Abstract: A sensor device for a disc brake has a sensor gearing which can be coupled to at least one encoder, wherein the sensor gearing is arranged in a housing as a planetary gear mechanism and has an input for a first variable, which can be detected by the sensor device and which is associated with wear of the disc brake, and has an input for a second variable, which can be detected by the sensor device and which is associated with an operating movement of the disc brake. The sensor device can be changed over from a first state for detecting the first variable, which is associated with wear of the disc brake, and the second variable, which is associated with an operating movement of the disc brake, to a second state for detecting only the first variable, which is associated with wear of the disc brake.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a brake system onboard a vehicle, a first actuation component, an automatic control system, and a second actuation component. The first actuation component is operably coupled to the brake system and is configured to cause actuation of the brake system to brake the vehicle when the first actuation component is activated. The automatic control system is onboard the vehicle and is configured to generate a first control signal for controlling the first actuation component to activate to upon occurrence of one or more designated conditions. The second actuation component is operably coupled to the brake system and is configured to cause actuation of the brake system to brake the vehicle upon receipt of one of the first control signal or a second control signal generated by the automatic control system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle axle, in particular a torsion beam axle, the rubber-solid material bearing being constructed in a disk-like manner from at least two disks made from solid material with a rubber layer which is arranged in between, and is characterized according to the invention in that a disk which is arranged on the outside in relation to the axial direction A of the rubber-solid material bearing has a collar which is oriented so as to stand upright toward the outside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a brake disc comprising the following operating steps: a) providing a brake disc, comprising a braking band 2 made of aluminum or aluminum alloy and provided with two opposite braking surfaces 2a, 2b, each of which at least partially defines one of the two main sides of the disc; b) depositing a material in particle form on the disc with HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel) technique or with HVAF (High Velocity Air Fuel) technique or with KM (Kinetic Metallization) technique, forming a protective coating 3 which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band. The material in particle form is composed of 80 to 90% by weight of tungsten carbide, 8% to 12% by weight of cobalt and 2% to 6% by weight of chromium.

Abstract: A system for controlling a brake of a unit hauled by a work vehicle may generally include a valve assembly. When a speed of the work vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed threshold, the valve assembly may be configured to allow the brake to be actuated when first and second brake pedals of the work vehicle are depressed, either individually or simultaneously. However, when the speed of the work vehicle is less than the predetermined speed threshold, the valve assembly may only be configured to allow the brake to be actuated when both of the first and second brake pedals are depressed simultaneously.

Abstract: A method for conveying a metered hydraulic volume in a vehicle braking system by an electrically driven motor pump assembly, wherein a mechanical pump of the motor pump assembly is driven by an electric motor of the motor pump assembly. A rising motor voltage ramp is applied to the electric motor, a motor current being detected, and a conveying mode of the motor pump assembly starting as soon as a motor torque generated by the motor current exceeds a total of drag torque, breakaway torque and friction torque of the motor pump assembly. The motor current reduces when the conveying mode starts. The method is characterized in that, when a reduction in the motor current is detected after a specified time interval has elapsed, a motor voltage is reduced to a value which ends the conveying mode. The invention further relates to a vehicle braking system.

Abstract: The cable grab safety device releasably attaches a workman's safety lanyard to a steel cable. A primary frame constructed of an elongated U-shaped bracket having a pair of spaced apart parallel side plates fits around the cable. A secondary frame also comprised of a pair of side plates fits within the U-shaped bracket after the cable is inserted. The secondary frame carries a brake in the form of a pulley mounted in an elongated slot movable toward or away from the cable. A lever attached to a worker's lanyard moves the pulley only in the inward direction to engage the cable in the event of a fall. A bent pin connected between the primary and secondary frames allows for limited pivotal and axial movement between them allowing the cable to be inserted into the U-shaped bracket. A separate locking pin secures the frame members together.

Abstract: In a braking apparatus, a forcing device forces a movable portion in a direction that places a friction member in contact with a rotating body. A braking force releasing device displaces the movable portion in a direction in which the friction member separates from the rotating body in opposition to the forcing device. A buffering member is disposed between a fixed portion and the movable portion, and is made of a flexible material. A deforming device deforms the buffering member by pressing the buffering member in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the movable portion.

Abstract: A suspension damper including an actuator and a static fluid damper is provided. The actuator includes a first housing and a second housing positioned within the first housing and coaxially aligned with the first housing along an axis of the actuator. The second housing defines a passage. A piston is slidably positioned within the passage of the second housing to define a first chamber and a second chamber. A divider is positioned between an inner surface of the first housing and an outer surface of the second housing to define a third chamber and a fourth chamber. The static fluid damper includes a first damping chamber, a second damping chamber, and a third damping chamber. A separating member is positioned within the third damping chamber to define a gas chamber. First and second flow passages provide fluid communication between the actuator and the static fluid damper.

Abstract: A damping unit, such as a shock absorber, includes a cylinder (2), a piston (4) dividing the cylinder into a compression chamber 6 and a rebound chamber (8), and a piston rod (10). The rod extends from the piston through at least the rebound chamber. The compression chamber reduces in volume and the rebound chamber increases in volume as the damping unit contracts generating a compression flow across the piston, and the rebound chamber reduces in volume and the compression chamber increases in volume as the damping unit extends, generating a rebound flow across the piston. The piston has a compression chamber piston face and an annular rebound chamber piston face. At least one rebound restriction is provided in or on the piston, such as one or more rebound ports (26)/passages/valving (28), and at least one compression restriction, such as one or more compression ports 14/passages/valving (20) is provided in or on the piston.

Abstract: A brake component for a motor vehicle may include a body and at least one cable positioned within the body. The at least one cable may include a plurality of wires positioned relative to one another, each of the plurality of wires having a surface in sliding contact with surfaces of adjacent wires of the plurality of wires. During braking of the motor vehicle, sliding movement of the surfaces of the plurality of wires relative to each other may dampen a resonant frequency of the component.

Abstract: An electric brake system includes an electric brake having a friction pad which is pressed against a brake disk by an electric motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive detection outputs from a load detector for detecting a load applied to the brake disk, the brake pedal, and a vehicle speed detector, and to control the electric motor based on the outputs received. In particular, when the vehicle speed detector detects that the vehicle is at a stop, the controller compares the outputs of the brake pedal and of the load detector. If the difference therebetween, if any, is within the width of a dead band, the controller does not change, and thus maintains, the braking load even if the brake pedal is operated.

Abstract: An assembly includes a flexible wall, that can at least partially define a spring chamber for containing pressurized gas. The flexible wall can include at least one mounting bead formed along an end thereof. A compression core can be disposed along the exterior of the flexible wall in abutting engagement with the mounting bead. The compression core can be captured between the mounting bead and a portion of the flexible wall such that inflation of the spring chamber biases the flexible wall, mounting bead and compression core outward and into engagement with an end member to form a gas spring assembly. A suspension system and a method of assembly are also included.

Abstract: A drum in hat brake disc that includes a main braking part and a hat part coupled to the main braking part with a sprayed coating layer formed on a frictional surface of therein. And a manufacturing method includes the steps of casting a main braking part and seating the main braking part in a mold and injecting an aluminum alloy melt into the mold to form a hat part. The method also includes the steps of cooling the main braking part and the hat part and separating the mold to manufacture the drum in hat brake disk. The method includes polishing a surface of an inner diameter part of the hat part and performing a short blast process of the surface using alumina. The method also includes forming a sprayed coating layer on the inner diameter part subjected to the short blast process.

Abstract: An electronic brake system may be capable of performing braking operation according to a pedal effort of a driver even when the brake system operates abnormally as well as simplifying a configuration thereof by minimizing the number of valves for controlling a flow of oil pressure and precisely controlling pressure therein.

Abstract: To improve the degree of freedom with which an ABS hydraulic unit is attached to a handlebar, an ABS hydraulic unit includes a main housing that has at least part of a hydraulic circuit formed inside and is equipped with a mounting portion for mounting a brake lever and an attachment portion having at least part of a side surface of a through hole formed along a first direction, the through hole being for attaching the ABS hydraulic unit to a handlebar. The ABS hydraulic unit also includes a master cylinder that has a piston portion that moves in conjunction with the brake lever, the master cylinder being for increasing, with the movement of the piston portion, the pressure of brake fluid inside the hydraulic circuit. A piston insertion hole that extends in the moving direction of the piston portion and is for inserting the master cylinder is formed in the main housing along a second direction that intersects, but is not orthogonal to, the first direction.

Abstract: An adjustable shock absorber includes a base unit, a primary cylinder, a shock rod, a main piston, a biasing member, a hydraulic adjusting unit, a secondary cylinder, a floating piston, a valve module, and a micro-adjusting unit. When an impact force is exerted on the shock rod against a biasing force of the biasing member to force a working liquid to flow from a primary chamber into a liquid sub-chamber of the secondary cylinder, a working gas in a gas sub-chamber of the secondary cylinder is compressed to generate a damping force to act on the working liquid so as to permit the working liquid to flow back to the primary chamber. The damping force can be adjusted by adjusting a needle valve of the micro-adjusting unit.

Abstract: A partition member (16) is provided with a whirl chamber unit (31a, 31b) that causes two liquid chambers to communicate with each other, the whirl chamber unit (31a, 31b) includes a whirl chamber (33a, 33b) that whirls a liquid flowing therein, a rectification passage (34a, 34b) that causes one liquid chamber to communicate with the whirl chamber (33a, 33b) and that is opened in the whirl chamber (33a, 33b) in a circumferential direction of the whirl chamber (33a, 33b), and a communication hole (32a, 32b) that causes the other liquid chamber to communicate with the whirl chamber (33a, 33b). The whirl chamber (33a, 33b) forms a whirl flow of a liquid depending on a flow rate of the liquid flowing from the rectification passage (34a, 34b) and causes the liquid to flow from the communication hole (32a, 32b).

Abstract: An aircraft electric brake actuator assembly includes an actuator housing, a motor housing, an actuator, an electric motor, and an actuator brake. The actuator housing is configured to be mounted on an aircraft landing gear. The motor housing is coupled to the actuator housing and is removable therefrom. The motor housing is also accessible when the actuator housing is mounted on an aircraft. The electric motor is disposed within the motor housing and is coupled to the actuator. The actuator brake is disposed within the motor housing and is removably coupled to the motor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a vehicle shock absorber comprising a main damper cylinder, a first reservoir and a second reservoir. One embodiment includes a first operational mode where both reservoirs are in fluid communication with the cylinder. In a second operational mode, only one reservoir communicates with the cylinder during fluid evacuation from the cylinder. In each mode, rebound from either or both reservoirs may travel through a single, user-adjustable metering device.