Patents Examined by Pamela Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11136091
    Abstract: A hydraulic-type time-difference brake apparatus includes at least a driving device, a housing, a first pump mechanism and a second pump mechanism as main components combined together. The driving device is provided with a first driving rod, a second driving rod, a brake starting member and a housing, one end of the first driving rod is connected to the brake starting member, and the other end is connected to the first pump mechanism, the first driving rod can push the first pump mechanism and output the first braking force to the rear wheel brake; one end of the second driving rod is connected to the brake starting member by a sliding device, and the other end is connected to the second pump mechanism, the second driving rod can push the second pump mechanism and output the second braking force to the front wheel brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GINDA NEW-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jui-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 11137042
    Abstract: A wear monitoring device of a disk brake includes a brake disk, a first brake lining on a first face of the brake disk, and a second brake lining on a second face of the brake disk, in particular for commercial vehicles. The wear monitoring device has a first sensor unit that quantitatively ascertains the cumulative wear of the first and second brake linings. The wear monitoring device outputs, at the output connection of the first sensor unit, a first electrical output signal that is associated with the cumulative wear. A signal line is connected on the one hand to the output connection of the first sensor unit and on the other hand to an evaluating unit. The signal line is arranged in such a manner that, when a predetermined first wear limit of the first or second brake lining is reached, the signal line comes into contact with a stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Hans-Christian Jungmann
  • Patent number: 11125290
    Abstract: A brake pad having a backing plate, friction lining, and a surface coating adhered to the friction lining. The surface coating may be formulated to generate a transfer layer on a brake rotor faster than the fiction lining alone. The surface coating may be adhered to the friction lining in a predetermined design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Phipps, Michael Getty, Robert Backode
  • Patent number: 11117583
    Abstract: A brake system for an articulated vehicle is disclosed. The brake system includes a brake assembly coupled to a traction device, the brake assembly being configured to apply a brake-assembly pressure based on one of a hydro-mechanical pressure signal and an electro-mechanical pressure signal. A blocking valve is configured to block the hydro-mechanical pressure signal when closed. A brake controller, is configured to transmit an isolation signal configured to close the blocking valve and transmit an ABS control signal that is based on a commanded ABS brake pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton D. Walenta, Anthony J. Weltzer
  • Patent number: 11111979
    Abstract: An air spring having an airsleeve, wherein at least one layer of the airsleeve includes the vulcanization product of a composition that includes at least one vuicanizable polymer, a curative, at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax, and expandable graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Howard, Brandon C. Adcock, Hang Li
  • Patent number: 11111974
    Abstract: A brake carrier for a disc brake of a commercial vehicle has an attachment region for fixing on a vehicle axis and at least one pad shaft for receiving and supporting at least one brake pad. The pad shaft is formed by way of an inlet-side carrier horn, an outlet-side carrier horn and a bridge which connects the inlet-side carrier horn and the outlet-side carrier horn. Regions of the bridge which adjoin the carrier horns form bearing surfaces for radially supporting the at least one brake pad. The respective guide contours for guiding the brake pad into a push-in position are arranged to the side of the pad shaft on a side surface of the carrier horns, in which push-in position the brake pad can be pushed axially with respect to the vehicle axle into the pad shaft between the carrier horns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Fischl, Josef Schropp, Andreas Petschke
  • Patent number: 11111981
    Abstract: A method of forming a dirt shield on a shock absorber includes positioning a mold over a portion of the shock absorber, heat shrinking a sleeve onto the mold, and removing the mold from the portion of the shock absorber such that the sleeve after heat shrinking remains on the shock absorber and forms the dirt shield. The shock absorber includes a piston rod, a mount rigidly attached to the piston rod, and a bushing secured to the mount. Prior to heat shrinking the sleeve, the sleeve slides over the bushing, and after heat shrinking the sleeve the bushing has an outer dimension greater than an inner dimension of the dirt shield. Also, a plurality of sleeves having the same inner dimension is used to form a plurality of dirt shields having different inner dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DRiV Automotive Inc.
    Inventor: Jonas Henderickx
  • Patent number: 11098772
    Abstract: The present invention is a vehicle disc brake for which incorrect installation of a friction pad can be prevented with a simple structure. The disc brake is provided with incorrect installation-preventing parts with which, if a friction pad (4) is installed with an incorrect installation orientation when a pair of tabs (10, 11) provided on the disc entry-side and disc exit-side of the back plate (4d) of a friction pad (4) is installed into pad guide grooves (9) formed on a caliper body (3), the tabs bump into the caliper body (3) and prevent the incorrect installation. The incorrect installation-preventing parts are formed from caliper-side recesses (9d, 9e), which are formed in the pad guide grooves (9) towards the center of the caliper body, and tab-side protrusions (10a, 11a), which have shapes that correspond to the caliper-side recesses (9d, 9e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Aonuma, Kazumasa Uehara, Yoshiyuki Imai, Chihiro Iida
  • Patent number: 11098785
    Abstract: A mount for supporting a power train in the vehicle, may include a stopper assembly combined on an internal surface of a housing to be disposed in an annular shape along the vicinity of the outsides of insulators combined with the housing, wherein the stopper assembly may include: an external ring combined on the internal surface of the housing; and a plurality of stopper members fixed on an internal surface of the external ring to be positioned along the vicinity of the outsides of the insulators, each of the a plurality of stopper members being spaced from each other to be in contact with an internal insulator of the insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11097709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a brake cylinder, a brake caliper unit and a rail vehicle. The brake cylinder includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head fixedly sleeved over one end of the cylinder block, the cylinder block being provided therein with a piston, a guide spring, a guide nut, a taper sleeve, an adjusting shaft assembly, a thrust sleeve and a gap adjusting nut assembly; wherein the gap adjusting nut assembly includes a gap adjusting nut, a gap adjusting sleeve and a gap adjusting spring, and a groove extending along an axial direction of the gap adjusting sleeve is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the gap adjusting sleeve, in which groove a release gap adjusting unit is provided. The thrust sleeve spring of the brake cylinder of the present disclosure can recognize excessive elastic deformation of the external lever to prevent the gap adjustment triggered by the excessive elastic deformation of the external lever, ensuring that the release gap of the disc is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: CRRC QISHUYAN INSTITUTE CO., LTD., CRRC CHANGZHOU TECH-MARK INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongwen Han, Chunguang Bao, Junhua Zhu, Liqing Du, Qingbing Gou, Zhuomin Mei
  • Patent number: 11092204
    Abstract: A self-adjusting automatic load brake for a hoist is disclosed. In various embodiments, the load brake includes a first shaft defining an annular hollow portion; a second shaft defining an engagement portion, the engagement portion configured for sliding disposition within the annular hollow portion; a first reaction plate coupled to the first shaft; a second reaction plate coupled to the second shaft; and a plurality of friction discs, with at least one of the plurality of friction discs coupled to a cup and disposed between the first reaction plate and the second reaction plate, the annular hollow portion of the first shaft and the engagement portion of the second shaft being sized and configured to accommodate thinning of the plurality of friction discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Bejan Maghsoodi, Zachary Limas
  • Patent number: 11085502
    Abstract: A valve includes a body that has a longitudinal axis. The body includes a conical portion positioned at an end of the body. The conical portion at least partially surrounds the body. The body includes a planar face circumferentially adjacent the conical portion. The planar face is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: QA1 Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Hulstein, Charles C. Olson, Marshall J. Fegers
  • Patent number: 11077838
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a vehicle brake system which includes the following steps: (1) determining a first wear value, which indicates wear of the friction lining of the vehicle brake, by taking into account at least one of the relevant parameters related to the operational history of the vehicle; (2) In dependence upon whether the first wear value meets a predetermined criterion, measuring the wear of the friction lining by moving the parking brake unit and by recording the curve of operating parameters of the parking brake unit while moving; (3) determining, based on the measurement, a second wear value, which indicates wear of the friction lining of the vehicle brake. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle braking system, as well as a computer program and a control unit for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Michels, Benedikt Ohlig, Michael Bast, Matthias Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11060575
    Abstract: A rear disc of a stack of aircraft carbon brake discs intended to rest against one end of the torque tube of the brake on which the disc stack is threaded, the support being provided by pucks secured to the rear disc by rivets, each inserted into a through hole in the rear disc and a hole opposite one of the pucks. According to the invention, each rivet has a cylindrical rod inserted into the holes of the rear disc and the puck and having an end deformed against the puck, and a head having a circular cylindrical portion with a conical base having an outer peripheral surface connected to a conical surface of the base by a fillet, and the disc through hole has a first portion adapted to receive the rod of the adjusting rivet, a second portion adapted to receive the circular cylindrical portion of the head of the adjusting rivet, and a transition conical portion adapted to receive the conical base of the rivet head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Ronan Delfosse, Aurélie Cohenca-Maroune, Joseph Vitti, Romain Le Floch
  • Patent number: 11060574
    Abstract: A disc brake for a utility vehicle, with a brake caliper which overlaps a brake disc, is preferably designed as a sliding caliper, is fastened to a positionally fixed brake carrier and has a central caliper opening above the brake disc, with an application device for applying the brake, and with two brake pads which are insertable through the caliper opening and each have a pad carrier and a friction pad fastened thereto, of which brake pads the one brake pad, as an application-side brake pad, can be pressed against the brake disc on the one side of the brake disc by the application device, and the other, as a reaction-side brake pad, is arranged on the opposite side of the brake disc, is distinguished in that a holding-down clamp is provided which is designed in such a manner that it radially secures only one of the two brake pads in the pad slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Fischl, Wolfgang Pritz, Andreas Petschke, Josef Schropp, Julian Cato Dahlenburg, Markus Bartel
  • Patent number: 11059464
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a hydraulic braking system, in the event of a failure of a primary brake actuator system, a secondary brake actuator system is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Strehle, Mirko Brand, Thomas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11059367
    Abstract: A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an elastic support mechanism for supporting an exhaust muffler. The elastic support mechanism includes a support platform member, elastic cylindrical members and a bar-shaped member. The support platform member is supported by a rear-linking frame bar to adjust a position of the support platform member along one of lateral and longitudinal directions of the body frame. An elastic cylindrical member is supported by one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. The elastic cylindrical member has an axis extending along the other of the lateral and longitudinal directions, and is supported at a single position, in a direction of the axis, of one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. A bar-shaped member supported by the other of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler is fitted into the elastic cylindrical member to be supported by the elastic cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Kimihiro Kai, Hiroshi Takagi, Toshiki Ono, Kohta Nakao, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Yuki Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 11046296
    Abstract: A caliper bracket of a vehicle disk brake includes an axle coupling part, an extension part, a caliper attaching part and a swing arm coupling part. The axle coupling part is disposed on an opposite side to a disk rotor and is attached to a rear wheel axle passing through a center of the disk rotor. The extension part is extending from the axle coupling part. The swing arm coupling part is provided on the other side part of the extension part in the longitudinal direction and is coupled to a swing arm. The extension part is formed to linearly extend from the axle coupling part, and the swing arm coupling part is formed to have a cuboid shape protruding toward the opposite side to the disk rotor and capable of fitting with a coupling groove member provided for the swing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Uehara
  • Patent number: 11028893
    Abstract: An elastic member is an elastic member formed of a wire having a cross section that is substantially circular, the cross section being orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, and the elastic member being expandable and contractible in a predetermined direction; and including: a first alloy portion that is made of an aluminum alloy having a tensile strength larger than 950 MPa and equal to or less than 1100 MPa at room temperature; and a second alloy portion configured to cover the first alloy portion, the second alloy portion having a thickness in a radial direction smaller than a radius of the first alloy portion, and being made of an aluminum alloy having a tensile strength of 100 MPa to 650 MPa at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kazama, Noritoshi Takamura, Shigeki Ishikawa, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11022194
    Abstract: A damper assembly for an angle of attack sensor includes a rotor including a conical portion, a damper housing in which the rotor is positioned, the damper housing being configured to be adjusted axially with respect to the rotor and including a tapered interior surface that matches a profile of the conical portion, and a locking mechanism adjacent the damper housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz