Abstract: A control unit determines a final target wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure of a wheel cylinder based on a stroke-target wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure if an acquired simulator stroke position is smaller than a stroke limit, and determines the final target wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure of the wheel cylinder based on the stroke-target wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure and a master cylinder hydraulic pressure-target wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure if the acquired simulator stroke position is equal to or greater than the stroke limit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a continuously adaptable braking pedal system. The braking system includes an electric motor that is configured to generate regenerative energy and provide a regenerative braking torque. The braking system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the electric motor. The electronic control unit is configured to determine an amount of the regenerative braking torque to be applied based on an adaptable pedal map and an amount of braking force. The electronic control unit is configured to control an amount of the regenerative braking torque to be applied.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a brake disc including a braking part having a circular plate shape having a hollow portion and a plurality of coupling portions protruding and extending from an inner diameter surface thereof, and a hat part disposed in the hollow portion and having a plurality of insertion portions protruding laterally, in which the plurality of coupling portions is respectively coupled to the plurality of insertion portions, and the coupling portion of the braking part and the insertion portion of the hat part are joined to only one of an outboard portion or an inboard portion of the braking part. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce noise occurring at a position at which the hat part and the braking part are coupled to each other and improve cooling performance.

Abstract: A wheel hub includes an outer collar region, as seen in the radial direction, and an inner core region, as seen in the radial direction, wherein, as seen in the axial direction, the inner core region is thicker than the outer collar region, and wherein, in the inner core region, the wheel hub has a substantially axially running primary recess for the connection of a brake disk.

Abstract: A friction assembly for a brake system able to collect vapors resulting from the friction of a lining. The friction assembly for a disc brake system includes: —a lining made of friction material, including a friction face, an attachment face opposite the friction face, and a collection groove that is open on the friction face; —a sole plate, supporting the lining, including a hole; —a negative pressure source configured to create negative pressure in the collection groove and the hole. The friction assembly includes a gas filtration device, in pneumatic communication with the collection groove and the hole, able to collect gases resulting from friction of the lining and coming from the collection groove.

Abstract: A brake disk (1) has a brake disk chamber (2), a friction ring (3) having two friction ring disks (3a, 3b) and a plurality of pin-shaped connecting elements (4) for connecting the brake disk chamber (2) and the friction ring (3). A cooling duct (5) is formed between the fiction ring disks (3a, 3b). The friction ring disks (3a, 3b) have respective friction surfaces (3a1, 3b1) on their outer planar surfaces and respective cooling channel surfaces (3a2, 3b2) on their inner planar surfaces. The friction ring (3) has a plurality of receiving regions (7) for receiving the pin-shaped connecting elements (4). The brake disk chamber (2) is cast to the connecting elements (4) in a separate step by means of casting.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve block for a hydraulic brake system.

Abstract: An electronically controllable braking system for a vehicle is provided. The electronically controllable braking system includes a service brake sub-system and a redundancy brake sub-system. The service brake sub-system includes a front axle service brake circuit with front axle service brakes and a rear axle service brake circuit with rear axle service brakes. The redundancy brake sub-system includes a front axle redundancy brake circuit and a rear axle redundancy brake circuit. A service brake control module is configured to generate a service brake control signal in dependence upon a braking specification for generating a front axle service brake pressure. A redundancy brake control module is configured to generate a redundancy brake control signal in dependence upon a braking specification for generating a front axle redundancy brake pressure.

Abstract: A disk brake for a motor vehicle includes an internally ventilated brake disk, a brake disk nave, and radially directed bores. In the radially directed first bores the connecting means are introduced such that they extend further into radially directed second bores in the friction ring into the friction ring. The brake disk nave forms the fit with a single friction ring half and this fit has material convexities, which point inward toward the cooling channels or the ribs, at the points at which the second bores are introduced for the connecting means.

Abstract: A relay valve module for an electronically controllable pneumatic brake system for actuating wheel brakes of a utility vehicle includes: a reservoir connection for receiving a reservoir pressure; a brake control pressure connection for receiving a brake control pressure; at least one first service brake connection for outputting a service brake pressure; a relay valve with a relay valve reservoir connection, which is connected to the reservoir connection, a relay valve working connection, which is connected to the first service brake connection, a relay valve ventilation connection, and a relay valve control connection; an electropneumatic pilot control unit, which is connected to the reservoir connection, the electropneumatic pilot control unit providing a pilot control pressure; and a shuttle valve with a first shuttle valve inlet, a second shuttle valve inlet, and a shuttle valve outlet. The first shuttle valve inlet is connected to the brake control pressure connection.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a seal member that is slidably in contact with a piston rod, a friction member that is formed of an annular elastic rubber section slidably in contact with the piston rod and an annular base section to which the elastic rubber section is fixed, and an communication path that reduces pressure difference between both sides of the friction member in axial direction. The elastic rubber section is provided with a minimum inner diameter section, a first enlarged diameter section, and a second enlarged diameter section. A force is applied to the piston rod by the friction member such that movement in an outward direction of the cylinder becomes difficult and movement in an inward direction of the cylinder becomes easy.

Abstract: A friction brake body for a friction brake of a motor vehicle, in particular a brake disk, includes a base body made in particular from gray cast iron and having at least one wear resistant layer formed on a friction contact surface of the base body. The wear resistant layer is made from ferritic-austenitic steel and includes an incorporated hard material particle, in particular finely distributed hard material particle.

Abstract: Flat mount brake calipers for bicycles are described herein. An example flat mount brake caliper includes a caliper body defining a first piston cylinder and a second piston cylinder. The caliper body has a flat mount surface with a first threaded bore and a second threaded bore extending into the flat mount surface. The first and second threaded bores are configured to receive threaded fasteners to couple the caliper body to a frame of the bicycle. The first and second piston cylinders are arranged such that projections of the first and second threaded bores do not intersect the first or second piston cylinders. The flat mount brake caliper also includes a brake pad and first and second pistons disposed in the respective first and second piston cylinders to move the brake pad relative to the caliper body.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronically controlled pneumatic brake system for a utility vehicle, including a front-axle brake circuit with a single-channel front-axle modulator for the control of first and second front-axle service brake actuators, wherein first and second front-axle ABS valves are provided; a rear-axle brake circuit with a single-channel rear-axle modulator for the control of first and second rear-axle service brake actuators, wherein first and second rear-axle ABS valves are provided; a braking-value sensor which has an electrical terminal for the provision of an electronic brake demand signal; and a central electronic control unit which receives the electronic brake demand signal and controls the front-axle and rear-axle modulators. Here, it is provided that the central electronic control unit is formed as a structural unit with the rear-axle modulator and/or the front-axle modulator.

Abstract: A vibration isolation device with bracket includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member coupled by a main body rubber elastomer. The second attachment member has a frame shape with a through hole. The main body rubber elastomer is fastened to an upper surface side of the second attachment member. The main body rubber elastomer penetrates to a lower surface side of the second attachment member through the through hole. A holding rubber is formed integrally with the main body rubber elastomer on a lower surface of fitting portions of the second attachment member. A fixed surface is arranged on an upper surface of the fitting portions. The fixed surface is exposed by the main body rubber elastomer, directly superimposed on an inner surface of the fitting grooves, and pressed and fixed by static friction to the inner surface of the fitting grooves by the holding rubber.

Abstract: An electronic external bypass for a shock assembly is disclosed herein. The electronic external bypass has a compression side fluid connection, a rebound side fluid connection, and an external bypass fluid flow path physically separate from the shock assembly, the external bypass fluid flow path fluidly coupling the compression side fluid connection with the rebound side fluid connection. The electronic external bypass includes a solenoid circuit, the solenoid circuit to control a flow of a working fluid through the external bypass fluid flow path, the solenoid circuit includes a poppet valve and an active valve configured to control a pop pressure of the poppet valve, such that the solenoid circuit provides an infinitely adjustable bypass pressure for the shock assembly.

Abstract: A damper assembly for a suspension system of an associated vehicle. The damper assembly comprises a cylindrical tube extending along an axis and defining a chamber. A piston is located in the chamber and is moveable along the axis in a compression direction and a rebound direction. The piston includes a piston rod extending from a first end to a piston head. A rebound stop is located on the piston rod between the first end and the piston head. A hydraulic rebound stop (“HRS”) piston is located in a HRS chamber. A rebound spring biasing the HRS piston towards the adaptor plate in the HRS chamber. The piston rod is slideably received within the HRS piston in the rebound direction until the rebound stop contacts the rebound head and causes the rebound spring to compress.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a disc brake rotor assembly is provided that includes a disc brake rotor and a wheel hub. One of the disc brake rotor and the wheel hub includes a plurality of pairs of partial keyways and the other of the disc brake rotor and the wheel hub includes intermediate partial keyways configured to fit intermediate the pairs of partial keyways to form keyways. The disc brake rotor assembly further includes a plurality of fasteners configured to be received in the keyways to secure the disc brake rotor and the wheel hub together.

Abstract: A shock absorber is provided having a cylinder, a piston rod, a piston body, and a valve. The cylinder is configured to receive fluid. The piston body is connected to the piston rod and is configured to reciprocate within the cylinder between a compression chamber and a rebound chamber. The valve is provided by the piston body having a fluid flow port, a valve seat, a circumferential valving element, and a spring configured to urge the valve body into the valve seat. A primary damping valve and an auxiliary damping valve are also provided.

Abstract: A brake system comprises a reservoir; a brake pedal; a master cylinder including a first master chamber, a second master chamber, a first master piston, and a second master piston; a first hydraulic circuit including at least one first hydraulic wheel brake; a second hydraulic circuit including at least one second hydraulic wheel brake; and a hydraulic pressure supplier including an actuator for pressurizing the first hydraulic circuit and the second hydraulic circuit depending on an operation of the brake pedal in a normal operating mode. The master cylinder further comprises a locking chamber and an elastic pedal feel element arranged in the first master chamber to be in contact with the first master piston and the second master piston for generating a pedal force when the brake pedal is operated while the second master piston is locked in the normal operating mode.