Abstract: A device for securing braking devices to a chassis frame of a rail vehicle forming a cross-member of the chassis frame that has a longitudinal axis, and includes at least two securing points for braking devices, wherein the securing points are spaced apart from the cross-member in a longitudinal direction which lies normal to the longitudinal axis, where at least one respective securing point is arranged at the end on a continuous brake carrier having an open cross section, where a connector is provided, via which the brake carrier is both connected to the cross-member and is spaced apart from the cross-member in a vertical direction to reduce the weight and so as not to simultaneously increase the warp stiffness of the chassis frame.

Abstract: A torsion spring may be configured as a torsion bar or a helical spring made of a spring wire made of fiber-composite material. The torsion spring may have a plurality of layers of fiber reinforcement that have been saturated with a matrix material, wherein the layers may have fibers that are tension-loaded and fibers that are compression-loaded. The at least one compression-loaded group may have a lower group stiffness than the tension-loaded group with the highest group stiffness. Methods for designing or making torsion springs made of fiber-composite material are also disclosed.

Abstract: Electrorheological fluid is loaded in a shock absorber (1) as hydraulic fluid (2). The shock absorber (1) controls a generated damping force by causing a potential difference to be generated in an electrode passage (19) and controlling a viscosity of the electrorheological fluid passing through this electrode passage (19). A plurality of partition walls (20) is provided between an inner cylinder (3) and an electrode cylinder (18). By being configured in this manner, the shock absorber (1) forms a plurality of helical flow passages (21) between the inner cylinder (3) and the electrode cylinder (18). In this case, an inclination angle of each of the partition walls (20) is not constant, and each of the partition walls (20) includes a sharply inclined portion (20A) inclined at a large angle on at least an entrance side of an extension-side flow passage (21).

Abstract: A valve assembly including: a valve body comprising a valve chamber, a first fluid port, a second fluid port, and a third fluid port, wherein the first fluid port, the second fluid port and the third fluid port are in fluid communication with the valve chamber; a first plunger movably disposed within the valve chamber, wherein when the first plunger is in the open position, the first fluid port is in fluid communication with the second fluid port, and wherein when the first plunger is in the closed position the first fluid port is fluidly isolated from the second fluid port; and a second plunger movably disposed within the valve chamber, wherein when the second plunger is in the open position the second fluid port (8b) is in fluid communication with the third fluid port, and wherein when the second plunger is in the closed position, the second fluid port is fluidly isolated from the third fluid port.

Abstract: A yaw brake apparatus includes a first surface disposed on an end of a yaw piston for a wind turbine, the first surface including a first pattern formed by one or more of a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of first protrusions. The yaw brake apparatus may also include a yaw pad including a second surface structurally configured to engage with the first surface and a third surface opposite the second surface that is structurally configured to engage with a slew ring of the wind turbine, the second surface including a second pattern formed by one or more of a plurality of second recesses and a plurality of second protrusions corresponding to one or more of the plurality of first recesses and the plurality of first protrusions on the first pattern such that the first pattern and second pattern fit together when aligned in a predetermined orientation.

Abstract: An integrated power brake unit (20) includes an input rod (30) operable to receive a driver braking input force, a booster operable to boost the driver braking input force, a master cylinder, a pump operable to provide pressurized fluid for braking, in lieu of the master cylinder, in response to the driver braking input force, and a fluid reservoir (36) defining a main chamber. The fluid reservoir (36) has first and second outlet ports (P1, P2) in fluid communication to supply the master cylinder, and a third outlet port (P3) in fluid communication to supply the pump, each of the first, second, and third outlet ports (P1, P2, P3) being provided in a bottom wall (48) of the fluid reservoir (36). The fluid reservoir (36) includes a sub-chamber (42) within the main chamber, the sub-chamber (42) covering the third outlet port (P3), and defining an opening (56) to the main chamber at a forward-most end of the sub-chamber (42).

Abstract: A coil-in-coil spring is provided that exhibits a variable and non-linear loading response upon compression. The spring comprises a continuous wire including a first spring portion having a first spring constant, a second spring portion having a second spring constant less than the first spring constant, and a third spring portion having a third spring constant less than the first spring constant and less than the second spring constant. In the coil-in-coil spring, the first spring portion forms an outer coil of the coil-in-coil spring and the second spring portion, the third spring portion, or both the second spring portion and the third spring portion are positioned within the first spring portion and form an inner coil of the coil-in-coil spring. A multi-coil spring is also provided that includes an outer coil, an intermediate coil positioned within the outer coil, and an inner coil positioned with the intermediate coil.

Abstract: Various systems, devices, and methods for detecting and/or responding to the temperature of brakes are disclosed. Certain embodiments relate to inhibiting or preventing the overheating of the brakes of such vehicles, such as could occur when a hot runner condition is present.

Abstract: A braking control system for a vehicle system includes a control chamber configured to control air pressure of a brake pipe of the vehicle system. The system also includes first and second charge valves and first and second vent valves. The first charge valve and the first vent valve are controllable to vent or charge the brake pipe, and the second charge valve and the second vent valve are separately controllable for the same purpose. The system also includes a controller configured to switch operation of the vehicle system between a first operation mode, where the first charge valve and the first vent valve are enabled, and a second operation mode, where the second charge valve and the second vent valve are enabled, in response to an input.

Abstract: A braking system for aircraft landing gear including a plurality of clamping zones for clamping a brake disk. The braking system comprises an actuator, a caliper, a rim rotatable about an axis of rotation, and the brake disk, which is floatingly mounted relative to the rim. The caliper comprises a stationary inner support, a movable intermediate support, and an outer support that is hinged relative to the inner support. Under action of the actuator, the movable intermediate support moves and causes the brake disk to move so that the brake disk is clamped between the intermediate support and the outer support, and then causes the outer support to tilt so that the brake disk is clamped between the inner support and the outer support.

Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a brake operating member, an electrical switch, and a wireless communication unit. The brake operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The electrical switch is to provide an electric signal. The electrical switch is disposed at one of the base member and the brake operating member. The wireless communication unit is connected to the electrical switch to transmit a wireless signal based on the electric signal. The wireless communication unit is disposed at the other of the base member and the brake operating member.

Abstract: A braking control method for a braking system of a vehicle is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The braking control method comprises: obtaining a total braking distance and a first speed of the vehicle; obtaining braking delay information related to the braking system, wherein the braking delay information includes first time information and second time information, the first time information reflects a delay time of a braking signal, and the second time information reflects a preparation time for performing a braking operation according to the braking signal by the braking system; obtaining deceleration information according to the total braking distance, the first speed and the braking delay information; generating the braking signal according to the deceleration information; and performing the braking operation according to the braking signal.

Abstract: An actuation assembly includes a torque input element, a torque output element, and a transfer linkage assembly comprising a connector assembly which connects the input element to the output element. The connector assembly includes a first connector having a proximate end and a connector portion. The proximate end of the first connector is the end closer to either the input element or the output element, and the connector portion is further from that same element. The connector assembly also includes a second connector having a proximate end closer to the other of the input element and the output element. The connector portion is further from that same element. The connector portions are selectively joinable to either permit or resist relative longitudinal translation of the first and second connectors. One example application for the actuation assembly is as an actuation assembly for a braking system on a hospital bed.

Abstract: A vibration damper system used in a food processor to reduce the vibration of a high power motor that has varying speed cycles is disclosed. The motor is suspended from a ceiling that is mounted to the motor base through a plurality of bolted joints. The bolted joints are surrounded by a grommet that has a unique shape. The grommet comprises generally three parts, which are an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion. The middle portion is smaller than other portion so that it creates a recess for the ceiling to be sandwiched between the grommet. In a preferred embodiment, the lower portion of the grommet further comprises a plurality of petal members that provide a non-uniform spring rate to the grommet so that the grommet is adapted best to reduce the upward impulse of the motor. The food processor also contains a novel air ventilation system.

Abstract: A damper valve (100) comprises a controlled flow channel (115) between a valve inlet side (100.1) and a valve outlet side (100.2); a controlled valve (130) provided in the controlled flow channel; a movable valve body (120) acting on the controlled valve so as to change a closing force of the controlled valve; and a control chamber (126). The control chamber comprises a control chamber inlet (125) in fluid connection with the valve inlet side (100.1) upstream of the controlled valve (130); a configuration providing a variable volume of the control chamber, a change in volume of the control chamber acting to cause a movement of the movable valve body (120); and a pressure relief valve (160) to allow a relief fluid flow from the control chamber (126) to the valve inlet side (100.1) bypassing the flow restriction (160.1) of the control chamber inlet (125).

Abstract: The present invention provides a coil spring, in which a corresponding portion is provided at an end portion in a direction of a coil axis, the corresponding portion having a whole size in the direction of the coil axis of the plurality of wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis equal to a maximum value of a gap in the direction of the coil axis between wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis of the coil spring, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between the corresponding portion and a wire material adjacent to the corresponding portion on an inner side in the direction of the coil axis is smaller than a wire height in an active coil portion of the coil spring, and at the end portion of the direction of the coil axis, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between a portion extending around the coil axis from the corresponding portion to a distal end portion side of the wire material and a wire material adjacent to the portion on the inner

Abstract: A hydraulic mount, in particular for mounting a motor vehicle engine, includes a mount core, a supporting spring comprising an elastomer material, a working chamber delimited by the supporting spring, and a compensation chamber separated from the working chamber by an intermediate plate. The working chamber and the compensation chamber may be filled with hydraulic fluid and connected to each other by a flow transfer duct. The mount core may have a first mount core part and a second mount core part operationally connected to each other by an elastomer body for high-frequency vibration decoupling. The elastomer body has a first elastomer body portion configured to absorb at least a static mount load acting on the mount core, and a second elastomer body portion configured to absorb at least a transverse force acting on the mount core.

Abstract: A piston assembly for a multi-disk system may comprise an adjustor sleeve and a piston configured to telescope relative to the adjustor sleeve. A puck may be located at an end of the piston. The piston assembly may include a multi-layer insulator. The multi-layer insulator may comprise a first insulator layer contacting the puck or the piston, and a second insulator layer contacting the first insulator layer. The first and second insulator layers may each comprise a solid disk.

Abstract: This brake pad assembly is, for example, equipped with: a brake pad that includes a lining and a back plate; a detection unit attached to the plate and detects abrasion of the lining; and a retainer for attaching the unit to the plate in a detachable manner. The retainer has: a base part that contacts a surface of the plate; a first holding part that holds the retainer in a prescribed position on the plate; a second holding part provided so as to be movable between a restricting position in which the unit is restricted from separating from the plate, and a release position in which the unit can be detached from the plate; a biasing part that elastically biases the second holding part toward the restricting position; and an operation part that moves the second holding part to the release position by means of an applied external force.

Abstract: Various braking devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the braking device includes a support element, a block of friction material supported by the support element, at least one piezoceramic sensor supported by the support element and interposed between the block of friction material (and the support element, and a protective element located at the piezoceramic sensor and embedding the latter. The protective element can have one or more layers of resin-based material applied to protect the piezoceramic sensor and direct a predetermined part of the external compression force onto an area of the support element surrounding the piezoceramic sensor. In some embodiments, a signal transduction device is provided and includes at least one piezoceramic sensor supported on a support element and has an integral protective coating having properties of mechanical and temperature resistance.