Abstract: A friction disk may comprise a first wear surface formed from a carbon fiber-carbon matrix composite material. A wear plug may be located in an opening defined by the carbon fiber-carbon matrix composite material. The wear plug may extend axially from the wear surface. The wear plug may comprise a rod or a particulate.

Abstract: A method for making a brake disc may include the following steps: a) preparing a brake disc having a braking band provided with two opposite braking surfaces, (b) subjecting at least one of the braking surfaces to a working process adapted to increase the surface roughness thereof; c) nitrocarburizing the braking surface with increased surface roughness to obtain on the surface a nitrocarburized surface layer; (d) depositing on the nitrocarburized surface layer a material in particle form having: —Cr3C2 and NiCr, or —NiCr, Fe, Mo, Co, Mn and Al, which forms a base protective coating; and e) depositing on the base protective coating a material in particle form consisting of WC, Fe, Cr and Al, thus forming a surface protective coating of WC and Fe, Cr and Al.

Abstract: A rear brake conversion assembly for all-terrain vehicles is provided. The rear brake conversion assembly may include a leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket for operatively associating a dual piston caliber braking component with the rear wheel plate by way of a wheel bracket. The leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket provides a first attachment hole at the hip portion, a second attachment hole at the knee portion, a third attachment hole at the heel portion, and a fourth attachment hole at a toe portion, wherein the leg portion and the foot portion of the leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket is at an obtuse angle relative to each other.

Abstract: A wire activated rim brake system for a rollator partly positioned inside a rollator frame is disclosed. The system compromises a brake housing positioned close to a wheel of the rollator and inside the rollator frame, wherein the housing compromises an entry opening and sliding surfaces oriented at a right angle to the rotational axis of the wheel. The system further compromises a brake assembly to be positioned in the housing compromising a sliding section adapted to the slide along the sliding surfaces inside the housing and a brake section extending at a right angle from the sliding section and protruding through the entry opening. The system also comprises a brake path on the inner rim of the rollator wheel which is parallel with the rotational axis of the wheel.

Abstract: A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.

Abstract: In a carrier disk assembly for a brake assembly, and an electromagnetically actuable brake assembly with a carrier disk assembly, the carrier disk assembly has a hub part, two friction linings, and two disks. The disks are connected to the hub part, in particular with the aid of axially directed screws. Each one of the disks has a surface region provided with first depressions. A first friction lining is bonded and/or glued to the first disk in the surface region of the first of the two disks, and a second friction lining is bonded and/or glued to the second disk in the surface region of the second of the two disks.

Abstract: A thermal management system includes a shaft extending along an axis and configured to rotate in at least one of two different directions about the axis, and a brake system operably coupled with the shaft. The brake system controls a speed of rotation of the shaft in the at least one of the different directions. A first fan structure is operably coupled with the shaft and disposed on a first side of the brake system, and a second fan structure is operably coupled with the shaft and disposed on a second side of the brake structure. One of the first or second fan structures is configured to direct fluid toward the brake system and the other of the first or second fan structures is configured to direct at least some of the fluid away from the brake system to control a temperature of the brake system.

Abstract: An anti-lock sensor ring may have a flattened exciting portion having a retention mechanism projecting from a ring radial edge. The retention mechanism may have cantilever spring retention clips elastically deformable to snap on a disc brake band retention seat. The mechanism may also have a cantilever support portion disposed side by side to and spaced apart from the cantilever spring retention clips. Each of the cantilever spring retention clips may have a retention surface and the cantilever support portion with a support surface. When the anti-lock sensor ring is dismounted from a disc brake band, the plane defined by the retention surface and the plane defined by the support surface are facing each other in order to create opposing gripping elements.

Abstract: A vehicle caliper cover set includes a plurality of caliper covers. Each caliper cover includes an inner surface sized and configured to be complementary in shape to an outer surface of one of the plurality of calipers. Each caliper cover further includes an outer surface having a medial portion and a lateral portion positioned in opposed relation to the medial portion. The inner and outer surfaces define a thickness therebetween, with the thickness being between 0.015-0.150 inches. Each caliper cover additionally includes a multi-sided opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, with the multi-sided opening being positioned between the medial and lateral portions of the outer surface.

Abstract: A pad return spring for a caliper body. The caliper body has an elongated element connecting bridge connecting a first elongated wheel-side element to a second elongated wheel-side element and having a middle connecting bridge defining an outer middle bridge side, an inner middle bridge side, a middle bridge disc inlet side, and an opposite middle bridge disc outlet side. The pad return spring has a first and a second pad retraction elements, each defining a middle stretch, a first side stretch influencing the first pad, and an opposite second side stretch influencing the second pad to move the first and second pads away from the first and second braking surfaces at the end of a braking action, and an elongated connecting element connecting the first and second pad retraction elements to each other, and an anchoring device to removably restrain the pad return spring to the middle connecting bridge.

Abstract: A composite brake disk for a vehicle disk brake, including a brake disk pot which is formed from a first material and is connected to a friction ring made of a different material, wherein the pot shell and a circular-cylindrical collar formed on the friction ring overlap in some regions in the radial direction in a connecting region and are penetrated by a plurality of connecting elements oriented substantially orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the composite brake disk is suitable for transmitting high mechanical and thermal loads in all operating states, while being simple to manufacture, and can also be formed with a particularly thin pot base and, for this purpose, enables the collar to engage radially on the outside around the pot shell in the connecting region.

Abstract: A caliper body has a first elongated vehicle-side element facing a first braking surface, a second elongated wheel-side element facing a second braking surface opposite to the first braking surface, each having at least one thrust seat receiving a thrust device biasing at least one brake pad against the braking surfaces, and at least one caliper bridge connecting the first elongated vehicle-side element to the second elongated wheel-side element. The caliper body has caliper fixing elements connecting the caliper body to a vehicle mount, the caliper fixing elements being at least three in number and distributed along the first elongated vehicle-side element. The first elongated vehicle-side element and second wheel-side element may have each at least two pad seats, each receiving at least one brake pad and at least two opposite abutment elements abuttingly receiving a brake pad for relieving the braking action on the caliper body.

Abstract: A brake disc assembly includes a central drive hub and a wear disc, which includes first and second faces held together axially about the hub. Each face has a respective inner surface and is formed of at least two distinct segments. Each segment extends between two radial edges. The radial edges of the segments of one face do not extend opposite the radial edges of the segments of the other face. Each segment of the face is adapted to be secured to a segment of the other face via at least one fastening member adapted to hold said faces.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes an outer tube, an inner tube fitted to the outer tube so as to be able to move forward and backward, a cylinder provided inside the outer tube and extending inside the inner tube, a rod extending from an end portion of the inner tube exposed from the outer tube to an inside of the cylinder, and a piston which is provided on the rod and divides the inside of the cylinder to form a gas chamber. On an outer peripheral surface of the piston, a first lubricating member, a first seal member, and a second seal member are provided in this order from a side closest to the gas chamber to a side away from the gas chamber. The members are in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder.

Abstract: An all plastic compression spring assembly includes a slotted tubular spring element formed from a tensile polymer material and upper and lower loading cones received at opposing upper and lower ends of the slotted tubular spring element. The upper loading cone may be axially compressible towards the lower loading cone within the slotted tubular spring element whereby the slotted tubular spring element radially expands in tension to create an opposing radial contraction force, and in turn, an axial extension spring force. When released, the spring element elastically returns to its normal at rest shape, returning the cones to their normal at rest positions. In some dispenser configurations, the lower loading cone may be stationary or fixed within the dispensing head and the upper loading cone may be downwardly compressible toward the lower loading cone by movement of a nozzle head.

Abstract: A disc brake pad spring being attached to a disc brake device in which pads located to sandwich a rotor are supported with a pad support member by inserting in an axial direction pins of the pad support member into a through hole formed in a radially inner side part of a peripheral-direction one-side part of a back plate of the pads, and elastically pressing pads against the pad support member. The disc brake pad spring is formed by a single metal plate, and includes first pressing parts pressing a peripheral-direction one-side part of an outer peripheral edge of the respective back plates of each of the pads toward a radially inner side, and second pressing parts pressing a peripheral-direction one-side surface of the respective back plates of each of pads toward the other peripheral side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-drag structure of automobile brake calipers, comprising a brake caliper body which is provided with a cylinder bore and a brake claw arranged along the axis of the cylinder bore in an extending mode; and a cylindrical piston bush is pressed in the cylinder bore by interference fit, a step ring groove is formed in the inner wall of the piston bush and composed of a major diameter ring groove and a minor diameter ring groove which have rectangular sections. The present invention can improve the generality of the brake caliper body through the arrangement of the piston bush and improve the standardization of production manufacturing of brake calipers, and can reduce the residual drag moment of the brake caliper and the fuel consumption with the rubber seal ring and the phenolic resin PF ring to achieve the purpose of emission reduction.

Abstract: A clip for a rotor disk of a brake assembly, the clip comprising: a first half comprising a first sheet metal strip having a body portion and a first end and a second end bent in a first direction relative to the body portion; and a second half comprising a second sheet metal strip having a body portion having a length the same as the length of the body portion of the first sheet metal strip, the second sheet metal strip having a first end and a second end bent in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, relative to the body portion of the second sheet metal strip; and wherein one of the first end of the first sheet metal strip and the first end of the second sheet metal strip is provided with a first pin protruding from the end.

Abstract: An emergency opening device for an aircraft door provided with an opening mechanism including an actuating device (2, 5) for the opening mechanism, which includes a tubular operating member (2); elastic compression device (5); an activation device (31) for the actuation device (2,5); the operating member (2) includes a first end element (10) and a second end element (11) which are freely translatable movable relative to each other along the movement axis (X).

Abstract: A brake pad for a vehicle disk brake assembly includes a backing plate configured to support a brake lining. A plurality of openings extend through the backing plate to define retaining members. A shim includes a base and tabs extending into the openings to secure the shim to the backing plate. Each tab includes a first portion extending away from the base and a curved second portion extending from the first portion back towards the base.