Patents Examined by James Kuang-Yuen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7367433
    Abstract: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle, operated pneumatically or by electric motor, comprising a brake caliper, an application device and at least one adjuster device arranged with the brake caliper, is characterized in that both adjuster elements of the at least one adjuster device are fixed in a non-rotating manner to a common connector plate in the region thereof facing the brake lining and/or a single- or multi-piece thermal insulation layer is at least partly applied to the connector plate or parts connected thereto on the side thereof facing the relevant braking lining to form a region like a pressure piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Bieker, Johann Baumgartner, Robert Trimpe
  • Patent number: 7354118
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Herbst
  • Patent number: 7350777
    Abstract: An engine mount has: a mount body including an upper and lower fitting of plate shape, and a pair of rubber mount elements of block shape; and an inner tube fitting situated within a through-hole in the upper fitting, formed at a location between the pair of rubber mount elements, and a vibration damping bushing integrally vulcanization bonded with the inner tube fitting and the upper fitting, and connecting the inner and upper fittings in the diametrical direction. The pair of rubber mount elements and the bushing rubber are integrally vulcanization molded. A stopper fitting is affixed within the inner tube fitting, with a vehicle front-back direction fitting stopper portion and/or a left-right direction fitting stopper portion being disposed on the stopper fitting, and a corresponding rubber stopper portion is disposed on the upper fitting side, with the fitting stopper portion and the rubber stopper portion being placed abutting one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Ogawa, Akio Saiki, Yoshihiro Kawabata