Abstract: A restriction device includes a bridge including a connection portion and a locking portion respective formed on two ends thereof. The connection portion includes a protrusion on the outside of the bridge. The protrusion is to be connected to one of the connection parts on the hub. The locking portion includes a tubular part on the inside of the bridge. The tubular part is located beyond the outer periphery of the hub. A space is formed between the inside of the bridge and the tubular part so as to accommodate the hub on the disk body when the protrusion is connected to one of the connection parts on the hub. The tubular part contacts one of two ends of the brake caliper to restrict rotation of brake disk.

Abstract: A non-hydraulic pedal simulator may include: a housing part; a piston part inserted into the housing part, and moveable in connection with a pedal rod part; a mounting reaction part mounted on the piston part; a support reaction part inserted into the housing part, disposed on a moving path of the mounting reaction part, and configured to support the mounting reaction part; and a moving reaction part disposed between the piston part and the support reaction part, configured to elastically support the piston part, and supported by the support reaction part while being moved by the piston part.

Abstract: A brake apparatus for a vehicle includes a screw bar positioned inside a caliper body, and rotated by receiving power of a driving motor; a nut unit including a nut which surrounds the screw bar, and a nut holder which is threadedly coupled with the screw bar, is movable on the nut and is moved toward a pad member by rotation of the screw bar; and a piston unit surrounding the nut unit, and pressing the pad member, wherein the nut holder is brought into contact with the piston unit while being moved toward the pad member, and moves the nut such that the nut pushes the piston unit.

Abstract: A bidirectional damper comprises a mounting bracket, a tension spring, two damping cylinders and two engaging members; the mounting bracket comprises a first bracket plate, a second bracket plate and a connecting plate connected between the first bracket plate and the second bracket plate, the connecting plate comprises a main body section and extension sections at two ends of the main body section; the damping cylinder, the tension spring and the two engaging members are located between the first bracket plate and the second bracket plate, the damping cylinder and the tension spring are respectively arranged at two sides of the connecting plate, and the two extension sections are bent from the main body section towards the tension spring.

Abstract: A spring assembly is provided which decreases the fatigue and wear on the springs of the assembly. The spring assembly includes upper and lower pistons separated by a substantially incompressible fluid. The lower piston is attached to one or more springs. The surface area of the upper surface of the lower piston is greater than the surface area of the lower surface of the upper piston. As such, the springs are deflected by a distance less than the distance traveled by the upper piston. By decreasing the length the springs are compressed, the springs are subject to less fatigue and wear. As a result, the life span of the springs is increased and the maintenance required of the spring assembly is minimized relative to that of typical spring assemblies.

Abstract: A railway car brake lock has a brake linkage arm connector configured to connect to a brake linkage arm. A draw rod is connected to the brake linkage arm connector. The draw rod has a locking rack with a plurality of locking rack teeth. An outside shell holds the locking rack, while allowing the locking rack to slide between a locking rack engaged position and a locking rack disengaged position. The locking rack engaged position corresponds to a railway car brake engaged position and wherein the locking rack disengaged position corresponds to a railway car brake disengaged position. A locking actuator piston has locking actuator piston teeth that engage the locking rack teeth when the locking actuator piston slides from a locking actuator piston disengaged position to a locking actuator piston engaged position.

Abstract: A method for detecting a movement of a vehicle that has been shut down in a parked state, including: detecting a movement variable which describes a movement of the vehicle, integrating the movement variable, in a manner dependent on a movement direction of the vehicle, to obtain a movement travel, and, if the movement travel meets a predetermined condition, making a decision on the movement for detection.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rail vehicle braking system comprising a service brake having a movable piston (8) which with a body (2) of the system delimits a service brake chamber (13) supplied by a first source, a piston rod (21) disposed in that chamber and fastened to a second side (32) of the piston turned towards that chamber, and a parking brake (7) disposed in said body and comprising a blocking device (20) disposed in that chamber and movable to act on said rod, and a movable actuating device (23, 24) which is configured to be electrically actuated; said blocking and actuating devices being configured to immobilize/unblock said rod so as to block/unblock said piston in a position.

Abstract: An actuator device (2) for actuating at least one foot pedal (P) of a motor vehicle has at least one actuating element (8), whereby, for applying force to the foot pedal (P), said actuating element is shifted by means of a positioning mechanism (10) between an application position and a released position. It is provided that the positioning mechanism (10) is drivable with a positioning force (SF), by means of inertial means (such as an inertial mass).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric caliper brake. The electric caliper brake which includes a carrier provided with a pair of pad plates movably with respect to a disk, and a caliper housing slidably installed on the carrier and provided with a cylinder in which a piston is movably provided by braking oil pressure, includes a spindle member which is installed to penetrate a rear portion of the cylinder and rotates by receiving a rotational force from an actuator, and a power converting unit including a nut member which is screwed with the spindle member and is disposed in the piston, moves forward and backward in accordance with the rotation of the spindle member so as to press the piston; a filling member coupled to the nut member in the piston; and an anti-rotation surface provided on at least one plane on an outer circumferential surface of the filling member so that the filling member is coupled to the piston in a limited rotation state.

Abstract: Provided is a brake device that is able to achieve an improvement in versatility of the device, and which is able to reduce an uncomfortable feeling and annoyance caused by an operating noise of a parking brake. This brake device includes: left and right parking brake mechanisms configured to independently apply braking forces to left and right wheels of a vehicle, respectively, and hold the vehicle stationary; and a control device configured to control these parking brake mechanisms. The control device includes a parking brake actuation determiner configured to adjust respective timings at which the left and right parking brake mechanisms are actuated so as to reduce an uncomfortable feeling caused to an occupant of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator system, in particular an electromechanical parking brake system, comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator is driven by a direct current motor that can be driven in both directions of rotation, wherein a control unit for controlling the movement of the direct current motor in an open-loop or closed-loop manner is provided. The core of the invention is that one or more pieces of information are supplied to a control unit, said information allowing the application force exerted by the electromotive actuator to be determined and compared to a predetermined minimum application force, and wherein the control unit emits at least one piece of information, signal or the like for requesting an auxiliary actuation to peripheral systems, components and/or electronic control units after the target to actual value comparison has shown that the determined, set application force is smaller than the predetermined minimum application force.

Abstract: A rail car hand brake locking system utilizes a connection member and a securing body. The connection member has an aperture near each distal end. The securing body has a head end capable of securing around a portion of an actuating wheel of the hand brake and a connection end capable of securing to the connection member, which is then affixed to the hand brake housing. The system prevents unauthorized usage of the hand brake.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic disc brake. The electronic disc brake includes a disc configured to rotate with vehicle wheels, a caliper housing configured to operate pad plates installed at both sides of the disc, and an actuator having a piston provided inside the caliper housing to press the pad plates to adhere the pad plates to the disc, a spindle rotatably installed at the caliper housing to reciprocate the piston, an electric motor configured to rotate the spindle, and a decelerator configured to transmit a rotational force of the electric motor to the spindle, wherein the decelerator includes a power connection unit connected to the electric motor, planetary gear units configured to connect the power connection unit to the spindle, and a center pin configured to pass through the power connection unit and the planetary gear units, and the center pin is fitted into the power connection unit and the planetary gear units to be rotatable relative thereto.

Abstract: A drum brake assembly includes a brake spider having a central aperture configured to receive an axle extending therethrough and first and second brake shoes. Each of the first and second brakes shoes has a first end pivotally coupled to the brake spider. First and second cam followers are disposed at corresponding second ends of the first and second brake shoes. A camshaft has a shaft extending through a camshaft aperture in the brake spider and disposed along a rotational axis and a cam disposed at a first end of the shaft and in engagement with the first and second cam followers. An electric motor has an output shaft coupled to the camshaft. A controller is configured to drive the electric motor to cause rotation of the camshaft and move the first and second brake shoes between positions of engagement and disengagement with an associated braking surface.

Abstract: An automatic parking brake for a truck mounted brake cylinder. The automatic parking brake includes rod that is interconnected to a piston of the brake cylinder and can prevent the piston from returning to the brakes releases position. The rod is controlled by locking nut that will rotate if the rod moves axially through the locking nut and a locking sleeve that is moveable between a locked position, where the locking sleeve engages the locking nut and prevents from the nut from rotating, and a released position, where the locking sleeve is disengages from the locking nut and the locking nut is free to rotate. A spring provides a force biasing the locking nut into the locked position, and brake pipe pressure biases the locking sleeve into the released position.

Abstract: A remote control lever assembly suitable to be mounted on bicycle handlebars and the like, including a coupling portion for fixing the assembly to the bicycle handlebar, a lever support, and a lever movably connected to said lever support. The assembly further includes a spherical joint adjustably connecting said lever support to said coupling portion.

Abstract: A locomotive brake system includes a brake cylinder with an integrated parking brake; a main reservoir; and a brake system controller for controlling the pressure in the brake cylinder. The brake system uses main reservoir pressure to pressurize the brake cylinder to achieve the parking brake output force using the brake cylinder.

Abstract: The vehicle stop control device includes a normal-state turning control unit to output, to turning devices, a turning amount command value defined by a steering amount signal inputted from steering input device to input steering angles of wheels, and a stopped-state turning control unit to detect a vehicle speed based on a rotation angle signal outputted from a rotation angle sensor, and to, when the detected vehicle speed is less than or equal to a threshold and an accelerator input value is less than or equal to a threshold, perform hill hold of a vehicle capable of independently turning all wheels with the turning device 4 of one or more of the wheels turning the corresponding wheel toward a toe-in or toe-out side by an amount greater than the turning amount command value from the normal-state turning control unit.

Abstract: A pedal lock includes an elongate frame. A first locking mechanism operating a swivel bar pivoted at distal end of the elongate frame is installed. The swivel bar is pivotable in quarter turns between a horizontal first position, in which the pedal is locked, and a second vertical unlocked position. A mounting member extends from the elongate frame to anchor onto a fixed part of a vehicle body to immovably affix the pedal lock relative to the vehicle. A first and second lock can be provided to secure the pedal lock in the locked position. A sliding mechanism enables a single step hand actuation to simultaneously lock both locks. To unlock, each of the two locks can be unlocked individually by key before the pedal lock can be released.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for a hatch of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive device comprises two drive sections that are linearly moveable relative to each other between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the drive sections are spring biased against each other into the extended position by a spring arrangement, wherein an end stop is provided to limit the drive motion between the drive sections to the extended position. It is proposed that the end stop comprises a damping arrangement with a deformation zone, wherein during a drive motion into the end stop, depending on the speed of the drive motion, the damping arrangement damps the drive motion mainly based on plastic deformation of the deformation zone.

Abstract: A brake cylinder for pneumatic vehicle brakes, especially for commercial vehicles, includes in addition to a pneumatic locking mechanism, a manual release mechanism for manually releasing the spring brake section, and a device designed to visually recognize the manual release condition of the spring brake section outside of the housing.

Abstract: A linear stopper including a stopper body having an inclined surface with a wedge-like space between the inclined surface and a surface of the guide member with a gap decreasing gradually toward one side of an extending direction of the guide member; rolling elements that are arranged in the wedge-like space so as to be rollable therein; and rolling element pressing means that presses the rolling elements in a direction to bite into the wedge-like space, so that the rolling elements are forced into pressure contact with the surface of the guide member and the inclined surface of the stopper body. A one-way stopper mechanism restricts the relative movement of the stopper body with respect to the guide member toward a side at which the gap in the wedge-like space is large, but allows the relative movement toward a side at which the gap in the wedge-like space is small.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a brake device, in particular of a motor vehicle, wherein the brake device comprises a service brake and a mechanical parking brake, wherein the parking brake can be actuated by means of a mechanical actuating element, comprising at least the steps of establishing that the actuating element has been moved from an idle position into a position of use, simultaneously controlling a pressure-increasing element, so that a hydraulic pressure is generated, which hydraulic pressure acts on a brake element that is common with the holding element, blocking the common brake element of the service brake and the parking brake with a mechanical block of the mechanical parking brake.

Abstract: The invention relates to a trolley comprising an element for holding and releasing a token, said element comprising a sensor that detects whether the trolley comprising the element for holding and releasing the token is pushed inside another trolley. If this is the case, the element for holding and releasing the token activates the immobilizer and releases the token. In order to use the trolley, a token must be inserted into the element for holding and releasing the token, thus deactivating the immobilizer.

Abstract: A brake cylinder having a parking brake function includes a cylinder housing, a piston, and a piston tube for actuating a brake. A threaded bolt protruding into the piston tube and fixed to the cylinder housing by its upper end is used to effect the parking brake function. A clamping nut displaceable by means of a forked, axially rotatable driving element extends over the threaded bolt. The driving element is rotated with the clamping nut while the cylinder is subjected to pressure by the parking brake until the clamping nut is supported against the piston in the parking position of the piston. The piston is mechanically locked when the cylinder housing is not subjected to pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking system for a rotatable part, in particular in arrangements in which two parts which can be rotated in relation to each other, for example a die and a punch in a stamping apparatus, have to be aligned exactly in relation to each other. In order to provide a positionally accurate mechanical locking system with a simple design, the invention proposes that a gearwheel (3) having an end-side and/or axially effective toothing system (4) is connected to the rotatable part (2) fixedly in terms of rotation, and that at least one toothing segment (5a-5f) which can move to and fro in the direction of the axis of rotation and/or parallel to the axis of rotation of the gearwheel is arranged over the circumference of the gearwheel, wherein the teeth or gaps between the teeth of the toothing segment and gearwheel can be brought into engagement without play.

Abstract: A brake actuator (10) having a housing (12) in which is provided a movable brake actuating assembly (18, 30), the brake actuating assembly (18, 30) being movable between a brake apply position which, in use results in the application of a brake to which the actuator (10) connected, and a brake release position which, in use, results in the release of the brake, the brake actuator (10) further including a lock (34) which is operable to prevent movement of the brake actuating assembly (18, 30) from the brake apply position to the brake release position, the brake actuating assembly (18, 30) including a first movable member (18), a second movable member (30) and a resilient biasing element (32) which extends between the second movable member (30) and the first movable member (18) and which, if one of the first or second movable members (18, 30) is moved relative to the other from an equilibrium separation, exerts a force tending to return the first (18) and second (30) movable members to the equilibrium separati

Abstract: A parking brake for a motor vehicle is provided. The parking brake includes a brake actuation lever which is arranged pivotably on a lever holder, a coupling unit for coupling the brake actuation lever to a brake cable, a locking device which comprises a toothing arranged on the lever holder and a locking catch engaging in the toothing, a catch spring for prestressing the locking catch in the direction of the toothing, a release device which comprises a push rod which can be displaced between an inoperative position and a release position along the brake actuation lever, and a triggering element, wherein the push rod has an aperture, a guide element for guiding the push rod and a spring element for prestressing the push rod.

Abstract: 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, to be pressed against a brake rotor, 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.

Abstract: A ball-and-ramp mechanism of a thrust generator includes a rotary ramp member and a rectilinear ramp member, each having a plurality of sloped grooves sloped along a circumferential direction and having an arcuate diametrical cross-section, and a spherical member interposed between the sloped grooves of the ramp members to transmit force from the rotary ramp member to the rectilinear ramp member. Each of the sloped grooves has regions varying in the curvature radius of the diametrical cross-section in a track area where the spherical member contacts the sloped groove. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the durability of the rotary ramp member and the rectilinear ramp member.

Abstract: An anti-theft device for a vehicle having a manual brake system to slow or stop the vehicle is provided. The anti-theft device has a locking mechanism connected to the brake housing and can be placed in a locked position and an unlocked position. An interference member connected to the locking mechanism engages the brake actuating mechanism when in the braking position to maintain vehicle braking. In the unlocked position of the locking mechanism, the interference member is disengaged from the brake actuating mechanism to allow uninterrupted operation of the brake actuating mechanism.

Abstract: In a combined deceleration and acceleration device for the controlled closing and opening of, for example, furniture parts, a base part consisting of a cylinder and a guide structure is provided wherein a drag element is movably supported by the guide structure, and a piston with a piston rod is connected to the drag element which has a park position remote from the cylinder and is biased by an energy storage structure toward the cylinder for moving the piston into the cylinder in a controlled decelerating manner while carrying along the drag element and a movable part engaged with the drag element.

Abstract: A method for monitoring that a vehicle on standby has been correctly immobilized for transport, the vehicle including a course control device, wheel speed sensors, a yaw speed sensor, a processing unit processing information managing operation modes of the vehicle, and a device for immobilizing the vehicle. The method includes detecting the vehicle is in a standby mode at a standstill following installing of the vehicle on a transport support, detecting a non-zero vehicle speed through the speed sensors of at least two wheels over a defined period, detecting a non-zero yaw speed through the yaw speed sensor, over a predefined period, and under these conditions determining a mode whereby immobilization of the vehicle for transport is monitored, in which mode information from at least the wheel speed sensors is filtered after a determined number of attempts at immobilizing the vehicle and allowing the vehicle to be fired up.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric parking brake, comprising a motor-gearing unit (2) with a drive output shaft (3), wherein the motor-gearing unit (2) generates a rotation of the drive output shaft (3), and comprising a spindle device (4) having a spindle (5) and a nut (6), wherein the spindle device (4) converts the rotation of the drive output shaft (3) into an axial movement of the nut (6) in the axial direction (X-X), wherein the spindle (5) is connected in a positively locking manner to the drive output shaft (3), the spindle (5) is centered on the drive output shaft (3), and the spindle is mounted in a brake caliper (7).

Abstract: An apparatus for the parking lock of a vehicle, in particular, of an agricultural tractor. The apparatus comprises a parking lever mechanically linked to a braking lever by a cinematic chain. The braking lever comprises a tooth apt to engage at least a braking element vehicle. The braking lever is provided with a yielding device placed in correspondence to its own hinge. The yielding device is able to ease the engagement of the tooth with a gap comprised between two teeth of a driveline gear in order to guarantee a reliable parking lock of the vehicle.

Abstract: A parking brake control device performs a releasing control with good precision by more precisely maintaining clearance between a friction-applying member and a friction-applied member. During a releasing control, a timing at which a braking force generated by an electric parking brake 2 drops to zero is detected based on a change in a motor current, and a second releasing operation time is set according to the magnitude of the motor current at the time the braking force drops to zero. This makes it possible for the second releasing operation time to be set in accordance with fluctuations in a motor load due to temperature changes or the like. Therefore, a clearance between a brake pad and a brake disc can be kept constant according to the motor load.

Abstract: A linear stopper including a stopper body having an inclined surface with a wedge-like space between the inclined surface and a surface of the guide member with a gap decreasing gradually toward one side of an extending direction of the guide member; rolling elements that are arranged in said wedge-like space so as to be rollable therein; and rolling element pressing means that presses the rolling elements in a direction to bite into the wedge-like space, so that the rolling elements are forced into pressure contact with the surface of the guide member and the inclined surface of the stopper body. A one-way stopper mechanism restricts the relative movement of the stopper body with respect to said guide member toward a side at which the gap in the wedge-like space is large, but allows the relative movement toward a side at which the gap in the wedge-like space is small.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electric parking brake commonly used as a single puller type or a dual puller type. The electric parking brake includes an actuator housing; a parking cable connected to a brake that applies braking force to wheels of a vehicle; a motor generating driving force to operate the parking brake; a reduction gear unit for transferring power of the motor; a screw nut unit including a gear member connected to the gear reduction unit, a nut member connected to the gear member, and a screw member connected to a first parking cable of the parking cable while moving relative to the nut member; and a displacement sensor connected to the nut member of the screw nut unit. The displacement sensor includes a sensor housing, a magnet housing that moves relative to the sensor housing, a magnet elastic member elastically supported between the sensor housing and the magnet housing, a magnet provided in the magnet housing, and a hall IC provided in the sensor housing.

Abstract: An air brake locking device for a vehicle includes a main body having a pair of internal channels capable of connecting to a vehicle air line, a valve interposed between the internal channels for controlling the flow of air, and a control unit for regulating the operation of the valve.

Abstract: A parking brake actuator system for an outdoor power equipment unit, such as a riding lawn mower, comprises a reversible electric motor that drives a gear reduction assembly. The gear reduction assembly rotates an output shaft at a speed slower than the speed of rotation of the motor. The output shaft has opposite ends that are linked by a pair of actuating rods to a pair of parking brakes. As the motor is rotated in reverse rotary directions, the connecting portions of the rods that are coupled to the parking brakes are moved in opposite, straight line directions to move the parking brakes between brake disengaged and brake engaged positions.

Abstract: A parking lock device for a motor vehicle transmission which comprises a transmission housing, a locking pawl mounted by a bolt to swivel on the housing and loaded by a restoring spring, a guide plate supported on the housing, and a locking element by which, in the engaged condition, the locking pawl can be locked by being supported against the guide plate. The locking pawl is arranged on the bolt with some play and, on a narrow side thereof facing toward the guide plate, has a pawl hook with a first detent element, while the guide plate has, in a swiveling area of the pawl hook, an opening with a second detent element which interlocks with the first detent element when the parking lock is disengaged.

Abstract: A brake assembly for use with a portable generator includes a frame, a shaft, a brake surface, and an actuator. The frame is designed to be attached to the portable generator. The shaft is supported by the frame, and the brake surface is connected to an end of the shaft. The actuator includes a foot pedal, a cam, and a pivot, where the pivot is coupled to both the foot pedal and the cam and provides for rotation of the foot pedal and the cam about a portion of the frame. The cam of the actuator translates the shaft between a released position and a braked position during operation of the brake assembly.

Abstract: A lockable piston-cylinder unit includes a cylinder having at least one axially facing counterstop; a piston dividing the cylinder into a first working chamber and a second working chamber; a piston rod extending through the first working chamber to a free end outside the cylinder; and a fastening tube having a first end in which the free end of the piston rod is fixed, a second end which receives the cylinder coaxially, and at least one axially facing supporting stop. When the piston rod is extended to maximum extension, the fastening tube is rotatable relative to the cylinder from a release position, wherein the supporting stop is offset from a respective counterstop, to a locking position, wherein the supporting stop faces the counterstop so that the fastening tube cannot move axially relative to the cylinder.

Abstract: A safety catch for a golf cart brake lever comprising: a means to attach the safety catch to a stationary object; an elastic strap, where the elastic strap includes a first end and a second end, and said means to attach extends from the first end; and a securing strap, where the securing strap includes a means to wrap the securing strap around a braking latch of a pull golf cart. In one particular embodiment, the means to attach may include a hook. In another exemplary embodiment, the means to wrap the securing strap may include hook and loop connectors at opposing ends of the securing strap.

Abstract: The device includes a loading and non-compression locking mechanism for a master cylinder hydraulically connected to a hydraulic fuel tank and to braking members. The mechanism is dependent upon a control member capable of unlocking the mechanism in order to concomitantly urge the master cylinder to apply a predetermined hydraulic pressure for acting on the braking members.

Abstract: A parking brake lever apparatus for a vehicle includes a first latchet member and a second latchet member arranged along the direction of an axis of a rotating shaft of a holder member which rotatably supports a parking brake lever. The first latchet member and the second latchet member are arranged so that respective teeth thereof come into contact with each other at end surfaces facing in the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft when the parking brake lever is in an unlocked position. The first latchet member is moved toward the second latchet member by springs so that the respective teeth of the first latchet member and the second latchet member are engaged with each other when the parking brake lever is in a locked position.

Abstract: The present invention includes a hydraulic brake device 4, 5 that generates a braking force corresponding to an operation of a brake pedal 1 performed while the vehicle is traveling, a brake lock means 6 for applying a hydraulic lock on the hydraulic brake device 4, 5 and releasing the hydraulic lock, a brake pedal operation detection means 22 for detecting an operation of the brake pedal 1, and a control means 10 for controlling the brake lock means 6 so as to apply the hydraulic lock on the hydraulic brake device 4, 5 upon detecting via the brake pedal operation detection means 22 a predetermined depressing operation of the brake pedal 1.

Abstract: An operating system for a parking brake, in particular of a motor vehicle, includes an operating element which is manually brought from a release position to a brake position for engaging the parking brake and which can be removed from the brake position without disengaging the parking brake. The operating system includes a follower element which is connected to the operating element such that the follower element follows any movement of the operating element. Further, the operating system includes a releasable locking mechanism with a locking element to lock the follower element in the brake position and a separating element which allows to separate the connection between the operating element and the follower element independently from the releasable locking mechanism.

Abstract: A brake cylinder for pneumatic vehicle brakes includes a spring brake section for parking brake actions and a service brake section for service brake actions combined in one housing. The housing is subdivided by a piston into two compartments, one compartment being used as the pressure compartment for the service brake, and the brake spring of the spring section being arranged in the other compartment on the opposite end of the piston. The brake spring acts upon an additional spring piston, which can be locked and released relative to the piston by a pneumatic locking mechanism. The spring piston is connected to a piston rod directly or via additional elements to actuate the brake. Once the locking mechanism is released, the brake spring displaces the pistons relative each other during a parking brake action. At least one pneumatic valve for controlling the brake cylinder are integrated into the brake cylinder.