Abstract: The floating brake rotor assembly with non-load bearing pins includes a brake rotor and hub that are coplanar and are interconnected by pin and spring assemblies such that the pins do not bear rotational torque being transferred between the brake rotor and hub. The rotor has tooth-like protruding members along its inner edge that mate with recesses along the outer edge of the hub. When aligned, each protruding member and corresponding recess forms an aperture through which a pin is positioned, and allows for transfer of rotational torque without applying load force to the pin.

Abstract: The invention concerns a damping device for damping the kinetic energy of movable cabinet components, which has a first damping element with a first cylinder that has a first piston, which slides lengthwise in it, and at least one more (second) damping element with a second cylinder that has a second piston, which slides lengthwise in it. Both damping elements are located one behind the other in a serial arrangement and form an integral system. The invention is characterized by the fact that each of the two damping elements are each designed as pneumatic (air) dampers, and a compression chamber and an expansion chamber respectively contain variable volumes; whereby, the damping effects of the damping elements are affected by the guide canals, which control the air distribution and air flow within and between the compression chambers and/or expansion chambers.

Abstract: A mass damping system for use in all temperature ranges, including extreme temperature environments, is provided. The system comprises a housing having bottom, side and end walls, and an inner peripheral surface that defines an interior, a mounting mechanism located on the housing, configured to mount the housing to the mass, and macro-particles disposed within the housing interior able to flow within the housing and simulate a liquid.

Abstract: A vehicle equipped with an anti-lock brake system (ABS) and with anti-slip regulation (ASR) and having the capability of automatically controlling the distance from a vehicle driving in front whereby various vehicle deceleration devices are actuated automatically if the distance becomes shorter than a preset minimum safe distance. For deceleration of the vehicle if the distance from a vehicle driving in front becomes shorter than the preset minimum safe distance, the ASR function used for braking the drive axles of the vehicle is actuated.

Abstract: An antivibration link for isolating two parts, the link comprising a rigid body extending in a longitudinal direction between a first end provided with a sleeve and a second end, a first antivibration joint arranged in the sleeve and presenting a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body, and a second antivibration joint arranged on the second end and presenting a central axis perpendicular both to the central axis of the first joint and to the longitudinal direction. The second end of the body has two branches extending from an intermediate base portion of the body away from the sleeve along the longitudinal direction and interconnected by a bridge extending along the central axis of the second joint, the second joint being arranged around the bridge.

Abstract: Controlled oscillating damper, comprising: a housing (12) provided with a cavity (14), an oscillating element (18) moving sealingly within the cavity (14), in which the housing (12) and the oscillating element (18) have respective walls defining at least one chamber (44) filled with magneto-rheological or electro-rheological damping fluid, and at least one electrically controlled excitation device (46) equipped with at least one fluid passage (52) which a fluid flow gets through during the motion of the oscillating element (18). The excitation device (46) is stationary with respect to the housing (12) and is arranged so as to divide the damping chamber (44) into two sections of variable volume (44a, 44b) communicating one with the other through the passage (52).

Abstract: An actuating device for a brake unit of a vehicle EBS includes a tappet positioned in a housing of the brake unit for actuating a piston to operate a brake valve. A displacement sensor slide measures axial movement of the tappet. So that moving parts of the actuating device are guided with minimal friction and that torque acting on the tappet is compensated for, the tappet includes a base plate disposed non-rotatably in a receiver of a guide ring having spaced-apart oblong holes, a spacer ring disposed in the guide ring having angled edges which extend into the oblong holes, and a window on the guide ring protruding radially outwardly into a slit on the housing to receive the displacement sensor slide.

Abstract: A clockspring with a housing that includes a stationary member having a first wall and a hub member rotatably coupled to the stationary member having a second wall. A flat cable is wound between the first and second walls. The flat cable has opposite first and second ends with the first end being coupled to the stationary member at a first connection area and the second end being coupled to the hub member at a second connection area. A flexible strain relief member is integrally formed as one-piece with one of the first and second walls proximate one of the respective first and second connection areas with one of the first and second ends of the flat cable being disposed between the flexible strain relief member and the one of the first and second walls.

Abstract: A powerful high frequency shock absorber/accelerator uses compressed air but maintains a substantially uniform level of force throughout retraction and extension strokes. A piston moving in an inner chamber compresses gas in the chamber. Initially, an aperture allows compressed gas to be pushed to an outer storage chamber surrounding the inner chamber. As the piston moves further, sealing structure seals gas coming through the aperture thereby isolating the compressed air in the outer chamber from the inner chamber. At the end of the retraction stroke the small amount of remaining air is vented to outside and the piston faces a small counterforce-generating member. When the extension stroke is initiated the counterforce-generating member moves the piston a small distance until the seal is broken. The force of the compressed air rushing back into the inner chamber drives the extension stroke. Additional embodiments include replacing outer chamber with external source of gas.

Abstract: A brake disk assembly for a bicycle has a body, two brake pads and an adjusting device. The body has a slot, and the brake pads are operationally mounted inside the body. The adjusting device is mounted on the body and has two wings, two adjusting plates, a connecting arm, two bolts and a concave-convex configuration. The wings extend from the body. The adjusting plates are attached respectively to the wings. The connecting arm is mounted between the adjusting plates and has two threaded holes defined respectively in two ends of the connecting arm. The bolts extend respectively through the wings and the adjusting plates and are screwed respectively into the threaded holes in the connecting arm. The concave-convex configuration is mounted between the wings, the adjusting plates and the ends of the connecting arm to make the body adjustably connectable with the connecting arm.

Abstract: The load or the working platform is suspended and displaced by at least a pair of cables whereof the stresses are equivalent. Advantageously, each pair of cables is controlled by an emergency braking device comprising means for detecting the slack strand on one of the cables of the pair and controlling a braking on the other cable of the pair. So as to avoid an impact during the emergency braking, the working platform is also equipped with a shock absorbing device.

Abstract: An extension spring strut comprises a pre-loaded extension spring with a damper disposed therein. An operating element is disposed inside the extension spring, having an actuating tappet that is joined to an end of the extension spring. The actuating tappet is displaceable over a total range of travel that includes a damping range of the piston rod of the damper and a no-load range of the actuating tappet.

Abstract: A shock absorbing structure for a vehicle, including resin bodies spaced apart from each other, and at least one connecting body each connecting adjacent resin bodies. Each connecting body includes first and second connecting members which are made of a synthetic resin material having flexibility. Each of the connecting members connects the adjacent resin bodies such that each first connecting member and each second connecting member corresponding to each first connecting member are spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting a direction in which the resin bodies are spaced apart from each other. At least one of the first connecting members and at least one of the second connecting members includes at least one curved/bent portion which is flexible in a plane perpendicular to a shock-receiving direction in which a shock is to be primarily applied to the resin bodies.

Abstract: A configurable wheel lock comprising a rigid chock and an adjustable fork pivoted to the chock that engages a wheel seated within a cradle. The fork projecting from the control portion mounts a pair of separate arms pivoted to opposite ends of an axle that is slidably captivated within guide slots in the chock sides. Projecting arm stubs are inserted within the wheel to be captivated for locking. The fork arms rotate in a first plane that is coplanar with both arms and the axle, and they may be rotated about the axle. These combined rotational features enhance the positional abilities of the arms, and the dexterity of the wheel lock. Rigid locking-links pivoted to at least one of the arms are extended to the opposite arm to lock it in a selected locking position about the wheel.

Abstract: A spring-pressure brake includes a brake housing which has an outside body, and into which are integrated a disk-brake arrangement, an axially movable brake-piston arrangement and a pressure-spring system acting onto the brake-piston arrangement. The outside body is designed as a one-piece hollow body that extends over the entire axial length of the spring-pressure brake and is used for hydraulic disk spring-pressure brakes.

Abstract: A shock absorbing and magnetic levitating cushion used as a supporting pedestal for an audio-video equipment, the cushion including a housing, two mutually excluded annular magnets, a magnetic conductive member and a cover. The housing has two annular magnets mutually excluded and opposite to each other, and has a magnetic conductive member filled with material of high specific weight. The housing is covered with a cover. According to the principle of mutual exclusion between two poles of two magnets of identical polarity, the two annular magnets undergo a magnetic-levitating phenomenon and are provided therebetween with a space for movement, and the magnetic levitating cushion gets an effect of shock isolation and shock absorbing.

Abstract: An electric parking brake mechanism characterized in an electric parking brake for pressing a friction member to a braked member via a force transmission converting mechanism for converting a rotational movement of an electric motor to a linear movement, including an input shaft connected to a side of the electric motor, an output shaft connected to a side of a brake mechanism for pressing the friction member to the brake member and a cam mechanism interposed between the input shaft and the output shaft, the cam mechanism is provided with a plurality of cam members and each having a cam face having a radius gradually increasing relative to a rotational center and in driving only a side of the output shaft, rotation of the output shaft is hampered by operating all of the plurality of cam members to constitute sides of large diameters.

Abstract: An electromechanical wheel brake device has a helical gear for converting the rotating motion of an electric motor into a translating motion of a brake piston in order to press a brake pad against a brake disc in an advancing stroke or in order to release the brake pad in a restoring stroke. In addition, a clutch is provided, which operatively disengages a part of the helical gear from the electric motor should a permissible restoring stroke be exceeded. This prevents a mechanical failure or damage to the wheel brake device in the event of such a malfunction. The electromechanical wheel brake device can be used in motor vehicles such as cars.

Abstract: A floating disk brake having a caliper designed so as to be movable more freely in the radial direction of the rotor following any run-out or thermal expansion of the rotor and movable less freely in the tangential direction of the rotor to reduce uneven wear of the pads, thereby prolonging the life of the pads and reducing the possibility of fading at minimum cost. The caliper is supported on a mount through slide guides so as to be slidable in the direction of the axis of the rotor of the brake. The slide guides each include a slide pin fixed to the caliper, and a pin hole formed in the mount to receive the slide pin. A first clearance is defined between the mount and the caliper in a direction tangential to the rotor, and a second clearance is defined between the slide pin and the pin hole of each slide guide such that the first clearance is smaller than the second clearance.

Abstract: An air spring (1) has a cylindrical flexible sleeve (2) secured at each end to form a fluid chamber (14). One end (6) of the sleeve (2) is secured to a retainer (8). The retainer (8) has a ribbed reinforcement structure (16) which allows the air spring (1) to be directly mounted to a moveable part of a vehicle or other machinery. The retainer (8) has an extending mounting structure (13) on one side of the reinforcement structure (16) and a bead-seating surface (12) adjacent to the reinforcement structure (16).