Patents by Inventor Martin Pors Taylor
Martin Pors Taylor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9989116Abstract: A brake system and method of adjusting a brake. The method may include the steps of providing a mechanically operated brake including friction material, providing a rotor, providing an adjuster for adjusting a running clearance between the friction material and the rotor, providing a sensor system for determining a likelihood of a braking event, and upon a determination of a change in the likelihood of a braking event operating the adjuster to adjust the running clearance of the brake.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Prashant Narula, Martin Pors Taylor, Mikael Hansson
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Publication number: 20150047929Abstract: A brake system and method of adjusting a brake. The method may include the steps of providing a mechanically operated brake including friction material, providing a rotor, providing an adjuster for adjusting a running clearance between the friction material and the rotor, providing a sensor system for determining a likelihood of a braking event, and upon a determination of a change in the likelihood of a braking event operating the adjuster to adjust the running clearance of the brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Prashant NARULA, Martin Pors TAYLOR, Mikael HANSSON
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Patent number: 8893862Abstract: A brake adjuster mechanism including an input shaft, a one-way clutch, and a torque limiting clutch. The input shaft is coupled to an input element of the torque limiting clutch. The one-way clutch is coupled to the torque limiting clutch. The torque limiting clutch further includes an output element and a coupling portion, with the coupling portion including a projection for selectively rotationally coupling the input element and the output element. One of the input element and output element includes a first recess circumferentially spaced from a second recess. The projection is selectively biased into the first recess and the second recess. The input element is frictionally coupled by a friction device to the output element to resist rotation of the input element relative to the output element.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Refaat Malki, Martin Pors Taylor
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Publication number: 20130256076Abstract: A brake adjuster mechanism including an input shaft, a one-way clutch, and a torque limiting clutch. The input shaft is coupled to an input element of the torque limiting clutch. The one-way clutch is coupled to the torque limiting clutch. The torque limiting clutch further includes an output element and a coupling portion, with the coupling portion including a projection for selectively rotationally coupling the input element and the output element. One of the input element and output element includes a first recess circumferentially spaced from a second recess. The projection is selectively biased into the first recess and the second recess. The input element is frictionally coupled by a friction device to the output element to resist rotation of the input element relative to the output element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Refaat Malki, Martin Pors Taylor
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Patent number: 8386144Abstract: A system configured to estimate a change in temperature of a brake component of a vehicle brake during a braking operation. The system includes a weight estimation module for estimating a weight of a vehicle to which a brake is fitted, a volume estimation module for estimating a volume of a brake component, a temperature model module for calculating a change in temperature during brake application based on a relationship between the weight of the vehicle as estimated by the weight estimation module, the volume of the brake component as estimated by the volume estimation module, the deceleration of the vehicle, and further constants of the vehicle and/or the brake.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Joseph Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter
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Patent number: 8215725Abstract: An electromechanical parking brake system for a heavy vehicle braked by air-actuated service brakes includes an EPB-ECU and a first electromechanical parking brake actuator controlled by the EPB-ECU. The electromechanical parking brake system further includes a redundant sub-system for applying a second parking brake in an event of a failure in the EPB-ECU or the first electromechanical parking brake actuator.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited)Inventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Joseph Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter
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Patent number: 8182050Abstract: A system for adjusting a brake force to be applied by a brake includes a module for estimating a weight of a vehicle to which a brake is fitted, a module for determining an angle of incline upon which the vehicle is positioned, and a control unit for calculating a sufficient brake force to be applied according to predetermined criteria based upon the estimated weight and the incline to maintain the vehicle in a stationary state. The control unit is configured to signal the brake to apply the calculated amount of force.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Joseph Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter
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Patent number: 8047336Abstract: A co-axial wear adjuster and wear sensor for a brake caliper includes a sleeve having an external tooth form engageable with a toothed adjustment wheel of a brake tappet. The sleeve rotates with the tappet and is threaded to engage a relatively non-rotatable, but axially movable, bolt. A wear sensor is partly within the sleeve and has a plunger operably engaged with the bolt. The bolt may be tubular to carry a screw-threaded head whereby a position of the plunger may be set.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Keith Niehorster, Paul Roberts, Martin Pors Taylor
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Publication number: 20100078274Abstract: A parking brake mechanism for an air-actuated disc brake includes an electrically powered actuator, an extensible device drivably connected to the electrically powered actuator and able to extend and retract and be held in place in an extended position to thereby apply a brake, and a resilient device arranged to act on the extensible device and maintain a desired level of force to be applied by the parking brake mechanism in the event of contraction of brake components due to cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter, Paul Roberts, Gareth L. Shaw, Richard Edgar Thompson, Paul Bell, John D. Fieldhouse, Gareth L. Knox, Refaat A. El Malki
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Publication number: 20100082213Abstract: A method of applying a parking brake mechanism for a foundation brake includes several steps. The parking brake mechanism incorporates an electric actuator, an extensible device drivably connected to the electric actuator, and a resilient device arranged to act on the extensible device and maintain a desired level of force to be applied by the parking brake mechanism in the event of contraction of components of the foundation brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter, Paul Roberts, Gareth Knox, Refaat A. El Malki
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Publication number: 20090195058Abstract: An electromechanical parking brake system for a heavy vehicle braked by air-actuated service brakes includes an EPB-ECU and a first electromechanical parking brake actuator controlled by the EPB-ECU. The electromechanical parking brake system further includes a redundant sub-system for applying a second parking brake in an event of a failure in the EPB-ECU or the first electromechanical parking brake actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Joseph Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter
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Publication number: 20090197738Abstract: A system for adjusting a brake force to be applied by a brake includes a module for estimating a weight of a vehicle to which a brake is fitted, a module for determining an angle of incline upon which the vehicle is positioned, and a control unit for calculating a sufficient brake force to be applied according to predetermined criteria based upon the estimated weight and the incline to maintain the vehicle in a stationary state. The control unit is configured to signal the brake to apply the calculated amount of force.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Joseph Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter
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Publication number: 20090198427Abstract: A system configured to estimate a change in temperature of a brake component of a vehicle brake during a braking operation. The system includes a weight estimation module for estimating a weight of a vehicle to which a brake is fitted, a volume estimation module for estimating a volume of a brake component, a temperature model module for calculating a change in temperature during brake application based on a relationship between the weight of the vehicle as estimated by the weight estimation module, the volume of the brake component as estimated by the volume estimation module, the deceleration of the vehicle, and further constants of the vehicle and/or the brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Jonathan Leslie Christopher Jackson, Brendan Joseph Wilde, Martin Pors Taylor, Ralf Leiter
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Patent number: 7380644Abstract: A brake system includes a brake disc having a first disc face and a second disc face on a first side and a second side, respectively, of the brake disc. The brake disc is mounted rotatably fast with but longitudinally slidable on a rotatable shaft. The brake disc is clampable between a first friction surface of a fixed brake pad positioned on the first side of the brake disc and a second friction surface of a moveable brake pad positioned on the second side of the brake disc. The system further includes a disc positioner operable to define a running clearance between the first disc face and the first friction surface. The disc positioner is adjustable to maintain the running clearance as the fixed brake pad wears. A biasing member located on the second side of the brake disc maintains contact between the disc positioner and first disc face of the brake disc.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Ltd.Inventors: Andrew John Ward, Franz Helmut Holl, Martin Pors Taylor, Denis John McCann, Stefano Cattaneo, Mark Anthony Norman, Jonathon Leslie Christopher Jackson, Carl Edward Heinlein
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Patent number: 7374026Abstract: A parking brake assembly for an air actuated disc brake includes an operating shaft for amplifying a force supplied by an air actuator and transmitting the force to brake pads. The operating shaft is pivotable about an axis between a rest position at which a braking force is not applied and an actuated position at which the braking force is applied. An abutment surface on the operating shaft is selectively engageable by a complementary latch of the assembly to retain the operating shaft in the actuated position and thereby apply the parking brake. The abutment surface has a helical configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Martin Pors Taylor, Mark Anthony Norman
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Patent number: 7014016Abstract: A brake actuator assembly includes a sensor mounted to a push rod which is in communication with a transceiver antenna. The sensor provides positional information of the push rod relative to the antenna. A clearance between a friction element and a rotating brake member is determined based on displacement of the push rod and known mechanical relationships within the brake actuator.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventors: Royston Leonard Morris, Mark Anthony Norman, Martin Pors Taylor, Lester Clarke, Jeffrey Clive Thomas, Dennis A. Kramer, Robert E. Costello, Jeffrey Allen Schoenhals, Paul C. Guenther
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Publication number: 20040251090Abstract: A brake actuator assembly includes a sensor mounted to a push rod which is in communication with a transceiver antenna. The sensor provides positional information of the push rod relative to the antenna. A clearance between a friction element and a rotating brake member is determined based on displacement of the push rod and known mechanical relationships within the brake actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Royston Leonard Morris, Mark Anthony Norman, Martin Pors Taylor, Lester Clarke, Jeffrey Clive Thomas, Dennis A. Kramer, Robert E. Costello, Jeffrey Allen Schoenhals, Paul C. Guenther