Abstract: A brake fluid pipe detector is provided. The brake fluid pipe detector which is arranged between a brake hose and a brake caliper include a main body which is provided with a fastening end for connection to the brake caliper and is communicating with the brake hose for delivering brake fluid. The brake fluid pipe detector features on that at least one installation port is arranged at the main body and installed with a sensor correspondingly. Thereby brake data and information such as working temperature and brake pressure of the brake fluid in the brake hose and the brake caliper can be detected by the sensor so as to ensure driving safety.

Abstract: A pneumatic brake for a vehicle is provided. The pneumatic brake includes a housing and a single diaphragm within the housing that divides the housing into front and rear variable-volume chambers. A push rod is disposed in the front chamber and extends outwardly from the housing. A parking spring is disposed in the rear chamber and urges the diaphragm and push rod towards the front chamber. A valve body extends through the rear chamber and includes an elongated stem disposed in a telescoping relationship with the push rod. In resting and activation modes, brake pressure is applied by the parking spring to the top plate to activate a brake function. In a deactivation mode, pneumatic pressure is supplied to the front chamber to compress the parking spring and disengage the brake. A brake system including the pneumatic brake and an ABS is also provided.

Abstract: A hydraulic machine including an improved sweep circuit, adapted to form a primary sweep stream circulating from an inlet orifice successfully in a proximal portion, in a middle portion and in a distal portion of the hydraulic machine, then in the middle portion and in the proximal portion up to an outlet orifice.

Abstract: A multi-stage actuator for a turbocharger is disclosed. The actuator may comprise a diaphragm having an axially movable portion. An actuating shaft is coupled to the axially movable portion such that axial movement of the axially movable portion causes axial movement of the actuating shaft. Only a first spring resists axial movement of the axially movable portion within a first range of axial positions of the axially movable portion, and both a first and a second spring resist axial movement of the axially movable portion within a second range of axial positions of the axially movable portion.

Abstract: A pressure-medium-actuated brake cylinder of a rail vehicle has a housing, a translationally movable brake piston rod extending through a bore in a housing base, a guide ring which is received in the bore, encloses the brake piston rod and is intended for guiding the brake piston rod in the bore, and at least one sealing ring which is received in the bore, encloses the brake piston rod and is intended for sealing an interior of the housing with respect to a space outside the housing, wherein the guide ring and the at least one sealing ring are designed as a guide and sealing ring combined to form a structural unit.

Abstract: A multi-disc brake is provided. The brake can include a radial wear pin cartridge for wear indication. The brake can include an integrated water jacket for cooling.

Abstract: A spring brake actuator (1) for a vehicle, in particular a parking or emergency brake actuator, for use in a commercial vehicle, includes a cylinder housing (2) having a cylinder housing base (5) and a spring seat (7) on the base, a spring brake piston (9) located in the cylinder housing (5) for applying a braking force, and a compression spring (11) arranged between the spring seat (7) and the spring brake piston (9). The cylinder housing (2) is divided into a spring chamber (12) and a pressure chamber (14), the compression spring (11) being arranged in the spring chamber (12) and the pressure chamber (14) being supplied with pressurized fluid. An elastically deformable diaphragm (16) is sealingly mounted to the cylinder housing (2), with an inner periphery (18) sealingly mounted to the spring brake piston (9) to fluid-tightly isolate the pressure chamber (14) from the spring chamber (12).

Abstract: A brake system for a transportation vehicle and a transportation vehicle having such a brake system. The brake system includes two brake circuits which each have a control unit and a battery, wherein the respective control unit actuates two of a total of four service brakes and at least one of at least two electric parking brakes. The brake system also has an electronic circuit element. The brake system forms a defect signal in response to a double fault affecting the two brake circuits and when a defect in at least one of the control units is detected, and/or in which a respective supply voltage of at least one of the control units drops below a predefined limiting value. The at least one electronic circuit element actuates the electric parking brakes when a defect signal is formed.

Abstract: A spring brake actuator has a combined housing including a first housing, a second housing, and connection part connecting the first housing and the second housing. Gas inlet ports are disposed along the circumference of the combined housing in a gas inlet port section. A mechanical connection section is disposed in the same axial space as the gas inlet portion section. A bayonet connection is arranged in the mechanical connection section, with gas inlet ports disposed between the bayonet elements. Port connectors may extend through recesses or holes and be threaded into the gas inlet ports, and which may block the bayonet connection and block relative rotation between the first and second housings. The connection part may include a ring shaped protrusion form fit with a protruding of the second housing, with the bayonet elements disposed at the opposite end of the connection part engaged with the first housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly structure of a hybrid transmission including an engine clutch retainer provided with an assembly hole; a coupling member assembled through the assembly hole; and a sealing cover configured to seal the assembly hole.

Abstract: A brake or a clutch includes a central shaft, an output-side threaded driver, an output brake plate, an input brake plate, and an input-side threaded driver. The output-side threaded driver and the input-side threaded driver are rotationally locked to the central shaft, such as by splines. The output-side threaded driver is threaded to the output brake plate and the input-side threaded driver is threaded to the input brake plate. The output brake plate is threaded to the input brake plate in a direction opposite the threaded engagement of the drivers to the brake plates. The brake or clutch may include two stator plates and three friction discs located between the output brake plate and the input brake plate.

Abstract: A parking lock actuation system for a motor vehicle includes an actuation element that is coupled or can be coupled to a parking lock and can be moved between a locking position, in which the parking lock is active, and an unlocking position, in which the parking lock is inactive. The system includes a locking element which is designed to fix the actuation element in the unlocking position in a form-fitting manner. The actuation element and the locking element (4) are each operatively connected to a respective hydraulic actuation cylinder, and the two hydraulic actuation cylinders are connected to a common hydraulic fluid supply line by a pressure chamber and are coupled to a pump via a first valve. The actuation cylinder of the locking element additionally has an unlocking pressure chamber which counteracts the actuation cylinder pressure chamber and which can be coupled to the pump via a second valve.

Abstract: A normally closed disc clamp system includes a housing with a rotating disc, a brake ring and a pressure-enhancing ring arranged therein. When only a first chamber is supplied with fluid, the fluid pushes the brake ring to release the rotating disc. When only a second chamber is fed with fluid, the fluid pushes the brake ring to keep the rotating disc in the braking state, and pushes the pressure-enhancing ring to compress an elastic unit. The energy generated by the compression of the elastic unit acts on the brake ring through the fluid, so that the brake ring achieves a double pressurization effect. If the action of the fluid fails, the brake ring can still provide a braking effect to the rotating disc through the elastic unit to improve operational safety. Further, the present invention further provides a rotating table using the normally closed disc clamp system.

Abstract: An externally powered car brake for a lift system and, for the activation thereof, a circuit arrangement with integrated stepped control of the deceleration of the car during emergency braking are proposed. According to the invention, a braking system having the full braking force or a braking force adapted to the operating parameters and a subsequent control of the deceleration on the basis of an acceleration measurement with stepped reduction of the braking force are proposed. The control is designed such that the deceleration of the car is always within predefined threshold values, which applies independently of the direction of travel of the lift car, independently of the drive system of the lift used, and independently of the car loading and of the friction coefficient between the brake lining and the guide rail.

Abstract: A parking brake apparatus is provided for an autonomously drivable vehicle having components of a parking brake system for applying a parking brake. The parking brake apparatus comprises a first controller arranged to provide one or more control signals to be applied to components of the parking brake system to apply the parking brake in response to a signal requesting the parking brake to be applied. The parking brake apparatus also comprises a second controller arranged to provide one or more control signals to be applied to other components of the parking brake system to apply the parking brake in response to unavailability of the first controller to cause the parking brake to be applied.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a brake mechanism, a joint actuator and a robot. The brake mechanism includes a friction member configured to be fixed to a rotor of the motor, a brake member abutting against one side of the friction member, a pushing member abutting against the other side of the friction member and configured to provide an adjustable pushing force to the brake member, a locking mechanism configured to prevent the brake member from rotating according to a brake command.

Abstract: An adjustable door braking system includes a shaft, a brake pad configured to be mounted to the shaft, a plate for mounting on the shaft adjacent to the brake pad, a spring for urging the plate to the brake pad, an adjustment piece, and a seat. The spring is configured to be mounted on the shaft. The adjustment piece is dimensioned and sized to be mounted on the shaft for adjusting an amount of force the spring urges the plate against the brake pad. The seat allows the adjustment piece to move axially along the shaft and limit the adjustment piece from rotating with the shaft. The seat is movable between an engaged position where it contacts the adjustment piece to prevent rotation of the adjustment piece and a disengaged position where it does not contact the adjustment piece.

Abstract: A hoist brake system is disclosed. The brake system incorporates an electro-mechanical device that acts as a fail-safe stopping mechanism for a hoist and has a default engaged. This allows the brake system to quickly and safely stop a device when power is lost, an emergency signal is provided or any other fault condition and be completely self-contained within the hoist itself.

Abstract: A spring brake cylinder (100) for a brake system (800) of a motor vehicle (1000) includes a brake release mechanism (110), configured to axially contract a brake spring chamber (112) against a brake spring force in a release direction (RD) from a parking position (PP) to a driving position (PD). A brake state indicator (120) includes an actuation element (128) axially held in a force equilibrium (EF) between an actuation spring (124), exerting an actuation force (FA) on the actuation element (128), and a return spring (126), exerting a return force (FR) on the actuation element (128). The actuation force (FA) is altered by nut motion (MN) of a running nut (122), caused by rotational motion of a release screw (132) to shift the force equilibrium (FE), resulting in an axial movement (ME) of an actuation element (128) operatively coupled to an indicator pin (134) of the brake state indicator (120).

Abstract: The clamping device includes a pair of clamping members arranged in positions to clamp a rib (target portion to be clamped) of a workpiece and having contact surfaces to make contact with the rib; supports configured to support each of the pair of clamping members so as to be able to advance and retreat along a prescribed advancing/retreating direction relative to the rib, and to operate each of the pair of clamping members so as to clamp the rib when advancing; guiding units configured to make each of the pair of clamping members movable in a prescribed positioning direction due to a reaction force occurring when the pair of clamping members clamp the rib; and coil springs (biasing members) configured to elastically bias the pair of clamping members in a direction opposite the positioning direction, thereby capable of positioning the workpiece with high precision without damaging the workpiece.

Abstract: A pushing force-actuated braking device includes an annular housing that houses a brake disc, a braking piston, plural braking elements, and a brake-releasing piston. When only the braking piston is under the action of a fluid, the braking piston applies an axial pushing force to the brake disc such that the brake disc is kept at a braking position jointly by the braking piston and the braking elements. When only the brake-releasing piston is under the action of a fluid, the brake-releasing piston applies an opposite pushing force to the brake disc to keep it at a brake-releasing position. Should the fluid acting on the braking piston fail, the force of the braking elements still enables the brake disc to produce a braking effect. The pushing force-actuated braking device has a modular design to facilitate assembly and disassembly. A rotary table using the braking device is also provided.

Abstract: A parking mechanism located on a final drive or primary drive of a vehicle to engage or disengage an output shaft connected to wheels of the vehicle. The parking mechanism includes a back drive chain on the final drive or primary drive that engages with a parking pawl. A cam assembly biases the parking pawl to engage with the back drive chain to prevent rotation of the wheels.

Abstract: A double clutch unit for a transmission, having an outer clutch pack and an inner clutch pack each having a clutch pack input and a clutch pack output, wherein a clutch unit input hub rotationally fixed to the outer clutch pack input side and the inner clutch pack input side, a clutch unit inner output hub attached in fixed rotational relation to the outer clutch pack output side, a clutch unit outer output hub attached in fixed rotational relation to an inner clutch pack output side, and an oil distributor rotationally fixed to the inner clutch pack input side, are axially slidable relative to a stator, and a spring-loaded bolt is attached to the engine side of a clutch unit inner power output shaft maintaining the inner output hub, clutch unit outer output hub and oil distributor in axial alignment with respect to the stator.

Abstract: A brake cylinder includes a locking device for mechanical brake force locking, in particular for rail vehicles, and a service brake piston which can be axially moved inside a housing, which can be moved by applying a pressure medium thereto, and which is coupled to a piston tube, said piston tube being provided with a non-self-locking thread which is engaged with a threaded nut which is rotatably mounted in the housing, and the locking device cooperating with toothing of the threaded nut. The brake cylinder is designed such that the locking device comprises one or more pawl(s), a control piston, an emergency release tappet, and a locking element of the emergency release tappet.

Abstract: An axle cooling system for a vehicle that has a first axle hydraulic circuit that passes through a first axle assembly, a second axle hydraulic circuit that passes through a second axle assembly, a first pump that circulates axle oil through the first axle hydraulic circuit, a second pump that circulates axle oil through the second axle hydraulic circuit, a first temperature sensor that monitors a first axle temperature of the first axle assembly, and a second temperature sensor that monitors a second axle temperature of the second axle assembly. The first pump and the second pump are independently controlled from one another to circulate axle oil through the corresponding first or second axle hydraulic circuit.

Abstract: A hydraulic system, for use under water with a hydraulic actuating drive, includes a hydraulic cylinder and at least one hydraulic machine. At least one rotary drive device and the hydraulic machine are coupled mechanically for a common rotating movement, and the hydraulic machine adjusts at least the hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinder has at least three cylinder chambers, and the hydraulic system includes a first hydraulic circuit and a second hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic system for use under water is set up, in particular, with a redundant hydraulic actuating drive for manual (mechanical) actuation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotation indexing device where a shaft of a rotary joint is configured so that an outlet of a supply path opens to a lower surface of a flange part, a jig plate is formed to have a through-hole in which the flange part of the shaft is arranged and a flow path formed so that an inlet opens to a lower surface of the jig plate, and the jig plate is directly attached to a main shaft. Also, the rotation indexing device includes an adapter that is provided in contact with the flange part of the shaft and the jig plate and has a communication path for communicating the outlet of the supply path in the shaft and the inlet of the flow path in the jig plate each other.

Abstract: A utility vehicle control device for a parking brake device of a trailer vehicle includes a pneumatic supply connection, a control connection for controlling a spring brake cylinder, a directly manually actuatable parking valve, a first connection line and a control valve for controlling the parking valve. The parking valve is arranged in the first connection line, and wherein as a result of the parking valve, the supply connection and the control connection can be connected via the first connection line. A control line branches from the first connection line. The control line is connected to a first pneumatic control input of the control valve, wherein the control valve has a second pneumatic control input.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking, the machine being disposed on a machine support frame in an elevator machine room, and engaging one or more ropes for providing selective movement of an elevator car disposed in an elevator shaft, the machine having a drive sheave including a cylindrical brake drum, and brake components including dual brake arms; the method including: removing the brake components; affixing flanged disc segments about the drum and interlocking the flanged disc segments to form a brake rotor; and mounting respective brake calipers to frame mounts for providing primary and secondary braking to the elevator machine.

Abstract: A method for determining the overall-deceleration values is attainable by actuation of wheel brakes, of a utility vehicle or of a vehicle combination with several axles. For the purpose of implementing a deceleration request in the course of partial brake applications, a braking-force distribution with braking forces distributed unequally to brake units with the wheel brakes of one or more axles is undertaken. In each instance one of the brake units is selected and a larger braking force is imposed via this selected brake unit than via the other brake units. A current deceleration of the utility vehicle or of the vehicle combination is measured or ascertained and is assigned as partial-deceleration value to the respectively selected brake unit and stored and the attainable overall-deceleration values are determined as the sum of the partial-deceleration values of all the brake units.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a brake mechanism, a joint actuator and a robot. The brake mechanism includes a friction member configured to be fixed to a rotor of the motor, a brake member abutting against one side of the friction member, a pushing member abutting against the other side of the friction member and configured to provide an adjustable pushing force to the brake member, a locking mechanism configured to prevent the brake member from rotating according to a brake command.

Abstract: A spring applied hydraulic released brake includes a brake housing including a pair of stator assemblies, a pair of piston-spring assemblies, each of the piston-spring assemblies including a piston assembly, a spring assembly adapted to apply spring force to the piston assembly to thereby engage the piston assembly with a first stator assembly of the pair of stator assemblies in a default position of the brake, and an end cap adjuster providing an opposing surface against which the spring assembly is biased, the end cap adjuster including a body portion having an end cap threading therearound generally corresponding with a housing threading within the brake housing.

Abstract: A frictional damper for an elevator system includes one or more friction pads configured to move between a first position, and a second position defined by engagement of the one or more friction pads to the guide rail. An actuation unit urges the one or more friction pads into and out of engagement with the guide rail. The actuation unit includes a hydraulic actuator operably connected to the one or more friction pads to urge movement of the one or more friction pads into and out of engagement with the guide rail via hydraulic fluid pressure. The hydraulic actuator includes a hydraulic cylinder containing a volume of hydraulic fluid and a hydraulic piston located in the hydraulic cylinder and operably connected to the one or more friction pads. An electromagnetic actuator selectably urges hydraulic fluid to apply a force to the hydraulic piston, urging the movement of the friction pads.

Abstract: A hydraulic machine including: a casing rotatably mounted relative to a shaft; first brake means constrained to rotate with the casing; second brake means constrained to rotate with the shaft, and adapted to co-operate with the first brake means; a braking piston associated with return means and tending to exert a braking force; and a brake-release chamber adapted to be connected to a pressure force so as to apply a brake-release pressure selectively to the braking piston, so as to enable the first and second brake means to be separated; said hydraulic machine including a sweeping channel arranged in the shaft so as to define a leakage flow between the brake-release chamber and an internal volume of the casing.

Abstract: A self-adjusting automatic load brake for a hoist is disclosed. In various embodiments, the load brake includes a first shaft defining an annular hollow portion; a second shaft defining an engagement portion, the engagement portion configured for sliding disposition within the annular hollow portion; a first reaction plate coupled to the first shaft; a second reaction plate coupled to the second shaft; and a plurality of friction discs, with at least one of the plurality of friction discs coupled to a cup and disposed between the first reaction plate and the second reaction plate, the annular hollow portion of the first shaft and the engagement portion of the second shaft being sized and configured to accommodate thinning of the plurality of friction discs.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle includes actuating at least one of a first actuation device and a second actuation device of the brake system, and, in the event of a fault in a hydraulic brake device of the brake system, producing an electromechanical braking force via an electromechanical brake device of the brake system for decelerating the motor vehicle, irrespective of which of the first actuation device and the second actuation device is actuated.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake system is disclosed which may include a supply pump pressurizing a brake control system via a brake control supply line; a pressure-released brake connected to the brake control system via a brake line; a pressure relief valve with an inlet connected to the brake control supply line and an outlet connected to a relief valve discharge line; a make-up line connecting the brake line and the relief valve discharge line; and a check valve on the make-up line allowing one-way flow from the relief valve discharge line to the brake line.

Abstract: A working machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises an operating device, a working tool, a driving device, a braking device, a detection device, and a change device. The detection device detects a mode of an operation performed on the operating device. The change device changes a brake control to be performed by the braking device according to the mode detected by the detection device.

Abstract: A brake actuator has a plurality of actuator housing portions, a parking piston axially displaceable within one of the actuator housing portions, and a service piston axially displaceable independently of the parking piston within another of the actuator housing portions. A brake actuator rod projecting from the other of the actuator housing portions moves outward of that actuator housing portion upon at least one of fluid supply to a first substantially torus-shaped service brake bladder and fluid relief from a second substantially torus-shaped parking brake bladder. The brake actuator rod can be moved inward into the other of the actuator housing portions upon fluid relief from the first substantially torus-shaped service brake bladder, and fluid supply to the second substantially torus-shaped parking brake bladder or both.

Abstract: A hydraulic block for a hydraulic assembly of a slip control system of a hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a metal-plastic composite part with a metal part and a further part. The metal part includes sleeve-like brake line ports, sleeve-like valve receptacles, sleeve-like pump receptacles, and pipes as connecting lines. The further part is a plastic part that is injection-molded around the metal part to form the hydraulic block in a cuboid shape.

Abstract: A trailer brake and monitoring system with a trailer control module, which has a processor, a signal input, a first wheel speed input, a second wheel speed input, a valve output, and a data port. The processor receives a signal from the signal input, and the processor sends the signal to the data port. The processor receives a first wheel speed signal from the first wheel speed input and a second wheel speed signal from the second wheel speed input. The processor is configured to send a first brake signal to the valve output based on at least one of the first wheel speed signal and the second wheel speed signal. The trailer control module may include third and fourth wheel speed inputs and a second valve output. The data port may be a power input configured for connection with a PLC cable and/or a CAN port.

Abstract: A parking brake control module using pneumatic logic to control a parking brake on a vehicle. The control module includes a brake pipe passageway, a reservoir passageway, a reservoir release valve; and an actuation cylinder vent valve. The control module applies or releases the parking brake based on pressures of the brake pipe and reservoir. A method uses pneumatic logic to control a parking brake on a vehicle. The parking brake is applied when the brake pipe pressure falls below a lower brake pipe pressure threshold and is released when the brake pipe pressure exceeds an upper brake pipe pressure threshold and the reservoir pressure exceeds a reservoir pressure threshold. A hold valve can allow an operator to manually prevent the release of the parking brake.

Abstract: A retracting rail clamp for braking or anchoring a rail-mounted machine such as a crane by clamping opposite sides of a longitudinal rail member, the retracting rail clamp comprising: a load transfer frame rigidly secured to the crane, such as by bolting; and a clamp mechanism suspended within the load transfer frame by at least one lateral pair of pivotally mounted lift levers, and operable through a first and second stage of motion between a raised, brake release position, in which the entirety of the rail clamp is disposed substantially vertically clear of the rail, and a lowered, brake set position wherein at least one opposed facing pair of main levers of the clamp mechanism engage the side surfaces of the rail.

Abstract: An emergency braking device including an actuator (2), a pressurizing circuit (3) supplying the actuator (2) via a control pressure and a discharge circuit (4). The discharge circuit (4) includes restrictors (13, 14) for controlling the pressure and/or flow rate of the supply fluid of the actuator (2) during a discharge of the actuator. The restrictors (13, 14) are configured to define an intermediate pressure between a low pressure level and the control pressure of the actuator (2).

Abstract: A powered vehicle includes a spring-applied hydraulic release (SAHR) vehicle brake comprising first and second mutually engageable brake elements. The first brake element is secured to or forms part of a rotatable element of the drive train of the vehicle and the second is non-rotatably moveably mounted on the vehicle such that the first and second elements are mutually engageable with and separable from one another. Mutual engagement of the brake elements causes braking of rotation of the rotatable element. The SAHR vehicle brake includes (i) a resiliently deformable member acting on the second brake element so as to urge the first and second brake elements into mutual engagement and (ii) a hydraulic control circuit for applying hydraulic pressure to the second brake element so as to oppose the action of the resiliently deformable member and thereby normally maintain the first and second brake elements separated from one another.

Abstract: A brake device includes: an extendable and contractable coupling member that couples one end portions of a pair of link arms to each other; and an adjuster that causes the coupling member to extend so that positions of brake linings relative to brake discs are adjusted to be constant. The adjuster includes: an extension mechanism that has an extension shaft with a male thread and an extension nut with a female thread, which is threadedly engaged with the male thread, and causes the coupling member to extend; and a pressing spring that presses the extension nut in an axial direction toward a contact surface, which is provided in a main body recess portion housing the extension nut and is in contact with one end portion of the extension nut.

Abstract: A no-back device for resisting feedback torque from an actuator. The no-back device comprises: a flange arranged to receive torque via a shaft; a ratchet assembly comprising a ratchet wheel arranged parallel to the flange; and a braking assembly comprising a resistance wheel, which is sandwiched between the flange and the ratchet wheel, and a braking device, which acts on the resistance wheel to generate a resistive angular force reacting against torque exerted on the resistance wheel. The braking device comprises a follower arranged to roll, under bias from a spring in the braking device, on a cam surface extending around a circumferential perimeter of the resistance wheel. Radial displacement of the follower energizes the spring to generate resistive angular force.

Abstract: A braking system and method with redundant wheel speed sensing. In one example, the braking system includes a first electronic control unit connected to a first power supply and a second electronic control unit connected to a second power supply. The second electronic control unit is communicatively coupled to the first electronic control unit. The braking system also includes a first wheel speed sensor, a second wheel speed sensor, a third wheel speed sensor, and a fourth wheel speed sensor. The first wheel speed sensor and the second wheel speed sensor are directly coupled to and powered by the first electronic control unit and are communicatively coupled to the second electronic control unit. The third wheel speed sensor and the fourth wheel speed sensor are directly coupled to and powered by the second electronic control unit and are communicatively coupled to the first electronic control unit.

Abstract: Methods of modifying a GM Powerglide low range servo assembly for high line pressure applications as well as replacement components for Powerglide low range servo assemblies and replacement low range servo assemblies.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a braking device which controls a braking force of towed vehicles in a combination vehicle which includes a towing vehicle and a plurality of towed vehicles towed by the towing vehicle, and in which the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle are coupled by a coupler and the towed vehicles are coupled by couplers. In the method for controlling the braking device, after the towed vehicle that is located on a rearmost side is made not to move, imparting a braking force to the plurality of towed vehicles towed by the towing vehicle starting in order from the towed vehicle located on a rear side.