Abstract: An air spring system for a commercial vehicle including an air spring device configured to be arranged in an interface region on a link, the air spring system configured such that, in the case of locking of the air spring device, an engagement element can be introduced into a receiving region, and, by way of an offset movement along an offset direction, the engagement element can be transferred from the receiving region into a positively locking region, in which the engagement element interacts in a positively locking manner with a positively locking element along a positively locking direction which differs from the offset direction.

Abstract: An electromagnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle having at least one brake magnet which has a magnet coil body and at least one magnetic core, and wherein the magnet coil body carries at least one magnet coil winding, and having an electric connector device, by way of which the at least one magnet coil winding is supplied with current, wherein the electric connector device has at least one pin-shaped electric connector body which is connected via a releasable electric connection to at least one current-conducting electric cable which is guided from the outside to the at least one pin-shaped connector body in relation to the brake magnet. The at least one pin-shaped electric connector body may be arranged on a free and outer surface of the magnet coil body or an element which is connected to the magnet coil body.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor vehicle braking system comprises an electronic stability control (ESC) system of dual-circuit design, a first brake circuit which acts on one or more first wheel brakes, and a second brake circuit which acts on one or more second wheel brakes. The first brake circuit comprises a first hydraulic pressure generator which is electrically controllable for control interventions, and the second brake circuit comprises a second hydraulic pressure generator which is electrically controllable, independently of the first hydraulic pressure generator, for control interventions.

Abstract: A stroke sensor system includes a conductor, a coil which moves relative to the conductor and is fitted to one end side of the conductor; and a ferromagnetic body which is arranged on an end position side of the coil. A position of an end portion on one end side of the conductor in a state where a fitting ratio between the conductor and the coil is maximized is defined as the end position. The ferromagnetic body is located on an opposite side to the conductor with the coil interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling the parking brakes of a vehicle are provided. The system comprises a first brake unit; a second brake unit; a third brake unit; a fourth brake unit; a first controller powered by a first power source; a second controller powered by a second power source and communicatively coupled to the first controller via a first and second communication link; and a third controller powered by the first power source and communicatively coupled to the first controller via a third communication link and to the second controller via a fourth communication link, wherein the second controller, based at least in part on a signal received from the first controller, operates the first brake unit and the fourth brake unit, and the third controller, based at least in part on the signal received from the first controller, operates the second brake unit and the third brake unit.

Abstract: A carrying device and, a fixing method of a carrying device are provided. The carrying device includes a body and an electromagnet fixing module disposed on the body; wherein the electromagnet fixing module is configured to fix the carrying device. The present application uses the electromagnet fixing module to fix the carrying device, which can avoid downtime of an exposure machine caused by shaking of the carrying device when a robot arm of the exposure machine picks or places the mask form the carrying device so as to improve throughput.

Abstract: A brake pad for a brake apparatus may include: a friction member brought into contact with a brake disk; a back plate coupled to the friction member, and movably mounted on a torque member or a pad liner coupled to the torque member; a slide guide shim mounted on the back plate; and a slide shim movably mounted on the back plate, covering the slide guide shim, and slidably disposed on the slide guide shim.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes: a motor unit configured to apply a rotational driving force to a wheel of a vehicle and including a drive motor and a speed reducer that reduces a speed of rotation of an output shaft of the drive motor; and a friction brake that reduces rotation of the wheel. The friction brake includes: at least one rotation disc provided so as to be rotatable integrally with the output shaft; a housing that is a non-rotatable member; at least one friction plate held by the housing so as to be movable relative to the housing in the axial direction such that rotation of the at least one friction plate relative to the housing about the axis is restricted; and a pressing device that presses the at least one friction plate against the at least one rotation disc.

Abstract: A method for operating an electropneumatic parking brake system of a vehicle combination, which includes a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, includes activating, after a parking operation and braking of the vehicle combination, a trailer check function in a standstill state. The trailer check function enables a check as to whether, in the case of a decrease in the braking action of the trailer vehicle, the vehicle combination can be held in a stationary manner solely by way of the braking action of a parking brake of the tractor vehicle. The trailer check function is carried out automatically when a vehicle combination has been braked in a stationary manner independently by way of an automatic parking function.

Abstract: An emergency air spring assembly includes an upper cover plate, an air bag, an upper end plate and a lower end plate. An outer periphery of the upper end plate is connected with an outer periphery of the lower end plate through the air bag. An hourglass elastomer is connected between the upper cover plate and the upper end plate. A plurality of steel springs are arranged between the upper cover plate and the upper end plate in a circumferential direction of the sand clock elastomer in a pressing mode.

Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle, which includes a control system configured to: actuate a pressure generation device in accordance with a braking request signal to generate the brake pressure; ascertain an operational state of the pressure generation device; ascertain a position of a displacement piston of a brake master cylinder based on the braking request signal; and couple a pressure modulation device to a brake master cylinder volume and actuate the device so that the pressure modulation device conveys brake fluid out of the brake master cylinder volume into the wheel brake circuit, if the operational status of the pressure generation device is ascertained to be nonoperational and the displacement piston is in the idle position.

Abstract: An electromagnetic braking system and control method, with the system having a CCU, a braking cylinder, a push rod, an electromagnetic braking ring, an electromagnetic braking piston fixed to the push rod, a first shading plate and a second shading plate, a photoelectric sensor fixed near the push rod, and an electromagnetic braking control circuit, and the control method including following the steps: initial estimating of the braking distance (l) according to the current magnitude, electromagnetic force between the two electromagnetic coils and initial velocity (v) of the push rod, arranging a restoration distance (?l) between the top dead center and the piston after braking, installing two shading plates and the photoelectric sensor; and setting the distance between the two electromagnetic coils to when the starts braking.

Abstract: An electropneumatic parking brake control device controls a parking brake including at least one spring brake actuator. The control device includes a relay valve with a control chamber and a vent. The control chamber can be connected to the vent via at least one second throttle element and/or at least one third throttle element depending on the position of the relay piston.

Abstract: A parking brake valve device for controlling a storage spring parking brake in an electropneumatic brake system includes a compressed air input configured to be connected to a compressed air supply, a parking brake output configured to control a storage spring parking brake, and a trailer-control control output configured to control a trailer control valve (TCV) for a trailer brake system. The parking brake valve device further includes a relay valve pilot control region and a relay valve, a TCV pilot control region configured to control the trailer-control control output, an inlet valve configured to be controlled with a first electrical control signal for supplying air to the TCV pilot control region and the relay valve pilot control region, and a connecting valve configured to be controlled by a second control signal to connect and disconnect the TCV pilot control region and the relay valve pilot control region.

Abstract: A fluid-sealed engine mount may include an insulator integrally formed on an external side of a mount core configured to be coupled to an engine and having a chamber with which fluid for insulation of vibration is sealed; an orifice module mounted below the mount core to divide the chamber into two chambers and having a fluid passage for flow of the fluid; an air chamber provided at a center portion of the orifice module and filled with air; and an elastic membrane mounted above the air chamber at the center portion of the orifice module to seal the air chamber airtightly.

Abstract: A brake shoe having brake linings for a brake apparatus includes a carrier element, and a first brake lining segment configured to be mounted on the carrier element, and a second brake lining segment configured to be mounted on the carrier element, the first brake lining segment and the second brake lining segment being spaced apart from one another in a mounted state, and the first brake lining segment and the second brake lining segment differing from one another with regard to material composition, force loading and/or shape to configure a friction profile.

Abstract: An automatic braking device for a vehicle and a method for automatically braking a vehicle. The vehicle is automatically braked using at least one friction brake of the vehicle in such a way that a brake force that is effectuated by the at least one friction brake is increased, at least at times, with a predefined maximum brake force buildup gradient and/or up to a predefined maximum brake force. At least when no emergency braking situation is present, it is ascertained prior to the automatic braking whether the vehicle at that moment is traveling through a specified or self-determined particulate matter protection area, and, if necessary, the brake force that is effectuated with the aid of the at least one friction brake is increased at most with a predefined or set limiting brake force buildup gradient and/or at most up to a predefined or set limiting brake force.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air spring having: a rolling bellows (1) with an opening which has a bead (2) reinforced by a core (3) and a rolling piston (4) with a seat (5) for the rolling bellows (1) and a support shoulder (7) for the rolling bellows (1), wherein when the rolling bellows (1) is in the mounted state, its end assigned to the rolling piston (4) is connected to the rolling piston (4) in an airtight manner by a clamping fit between the bead (2) and the seat (5) of the rolling piston (4), and the bead (2) of the rolling bellows (1) rests at least partly on the support shoulder (7), wherein the rolling piston (4) is made of a thermoplastic material. The object of the invention is to improve an air spring of the type outlined above such that the bellows (1) can very reliably and simply be prevented from slipping off the piston (4), in particular in view of the use of plastic as the piston material.

Abstract: A pad for disc brakes for railway vehicles is provided. The pad includes a base plate and friction elements fixed to the plate and arranged in at least two arcuate rows. Each row has friction elements with one same friction surface and a total friction surface ranging from 40% to 80% of the total friction surface of the friction elements of a neighboring external row. Each friction element of at least one neighboring internal row has a friction surface that is less than the friction surface of each friction element of the neighboring external row. The friction elements of each row are arranged on the base plate to act on a surface portion of a brake disc, which partially overlaps surface portions of the disc on which friction elements of a neighboring external row and friction elements of a neighboring internal row act.

Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly with brake disc and brake caliper has a ring segment-shaped housing accommodating the brake disc in the interior. The housing has first and second axially spaced apart housing sidewalls and a housing peripheral wall extending radially outwardly in circumferential direction and arranged between the first and second housing sidewalls. A first housing part includes the first and/or second housing sidewall such that the first and/or second housing sidewall is positionable axially displaced to the brake disc. A second housing part includes at least the housing peripheral wall. First and second housing parts are connected by a pivot mechanism having a pivot axis extending parallel to an axis of rotation of the brake disc. Due to the pivot mechanism, the housing peripheral wall is pivotable relative to the first housing part while the first and/or second housing sidewall remains stationary.