Abstract: A brake device includes: a braking element which comes into contact with a disc rotating with a wheel and imparts a frictional force to brake the wheel; a pressing piston which presses the disc with the braking element; a pressing part which presses the pressing piston toward the braking element; a driving shaft which moves the pressing piston to a side to which the pressing piston retracts from the braking element; an electric motor which rotates the driving shaft about an axis thereof; a releasing mechanism which rotates the driving shaft to the side to which the pressing piston retracts from the braking element; a switching mechanism which switches between connection and separation of the releasing mechanism and the driving shaft; and a stopper mechanism which restricts rotation of the driving shaft to a side to which the pressing piston advances toward the braking element.

Abstract: Damper, in particular for washing machines with a spin cycle, with a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least partially encompassing a housing interior by housing walls, a plunger displaceable in the housing along the central longitudinal axis, guided out of the housing and having at least one friction lining recess, fastening elements, arranged on open ends of the housing and the plunger, and at least one friction lining, arranged in the at least one friction lining recess and in frictional contact with opposite housing walls.

Abstract: Elastomer components, which are to have an elastomer volume with a sufficiently large prestress, as is required, for example, for use in wind energy plants. The elastomer components are substantially based on the incorporation and integration of separating elements into the elastomer body of the component, the elements are disposed either individually or in structures. The body may be compressed by pressure supplied into the region, between the separating elements and the surrounding elastomer material, or directly into the separating elements, such that the elastomer components are prestressed in a dynamically adjustable manner.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic control brake system for vehicles which suppresses residual frictional force generated due to contact between pads and a disc. The electronic control brake system for vehicles includes a master cylinder, wheel brakes, each of which includes a caliper device including a disc and advancing and retracting a pair of pads pressing the disc to exhibit braking force by brake hydraulic pressure transmitted from the master cylinder, plural NO and NC type solenoid valves, low pressure accumulators, pumps and a motor pressurizing a fluid stored in the low pressure accumulators to discharge the fluid to the wheel brakes or the master cylinder, and a section between the plural solenoid valves and the low pressure accumulator is are formed as a closed circuit section, and the pump is driven to move a part of the fluid in the closed circuit section to the outlet of the pump.

Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber having a plurality of tubes (outer and inner tubes), which constitute a multiple-walled cylinder to be inserted inside a damper tube, held and secured between a rod guide and a support piece under a compressive load applied to all of the tubes. In the hydraulic shock absorber (10), a contact surface (P), where an end surface of the inner tube (13B), of the tubes (13A, 13B) of the cylinder (13), is in contact with a seating surface (201) of a rod guide (21) in the axial direction, is formed intermittently at a plurality of circumferential positions on the end surface of the inner tube 13B in the state where the tubes (13A, 13B) of the cylinder (13) are held and secured.

Abstract: A piston for an air spring of a heavy-duty vehicle includes a sidewall and a central hub. The sidewall and the central hub are attached to a first bottom plate of the piston. A top plate is removeably attached to a top portion of the sidewall and a top portion of the central hub. A bottom portion of said central hub includes a second bottom plate that is recessed relative to the first bottom plate for attachment to a piston mounting pedestal that is in turn mounted to a beam of a suspension assembly of the heavy-duty vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for adjusting a brake. The arrangement comprises: a frame part of the brake; a counterpart to be pressed against the frame part; an elastic damping member for damping the noise of the brake, which damping member is configured to form a damping force resisting contact between the countersurfaces of the frame part and of the counterpart, said damping force increasing when the distance between the countersurfaces decreases; and also an adjustment means, for adjusting the damping force formed by the damping member and resisting contact between the countersurfaces of the frame part and of the counterpart.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotational movement damper (1) comprising an outer sleeve (2) and an axle which fits in the outer sleeve (2) and mounted to rotate in the outer sleeve. The axle comprises at least two discoidal flanges (7, 8, 17, 18) with flat flange surfaces (9, 10) and the same diameter, fitting in annular channels (12, 13, 14, 15) in the outer sleeve (2) such that the flanges contact with the planar flange surfaces (9, 10) thereof against the equally planar area on the counter surfaces of the annular channels (12, 13, 14, 15) unaffected by temperature variations and, on counter-rotation of the outer sleeve (2) and axle (3) act as a slipper clutch.

Abstract: A damper assembly includes an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, a cap, a plunger, an annular piston, and a barrier. The inner cylinder is at least partially positioned within the outer cylinder. The cap is coupled to the inner cylinder, and the plunger is received within the inner cylinder. At least a portion of the annular piston and the barrier extend between the inner and outer cylinders. During operation of the damper assembly, the plunger moves relative to the inner cylinder and the annular piston moves relative to the outer cylinder.

Abstract: A braking band of a disc for a ventilated-type disc brake, uncommonly capable of a high cooling and high resistance to mechanical and thermal stresses, extends between an inner diameter and an outer diameter, said braking band comprises two plates mutually facing and defining an interspace, mutually linked by heat dissipation and connecting means or members; at least some of said connecting means are shaped as small columns projecting from a plate towards the opposite plate in the form of pillars, which are grouped in at least one circumferentially arranged row or rank; at least some of said pillars of said at least one rank have, in a plane substantially parallel to the air flow along the ventilation ducts, a substantially rhombus- or diamond-shaped section with four vertexes joined by four sides, wherein said sides defining said section are concave to form a star shape.

Abstract: The present invention's vibration/shock amelioration device, as typically embodied, has a geometric device axis and includes two axial endplates, an intermediate support structure, and at least six truncated-conical resilient (e.g., elastomeric) elements. The intermediate support structure is equidistant between the endplates and lies in a geometric bisector plane that is perpendicular to the device axis. Each resilient element has a geometric conical axis, a larger-diameter axial end, and a smaller-diameter axial end. The resilient elements are fixed between the support structure and an endplate and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the device axis whereby the conical axes intersect the device axis at oblique angles and the smaller-diameter axial ends are closer to the bisector plane than are the larger-diameter axial ends. The intermediate support structure can include a single rigid piece, or a composite unit having a pair of rigid members and a resilient (e.g.

Abstract: A braking apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a fluid pressure circuit that is provided between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder, and that includes both a first system flow channel connecting a reservoir and at least one of the plurality of wheel cylinders, and a second system flow channel connecting at least one of the plurality of wheel cylinders and the master cylinder, and that forms a flow channel for supplying operating fluid to each of the wheel cylinders; and a pump provided in the first system flow channel and driven by the motor to increase the fluid pressure of the operating fluid to be supplied from the reservoir to the wheel cylinders.

Abstract: A rotationally adjustable brake actuator includes a pressure housing with a circumferential rim, a non-pressure housing having a second circumferential rim, and a diaphragm disposed therebetween, where a retaining ring holds the respective housings against each other such that the first rim abuts the second rim, but where the respective housings are able to be rotated with respect to the other. Further, the retaining ring includes a radially-oriented hole and a stop pin that is inserted into the hole and engages the pressure housing to prevent further rotation.

Abstract: An air spring for a vehicle suspension includes a resilient spring body that is partially surrounded by a protective cover. The protective cover protects the resilient spring body from rupturing when used in harsh vehicle conditions. The protective cover is comprised of a rigid or flexible armor material that is resistive to munitions, such as projectiles and razor wire, for example.

Abstract: Brake band (14) of a disc for a ventilated disc brake, unusually capable of reducing braking whistling, extends between an inner diameter (D1), close to a rotation axis (X-X) of the brake band (14), and an outer diameter (D2), far from said rotation axis (X-X) of the disc, said brake band (14) comprising two plates (16, 18) facing one another and defining a gap (22), comprising two plates (16, 18) being joined together by heat dissipation and connection means or elements (20, 60), said connection means (20, 60) being shaped like small columns that project from one plate towards the opposite plate in the form of pins (20, 60) remaining inside said gap (22), said pins (20, 60) being grouped in at least two rows or tiers (26, 28, 30) arranged circumferentially. Some of the pins (60) arranged in said second tier (28 or 30) having a section shaped like a rhombus or diamond with four vertices joined by four sides in which said sides defining said section are substantially rectilinear in shape.

Abstract: A bellows arrangement on a guide bar of a disc brake, particularly of a commercial vehicle, has an end of the bellows comprising a sealing ring, particularly a quad ring, lying in a circumferential groove of the guide bar. The bellows is pressed into the groove by a retaining ring placed thereon, and is designed so that an air passage can form in the contact area of the sealing ring at the base of the groove, reducing the volume enclosed by the bellows and the guide bar. To this end, the contact shoulder formed on the retaining ring is circumferentially interrupted in segments.

Abstract: A variable semi-active damping assembly comprising a shock body defining a fluid-filled chamber; a piston tube having a first end slidably disposed within the shock body; an inner rod slidably disposed within the piston tube and the shock body, the inner rod having a first end connected to a lower piston mount and a second end extending outward from the piston tube and engaging an adjustment mechanism that is configured to move the inner rod with respect to the shock body; an upper piston mount slidably disposed within the shock body and connected to the piston tube; and a deformable member disposed between the lower piston mount and the upper piston mount, the deformable member being configured to transition between a compressed state and a non-compressed state in response to movement by the lower piston mount.

Abstract: Elastomer components (104), which are to have an elastomer volume with a sufficiently large prestress, as is required, for example, for use in wind energy plants. The elastomer components (104) are substantially based on the incorporation and integration of separating elements (105) into the elastomer body of the component, the elements are disposed either individually or in structures. The body may be compressed by pressure supplied into the region, between the separating elements and the surrounding elastomer material, or directly into the separating elements, such that elastomer components are prestressed in a dynamically adjustable manner.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a piston assembly disposed within a pressure tube. The piston assembly has a first and a second housing and a valve assembly located adjacent the first housing. The valve assembly has a valve disc which engages the first housing to close at least one of a first plurality of passages extending through the first and second housings and a biasing member for applying a load to the valve disc.

Abstract: A caliper brake including a generally U-shaped housing including a first portion, a second portion, a bridge, and an opening. Spaced mounting bolts extend between the first and second portions of the housing and across the opening. Mounting sleeves are carried by the mounting bolts and received within bushings in the first and second portions of the housing. A pair of stators is carried by the mounting sleeves and capable of movement to engage a rotor positioned therebetween. The housing also includes bridge extensions at each end of the bridge extending laterally outward beyond and downward below the mounting bolts.