Patents Examined by Alfred Maratori
  • Patent number: 5259667
    Abstract: An anti-skid brake system for the automotive vehicle is disclosed which is arranged to increase or decrease the braking oil pressure periodically on the basis of a comparison between the wheel speed and the assumed vehicle body speed. When the state in which the wheel is incipient to lock before the wheel speed is returned to the assumed vehicle body speed, the braking oil pressure is inhibited from being increased, thereby preventing the assumed vehicle body speed from deviating too far from the actual vehicle body speed. This anti-skid brake system can prevent the wheel from being locked due to having the assumed vehicle body speed set to too low a value relative to the actual wheel speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Okazaki, Fumio Kageyama, Toru Onaka, Yoji Kurihara
  • Patent number: 5193653
    Abstract: The mechanically actuated brake (10) comprises a laterally movable sleeve housing (22) which is attached by slots (24) and connections (26) with the support plate (28). A mechanical actuator and adjuster mechanism (40) has parts (42, 48) received within a longitudinal through opening (27) of the housing (22), a first part (42) of the mechanism (40) abutting one brake shoe end (20) while a second part (48) of the mechanism (40) abuts the other brake shoe end (18). A lever (50) for service brake operation is attached pivotably by a connection pin (30) with the housing (22) and extends through a transverse through opening (29) of the housing (22). The lever (50) is received within a slot (49) of the second part (48) of the mechanism (40), and includes an actuating arm (57) which extends through the housing (22) and is engagable with an actuating arm ( 66) of a pawl (60) that actuates the adjuster portion of the mechanism (40). The pin connection (30) also mounts rotatably the pawl (60) to the housing (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Clyde E. Carr
  • Patent number: 5170858
    Abstract: An automatic braking apparatus includes: an ultrasonic wave emitter provided in a front portion of an automatic braking car producing and emitting ultrasonic waves frontwardly in a predetermined distance in front of the car, an ultrasonic receiver also formed in a front portion of the car operatively receiving a reflective ultrasonic wave signal as reflected by another car positioned within the pre-determined distance in front of the automatic braking car for actuating a driving motor to intermittently drive a brake master cylinder to boost brake oil towards two wheel cylinders of front and rear wheels to brake the car intermittently for automatically braking the car for a safe braking purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Inventor: Guo-Juh Chen