ventilating connection of the control valve device can be returned into the spring chamber. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130020156 | LOCKING APPARATUS FOR PARKING BRAKE - A locking apparatus for a parking brake includes a parking lever, a parking lever spring applying a restoring force to the parking lever, a cylinder of which an oil hole is formed thereto, a piston comprising a piston rod connected to the parking lever and a piston main body disposed within the cylinder, and the piston movable along length direction of the cylinder according to supplying or releasing of oil through the oil hole, a solenoid valve and a locking unit disposed within the cylinder for unlocking the piston when the solenoid valve is supplied electric power and for locking the piston when the solenoid valve is not supplied electric power. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130075206 | Parking Piston Direct Connection to APR Rod - In a brake actuator including a plurality of actuator housing portions, a diaphragm seal, partially delimiting a parking brake de-actuation chamber, is retained between adjacent actuator housing portions, and an elastic element disposed between the diaphragm seal and one of the housing portions opposes expansion of the parking brake de-actuation chamber. A push rod extends into and out of a service brake actuation chamber upon respective release of fluid pressure from the parking brake de-actuation chamber and supply of fluid pressure to the parking brake de-actuation chamber. In order to constrain a central portion of the diaphragm seal for movement together with both the push rod and a piston, a clamping arrangement is used to axially clamp the central diaphragm seal portion between an end of the push rod and a surface of the piston. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130092483 | Apparatus and Method for Preventing Parking Brake-Caused Vehicle Disabling - An apparatus and method for preventing parking brake-caused disabling of a vehicle is provided. In at least one of the vehicle's parking brake release actuators' supply lines there is provided a flow arrangement which allows parking brake release fluid to flow to and from the release actuator when its supply line is undamaged, and restricts flow from the release pressure source when the line between the flow arrangement and the actuator is damaged. The flow arrangement may be a pilot-operated, non-graduated control valve, a combination of a pressure protection valve and a check valve arranged in parallel, a velocity-sensing check valve, or any other device or combination of devices which provide the damaged line shutoff or metering functionality. Such an arrangement prevents automatic application of the parking brake by releasing pressure from all of the vehicle's parking brake actuators, thereby precluding automatic vehicle immobilization following damage at one wheel end. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130092484 | BRAKING DEVICE - A braking device includes a base, a braking component, and a driving component including a reset member. The braking component has a clamping block. The driving component includes a movable member, a chamber therein and a first butting portion. The movable member passes through the driving member. One end of the movable member has a piston accommodated in the chamber, and the other end of the movable member has a second butting portion. The reset member is disposed in the chamber. The piston butts the reset member under an external force, and the first butting portion and the second butting portion are kept away from each other, and when the external force vanishes, the reset member butts the piston, and the first butting portion and the second butting portion are kept close to each other so as to achieve a braking effect. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140054118 | Apparatus for Setting Park Brakes of a Heavy Vehicle During a Failure of a Service Brakes Holding Function of the Vehicle - An apparatus is provided for a vehicle having components of a parking brake system and components of a service brake system. The apparatus comprises a normally-energized solenoid operatively coupled to components of the parking brake system and for, when de-energized, exhausting air pressure in at least some components of the parking brake system to set park brakes. The apparatus further comprises an electronic controller arranged to (i) monitor a combination of one or more signals indicative of a service brakes holding function, (ii) monitor a combination of one or more signals indicative of a fault condition, and (iii) provide one or more signals to de-energize the normally-energized solenoid to exhaust air pressure in at least some components of the parking brake system and thereby to set park brakes when both signals indicative of a service brakes holding function and signals indicative of a fault condition of the vehicle are detected. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140144734 | Auto Brake Set - Air Brake Application - An apparatus and method for improving the application of air brakes in the event a driver fails to apply the brakes upon exiting the driver area. The vehicles brakes will be applied automatically in the event the driver forgets. This will be done by blocking the air flow and exhausting the air that is present in the lines. The air will not be restored to said vehicle until the driver is back in control of this vehicle and manually resets the brake valve. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140190776 | REVOLVING APPARATUS FOR WORK VEHICLE - A revolving apparatus for a work vehicle includes a drive unit, a brake unit under the drive unit, a deceleration unit under the brake unit, and an output unit under the deceleration unit. The brake unit has a brake main body that stops revolution, a housing, a piston and a spring. The housing has a first face with a first concave component. The piston has a second face opposite the first face with a second concave component. The piston is disposed between the brake main body and the housing, and is movable with respect to the housing in order to actuate the brake main body. The spring member has two ends held in the first and second concave components. The first and second concave components have cylindrical shapes. The inside diameter of the first concave component is greater than the inside diameter of the second concave component. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20160200305 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BRAKING AND VEHICLE USING SAME | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160377135 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-FUNCTION ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR AND BRAKE CONTROL - A drive assembly has a drive motor at least in part contained in a housing and having a rotor rotating an output shaft. A selector mechanism is movable into one of a plurality of orientations corresponding to one of a plurality of drive motor settings. A brake assembly is configured to couple to the rotor of the drive motor and is moveable between a braked position in which the brake assembly impedes rotation of the rotor and a released position in which the brake assembly allows rotation of the rotor. An actuator is arranged in the housing to engage the brake assembly at least when the brake assembly is in the braked position and to engage the selector mechanism at least when the brake assembly is in the released position. | 12-29-2016 |
| 188171000 | Electric release | 11 |
| 20080202872 | Handle of electromagnetic brake - An electromagnetic brake includes a housing, a pin, brake springs urged against the pin, a handle pivotably secured to the pin, a coil, a moveable armature plate, a moveable friction disc, a trigger switch on the housing and including a projecting contact and a pivotal trigger, steel balls in the half holes of the housing and the handle, and a rod fixedly projecting out of a slot of the handle. In a brake released position, the rod is at one end of the slot with the coil being energized. The handle is adapted to pivot to move the other end of the slot to engage with the rod, the handle contacts and pivots the trigger to enable the trigger switch so as to de-energize the coil, and the springs apply an expansion force to urge against the pin for causing the friction disc to apply brake to a shaft. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080314701 | AUTOMATIC SPRING-LOADED BRAKE FOR INDUSTRIAL TRUCK - An industrial truck with at least one driven wheel, which is adapted to being braked during traveling operation by means of a service brake and which is adapted to being immobilized by a parking brake, comprises a braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus, which is adapted to generating a braking force and to transmitting it to at least one wheel, preferably a driven wheel, the service brake being actuatable mechanically and/or pneumatically and/or hydraulically, wherein the parking brake is actuatable electromagnetically, and the industrial truck comprises a first armature disk, which is associated with the parking brake, has ferromagnetic material and is movable between an active position, in which it activates the braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus for generating and transmitting a braking force to the at least one wheel, and an inactive position, in which it does not activate the braking force generation and braking force transmission apparatus. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090166136 | RECTANGULAR, ELECTROMAGNETICALLY RELEASING DUAL-CIRCUIT SPRING-PRESSURE BRAKE - Disclosed is an electromagnetically released spring pressure brake that is to be mounted on a machine wall or similar. Said brake comprises a uniform rectangular coil support ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090218182 | SEGMENT BRAKE - The invention rotates to a mounting of one or more electromagnetically bleeding spring-loaded brakes (a, b) on a machine wall or the like. The invention is characterized in that the brakes are, while distributed over the periphery on the face, act upon an axially moving brake rotor ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110094837 | SAFE CONTROL OF A BRAKE USING LOW POWER CONTROL DEVICES - A control circuit selectively energizes a load, such as an elevator or escalator brake ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110198167 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SUPERVISING THE OPERATION OF A BRAKE - An arrangement and a method for supervising the operation of a brake includes a controllable electromechanical brake, including a magnetic circuit with at least two ferromagnetic parts fitted to move in relation to each other. A thrusting force is exerted between the ferromagnetic parts via a spring. The brake includes a magnetizing coil fitted into the magnetic circuit, for forming magnetic attraction between the parts of the brake. The arrangement includes a control of the brake, which includes at least one controllable switch, for adjusting the electricity supply of the magnetizing coil. The control of the brake comprises a supervision of the movement of the magnetic circuit of the brake. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120073916 | ELECTROMAGNETIC BRAKE STRUCTURE - An electromagnetic brake contains a coil seat including plural receiving holes disposed on a front end thereof to receive plural compression springs respectively and an electromagnetic coil mounted on the front end thereof; a movable friction piece fitted on the front end thereof; a brake member fixed in a front end of the friction piece and including a transmitting shaft fitted thereon; a fixed member secured on a front end of the brake member, wherein the electromagnetic coil includes a first silicon steel ring, a plurality of slots and a number of elongate grooves, and each slot includes an isolation holder fitted therein, and the isolation holder includes a recess formed on one side thereof to correspond to the groove of the first silicon steel ring, and between two abutting isolation holders is provided with a coil set formed by an enameled copper wire. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120175201 | MACHINERY BRAKE - A brake includes a frame part; an armature part supported by the frame part in a manner that allows movement; an electromagnet for opening the brake; and also a damping arrangement for damping the noise of the brake. The damping arrangement is made to be conductive to magnetic flux, and the damping arrangement is fitted on the pathway of the magnetic flux of the electromagnet of the brake. | 07-12-2012 |
| 188173000 | Vehicle | 3 |
| 20100012445 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC BRAKE ACTUATOR FOR VEHICLE BRAKE - An electro-hydraulic brake actuator for a vehicle can include an electric motor configured to operate at about 28 Vdc, and to operate at about 2 Amps or less to hold a vehicle brake in a disengaged position. A hydraulic master piston can be operatively coupled to the electric motor, the hydraulic master piston configured to slidingly move within a master cylinder fillable with a hydraulic fluid such that advancement of the master piston within the master cylinder varies the hydraulic pressure supplied to the vehicle brake. The electric motor and hydraulic master cylinder are configured to fit within a wheel hub corresponding to the vehicle brake, the motor configured to operate the hydraulic master piston to vary the hydraulic pressure applied to the brake. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100012446 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE BRAKE HAVING THE SAME - An electro-hydraulic brake system for a vehicle can include at least one hydraulic piston that exerts a force on a brake pad in a direction away from a brake disk and opposite to a force exerted, e.g., by a spring, on the brake pad in a direction toward the disk. A hydraulic pressure actuator can in one embodiment actuate the hydraulic piston to hold the brake in a disengaged position. A controller can in one embodiment actuate the hydraulic pressure actuator to advance the brake pad into engagement with the disk to exert a braking force based on a brake command signal, and can in one embodiment actuate the hydraulic pressure actuator to retract the brake pad from engagement with the disk upon receipt of a brake release signal. In one embodiment, the brake pad can move into engagement with the brake disk when an emergency (e.g., a loss of power or hydraulic pressure) occurs. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110000751 | ELECTROMAGNETIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND ELECTROMAGNETIC BRAKE FOR CONTROLLING MOTION - An electromagnetic brake system and brake for controlling motion between a first machine body ( | 01-06-2011 |
