Abstract: A damping air spring for heavy-duty vehicle axle/suspension systems. The damping air spring includes a piston chamber and a bellows chamber and at least one opening between the chambers to provide restricted fluid communication between the chambers. A relationship between a cross-sectional area of the at least one opening in square inches to a volume of the piston chamber in cubic inches to a volume of the bellows chamber in cubic inches to a mean effective area of the air spring in square inches, or of the at least one opening in square inches to a volume of the piston chamber in cubic inches to a volume of the bellows chamber in cubic inches to a unitless ratio of the volume of the bellows chamber to the volume of the piston chamber, provides damping characteristics to the air spring over a first and second critical range of frequencies.

Abstract: A brake system may include an actuating device, in particular a brake pedal; a first piston-cylinder unit having two pistons subjecting the brake circuits to a pressure medium via a valve device, wherein one of the pistons can be actuated by the actuation device; a second piston-cylinder unit having an electric motor drive, a transmission at least one piston to supply at least one of the brake circuits with a pressure medium via a valve device; and a motor pump unit with a valve device to supply the brake circuits with a pressure medium. The brake system may also include a hydraulic travel simulator with a pressure or working chamber which is connected to the first piston-cylinder unit.

Abstract: A magnetorheological braking device with a fixed holder and a first and second braking component. One of the braking components is connected to the holder and does not rotate relative thereto. The two braking components are continuously rotatable relative to one another. The first braking component extends axially, and the second braking component has a hollow shell part extending around the first braking component. A peripheral gap, filled with a magnetorheological medium, is formed between the first and second braking component. The first braking component has an electric coil and a magnetically conductive core extending axially. Magnetic field concentrators, on the core and/or the shell part, protrude into the gap, creating variable gap height. The electric coil is wound around a section of the core. A magnetic field of the electric coil runs through the core, magnetic field concentrators, and the gap into a wall of the shell part.

Abstract: A vehicle calliper disc brake comprising a brake disc connected to a vehicle wheel and having inboard and outboard side surfaces and a rotational axis; an actuator arranged in a calliper housing to displace at least one piston to actuate the disc brake; the calliper housing having facing first and second side walls on opposite sides of the brake disc, where the first side wall has at least one piston slidably mounted in a cavity between the side walls and where the second side wall is part of a calliper bridge extending from the first wall and spanning the brake disc.

Abstract: A brake assembly is configured for use with a wheel in an ambient environment. The wheel includes a rim rotatably mounted to an axle. The brake assembly includes a brake stack and an actuation assembly configured to selectively apply a force to the brake stack. A cover sealingly engaged the rim to at least partially define a fluidic barrier between a brake cavity and the ambient environment. The brake stack is located within the brake cavity.

Abstract: A solenoid includes a first fixed iron core and a second fixed iron core located on a first end side and a second end side of an axial direction of a coil, a first movable iron core and a second movable iron core located therebetween and attracted by the first fixed iron core and the second fixed iron core by passage of current through the coil, respectively, a spring housed in a spring chamber formed on the first fixed iron core side of the first movable iron core and biasing the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side, a leaf spring that regulates movement of the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side with respect to the second movable iron core, and a throttle passage that causes the spring chamber to communicate with outside.

Abstract: An automatic fork suppression system is described. The automatic fork suppression system includes a fork ring coupled to an upper fork tube and a locking assembly coupled to an outer face of a fork guard. The locking assembly includes a body, a latch lever, a pivot pin, a locking mechanism, and a lever return mechanism. In an unlocked position, the catch of the latch lever is configured inside the body of the locking assembly and is not engaged with an engagement portion of the fork ring). In a locked position, a catch of the latch lever is configured outside the body of the locking assembly and is engaged with an engagement portion of the fork ring. When the latch lever is coupled to the body, the handle extends through an opening such that it is accessible (e.g., by a user or motorcycle rider) and movable between unlocked and armed positions.

Abstract: An assembly for enabling continuous seat post function during extreme conditions is described and includes: a first valve at least partially, slidably disposed within a stationary piston and for controlling a first fluid pathway there through, wherein the first fluid pathway runs from a first portion and to a second portion of the oil chamber, wherein the stationary piston separates the oil chamber into the first portion and the second portion; and a second valve at least partially disposed within the stationary piston and disposed in series with the first valve and having a second fluid pathway disposed through the first valve and the second valve, being in parallel with the first fluid pathway, running from the first portion to the second portion of the oil chamber, and providing a bypass for oil to flow from the first portion to the second portion when the first fluid pathway is closed.

Abstract: A brake apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a 3-way solenoid valve unit including one or more 3-way solenoid valves, a valve block having a first surface on which the 3-way solenoid valve unit is installed, at least one accumulator, a pressurizing unit, and a plurality of wheel cylinders, wherein each 3-way solenoid valve includes a first port, a second port, a third port, a first opening/closing flow path, and a second opening/closing flow path, and at least a part of the at least one accumulator is disposed between the 3-way solenoid valve unit and a second surface of the valve block.

Abstract: Provided is motor-driven drum brake system including: a motor-driven drum brake including a brake shoe inside a drum and allowing the brake shoe to be pressed on an inner surface of the drum by hydraulic pressure of a wheel cylinder or an operation of a motor to perform braking; and a controller configured to control the motor to engage the motor-driven drum brake, wherein the controller is configured to, upon a total count of parking apply operations of the motor-driven drum brake being greater than a preset count when performing a parking apply operation, correct a target clamping force of the motor-driven drum brake and perform the parking apply operation according to the corrected target clamping force.

Abstract: A body weight adjustment mechanism for automatic adjustment to a balanced point is provided to improve vibration absorption characteristics and impact absorption characteristics. A torsion angle of a lower frame-side torsion bar when an upper frame is at a balanced point is found in advance, a torsion angle of the lower frame-side torsion bar in a state in which a person is seated is detected, the detected torsion angle is compared with the aforesaid balanced point torsion angle, a control signal is sent to an elastic force adjusting unit, and torsion angles of upper frame-side torsion bars are adjusted so that the torsion angle of the lower frame-side torsion bar becomes equal to the balanced point torsion angle. The upper frame can be set to an appropriate position in an initial state and a static state in which a person is seated and vibration and impact absorption characteristics are improved.

Abstract: A brake caliper for a vehicle disc brake including a pair of brake pads, and brake a disc positioned in between the brake pads is provided. The brake caliper includes a thrust piece that is configured to move at least one of the brake pads relative to the brake disc, an adjuster unit in threaded engagement with the thrust piece, and a spring unit operatively coupled to the adjuster unit and the thrust piece. The spring unit has a latching element and the adjuster unit has a corresponding latching interface, wherein the latching element is arranged to engage the latching interface when the adjuster unit is in threaded engagement with the thrust piece, and the spring unit further has a mounting element in engagement with the thrust piece to provide a resistance against a rotational movement the adjuster unit relative to the thrust piece.

Abstract: A vehicle, suspension system and method of dampening a force on the suspension system is disclosed. The suspension system includes a damper having a first damping element and a second damping element configured to rotate relative to each other in response to a force received at the suspension system. The second damping element induces an eddy current in the first damping element during relative rotation. A feature of one at least one of the first damping element and the second damping element provides a first electrical resistance to the eddy current during relative rotation in a first direction and a second electrical resistance to the eddy current during relative rotation in a second direction. The first electrical resistance generates a first damping force and the second electrical resistance generates a second damping force.

Abstract: When a leak occurs in one service circuit of a multi-circuit braking system, the leak can prevent replenishing the non-leaking service reservoir. To address this problem, a shared backup reservoir can be used to replenish the non-leaking service reservoir. A valve can be used to allow flow from the backup reservoir to whichever service reservoir is under higher pressure, as low pressure would indicate a leak. Additional valve(s) can be used to impede flow from the service reservoirs to the backup reservoir to prevent the service reservoirs from being drained if the backup reservoir is subject to a leak.

Abstract: A brake dust trap for a drum brake, the brake dust trap having an annular shape arranged to be received in a groove formed circumferentially in a drum of the drum brake to trap particulate matter generated by the drum brake, wherein the brake dust trap is arranged to be retained in the groove to rotate along with the drum, and removable from the drum brake for disposal of trapped particulate matter.

Abstract: The application relates to a brake pad assembly (10) for a disk brake system and to a disk brake system. The proposed brake pad assembly (10) comprises a back plate (5) having a front side (4) for facing a brake disk (1) of the disk brake system and a friction layer (3) arranged on the front side (4) of the back plate (5) for contacting a friction surface of the brake disk (1). The back plate (5) comprises a guiding protrusion (9) configured to be slidably received within a guiding recess (19) of a carrier (20) of the disk brake system. The brake pad assembly (10) further comprises a pad spring (16) configured to be arranged between the guiding protrusion (9) of the back plate (5) and the guiding recess (19) of the carrier (20). The pad spring (16) is attached to the guiding protrusion (9) of the back plate (5).

Abstract: Provided is an electromechanical brake system comprising an actuator of an electromechanical brake operated by a motor, the electromechanical brake system including: a motor driving unit configured to drive the motor; and a control unit configured to be electrically connected to the motor driving unit, wherein the control unit is configured to: calculate a first rotation angle of a spindle in a brake apply mode of the electromechanical brake, calculate a second rotation angle of the spindle in a braking release mode of the electromechanical brake, and when a difference between the calculated first rotation angle and the calculated second rotation angle exists, control a notification device to notify a wear state of a brake pad.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bushing assembly. The bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, an elastomer, and a bar pin. The elastomer is disposed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The bar pin includes a first end, a second end, and a central portion between the first end and the second end. The central portion extends along a longitudinal axis. The central portion has a cruciform cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The bar pin further includes a first intermediate portion between the central portion and the first end. The first intermediate portion has an uninterrupted circular cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The inner sleeve circumscribes the central portion of the bar pin.

Abstract: Disclosed herein an electronic brake system includes a reservoir provided with spaces for storing oil, the spaces configured to be partitioned; a master cylinder connected to the reservoir, the master cylinder including first and second master chambers and first and second pistons provided in each master chamber, to discharge oil according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure supply device operated by an electrical signal to generate hydraulic pressure and including first and second pressure chambers and a hydraulic piston; a first hydraulic circuit configured to transmit hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders of left front and right front wheels; and a second hydraulic circuit configured to transmit hydraulic pressure discharged from the hydraulic pressure supply device to wheel cylinders of left rear and right rear wheels; wherein hydraulic pressure returned from the wheel cylinders and hydraulic pressure returned from the second pressu

Abstract: A spreader unit for a drum brake is provided with a readjustment device which ensures that the clearance remains substantially constant even in the case of wear on the brake linings. The readjustment device is arranged between actuating pistons and changes the spacing of the actuating pistons in at least one readjustment step when an actuating travel of the first and second brake shoe holders has exceeded a travel setpoint value. A thermally actuable blocking device mechanically prevents the execution of the readjustment step by the readjustment device at a temperature above a temperature setpoint value.