Abstract: A vehicle suspension damper includes: a cylinder and a piston assembly, wherein the piston assembly includes a piston; a working fluid within the cylinder; a bypass cylinder surrounding the cylinder and defining a cylindrical bypass channel; an adjustable bypass port fluidly coupling an interior of the cylinder and the cylindrical bypass channel; and a remotely operable bypass valve slidably disposed within the cylindrical bypass channel, the remotely operable bypass valve configured for, upon actuation of an actuator coupled with the remotely operable bypass valve, adjusting a flow of the working fluid through the adjustable bypass port.

Abstract: A pressure damper includes: a cylinder containing fluid; a defining member disposed in the cylinder movably in an axial direction and configured to define a space in the cylinder into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber that contain the fluid; a passage forming portion configured to form passages of the fluid that flows in accordance with a displacement of the defining member; first passages as defined herein; second passages as defined herein; a control member that opens and closes the first passages and the second passages so as to control flows of the fluid in the first passages and the second passages; and a load application member as defined herein.

Abstract: A spring (48) includes successively a portion (50) for fixing the spring to the disk brake, a rigid branch (B2) connected to the fixing portion (50) by a bend (P1) plastically deformable about a first deformation axis (A1), another rigid branch (B3) connected to the aforementioned rigid branch (B2) by a second plastically deformable bend (P2), and a further rigid branch (B4) connected to the aforementioned rigid branch (B3) by a third plastically deformable bend (P3) that cooperates directly or indirectly with an associated portion of the brake shoe, each rigid branch (B2, B3, B4) being a strip that lies in a plane parallel to the first deformation axis (A1).

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 method of managing the braking of an aircraft having landing gear with wheels fitted with friction brakes and with auxiliary brakes that enable energy to be dissipated by other than friction. The method comprises the steps of, (1) when braking is requested, testing the braking parameters to determine whether the aircraft is in a braking situation for which the friction brakes are not essential for providing the requested braking, and (2) performing the requested braking by giving priority to actuating the auxiliary brakes so long as the aircraft remains within the braking situation, and actuating the friction brakes only if the aircraft departs from the braking situation.

Abstract: Provided is an ABS hydraulic unit where it is unnecessary to change a size of a control circuit board corresponding to a size of a block. An ABS hydraulic unit for performing an antilock brake control of a hydraulic brake includes: a pump and a valve mounted in a hydraulic circuit for making the hydraulic brake perform braking; a motor for operating the pump; a block into which the pump, the valve and the motor are assembled; and a control circuit board for controlling the motor and the valve, wherein the block has a first surface into which. the motor and the valve are assembled, and a second surface which intersects with the first surface, and the control circuit board is arranged such that the control circuit board extends along the second surface and the valve is positioned between the control circuit board and the motor, the control circuit board being electrically connected with the motor and the valve through a wire extending along the first surface.

Abstract: A damper includes a cylinder, an annular rod guide, an annular seat, a rod, an annular oil seal, a rebound cushion, and a communication passage. The cylinder houses an action chamber. The rod guide is secured to one side opening of the cylinder. The seat is secured to the rod guide. The rod is inserted through inner peripheral sides of the rod guide and the seat. The oil seal is held to an inner periphery of the rod guide and slidably in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the rod. The rebound cushion bumps against the seat. The communication passage transmits a pressure in the action chamber to the oil seal. An opening on the communication passage on the action chamber side is disposed on an outer peripheral side relative to a part of the seat against which the rebound cushion bumps.

Abstract: The vehicular brake system includes a hydraulic brake device and an electromechanical brake device. The electromechanical brake device includes: an electric motor; a braking force application mechanism to apply, to wheels, a braking force having a value based on an output from the electric motor; and a control device to control the electric motor. A brake operation input detector to detect an input of a brake operation is provided. The control device includes: determination section to determine whether a vehicle speed detected by vehicle speed detector is less than or equal to a predetermined vehicle speed; and operation limiter to limit or halt an output from the electric motor even when the brake operation input detector detects an input of a brake operation in a case where the determination section determines that the vehicle speed is less than or equal to the predetermined vehicle speed.

Abstract: A fluid damper assembly for use in a vehicle includes a piston subassembly which includes a plurality of inflow passages and at least one rebound disk for restricting flow of hydraulic fluid through the inflow passages. A rod extends through the piston subassembly to actuate the piston subassembly between a rebound stroke and a compression stroke. An actuator supported by and within the rod includes a piezoelectric device and an amplifier for adjusting the damping force during the rebound stroke, thereby adjusting the suspension of the vehicle. A shaft within the rod is connected to a retainer to transmit motion from the amplifier to compress a spring and disengage the retainer from the rebound disk to allow the rebound disk to flex solely in response to hydraulic fluid pressure from the rebound stroke to open the inflow passages and reduce the damping force during the rebound stroke.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a cylinder; a piston movable therein and dividing the cylinder in first and second cylinder chambers; a cylinder attachment for attachment to a first part of a vehicle and connected to the cylinder; and a piston attachment for attachment to a second part of a vehicle and connected to the piston. The piston attachment and cylinder attachment move towards one another on an inward movement and away from one another on an outward movement. The piston includes a first inward channel; a first inward valve to open the first inward channel on inward movement; a first outward channel; a first outward valve to open the first outward channel on outward movement; a second inward channel; a second inward valve to open the second inward channel on inward movement; a second outward channel; and a second outward valve to open the second outward channel on outward movement.

Abstract: A damping valve device (27), includes a damping valve housing (31) with a tube part (33) and an outer top housing part (35), wherein an intermediate housing wall (39) which is fixed with respect to the tube part (33) spatially separates a coil assembly (37) from a valve region (73), and the outer top housing part (35) forms a back iron body for the coil assembly (37), wherein an inner sleeve (69) together with a base (71) closes the valve region (73), wherein the outer top housing part (35) is a component part which is separate from the intermediate housing wall (39), and the inner sleeve (69) is connected to the intermediate housing wall (39) in a pressure-tight manner independent from the outer housing part (35), and wherein a protective cap (93) which is separate from the outer top housing part (35) covers the outer top housing part (35).

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a bushing assembly having a tubular inner metal, a tubular outer metal, a tubular rigid cup disposed over an outer portion of the tubular inner metal, and a tubular pad disposed between the tubular rigid cup and the tubular outer metal. The tubular pad may have a first wall section and a second wall section at least partially circumscribing the first wall section. The first wall section may be configured to be compressed and to expand along an axis parallel to an axial center of the tubular pad, to thus fill the tubular rigid cup and enhance a stiffness of the bushing assembly when the tubular outer metal of the bushing assembly is moved towards a limit of a range of radial travel.

Abstract: A brake rotor assembly for use with an anti-lock braking system. The brake rotor assembly includes a brake rotor having a pair of braking surfaces; a tone ring having a first end having a plurality of spaced sensing formations disposed thereon and a second end for circumferentially contacting a surface of the brake rotor assembly, the first end thermally insulated from the brake rotor; and a snap ring for connecting the tone ring to the brake rotor assembly. A method of forming a brake rotor assembly is also provided.

Abstract: In a damping force controlling shock absorber, a pilot passage and a bypass passage are shared between a cut-out portion formed in a hollow of a pilot disk and a branch groove of a spool guide, thus simplifying a passage structure, simplifying a passage adjustment structure of a spool, and improving productivity and dispersion of products.

Abstract: A vehicle disc brake assembly includes a brake caliper. The brake caliper has a lug through which a bore extends, the bore having an axis. A guide rod fastener extends through the bore and is secured to a guide rod. An elastic bushing is in the bore between the lug and the guide rod fastener, wherein a circumference of the bushing contacts the lug. A radial clearance is between the lug and the guide rod fastener. The radial clearance is perpendicular to the axis.

Abstract: A method for controlling and/or regulating a motor vehicle brake system. The system at least one electric regenerative brake and wheel brakes. A pressure medium is supplied from a first pressure source actuated by the driver. At least one brake circuit has a pressure accumulator, a second pressure source connected to the pressure accumulator, and at least two actuatable valves. When an activation condition is met, the first pressure source is separated from the wheel brakes by closing a first valve in at least one active brake circuit, and pressure medium is conducted from the pressure accumulator into at least one wheel brake. A second valve of an active brake circuit(s), is between the pressure accumulator and the first pressure source, and the first valve of the same brake circuit are opened during the operation of the second pressure source if a ventilation condition is met.

Abstract: An adjustable damping valve device includes a pressure-dependent auxiliary damping valve with an auxiliary damping valve body having at least one through-channel whose outlet side is at least partially covered by at least one valve disk. The at least one valve disk is centered at its outer diameter with respect to the auxiliary damping valve body, and the auxiliary damping valve body is constructed integral with a centering collar at which the at least one valve disk is guided.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a pressure control device of a pressure-medium brake system of a vehicle which individually controls brake pressures in brake cylinders of wheels of an axle. The pressure control device includes a relay valve. In order to compensate for response sluggishness of the relay valve, shut-off valves connected between the relay valve and their respective brake cylinders are not switched into a passage position in which pressure is forwarded to the brake cylinders until a permissible pressure gradient exists between the working pressures of the relay valve and the brake pressures in the brake cylinders.

Abstract: Braking systems for railway cars are provided. A braking system defines a longitudinal axis, and includes a first brake assembly, a second brake assembly, and an actuator operable to generate a linear force, the actuator disposed proximate the second brake assembly. The braking system further includes a movable rod and a fixed rod extending between the first brake assembly and the second brake assembly. In some embodiments, the braking system further includes a dead lever and a slack adjuster disposed proximate the first brake assembly, the slack adjuster connected to the first brake assembly and the dead lever and operable to adjust a distance along the longitudinal axis between a reference point of the first brake assembly and a pivot point of the dead lever.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a braking device and to a braking system, each having a master brake cylinder (10) having at least one first pressure chamber (12) that is subdivided or is able to be subdivided at least into a first partial volume (12a) and a second partial volume (12b), which are hydraulically connectable or connected to a brake fluid reservoir (24), a first brake circuit (28) being hydraulically connectable or connected to the first partial volume (12a), and having a valve device (38) that is mechanically designed in such a way that a pressure buildup up to a mechanically specified limit pressure may be brought about in the second partial volume (12b), brake fluid being transferable at least into the first brake circuit (28) via at least one subcomponent (38a) of the valve device (38), and an exceeding of the limit pressure in the second partial volume (12b) being prevented.