Abstract: An ECP overlay system for a UIC-type distributor valve includes a manifold body having a pipe bracket face configured to engage a face of a pipe bracket of a brake system, a valve face configured to engage a face of a UIC-type distributor valve of a brake system, and an electric manifold face. The system further including an electric manifold assembly engaged with the electric manifold face of the manifold body, with the electric manifold assembly having a pneumatic mode where the electric manifold assembly is configured to allow pneumatic-only control of a brake cylinder of brake system and an ECP mode where the electric manifold assembly is configured to allow electronic control of a brake cylinder of a rbrake system.

Abstract: A fluid-filled tubular vibration-damping device including: an inner shaft member and an outer tube member connected elastically; a non-compressible fluid filling region formed between the members; and a partition wall rubber partitioning the filling region into fluid chambers at axially-opposite sides thereof connected by an orifice passage, wherein the partition wall rubber protrudes into the filling region on one of inner shaft member side and outer tube member side, while a concave groove opens to the filling region extending in a peripheral direction on an other of the sides, and a tip part of the partition wall rubber is inserted in the concave groove without being compressed in an axis-perpendicular direction and is configured to be axially pressed against an inner face of the concave groove to constitute a sealer fluid-tightly obstructing a space between the partition wall rubber and the inner face.

Abstract: A pad clip for a disc brake includes: a radial pressing portion which is disposed at inward than a clamping portion in a radial direction and presses outward in the radial direction an ear portion; a circumferential pressing portion which extends outward in the radial direction from a radially outer side portion of the clamping portion, an intermediate portion thereof being folded back inward in radial and circumferential directions of the rotor, and a tip end portion thereof pressing the pad inward in the circumferential direction; and a spring holding portion which protrudes outward in the circumferential direction from the radially outer side portion of the clamping portion than a base portion of the circumferential pressing portion, and holds a return spring which is made of wire material and presses the pad away from the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor.

Abstract: An adjuster unit (100) for a vehicle disc brake (1), in particular an air disc brake (1) of a commercial vehicle, includes an adjustment spindle (101) adapted to be operatively coupled with one of the brake pads (9) such that by rotation in a first direction, the adjustment spindle (101) moves the brake pad (9) towards the disc (11). By rotation in a second direction opposite of the first direction, the adjustment spindle (101) moves the brake pad away from the disc (11). An actuator ring assembly (107) is rotatable about the adjustment spindle (101); and a wrap spring (109) is helically wound around the adjustment spindle (101). The wrap spring (109), being part of the adjuster unit, is positioned on the adjuster unit, in particular on the adjustment spindle, to engage a stop (117) upon rotation of the adjustment spindle (101) in the second direction, causing the diameter of the wrap spring (109) to increase.

Abstract: In a solenoid valve for a hydraulic braking system, a valve body has a receiving region which at least partially accommodates a guide assembly, the valve armature running axially through at least one through-opening of the guide assembly. A mechanical detent device is formed between the guide assembly and the valve armature, the detent device releasing the valve armature when the latter is in a de-energised closed position, such that the restoring spring drives the valve armature and pushes the closing element sealingly into the valve seat to produce a sealing function, and said detent device fixes the valve armature in a de-energised open position against the force of the restoring spring in an axial detent position, such that the closing element is raised from the valve seat.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus includes an ABS unit, a wheel detection device and a control device. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force, and the wheel detection device is configured to detect a rotational speed. The control device is configured to receive detection results to determine whether the bicycle is in a prescribed state. The control device is configured to control the ABS unit upon determining the bicycle is in the prescribed state. The prescribed state includes at least one of a state in which a difference between the rotational speeds of the front and rear wheels is greater than or equal to a prescribed rotational speed, and a state in which a change in the rotational speed of the at least one of the front wheel and rear wheels is greater than or equal to a prescribed value has occurred.

Abstract: A pressure control valve for a vehicle is provided. The pressure control valve for a vehicle includes: a valve body having an oil inlet part into which oil discharged from a wheel cylinder flows; a driving part installed in the valve body; a plunger connected to the driving part and movably installed inside the valve body; a valve seat disposed inside the valve body and having an oil passage part formed such that the oil flowing into the oil inlet part is supplied to an accumulator; a first elastic member installed to apply an elastic force to the plunger such that the plunger returns to an original position; an opening and closing member installed in the oil passage part to open the oil passage part when the opening and closing member is pressed by the plunger; and a second elastic member applying an elastic force to the opening and closing member such that the opening and closing member closes the oil passage part.

Abstract: A readjusting device is provided for compensating wear of a brake pad or multiple brake pads and/or a brake disc of a pneumatically actuatable disc brake for a vehicle. The readjusting device has a mechanical actuator, and the mechanical actuator converts a rotational movement of a brake lever into a rotational movement of a shaft. The shaft rotates at least one threaded spindle which acts on one of the brake pads. The readjusting device can carry out an advancing movement and a return movement of the threaded spindle, and the advancing movement and the return movement of the threaded spindle can be terminated by switching one or more couplings.

Abstract: A valve unit for modulating pressure in a pneumatic brake system includes an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which are designed as diaphragm valves, and via which a brake pressure outlet can be connected to a brake pressure inlet or a vent outlet or can be shut off relative thereto. The valve unit further includes two pilot valves, designed as 3/2-way solenoid valves, via each of which a control chamber adjoining a diaphragm of an associated diaphragm valve can be supplied with a control pressure via a control pressure line. The diaphragm valves are arranged radially adjacent to each other. The inlet valve and/or the outlet valve is/are each designed as a springless diaphragm valve and in that the associated control pressure line opens, in each case centrally and in an axially oriented manner, into the control chamber of the relevant diaphragm valve.

Abstract: An asbestos-free friction material having at least one of the group consisting of inorganic, organic and metallic fibers, at least one binder, at least one friction modifier or lubricant and at least a filler or abrasive, wherein the binder is almost completely and exclusively inorganic and is constituted almost exclusively by a hydrated geopolymer or a blend of hydrated geopolymers.

Abstract: A brake system is disclosed, including a rotor rigidly connected to a shaft configured to rotate about a central axis. The rotor has a first side opposite from a second side, and the brake system includes a first stator structure on the first side of the rotor and a second stator structure on the second side of the rotor. The brake system further includes a first wobble plate between the first side of the rotor and the first stator structure and a second wobble plate between the second side of the rotor and the second stator structure. Each of the first and second wobble plates is configured to nutate when the first and second stator structures decrease rotation rate compared to the rotation rate of the rotor.

Abstract: An end member is dimensioned to engage an end of a flexible spring member to at least partially form a gas spring assembly. The end member includes an end member wall that has a longitudinal axis. The end member includes a securement wall portion having an outer surface with a surface profile dimensioned to abuttingly engage the end of the flexible spring member. The surface profile includes a plurality of concave profile sections and a plurality of convex profile sections that are dimensioned to generate a progressively increasing compression force along at least a section of the securement wall portion. A gas spring assembly including such an end member is included. A suspension system including one or more gas spring assemblies and a method of assembly are also included.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system, wherein two switching valves arranged on the suction side of pumps are opened and closed in an alternating manner in order to reduce current consumption.

Abstract: A dual piston system for independently controlling compression and rebound flowpaths therein, the dual piston system comprising: a first adjustable orifice configured for controlling rebound fluid flow, wherein the first adjustable orifice controls the rebound fluid flow through a first pathway associated with a low speed rebound flow and a second pathway associated with a high speed rebound flow; and a second adjustable orifice configured for controlling compression fluid flow, wherein the second adjustable orifice controls the compression fluid flow through a third pathway associated with a low speed compression flow and a fourth pathway associated with a high speed compression flow.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, for example, when it is determined that a certain condition has been satisfied while first antilock control is being executed, a controller of a brake control apparatus executes second antilock control by opening and closing a solenoid valve with a motor stopped so that brake fluid of the wheel cylinder is caused to flow into a reservoir, the second antilock control including a second pressure reduction mode, the second pressure reduction mode reducing a pressure of a wheel cylinder while substantially equilibrating the pressure of the wheel cylinder and a pressure of the reservoir at a certain pressure or larger, the certain pressure being larger than zero.

Abstract: A brake assembly for a servo including a motor includes: a brake disk fixed to and rotatable together with the output shaft of the motor of the servo, the brake disk having a lateral wall defining at least one opening; and a linear motion actuator including a plunger and an elastic member. The plunger sides from a first position where a first end of the plunger is received in the at least one opening to a second position where the first end of the plunger is disengaged from the brake disk when the linear motion actuator is energized. The elastic member applies an elastic force to cause the plunger to slide from the second position to the first position when the linear motion actuator is deenergized so as to stop rotation of the output shaft of the motor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a damping valve, in particular for shock absorbers of vehicles, with an adjustable damping force, in which differently sized outlet openings arranged between an inflow and an outflow can more or less be closed in order to obtain a desired damping effect. To this end, the differently sized outlet openings are more or less sealed off radially by means of a valve slide. In another embodiment, sudden pressure increases in the damping valve are automatically reduced by means of a differential area function. Due to said invention, said damping valve can be produced easily, has low leakage loss, a low tolerance chain and requires little effort for setting the desired damping.

Abstract: A brake cylinder maintaining system that combines a brake cylinder maintaining check valve and a quick service limiting valve into a single unit to have lower hysteresis, and thus more precise BCM regulation pressure and a smaller pressure offset. The check valve and quick service valve are coupled to provide a single system having multiple valve seats for selective communication between quick service pressure and brake cylinder pressure on one hand, and between a brake cylinder maintaining pressure and brake cylinder pressure on the other hand.

Abstract: A cushioning and impact absorbing pad system with a surface layer of thickness t, and an elastomeric sub-surface structure of height h. The sub-surface structure comprises an array of elastomeric columns wherein each column has a frustoconical column wall surrounding a central void. The frustoconical column walls have a zone that is a more compressible, relatively collapsible zone in a region at an end of the column opposite the surface layer and a zone that is a relatively less compressible zone in a region at the end of the column abutting the surface layer. In other embodiments, pad thickness and column height are variable to create a surface which follows the contours of a human body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a brake caliper mounting assembly. The assembly can include a caliper bracket and support brackets which secure a brake caliper and a steering knuckle. The caliper bracket can include a top portion which secures a first arm of the brake caliper to a first lug of the steering knuckle along outward sides thereof, a bottom portion which secures a second arm of the brake caliper to a second lug of the steering knuckle along outwards sides thereof, and a stem extending between the top and bottom portions. The assembly can further include a first support bracket which secures the first arm of the brake caliper to the first lug of the steering knuckle along inward sides thereof and a second support bracket which secures the second arm of the brake caliper to the second lug of the steering knuckle along inward sides thereof.