Patents Examined by Thomas J. Williams
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Patent number: 12379007Abstract: A pad axle for a brake caliper comprises an axle body and a support body. The axle body includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part and extends along a longitudinal axis between the first mounting part and the second mounting part. Both of the first mounting part and the second mounting part are configured to be coupled to a caliper body of the brake caliper. The support body is a different member from the axle body and is attached to the axle body to movably support a brake pad of the brake caliper relative to the caliper body. The support body is provided between the first mounting part and the second mounting part of the axle body. The support body is made of a non-metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventor: Yusuke Hosomi
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Patent number: 12365322Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an electro-hydraulic brake comprising: a main brake unit configured to provide braking hydraulic pressure to a plurality of wheel cylinders by driving a motor; an auxiliary brake unit connected to the main brake unit to be filled with high-pressure braking hydraulic pressure, and configured to provide braking hydraulic pressure to the plurality of wheel cylinders when an operation error of the main brake unit occurs; a main battery configured to supply power to the main brake unit and the auxiliary brake unit; and an auxiliary battery configured to supply power to the auxiliary brake unit when the main battery fails, wherein the auxiliary brake unit comprises an auxiliary brake control unit that controls charging and discharging of the auxiliary battery, and a power module that monitors a state of the main battery and transmits the state to the auxiliary brake control unit, and a battery management module that monitors a state of charge (SOType: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Se Young Cheon, Jae Woong Hur, Jae Il Lim, Dong Goo Kim
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Patent number: 12351144Abstract: A housing device for a brake device for a vehicle, including: a piston chamber for accommodating a plunger, which is movable linearly in the piston chamber by an actuation by a driver; and a sensor chamber, which is separated from the piston chamber, and which includes a sensor unit, which is configured to detect a position and/or a movement of the plunger in the piston chamber, to effect a braking operation of the vehicle. Also described are a related plunger, a brake device, a method, an apparatus, and a computer readable medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBHInventors: Friedbert Roether, Thilo Schmauder
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Patent number: 12344208Abstract: A foot brake module of an electropneumatic brake system of a motor vehicle has at least two pneumatic brake circuits. The foot brake module is operated by a brake pedal and has a pneumatic section with a pneumatic brake control valve and an electrical section with an electrical switch and at least one electronic travel sensor. The electrical switch is activated in a contactless manner. The foot brake module may have two travel sensors that each have a separate power supply and are connected to different electronic control devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BVInventors: Krzysztof Adamski, Dirk Müntefering, Robert Otremba, Karl-Heinz Riediger-Janisch, Pawel Lesik
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Patent number: 12331800Abstract: A disc brake assembly that includes first and second brake pads for contacting a rotor, a brake carrier for receiving at least the first brake pad, a brake caliper arranged to slide with respect to the brake carrier, and an actuating arrangement. The actuating arrangement is configured to selectively move the brake caliper and is electrically operated.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Paul Thomas, Sean Cleary, Martin Taylor, Hywel Woodward, Timothy Smith, Simon Duggan, Alex Szafnauer
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Patent number: 12330613Abstract: An aircraft brake system comprising: a first group of at least one electromechanical actuator, a second group of at least one electromechanical actuator, a first control device with a first software module and a second software module, the second software module being configured to control the first group of at least one actuator at least in the event of a fault of the first software module, a second control device with a third software module and a fourth software module, the fourth software module being configured to control the second group of at least one actuator at least in the event of a fault of the third software module, wherein the first device module and the second control device are dissimilar. The invention also relates to an aircraft equipped with this system.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMSInventors: Olivier Frey, Julien Thibault, Dominique Onfroy
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Patent number: 12325403Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle, particularly a commercial vehicle, includes at least one electronic control unit, at least one parking brake device, and at least one wheel-blocking detection device. The wheel-blocking detection device is configured to: detect at least one blocking condition of one or more wheels of the motor vehicle, generate at least one blocking condition signal in response to the detected blocking condition, and transmit the blocking condition signal to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the parking brake device such that, in a moving condition of the motor vehicle, at least one gradual actuation of the parking brake device is reduced or stopped if the blocking condition signal is generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Ferenc Zeman, Zoltan Bordacs, Imre Zeman, Sandor Pallag
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Patent number: 12319252Abstract: An electronic brake system including a hydraulic circuit that supplies a hydraulic pressure to a wheel cylinder, the electronic brake system including: a plurality of electronic valves provided to open and close a flow path of the hydraulic circuit; and a controller configured to correct a target current of an electronic valve in operation among the plurality of electronic valves based on a voltage input from a battery of a vehicle during braking control or feedback currents of the plurality of electronic valves, and increase a current supplied to the electronic valve so that the current of the electronic valve in operation reaches the corrected target current.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Seokjong Kim
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Patent number: 12319257Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring a temperature of a brake system of a vehicle, the method comprising determining a dynamic warning temperature profile for the brake system, wherein the dynamic warning temperature profile is based on a warning temperature value of the brake system and a threshold value indicative of the number of times the temperature of the brake system exceeds the warning temperature value; monitoring the number of times when the temperature of the brake system exceeds the warning temperature value of the dynamic warning temperature profile; and when the number of times the temperature of the brake system exceeds the threshold value, adjusting the warning temperature level of the dynamic warning temperature profile to a reduced warning temperature level.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Mats Fagergren
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Patent number: 12297687Abstract: A fluid damper is provided including a cylinder filled with a damping fluid, a piston base body shiftably guided in the cylinder along a stroke axis, and a valve disk spaced apart from a shell wall of the cylinder. The piston base body divides an inner space of the cylinder into a front space and a rear space along the stroke axis. In the piston base body, there is at least one channel connecting the front space to the rear space in a fluid-conducting manner. The valve disk is shiftably guided along the stroke axis between an opening position unblocking the at least one channel and a closing position closing the at least one channel. The valve disk has a central area extending radially outward from the stroke axis, the central area being free of apertures.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: STABILUS GmbHInventors: Stephan Enders, Andreas Seus-Kapellen, Christoph Lischetzki, Michael Schneider
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Patent number: 12297888Abstract: A reinforcing vibration-damping material that includes a reinforcing material and a vibration-damping material disposed on the reinforcing material in a thickness direction of the reinforcing material. The vibration-damping material has a first portion that overlaps the reinforcing material in the thickness direction and a second portion that does not overlap the reinforcing material in the thickness direction. When the reinforcing vibration-damping material is attached to the object, the reinforcing material is adhered to the object and the second portion of the vibration-damping material is also adhered to the object so that the vibration-damping material suppresses the downward displacement of the reinforcing material.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Taniguchi, Terry Somers, George Rice
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Patent number: 12297882Abstract: A block for wheel brakes comprising a friction portion, in which a friction surface is defined, which, in use, acts upon a peripheral surface of a wheel in order to carry out the braking action, a support plate, which is fixed, in an irreversible manner, to a surface of the friction portion opposite the friction surface, and a base plate, which is fixed to the support plate and comprises a coupling element to fix the block as a whole to a brake system. The block comprises at least one elastic element placed between the support plate and the base plate. The presence of the elastic element creates a ventilation air space between the support plate and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: COFREN S.R.LInventor: Vittorio De Soccio
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Patent number: 12291185Abstract: An electronic brake system includes: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; a hydraulic pressure supply device comprising a first pressure chamber provided in front of a hydraulic piston and a second pressure chamber provided at a rear of the hydraulic piston, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by moving the hydraulic piston forward or backward; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit, wherein the hydraulic pressure supply device comprises a motor having a plurality of separate system windings for moving the hydraulic piston, and a control valve configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, and when a portion of the plurality of separate system windings of the motor fails, the controller is coType: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Kwangseok Hong
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Patent number: 12276318Abstract: A device component has a magnetorheological brake device with a static holder and with two brake components. A first brake component is rotationally fixedly to the holder and extends in an axial direction. A second brake component has a hollow, rotary part which is rotatable about the first brake component. An encircling gap between the first and second brake components is filled with a magnetorheological medium. The first brake component has a core of magnetically conductive material which extends in the axial direction. An electrical coil is wound axially around the core and spans a coil plane. A magnetic field of the coil extends transversely through the first brake component. A maximum outer diameter of the electrical coil in a radial direction within the coil plane is greater than a minimum outer diameter of the core in a radial direction transversely to the coil plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: INVENTUS Engineering GmbHInventor: Stefan Battlogg
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Patent number: 12275488Abstract: A traveling apparatus includes a frame, a wheel body, a rotating shaft, and a brake assembly. The wheel body is rotatably arranged on the frame, and is configured to roll on a bearing surface. The rotating shaft is connected to the frame, and the brake assembly is rotatably arranged on the rotating shaft. On a rotation path of the brake assembly, the brake assembly has an idle position in which the brake assembly defines a gap with a working surface of the wheel body, and a brake position in which the brake assembly is configured to be in contact with the working surface of the wheel body. The working surface is a surface of the wheel body configured to be in contact with the bearing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Inventor: Anxin Shi
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Patent number: 12275389Abstract: A control unit for a motor vehicle which includes at least one electric machine for driving one or more wheels of the vehicle and at least one friction brake is provided. The control unit is configured to determine that a one-pedal feel function is to be provided via an acceleration pedal of the vehicle and/or a creep function is to be provided via a brake pedal of the vehicle. Additionally, the control unit is configured to operate the electric machine at least temporarily in combination with the friction brake in order to provide the one-pedal feel function and/or the creep function.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Eberl, Werner Foag, Andreas Rank, Florian Schnappauf, Ralf Seibert, Georg Soyer
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Patent number: 12276313Abstract: An electro-mechanical brake includes: a brake disc; a friction pad; a pressing unit configured to press the friction pad toward the brake disc; a motor supplying power to the pressing unit; a current sensor; a position sensor configured to measure a position of the pressing unit; and an initial position calculating unit calculating at least one of a home position or a contact point of the pressing unit, wherein the pressing unit is configured to pass through a first check point at which a first current is measured, and a second check point at which a second current greater than the first current is measured, and wherein the initial position calculating unit calculates at least one of the home position or the contact point based on the first current, the first check point, the second current, and the second check point.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jong Sung Kim
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Patent number: 12270452Abstract: A damper valve with an adjustable effective stiffness of a shim. The damper valve includes a piston. The piston has a fluid path formed therethrough. A shim is disposed proximate the fluid path formed through the piston. A stiffness adjustment feature is coupled to the shim, and the shim is disposed between the piston and the stiffness adjustment feature. The stiffness adjustment feature is configured to adjust the effective stiffness of the shim without affecting a preload applied to the shim.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Damon Gilbert, William O. Brown, IV
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Patent number: 12269444Abstract: A hydraulic braking arrangement for controlling front brakes and rear brakes of an off-road vehicle includes a hydro-mechanical service brake system fluidly connecting front and rear brakes to a first source of fluid in pressure by means of a mechanical input which may be imparted by a driver of said off-road vehicle. The hydraulic braking arrangement also includes an additional service brake system fluidly connecting front and rear brakes to a second source of fluid in pressure by means of an electro-hydraulic proportional valve and a remote input.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Pasquale Digesu'
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Patent number: 12257997Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes a first supply device that supplies brake fluid to wheel cylinders, a first supply path that connects the first supply device and the wheel cylinders, and first and second electromagnetic valves provided on the first supply path. The first electromagnetic valve is disposed on the first supply path such that a seating direction of the first electromagnetic valve and a brake fluid supply direction are opposite each other, the seating direction is a direction in which a valve body is seated on a valve seat, and the brake fluid supply direction is a direction in which the brake fluid flows from the first supply device to the wheel cylinders through the first supply path. The second electromagnetic valve is disposed on the first supply path such that a seating direction of the second electromagnetic valve and the brake fluid supply direction are the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Sakata, Akihito Kusano