Patents Examined by Pamela Rodriguez
  • Solenoid valve for brake system
    Patent number: 10480673
    Abstract: The solenoid valve according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a filter member accommodated in a bore of a modulator block, a valve seat including an orifice, and a plunger configured to open and close the orifice, wherein the boss in which a connecting path is formed is inserted into the valve seat located at a center of the filter member, a plunger valve configured to be vertically moved due to a pressure of supplied oil and including a vertical hole formed to pass through a center of the plunger valve is disposed below the connecting path, and a plunger valve seat having a diameter greater than that of the connecting path is provided at a lower portion of the connecting path to selectively come into contact with an outer surface of the plunger valve when the plunger valve is moved upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: An-Soo Yoon
  • Electrically powered brake device
    Patent number: 10479341
    Abstract: This electric brake device includes: a brake rotor; a friction member; friction member operator configured to bring the friction member into contact with the brake rotor; an electric motor configured to drive the friction member operator; and a controller configured to control a braking force by means of the electric motor. The controller includes: heat balance degree estimator configured to estimate a balance degree among heat generation amounts of a plurality of exciting coils in the electric motor; and heat load balancing section configured to decrease a heat generation amount of a specific exciting coil when the heat balance degree estimator has estimated that the heat generation amount of the specific exciting coil among the plurality of exciting coils is larger than heat generation amounts of the other exciting coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yui Masuda
  • Fall arrest device
    Patent number: 10478646
    Abstract: A fall arrest device includes a bracket having first and second side panels, a rotating member rotatably mounted to the bracket, a safety belt wound around the rotating member, a brake wheel engaged with the rotating member and having a groove, a brake block pivotally connected to the brake wheel and located between an inner surface of the brake wheel and an outer surface of the first side panel, and a restoring spring. A stopper is disposed on the outer surface of the first side panel. In this way, the groove could accommodate a part of a body of the restoring spring, preventing the brake block from propelling away from a surface of the brake wheel by the restoring spring, preventing the brake block from rubbing against the first side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: YOKE INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventor: Eason Sun
  • Coil spring pad for vehicle suspension system
    Patent number: 10465761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coil spring pad for a vehicle suspension system, comprising: an accommodating groove (51) in which a lower end portion of a coil spring (10) is inserted and accommodated; and a pad extension part (55) which is formed from a first surface (35) of an upper surface (33) of a coil spring pad (31) and covers the whole section, except for a convexly raised portion and a through hole (73) of a lower seat (71), thereby preventing horizontal deformation of the coil spring pad (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DAEWON KANG UP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ha-Yun Kim, Bong-Soo Jun, Jai-Shik Yi, Won-Yeong Kim
  • Bell for brake disc with integrated auxiliary brake
    Patent number: 10451128
    Abstract: A bell for brake disc with integrated “drum-in-hat” auxiliary brake. The bell (2) includes an annular flange (5) configured to be coupled to a braking band (4) of a brake disc (1), and a drum (6) coupled coaxially to the annular flange (5), wherein the drum (6) accommodates or is configured to accommodate an auxiliary brake (7). The annular flange (5) and the drum (6) are separate elements joined together. The annular flange (6) has at least one recess (13). The drum (6) comprises a cylindrical body (14) and an auxiliary annular flange (15) positioned on a peripheral edge of the cylindrical body (14). The recess (13) has an annular shape coaxial with a common symmetry axis (X-X) and houses the auxiliary annular flange (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BREMBO SGL CARBON CERAMIC BRAKES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Bonfanti
  • Utility vehicle disk brake
    Patent number: 10451127
    Abstract: A utility vehicle disk brake includes a vehicle-mounted brake carrier that partially surrounds a brake disk, and a brake caliper that is arranged on and partially covers the brake carrier. Sliding guides allow the brake caliper to slide relative to the brake carrier perpendicularly to a friction surface of the brake disk. A first one of the sliding guides is designed as a fixed bearing, and a second one of the sliding guides is designed as a floating bearing. At least the floating bearing is designed as a slotted guide having a guideway that runs in the sliding direction of the brake caliper as well as a first guiding element that is accommodated in the guideway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Fischl
  • Disk brake for a utility vehicle
    Patent number: 10443667
    Abstract: A disk brake with lower cost and improved maintainability is provided. The brake caliper includes at least one actuating device for actuating the disc brake using a moveably guided bridge. The bridge has at least one threaded hole into which an actuating spindle is displaceably located. A brake disk end of the actuating spindle penetrates a caliper closing plate facing the brake disk. The positioning spindle carries a rotatably-mounted pressure piece which presses a brake pad against the brake disc. The opening is sealed by a bellows retained on the brake caliper on one side and on the pressure piece on the other side. A securing ring non-rotatably located on the actuating spindle and rotatably connected to the thrust piece interacts with the bellows during brake application and/or release to maintain a desired air gap between the brake disk and brake pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Schoefberger, Rudolf Fischer, Peter Balint, Matthias Klingner, Michael Peschel, Ralf Weber
  • Torque rod
    Patent number: 10436279
    Abstract: A torque rod, in which a front rubber and a rear rubber are respectively disposed at front and rear sides of a partition of a case fixed to a sub-frame and in which a pipe portion of a rod connected at a front end portion thereof to a power train passes through the front rubber, the partition, and the rear rubber and is coupled to an end plate, may include an attenuation device configured to cause flow of a liquid therein according to a load or vibration transferred from the rod, wherein the attenuation device is separably mounted between the rod and the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seung-Won Kim
  • Stroke controlled balancing device for a hydraulic braking system, braking system comprising the device and method of operating the braking system
    Patent number: 10434999
    Abstract: A stroke-controlled balancing device for hydraulic braking systems, comprising a balancing duct, a normally closed balancing valve, configured, in use, to maintain a connection between the hydraulic braking system and the balancing duct either closed or open, a stem having an external surface and an internal surface. A balancing channel is provided on the internal surface of the stem, said channel being hydraulically connected to the balancing duct, and the balancing valve is configured to slide, in use, along the external surface of the stem in order to open the connection between the braking system and the balancing duct. A braking system comprising the balancing device, as well as a method of operation of the braking system, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: VHIT S.p.A. Società Unipersonale
    Inventor: Leonardo Cadeddu
  • Brake system
    Patent number: 10428888
    Abstract: A brake system that includes a brake piston, a rotary to linear stage mechanism, and a clutch. The brake piston extends along a longitudinal axis. The brake piston includes a piston pocket. The rotary to linear stage mechanism includes a spindle and a nut. The nut is received in the piston pocket. The brake system is operable in a first braking application and in a second braking application. During the first braking application, the clutch is adapted to provide for the nut to rotate about the longitudinal axis. During the second braking application, the clutch is adapted to restrict or prevent the nut from rotating about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi
  • Bicycle-brake-caliper attachment structure
    Patent number: 10427751
    Abstract: A bicycle-brake-caliper attachment structure comprises a base member. The base member is configured to be coupled to a brake caliper configured to apply a braking force on a brake disc rotor configured to be rotatable about a rotational axis. The base member is configured to be attached to a bicycle frame such that relative position between the rotational axis of the brake disc rotor and the brake caliper is adjustable in a radial direction of the brake disc rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noborio, Tsutomu Muraoka, Osamu Kariyama, Masahiro Nakakura
  • Hydraulic damping cylinder, in particular for a knee prosthesis
    Patent number: 10413430
    Abstract: A hydraulic damping cylinder for a prosthetic knee joint, including a housing, a cylinder chamber in the housing and filled with a hydraulic fluid, and a piston arranged in the cylinder chamber and movable by a piston rod. In the housing there are provided at least two separate receiving chambers, which are of different size and are connected to the cylinder chamber by fluid ducts, for hydraulic fluid displaced from the cylinder chamber during a piston movement The receiving chambers are each separated, by a diaphragm, from a compression chamber filled with a compressible fluid that forms an energy store. Upstream of the larger receiving chamber, there is connected a throttle device which forms a flow resistance for the hydraulic fluid flowing into the receiving chamber so that the hydraulic fluid can be distributed to the two receiving chambers in a manner dependent on speed of the piston movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OSSUR ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Janek Dressler, Thomas Kamm, Sören Zobirei, Gabriel Tschupp
  • Pressure variation damper for a hydraulic vehicle brake system, and corresponding vehicle brake system
    Patent number: 10399547
    Abstract: A pressure variation damper for a slip-regulated, hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a damper housing and a tubular damper element. The damper element is disposed in the damper housing and configured for elastic deformation. The damper element is subjected on an inside and/or on an outside to a fluid. Possible pressure variations of the fluid are to be damped. The damper element comprises a corrugation on the outside and a corrugation on the inside configured to reduce a change in a wall thickness of the damper element owing to the corrugation on the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Gaertner, Alexander Geilfuss
  • Damping or return device for sliding door leaves
    Patent number: 10392848
    Abstract: A damping or return device for sliding door leaves, particularly for furniture, which is constituted by a steel pin that slideably and axially interacts within a magnet constituted by a diametrically differently-polarized collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BORTOLUZZI SISTEMI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Guido Bortoluzzi, Adriano Girotto, Lucio Moliner
  • Brake rotor apparatus for use with vehicles
    Patent number: 10393198
    Abstract: Brake rotor apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a brake rotor having braking surfaces. The apparatus includes first fins coupled to the brake rotor and disposed between the braking surfaces. The first fins are distributed along a first radius of the brake rotor and extend radially outward. The apparatus includes second fins coupled to the brake rotor and disposed between the braking surfaces. The second fins are distributed along a second radius of the brake rotor smaller than the first radius and adjacent the first fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Silvestre Guerra Meza, Carlos Francisco Vargas Guzmán, Jaime Antonio Sánchez Mendoza, Diego Raúl Ramírez Serrano, Francisco Antonio Vargas Soria
  • Fall protection device
    Patent number: 10391339
    Abstract: A fall protection device includes a frame, a rotation unit, a safety belt, a braking plate, a braking block and a restoring spring. The frame includes a first lateral plate, and a stopping block is formed on an exterior surface of the first lateral plate. The rotation unit is rotatably disposed with the frame. The safety belt is wound around the rotation unit. The braking plate is engaged with the rotation unit and includes an interior surface which faces the exterior surface of the first lateral plate. The braking block is pivotally disposed on the braking plate and located between the interior surface of the braking plate and the exterior surface of the first lateral plate. The present invention could ensure the braking block to abut against the stopping block as the braking block is at an expanding position, and thereby to improve a reliability of the lockup function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: YOKE INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventor: Eason Sun
  • Kinetic energy absorption device and aircraft comprising such a device
    Patent number: 10393204
    Abstract: A device to absorb kinetic energy caused by an exceptional load includes an outer casing configured to maintain integrity after the exceptional load. A core of the device is made of a compactable material at least partially filling the outer casing. The core material is compacted under an exceptional load and absorbs some of the kinetic energy caused by the load. At least one stiffness element is incorporated into the core. A distribution element includes each stiffness element. An aircraft, a vehicle, an item of equipment and an installation includes such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS SAS
    Inventors: Caroline Petiot, Didier Mesnage, Michel Bermudez
  • Parking brake in a vehicle
    Patent number: 10377363
    Abstract: A parking brake for a vehicle includes an electric brake motor, a transmission, and a brake piston. The transmission transfers a drive movement of the motor to the brake piston. The transmission has a transmission efficiency that steadily increases as a temperature in the transmission rises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Wolff, Simon Hauber
  • Regenerative brake control device
    Patent number: 10377242
    Abstract: A regenerative brake control device of a vehicle, which is configured to control a rotary electric motor that is configured to drive wheels at a regeneration ratio corresponding to a selected regeneration stage to thereby obtain a regenerative brake force, includes: a selecting section which is manually operated to select a regeneration stage from a plurality of regeneration stages which have been set; and a control section which is configured to make control so that, when a predetermined operation is performed on the selecting section, a regeneration stage in which the predetermined operation has not been performed on the selecting section is automatically changed to another regeneration stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Murase
  • Bush for vehicle
    Patent number: 10364859
    Abstract: A bush for a vehicle includes: an inner cylindrical member; a substantially cylindrical rubber member provided outside the inner cylindrical member; and a substantially cylindrical metal spring member inserted between the inner cylindrical member and the rubber member. A gap portion for allowing the metal spring member to be elastically deformed in a radial direction of the metal spring member is provided between the inner cylindrical member and the metal spring member. The bush for a vehicle works such that when impact force belonging to a relatively low vibration frequency area or impact force resultantly accompanied with great displacement is inputted into the bush for a vehicle, mainly the rubber member absorbs vibrations; and when impact force belonging to a relatively high vibration frequency area is inputted into the bush for a vehicle, mainly the metal spring member absorbs vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Shinkawa