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188 - Brakes

188000000 - WHEEL

188710100 - Axially movable brake element or housing therefor

188720100 - With means for actuating brake element

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Class / Patent application numberDescriptionNumber of patent applications / Date published
188720400 By fluid pressure piston 64
20130025982DISK BRAKE - A shim plate is provided at the rear side of a friction pad to abut annular contact parts of pistons. The shim plate is provided with first and second one-side cut portions and at a position corresponding to the annular contact part of a disk rotational entrance-side piston, for example, so that the area of contact between the shim plate and the annular contact part is larger at the disk rotational exit side than at the disk rotational entrance side. The first and second one-side cut portions and have four contact ends at which the peripheries of the cut portions and the annular contact part intersect each other. At least two of the four contact ends are provided on the disk rotational entrance side with respect to the diametrical center of the piston.01-31-2013
20130025983Disc Brake Having Reduced Residual Grinding Torque - The invention relates to a disc brake having at least one brake disc, at least one friction lining and at least one actuating apparatus, wherein the actuating apparatus comprises at least one actuating piston which is movably housed in a housing of the disc brake and a sealing element having a first sealing surface configured to produce a sealing contact to a contact surface of the housing, and a second sealing surface configured to produce a sealing contact to a contact surface of the actuating piston in order to seal the actuating piston to the housing, wherein at least one of the sealing surfaces comprises a friction surface configured so that it maintains the sealing contact to the contact surface in the case of a movement of the actuating piston relative to the housing and furthermore allows a frictionless movement of the actuating piston relative to the housing.01-31-2013
20130081911DISC BRAKE - A disc brake provided with a guide spring capable of preventing a vibration of a pad plate having a friction pad mounted thereon, and capable of separating the friction pad from a disc in a rapid manner after a braking operation is finished, the disc brake including a disc rotating together with a wheel of a vehicle, two pad plates disposed at both lateral sides of the disc, respectively, to perform a braking by pressing both lateral side surfaces of the disc and each having a friction pad, a caliper housing and a piston that are configured to press the pad plate, and a guide spring enabling the pad plates to operate as an integral body and absorb shock.04-04-2013
20130081910SEAL GROOVE WITH A PROJECTION - A caliper comprising: a piston bore and a seal groove located in the piston bore proximate to an open end of the piston bore, the seal groove comprising: a front wall; a rear wall; a bottom wall spanning between and connecting the front wall to the rear wall; a projection in a central region of the bottom wall suitable for allowing twisting of a seal during a brake retract and/or brake release; wherein the rear wall diverges away from the front wall as the rear wall extends away from the bottom wall and towards the bore surface.04-04-2013
20130112512Disc Brake of Hydraulic Self-Energizing Design with Parking Brake Device - A self-energizing disc brake includes a brake-internal hydraulic arrangement with a supply circuit and an expansion vessel; a brake application device with a brake application cylinder for applying a brake pad toward a brake disc; a force transmission unit supporting the brake pad at a wedge angle on the brake application device; a tangential-force absorbing cylinder for switching over the wedge angle; an electric-motor actuator acting on the brake application device via the hydraulic arrangement; a distributor cylinder arranged in series between the electric-motor actuator and the brake application device for pressure boosting; and a control unit. A parking brake device has an adjustable screw spindle for adjusting the brake pad, which spindle is coupleable to the electric-motor actuator for driving. The tangential-force absorbing cylinder is connectable hydraulically to the supply circuit and the expansion vessel.05-09-2013
20120181123Brake Pistons and Piston Noses - Provided are, among other things, pistons and piston noses. One representative embodiment involves a brake piston that includes a piston body and a top surface, in which the top surface is wider than the piston body and has a small portion that is slightly raised, relative to the rest of the top surface, so that when in use only the small raised portion makes contact with a backing plate of a brake pad.07-19-2012
20130068573FIXED CALIPER BRAKE AND BRAKE PAD FOR A FIXED CALIPER BRAKE - A fixed caliper brake for a motor vehicle, including a housing with two housing limbs and a housing bridge connecting the housing limbs in a flexurally rigid manner at a defined distance from one another, pistons, which are received in bores in the housing limbs and are guided displaceably along an axis A in relation to the brake disk, and brake pads which are provided in pairs, are guided in an axially displaceable manner in the housing and arranged in the circumferential direction while being supported against circumferential forces, each brake pad being actuable directly by at least one piston. The brake pads are supported in a form-fitting manner on the housing bridge at least on the run-in side. At least each arm on the run-in side is configured with a hook shape open on the radially outer side and serves at least partially for form-fitting abutment against the housing.03-21-2013
20100181151Hybrid piston bushing sleeve assembly - An apparatus for hybrid piston bushing sleeve assembly for an aircraft brake assembly includes a composite body; and a sacrificial sleeve coupled to said composite body, wherein the sacrificial sleeve is replaceable.07-22-2010
20100170755MODULAR BRAKE CALIPER - In various exemplary embodiments, the technology described herein provides a modular hydraulic brake caliper for use on automobile vehicles and motorcycles. A modular hydraulic disc brake caliper housing to house a piston block assembly includes one or more top bridge configured to stiffen and strengthen a disc brake caliper. The housing includes one or more caliper body configured to stiffen and strengthen a modular hydraulic brake caliper assembly, to securely receive the top bridge and to restrain a piston block assembly, and is configured with or without the use of an integral piston. The housing can include at least one side bridge configured to stiffen and strengthen the modular hydraulic brake caliper assembly. The housing can include at least one end bridge configured to secure one side bridge to another and to the top bridge. A modular hydraulic disc brake caliper assembly, a disc brake assembly, and associated methods are disclosed.07-08-2010
20110290597DISK BRAKE - Provided is a disk brake having a caliper. The caliper includes a cylinder part disposed at one side in a disk axial direction and having a bore for accommodating a piston, a pair of arm parts extending to both sides of the cylinder part in a disk rotational direction and having ends to which sliding pins are fixed, and a guide attachment part configured to couple the one arm part to the cylinder part and to which a cable guide member is fixed, which are integrally formed with each other. A thickness of the guide attachment part in a disk diameter direction and a thickness of the one arm part in the disk diameter direction at least partially overlap in the disk axial direction.12-01-2011
20110127122DISC BRAKE - Disclosed is a disc brake. The disc brake includes clip parts provided at inner portions of both side ends of a pair of pad plates and engaged with protrusions formed in the carrier and torsion pins fitted into the clip parts such that the clip parts are rotated between the pad plates upon a braking operation of the disc brake. Upon the braking operation, the pad plates push the carrier so that the clip parts are rotated about the torsion pins by the pad plates. Thus, strain energy of the carrier is absorbed through warpage deformation of the torsion pins, so that the carrier has sufficient strength even if an outer beam is removed.06-02-2011
20100038190BRAKE CALIPER AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD - A brake caliper for a disk brake system of a motor vehicle, has a caliper body which is cast from a light metal alloy or from light metal, with a skeleton structure arranged inside the caliper body. The material of the skeleton structure has a higher modulus of elasticity than the material of the caliper body. The skeleton structure is cast into the caliper body so that the caliper body encases the skeleton structure.02-18-2010
20080264737Self-Energizing Disc Brake with Brake Pad Stabilization - A self-energizing disc brake includes a brake caliper or frame, the application device for applying at least one brake at least one brake pad unit, and at least one electromotive drive as an actuator for actuating the application device. The application device also has two or more brake plungers, wherein the two brake plungers are connected to one another by a connecting plate. At least one or more ramp arrangements is/are formed in the region adjacent to the brake plungers between the brake pad unit and the connecting plate.10-30-2008
20090242338DISK BRAKE DEVICE - A vehicular disk brake device having a first air discharge mouth and a first hose connection mouth connected to a center cylinder project from an outer face of the caliper case in close proximity and so that the axes of the first hose connection mouth and the first air discharge mouth are parallel. In addition, a difference of elevation h10-01-2009
20080210499Vehicular Brake System - First hydraulic-pressure supply piping extended from an accumulator is connected to a first supply port (that is, to a second pressure chamber) of a cylinder, and to second hydraulic-pressure delivery piping of an ABS via third hydraulic-pressure supply piping having a third linear valve. When the braking hydraulic pressure Pf is reduced in the ABS, the degree and the period of time that the third linear valve is opened are set according to the amount of fluid discharged from the second hydraulic-pressure delivery piping to a reservoir tank through a pressure-reducing valve so that a certain amount of fluid is returned from the first hydraulic-pressure supply piping to the second hydraulic-pressure delivery piping via the third hydraulic-pressure supply piping.09-04-2008
20080296103Caliper brake - A hydraulic caliper brake includes a housing formed by two halves. A pair of bores are provided in each housing half, and a piston is positioned in each bore. An end cap closes off each bore and is sealed by an O-ring positioned around the periphery of each end cap. A ring retains each end cap within each bore. Each housing half has a pair of holes aligned with the holes of the other half. A pair of recessed areas are located on opposing ends of the housing, one of the recessed areas being positioned adjacent to one housing half and the other being positioned adjacent to the other housing half. A pair of stator plates each have a first ear with an outer shape having a flattened area positioned within one of said recessed areas in said housing, and a second ear with a continuously curved outer shape. Each ear has a hole therethrough aligned with the holes of the housing halves, and a pin is positioned in the aligned holes. An easily bleedable fluid network supplies fluid to the pistons.12-04-2008
20120103734DISK BRAKE - A disk brake includes a caliper body having a cylinder portion 05-03-2012
20110233009CALIPER BRAKE DEVICE - In a vehicle caliper brake device, a brake pad 09-29-2011
20100193300VEHICLE DISC BRAKE DEVICE - A disc brake device in which uneven wear on the brake pads is prevented. Each brake pad has a set pin hole at one end in which a set pin is fitted, and a torque-receiving component for receiving braking torque in the other end. The pistons for pressing the brake pads are composed of first and second pistons. A center of the first piston near the set pin is located further inside from the middle of the sliding range of the brake pads, and the distance from the set pin is extended.08-05-2010
20100320038OPPOSED-PISTON CALIPER BODY - An opposed-piston caliper body includes a pair of acting portions adapted to be disposed one on each side of a disc rotor. Each of the acting portions has at least one cylinder bore defined therein, and a piston slidably inserted in the at least one cylinder bore. A bridge interconnects the acting portions. The cylinder bores defined in the acting portions are disposed out of axial alignment with each other. One of the acting portions has through holes defined therein in confronting relation to the cylinder bores defined in the other of the acting portions.12-23-2010
20110240417DISK BRAKE - The bottom surface of a seal groove provided in a cylinder bore has a first slant portion and a second slant portion. A transition point between the first slant portion and the second slant portion is located closer to the opening of the cylinder bore than the center in the cylinder bore axial direction of the seal groove. A gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface of a piston seal member and the bottom surface of the seal groove, and the surface pressure applied to the bottom surface of the seal groove from the piston seal member is higher at the cylinder-bottom-side end of the piston seal member than at the cylinder-opening-side end thereof. Thus, it is possible to suppress the movement of the piston toward the cylinder bore bottom due to thermal expansion of the piston seal member.10-06-2011
20110240418VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - When an EPB performs a locking operation of operating a parking brake, a pressure-decreasing limit control is performed until a driving shaft contacts a piston. Accordingly, even when the time of decreasing the W/C pressure by a service brake is equal to the time of brining the driving shaft having moved by the motor driving of the EPB into contact with the piston are equal to each other, it is possible to prevent the piston, which has been urged to the driving shaft with the decreasing of the W/C pressure, from colliding with the driving shaft with a great impact, thereby preventing a large load from being applied to the driving shaft.10-06-2011
20100219027Disk brake and sliding member - There is provided a disk brake comprising: a piston that presses a brake pad to a disk rotor; and a caliper at which the piston is slidably provided through a piston seal, the caliper making the piston moved forward by hydraulic pressure, wherein the piston has that an anodized film layer formed by an anodized treatment is formed on a surface of a piston base body made of aluminum alloy, and a chromium plating layer is directly laminated on a surface of the anodized film layer.09-02-2010
20090218180BRAKE CALIPER - A brake caliper has a brake pad having a backplate with a friction material attached to one side and a loading face on an opposite side. The caliper further includes a piston that applies a force to the loading face. The brake pad is releasably attached to the piston, thereby eliminating a separate brake pad retaining structure in the caliper.09-03-2009
20110048872DISK BRAKE - Provided is a disk brake capable of improving fabrication efficiency. A transmission member (03-03-2011
20090127035ELECTRIC CART DISC BRAKING SYSTEM - An electric cart braking system is shown having a brake cable adapter between the pedal and a hydraulic disk braking system. The method of installing the brake cable adapter and associated components is provided. A kit of components to facilitate in installation of brake cable adapter and associated components is also provided.05-21-2009
20100307874DISK BRAKE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a disk brake and a method of making the disk brake capable of improving the efficiency of manufacturing a caliper. A bottom portion 12-09-2010
20110162918DISC BRAKE DEVICE - In a disc brake device, a piston is movably supported to a cylinder portion of a caliper, friction pads are operable to push a disc rotor as the piston moving frontward during pressurization, a seal mechanism arranged at the cylinder portion is operable to return the piston to an initial position during depressurization, and the seal mechanism is constituted with a movable element arranged between the cylinder portion and the piston (07-07-2011
20120273308HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSE STRUCTURE - A hydraulic brake hose structure is basically provided with a hydraulic brake hose and a first sealing material. The hydraulic brake hose has a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening. The first sealing material overlies the first opening of the first end to form a first seal that seals the first opening of the first end. The first sealing material ruptures at a prescribed hydraulic fluid pressure threshold.11-01-2012
20080217119Electric motor with static brake - An electric motor for driving a vehicle wheel includes a parking brake that is selectively applied to provide a park brake condition. The parking brake is a clutch style brake and includes a sliding brake disk that is mounted for rotation with a motor shaft. A brake piston is used to move the sliding brake disk into engagement with a motor housing to achieve a park applied position. The parking brake is held in a release position by a hydraulic system that exerts a fluid pressure force against the brake piston. A resilient mechanism cooperates with the brake piston to apply the parking brake once the fluid pressure force is diminished.09-11-2008
20110303496Air Disk Brake Caliper Pre-Stressing Method and Pre-Stressed Caliper Apparatus - A cast iron brake caliper with improved fatigue life, and a process and process equipment for pre-stressing a cast iron brake caliper to provide improved fatigue life, is provided. In the process, a load is applied to a cast iron caliper, where the load is high enough to locally yield and plastically deform the cast iron material, but not high enough to cause material failure, such as cracking. Upon load removal, residual compressive stresses in the cast iron caliper lower the mid-point of the stress range the plastically-deformed region of the caliper sees during in-service use, and thereby lowers the peak stress seen in this region, increasing fatigue life. The process permits a cast iron brake caliper to be designed to use less material and thus fit within constrained wheel rim envelopes, without the need to resort to high cost materials or other alternative design strategies.12-15-2011
20120305345Portable Antiskid Brake System - An electronic antiskid brake assembly with a portable power source that can retrofit onto a working manual brake system to provide antiskid capabilities without effecting the manual brake system's normal operation. The antiskid system can be applied anywhere on a brake linkage. When a force is applied to a brake pad, an electronic controller utilizes detects a skidding event, and then automatically powers on an actuator. The actuator moves a brake linkage to create a pulse mode on the brake linkage. The pulse mode modulates the force that is applied to the brake pad. A one way cylinder can be included with a manual hydraulic brake system to provide a mechanical means for generating pulse mode on the brake linkage. The power source can move with the brake linkage so that the actuator pulses the brake linkage a small amount, while the brake linkage applies full braking.12-06-2012
20090272606TRIPLE CHAMFER SEAL GROOVE - A brake caliper assembly that includes at least one piston bore having an exterior surface and a seal groove that includes a plurality of chamfered walls that are configured to substantially prevent piston to seal slippage at low pressures and allowing piston to seal slippage at high pressures.11-05-2009
20120152664DEVICE FOR DAMPING THE VIBRATIONS IN A PAD OF A DISC BRAKE06-21-2012
20120312643Disc Brake - A pneumatic disc brake has a brake caliper extending over a brake disc, wherein a brake cylinder, to which compressed air can be applied, and at least one further functional part are fastened on a flange of the brake caliper. The brake cylinder is provided with at least one indentation at least in the overlapping region with the at least one functional part.12-13-2012
20100314206BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND SIMILAR - A brake assembly (12-16-2010
20110120818DISC BRAKE - Disclosed is a disc brake to receive a disc and a brake pad. The disc brake includes an inner pad to produce friction with one side of a disc, an outer pad to produce friction with an opposite side of the disc, and a caliper housing including a cylinder part provided therein with a cylinder to receive a piston to press the inner pad and a finger part provided in front of the cylinder part to press the outer pad. The caliper housing includes a spacer to variably change an interval between the cylinder part and the finger part.05-26-2011
20110226566Disk Brake and Brake Pad Arrangement Therefor - The invention relates to a disk brake for a motor vehicle brake system having a frame-type housing, at least two brake pad arrangements, which are accommodated in the frame-type housing and between which a brake disk that is rotatable about an axis of rotation may be accommodated, and at least two guide bolts, which are mounted on the housing and on which at least one of the brake pad arrangements is guided with play in an axially displaceable manner. To avoid undesirable noises in this disk brake it is provided that on the brake pad arrangement guided on the guide bolts at least one spring means is mounted, which biases said brake pad arrangement relative to the guide bolts into a position corresponding to a tilting movement that results during braking of the brake disk from a braking torque acting on the brake pad arrangement.09-22-2011
20120298457DISC BRAKE APPARATUS - A back plate is biased radially inward of a disc rotor by a spring, engaged at two locations on a torque reception surface with a caliper support shaft, and engaged at one location on a torque reception surface with a caliper support shaft. Inner and outer shims are disposed toward a back plate and pistons, respectively, and a friction factor between the back plate and the inner shim and that between the pistons and the outer shim are higher than that between the inner and outer shims. The inner shim is movable with the back plate in radial and circumferential directions and is movable relative to the back plate in the axial direction, and the outer shim is movable with the back plate in radial and circumferential directions, is movable relative to the back plate in the axial direction, and is rotatable about the radially inner support shaft axis.11-29-2012
20120298456DISC BRAKE - A disc brake includes a brake disc, a sliding caliper, a single piston, and a brake pad carrier comprising a leading part and a trailing part. The brake pad carrier includes mounting features for securing the brake pad carrier to an associated structure of a vehicle. The mounting features define a mounting side and a non-mounting side of the brake. A mounting side brake pad comprises mounting side friction material and a non-mounting side brake pad comprising non-mounting side friction material. The center of pressure of the non-mounting side friction material is circumferentially aligned with the piston and the center of pressure of the mounting side friction material is offset in relation to the piston towards the leading part of the brake pad carrier.11-29-2012
20110308898BRAKE APPARATUS - A brake apparatus for restraining rotation of a wheel of a vehicle by application of a brake that is to be activated for causing a friction member held by a non-rotatable body, to be pressed against a brake rotor that is to be rotated together with the wheel, through a piston that is movable in an axial direction of the piston. The brake apparatus includes: (a) a power drive device; (b) a driven member that is to be moved, by the power drive device, relative to the piston in the axial direction; and (c) an engaging portion that is provided in one of the driven member and the piston, such that the piston is held in engagement with the driven member through the engaging portion. The engaging portion is disposed such that, during release of the application of the brake, the piston is movable rearwardly while being held in engagement with the driven member through the engaging portion.12-22-2011
188720500 Piston for each of plural elements 9
20090071767Disc brake caliper body and a disc brake caliper comprising such a body - A body for a disc brake caliper has a mounting side limb and a non-mounting side limb, each limb housing at least one hydraulic brake cylinder. The body has a peripheral stiffening band that extends about an outer lateral surface of at least one of the limbs. In a preferred embodiment, a peripheral stiffening band extends about an outer lateral surface of each of the limbs. The stiffening band or bands provide stiffness in the body under dynamic braking conditions with a minimum of material. A method of designing and manufacturing a body for a disc brake caliper involves analysing the stiffness of the body under dynamic rather than static braking conditions and producing a caliper body with a desired level of stiffness under dynamic conditions while reducing the amount of material used to a minimum.03-19-2009
20100096223OPPOSED-PISTON DISC BRAKE - An opposed-piston disc brake includes cylinder connection oil passages respectively connected to a cylinder of an inner caliper portion and a cylinder of an outer caliper portion, passage communication bores respectively formed at bridge portions to extend in an axial direction of a disc in a substantially straight manner. The cylinder connection oil passages are formed using a core at the time when a caliper body is cast. The cylinder connection oil passages extend in a radially outer direction of the disc. Ends of the cylinder connection oil passages in a longitudinal direction thereof are directly connected to the passage communication bores. In a state where the caliper body is mounted on a vehicle, a top portion of an inner wall surface of one of the passage communication bores is positioned higher than the ends of the cylinder connection oil passages.04-22-2010
20090236187Disk Brake - A disk brake having a brake caliper, which engages axially in a U shape around a rotatable brake disk is provided. The disk brake includes a caliper bridge, two caliper limbs and at least one actuating device. At least one brake lining is mounted in an axially movable fashion in the brake caliper. The caliper bridge has, in the peripheral direction, at least three substantially axially extending supports, wherein two of the supports are embodied as a main support and one support is embodied as a central support. These supports connect the two caliper limbs and in the process form two windows and axially project beyond the brake disk. The central support projects both beyond the brake disk and beyond the brake lining in the axial direction.09-24-2009
20090152056Disk Brake With Guard Screen - A disk brake for a vehicle having a bracket which is fixed with respect to the vehicle and on which brake linings and at least one brake caliper are mounted so as to be movable in an axial direction is disclosed. The bracket and the brake caliper engage around at least one brake disk, and the brake caliper includes a housing limb with at least one actuating device, a further housing limb with at least one housing finger, and a housing bridge. A spring arrangement which generates an elastic preload between the brake caliper and the bracket is provided in such a way that the preload is aligned substantially perpendicular to a movement direction of the brake caliper. The spring arrangement comprises a spring element and a protective panel.06-18-2009
20090095578BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR FINAL DRIVE - A braking system for a final drive for a wheel assembly of an independently powered wheeled vehicle. The system includes a service brake having a displaceable element actuatable to retard rotation of the individual wheel assembly. A park brake is positioned closely adjacent to the service brake and is actuatable independently of the service brake to displace the displaceable element to retard rotation of the wheel. Both the service brake and park brake are accessible without disturbing an electric motor with which they are associated.04-16-2009
20080264738Disc brake caliper - An opposed piston disc brake caliper has a caliper housing arranged for mounting brake shoes on each of opposite sides of a rotor. The rotor in use is disposed between the brake shoes with each brake shoe having a backing plate and a friction lining applied to the backing plate. The caliper housing has side walls extending generally in a plane parallel to a plane of the rotor and on opposite sides of the plane of the rotor which accommodate a piston. The caliper housing has mounting members for engagement with each of the side edges of each backing plate between the radially inner edge and the radially outer edge of the friction lining. The engagement is such as to substantially limit movement of each brake shoe other than in a direction toward or away from the rotor with at least one of the mounting members being removable from the caliper housing to facilitate removal of the brake shoe from the caliper housing.10-30-2008
20080277212Service Disc Brake for a Heavy Vehicle - A service disc brake is provided for a heavy vehicle. The brake includes a brake disc, a first brake pad and a second brake pad arranged on opposite sides of the brake disc, a first displaceable piston and a second displaceable piston which are arranged to act on the first brake pad and the second brake pad, respectively, and an actuator for braking the brake disc. The disc brake includes a third displaceable piston, the second piston and the third piston being connected to each other via a closed space containing a hydraulic fluid. The braking actuator is arranged to act on the first piston and the third piston for displacement of the first piston towards the brake disc and for displacement of the third piston so as to displace the second piston towards the brake disc by the hydraulic fluid in the closed space.11-13-2008
20090200121HYDRAULIC DISC BRAKE CALIPER WITH ONE WAY PLUMBING - A hydraulic disc brake caliper housing that includes first and second side portions and first and second end portions that cooperate to define a fluid path defined therein that extends between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid path extends from the fluid inlet, through the second side portion, through the first end portion, through the first side portion and to the fluid outlet.08-13-2009
20100051394Bicycle brake system for preventing a front wheel from being braked alone - In on embodiment, a brake system of bicycle including left and right brake levers, front and rear wheels, a front disc brake, and a rear disc brake having a first unit and an independent second unit, the brake system includes a hydraulic line interconnected the right brake lever and the first unit; and a Y-shaped hydraulic line having a first branch connected to the left brake lever, a second branch connected to the front disc brake, and a third branch connected to the second unit. Pressing the right brake lever will actuate the first unit via the hydraulic line to brake the rear wheel, and pressing the left brake lever will actuate the front disc brake via the first and second branches to brake the front wheel and actuate the second unit via the first and third branches to brake the rear wheel respectively.03-04-2010
188720600 And/or mechanical linkage 14
20090133975Vehicle Brake, In Particular Caliper Brake - The invention relates to a vehicle brake, in particular a caliper brake, having a housing, a brake piston accommodated in and linearly displaceable relative to the housing for displacing a brake lining, and a mechanical actuator arrangement for displacing the brake piston, wherein the brake piston is displaceable in the housing by charging a hydraulic chamber by means of a hydraulic brake circuit and wherein the mechanical actuator arrangement comprises a threaded spindle, which is mounted rotatably in the housing and may be set in rotation, wherein the brake piston as a result of a rotational movement of the threaded spindle is linearly displaceable relative to the housing. In this vehicle brake, it is provided that the threaded spindle is provided with a multiple-start self-locking thread having n flights, wherein the number n and the thread lead are selected in such a way that the thread is close to the self-locking limit.05-28-2009
20110278109ELECTRIC DISC BRAKE - Disclosed is an electric disc brake including a reduction unit having a transmission function. The electric disc brake includes a piston in the caliper housing such that the piston is movable back and forth to press one frictional pad, a spindle unit including a nut spindle member allowing the piston to move back and forth and a spindle member screwed with the nut spindle member, and a reduction unit coaxially coupled with the spindle unit, and a motor rotating the reduction unit forward and backward. The reduction unit includes a sun gear coupled with a shaft of the motor, a planet gear, a carrier coupled with the planet gear to rotate the spindle member, and first and second internal gears engaged with the planet gear to amplify a rotational force of the motor or transfer the rotational force of the motor to the spindle member without a reduction gear ratio.11-17-2011
20090283371Combined Vehicle Brake With Electromechanically Operable Parking Brake and Gear For Converting A Rotary Movement Into A Translational Movement - A combined vehicle brake including a hydraulically actuated service brake and an electromechanically actuated parking brake device, a hydraulic operating pressure chamber in a brake housing being defined by a brake piston, which for performing service braking actions can be acted upon by hydraulic pressure fluid, so that the brake piston can be actuated along a piston longitudinal axis in order to produce a braking action, and the parking brake device acting on the brake piston by way of a transmission that translates the rotary motion of an electromechanical actuator into a translational motion and actuates the brake piston to perform parking brake actions and to keep it in the actuated position. Also disclosed is a transmission for translating a rotary motion into a translational motion by way of a screw spindle and a spindle nut, which are in contact with one another by way of multiple rolling elements.11-19-2009
20090272607Disc Brake for a Commercial Vehicle - A disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper, which is provided with a brake disc and fixed to a brake carrier by two fastening elements such that it can be axially displaced in relation to the brake disc. The fastening elements each include a guide spar, which is connected to the brake carrier in a fixed manner. For the axial displacement of the brake caliper, one of the guide spars is guided in a plain bearing designed as a movable bearing and the other in a plain bearing designed as fixed bearing such that the guide spar of the fixed bearing includes an elastically deformable section in the radial direction on the outer circumference. The associated bearing rests against the deformable section at least in some sections.11-05-2009
20080257661Automatic Parking Brake - The invention relates to an automatic parking brake acting on a disk brake and in which the piston of the brake comprises a cavity in which there is a spring (10-23-2008
20110048873STRUCTURE OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE LEVER ASSEMBLY - A hydraulic brake lever assembly includes a hollow lever mount accommodating therein a hydraulic pump. Two window openings are respectively formed in opposite sides of a middle section of the lever mount and in communication with an interior space of the lever mount. The hydraulic pump includes an outer cylinder member and an inner bore member arranged inside the outer cylinder member to define a hydraulic fluid chamber therebetween. An in-flow passage is defined in a wall of the inner bore member to communicate a bore defined in the inner bore member. A spring-biased piston is movably received in the bore of the inner bore member. The piston is driven by a driving bar coupled to a handgrip. The outer cylinder member forms in a wall thereof a hole receiving and in threading engagement with a transparent plug that is exposed through each of the window openings.03-03-2011
20110155520DISK BRAKE - Provided is a disk brake in which a rotation control part for controlling relative rotation of a cartridge and a cylinder of a parking brake mechanism is formed at the cartridge and includes convex parts having curved surfaces and concave parts formed at the cylinder and having curved surfaces, and a spacer formed of stainless steel, resiliently fitted into an inner circumference of the cylinder and including arc part having the same shape as the concave parts is disposed between the convex parts and the concave parts.06-30-2011
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20120043169PARKING BRAKE DEVICE OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE HAVING HIGH EFFICIENCY - A brake device of a railway vehicle, having at least one operating brake cylinder having at least one operating brake piston actuated by a pressurizing medium, the piston actuating an operating brake piston rod coaxial to the brake cylinder axis, and having a parking brake device having a pivotally supported actuating lever, the rotary motion thereof being transmitted to a shaft rotationally supported by at least one shaft bearing on a housing, wherein the rotary motion of the shaft induced by the actuating lever can be converted to a linear motion parallel to the brake cylinder axis of at least one support roller rotationally supported by a support roller bearing on a rotary axis disposed parallel to the shaft, in that at least one cam having an operating cam face and rotationally fixed to the shaft is provided, the cam interacting with a radially outer support roller surface of the support roller during a tightening or releasing stroke of the parking brake device, wherein the linear motion of the support roller is transferred to the operating brake piston rod.02-23-2012
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20120085599Disk Brake - There is provided a disk brake that can hold a required thrust force and maintain a stop state of a vehicle without increasing complexity in the disk brake even if the disk brake is operated in a high temperature state of a brake pad and then a temperature of the brake pad is reduced. In the disk brake 04-12-2012
20120085598Caliper brake - A caliper brake including a pair of opposed service stators and a hydraulic service piston positioned adjacent to each service stator. The caliper brake also includes a pair of opposed parking stators and a spring applied hydraulic release parking piston positioned adjacent to each parking stator. The service stators and the parking stators are independently movable to apply a braking force to a rotor positioned therebetween. The service stators and parking stators may be positioned on first, second and third torque pins, and may share one of the torque pins.04-12-2012

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