Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylinder apparatus wherein although an opening of a cylinder body is closed by a covering member, processing and parts costs are reduced, fluid leakage is prevented, and the apparatus can be reduced in size. The cylinder apparatus includes a piston (17) which is caused to slidingly move in a bore (26) of a cylinder (21). The cylinder 21 includes a covering member (43) provided in a bottom portion (42) of the cylinder (21), and a cylinder body (46) having an opening that is closed by the covering member (43). The covering member (43) is friction stir welded to the cylinder body (46).

Abstract: Method for making a ceramic matrix material for brake friction components, in particular disc brakes, including the following operational phases: a) prepare a mixture of at least one siliconic type ceramic precursor, particles of hard materials suitable as abrasives, particles of substances suitable as lubricants and particles of metal materials; b) hot-press the mixture to obtain a green body; c) submit the green body to a process of pyrolysis in order to achieve ceramisation of the preceramic binder, thus obtaining a ceramic matrix material. The mixture includes a catalyst suitable for favoring reticulation of the ceramic precursor during the hot-pressing phase and the pyrolysis process is carried out at temperatures below 800° C., more precisely between 400° C. and 600° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake pad arrangement having a pad carrier plate, on which a brake pad is disposed, wherein the brake pad on a friction surface has at least two contour edges, at which the brake pad is chamfered. According to the invention in order to suppress noise it is provided that the at least two contour edges extend substantially parallel to one another and at a predetermined angle relative to a radial centre line M of the brake pad.

Abstract: A friction brake is provided for use in a wind energy system. The friction brake includes a piston adapted for being at least temporarily in contact with a braking surface, the piston having an outer circumferential surface that comprises a outer contact area. Further, the piston brake includes a housing for housing the piston, the housing having an inner surface that comprises a inner contact area wherein the inner contact area and the housing area are adapted for temporarily being in contact with each other. At least one of the inner contact area and the housing area is made of a non-metallic material. In addition, a wind energy system and a method for upgrading a wind energy system is provided.

Abstract: The piston seal member is formed of a crosslinked rubber composition, the rubber composition including 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene rubber, 20 to 60 parts by weight of a first carbon black, 50 to 100 parts by weight of a second carbon black, and 5 to 20 parts by weight of carbon nanofiber having an average diameter of 0.5 to 500 nm, the total amount of the first carbon black and the second carbon black being 70 to 160 parts by weight. The first carbon black has an average particle diameter of 35 to 100 nm and a DBP absorption of 50 to 200 ml/100 g. The second carbon black has an average particle diameter that is greater than the average particle diameter of the first carbon black and ranges from 60 to 500 nm and a DBP absorption of 5 to 50 ml/100 g.

Abstract: The invention provides a brake apparatus in which a vibration resistance and a heat resistance are improved, in a control apparatus of an integrally structured brake in which an electric circuit portion is attached to a brake force generating portion of the brake apparatus. In the control apparatus of the integrally structured brake in which the electric circuit portion is attached to the brake force generating portion of the brake apparatus, the structure is made such that an opening is provided in a circuit side case and a connected portion is arranged in a space within the opening, in order to secure an assured electric connection after attaching the circuit portion. A connecting work can be executed from the opening portion, a vibration resistance can be improved, and a heat resistance can be improved.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention relate to a vehicle, especially a commercial vehicle, with a braking system for a wheel of the vehicle having an axle arrangement and a brake, especially a disc brake, whereby the cross-section of the axle arrangement has an outer contour differing from a circle, and the brake has a brake carrier. According to one embodiment of the invention, the brake carrier has an opening whose inner contour differs from a circle and the outer contour lies on the axle arrangement such that the brake carrier surrounds the axle of the brake to form a keyed fit with the axle arrangement.

Abstract: A brake pad configured for use in a vehicle brake assembly comprises: a friction material having an outermost edge, an innermost edge, and first and second side edges extending therebetween; and a stepped portion extending along the innermost edge of friction material from the first side edge of the friction material to the second side edge of the friction material.

Abstract: A self-boosting electromechanically actuable disc brake, having an application device for applying the brake pad, which application device has a rotary brake lever and a self-boosting device, wherein the rotary brake lever acts on an actuating plunger which acts on the application-side brake lining directly or via a pressure plate, is characterized in that the actuating plunger is pivotably mounted on the rotary brake lever and on the pressure plate or the application-side brake lining with an intersecting rotational axis.

Abstract: A brake system, especially for a generator, including a rotor assembly, a stator assembly and a rotation axis is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes an outer portion which is located radially outward of the stator assembly. The outer portion includes a brake disc, and the stator assembly comprises at least one frictional member operatively configured for frictionally engaging at least a portion of the brake disc.

Abstract: A flexible boot for protecting a cylinder-piston unit of a disk brake of the type that includes a piston slidable in a cylinder in order to act on a brake pad. The flexible boot has a surface with a portion that can face a wall of the pad when in a rolled-up position. The flexible boot is characterized in that it comprises at least one spacer element that is associated with the surface and is intended to come into contact with the wall of the pad in order to keep the portion of the surface spaced from the wall of the pad.

Abstract: A brake drum includes a generally cylindrical sidewall that is open at one end and at least partially closed by an endwall at its other end. The sidewall preferably has a thickness that vanes along its axial length and preferably is thickest at the end closest to the endwall. In one implementation, the outer surface of the sidewall is generally frustum shaped in cross section with a straight radially tapered outer wall. In another implementation, the outer surface of the sidewall is generally concave or sloped from the first end to a second end spaced from the endwall. In another implementation, the outer surface of the sidewall is generally convex.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a brake pad set for a disc brake with a clamping device. This brake pad set comprises at least one first brake pad, which is arranged on the one side of the brake disc and a second brake pad, which is arranged on the other side of the brake disc. The brake pad set is characterized in that the friction pad of the first brake pad has a compressibility other than that of the friction pad of the second brake pad.

Abstract: In order to avoid oscillations and brake screeching associated with such oscillations, a brake caliper is provided with a reinforcing element. The reinforcing element is formed with a C-shaped profile element that is connected to the brake caliper on the underside of the housing of said brake caliper. The reinforcing element can also be configured in order to hold the brake pads and linings and therefore relieve the housing of the braking torque.

Abstract: The present invention is to stabilize behavior of brake pads at the time of braking of a disc brake so as to suppress generation of brake noise, and also to reduce the roll moment of the brake pads generated at the time of braking so as to suppress uneven abrasion of linings. A back plate (41) of a brake pad (40) is biased inward in the rotor radial direction by a plate spring (80). The back plate (41) is engaged at two points with an inner periphery support shaft (61) provided integrally with a caliper (20) on a V-shape inner peripheral abutment (41a) (provided in the back plate (41) on the inner side of a lining (42) in the rotor radial direction and on the center in the rotor circumferential direction), and engaged at one point with an outer periphery support shaft (62) provided integrally with the caliper (20) on an outer peripheral abutment (41b) (provided in the back plate (41) on the outer side of the lining (42) in the rotor radial direction and on the center in the rotor circumferential direction).

Abstract: A clamp device is provided that can prevent a table from being tilted at the time of clamping, can suppress a displacement in an axial direction at the time of clamping to a minimum, and also can be suitably used for a table unit with its table swiveling at a high speed. A table has fixedly attached thereto a braking plate swiveling with the table. A frame has fixedly attached thereto fixing plates having inner flange portions protruding to a swiveling axis side of the table with a predetermined pitch so that the inner flange portions interpose the braking plate. Moreover, a hydraulic cylinder having a clamp piston freely movable between a clamp position at which the braking plate is clamped and an unclamp position at which the clamp state is released is provided with the flame.

Abstract: The invention provides a multi-disc brake for a vehicle. A knuckle supports a wheel of a vehicle. A hub is mounted for rotation on the knuckle about a rotation axis. A pair of discs are mounted for rotation with the hub and for sliding movement on the hub along the rotation axis. Each of the discs includes respective inboard and outboard engaging surfaces. Brake pad assemblies are disposed about the discs to engage the engaging surfaces. The brake pad assemblies slide along the rotation axis relative to the hub. A brake fist having a bridge portion extends outboard from the knuckle around the discs and the brake pad assemblies to an outboard wall supporting the outboard brake pad assembly against outboard movement along the rotation axis. An actuator urges the discs and the brake pad assemblies together against the outboard wall to slow rotation of the hub.

Abstract: A brake pad for a bicycle comprises a backing plate formed from titanium, and a friction member bonded to the backing plate through a diffusion layer. The diffusion layer is formed at least in part by thermal spraying copper onto the backing plate. A method of constructing the brake pad comprises the steps of thermal spraying copper on a backing plate formed from titanium to form a copper layer on the backing plate, and bonding a friction member to the copper layer by forming a diffusion layer with the copper layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator for an electromechanical brake, the actuator comprising a pusher and a first drive member arranged to move the pusher in register with a stack of disks and to apply a braking pressure to the stack of disks, the actuator including a second drive member comprising a piezoelectric assembly suitable for modulating the braking pressure applied to the stack of disks. According to the invention, the piezoelectric assembly is disposed inside the actuator so as to present an end that is stationary.

Abstract: After chemical nickel plating has been applied onto a rotor-side surface 10 of a caliper 5a made of aluminum alloy and an opposite surface 11 disposed in an opposite side of the rotor-side surface, nickel-tungsten alloy plating is applied onto these both surfaces 10, 11. Then, gold plating is applied onto only the rotor-side surface 10. As a result, a reflectance to incident light on the rotor-side surface 10 is made higher than a reflectance to incident light on the opposite surface 11.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting unit including a bushing having a main part having a penetration hole extending in a lengthwise direction thereof and a flange portion expanding from an upper end of the main part, a stripper bolt having a head portion, a body portion having an insert portion to be inserted into or received in the penetration hole, and a male screw-threaded portion at a leading end of the insert portion Also disclosed is a brake unit assembled using the mounting unit that has good thermal and mechanical stability at a coupling portion between a disk rotor and a rotor hat.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, comprising a brake disc (2), a brake caliper (1), a pneumatically acting operating cylinder (3) which has an operating device (8), an applying device (5) which has a rotating lever (7) and a camshaft (6) running parallel to a brake disc plane (6) and at least one brake lining (4). On activating the operating cylinder, the operating device presses the brake lining against the brake disc by means of the rotating lever and the camshaft. According to the invention, a frictional damping device (13, 20) is provided outside the force path of application, which influences the resonant behaviour of the brake.

Abstract: A solid box-shape structure is constituted by fitting a torque transmitting ring 23 to a guide hole 17 on a guide plate 11 to pivotably hold a lining member 13 and fixing the guide plate 11 to a torque receive plate 3. A braking torque is directly transmitted to the guide plate 11 by the torque transmitting ring 23 by pressing the lining member 13 to a disc rotor by a first link plate 7 and a second link plate 5 arranged on an inner side of the box-shape structure. A solid structure and alleviation of processing accuracy are made to be compatible with each other by constituting transmission of a press force and transmission of a torque by independent members in this way.

Abstract: Brake pawls for use in safety systems for power equipment are disclosed. The brake pawls include an energy-absorbing region. The energy absorbing regions may include a deformable or collapsible region made from apertures in the brake pawl or from collapsible members or from materials of differing hardnesses, strengths, or structures.

Abstract: An electric brake assembly includes an electric motor having a rotor in which a nut of a ball screw is fitted. A brake pad is coupled through a presser member to the threaded shaft of the ball screw. A bolt is threaded into the threaded shaft. A snap ring is mounted around a large-diameter portion of the bolt with its radially outer edge pressed against the radially inner surface of the rotor of the motor so that its radially outer portion is inclined obliquely rearwardly toward its radially outer edge. When the rotor is rotated in the forward rotational direction, the threaded shaft can move forwardly to press the brake pads against the disc rotor. When the motor is deactivated, the threaded shaft cannot retract after it has abutted the snap ring because the snap ring cannot move rearwardly relative to the rotor.

Abstract: A brake assembly includes a caliper having a first side portion connected to a second side portion by two circumferentially spaced bridge arms. The brake assembly includes a first brake pad and a second brake pad that are interchangeable and each having first and second circumferential ends. Each of the first and second brake pads have a pad formation remote from the first and second circumferential ends. The first brake pad is fitted in the first side portion of the caliper with the pad formation of the first brake pad engaging a caliper formation of the first portion side of the caliper for transferring braking torque loads from the first brake pad to the first side portion of the caliper.

Abstract: A vehicle braking system reduces particulate emissions resulting from wear of the brake pad and rotor during stopping or slowing of a vehicle. The rotor includes at least one friction surface, that has an outer coating of a corrosion and wear-resistant material. This outer coating can optionally include a first layer comprising a crystalline material and a second layer overlaying and contacting the first layer and comprising an amorphous material. The first layer and the second layer can optionally have an inter-layer period of less than 10 nm such that the structure of the outer coating is that of a superlattice. A brake member that includes a friction material is mounted to a caliper on the vehicle with the friction material disposed opposite the at least one friction surface so that the friction material reversibly engages with the outer coating of the corrosion and wear-resistant material when the braking system is operated to stop or slow the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adjusting device of a disk brake, in particular a pneumatically actuatable disk brake. The adjusting device is in embodied in such a manner that it can rotate at least one rotatable spindle which acts upon at least one pressure piece on the brake lining and which comprises an output toothing arrangement. The output toothing arrangement comprises at least one tooth which engages in a groove of the rotatable spindle. The invention is characterized in that the output toothing arrangement and/or the groove are embodied in such a manner that they can be elastically compressed.

Abstract: A disc brake mechanism including a generally annular rotor ring having an outer diameter and an inner diameter, a plurality of teeth extending from the inner diameter of the rotor ring, a generally cylindrical drive shaft head defining a major axis, and a plurality of rounded connection wedges extending therefrom. A pair of brake pads are disposed on opposite sides of the rotor, a caliper is connected to a non-rotating portion of a vehicle, a piston is operationally connected to the caliper and disposed adjacent a brake pad, and a pressure plate is operationally connected adjacent a brake pad and positioned opposite the rotor from the piston. Force members are operationally connected to the brake pads.

Abstract: A disc brake assembly including a rotor defining a rotational axis and including a barrel portion and a disc portion extending generally radially outward from the barrel portion, the barrel portion defining an inner surface and the inner surface defining a groove, a biasing element received in the groove, and a tone ring having an outer surface and including a step formed on the outer surface, the tone ring being positioned in the barrel portion such that the step is aligned for engagement with the biasing element.

Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims a torque transfer mechanism. The torque transfer mechanism connects an input shaft to an output shaft to transmit rotation and torque in either direction from the input shaft to the output shaft. The torque transfer mechanism also inhibits the transmission of rotation and torque in at least one direction from the output shaft to the input shaft. In alternate embodiments, the torque transfer mechanism may transmit rotation and torque in one direction from the output shaft to the input shaft. In still further embodiments, the torque transfer mechanism may inhibit the transmission of rotation and torque in either direction from the output shaft to the input shaft.

Abstract: An improved structure for a brake pad adapted for use in a disc brake assembly. The brake pad includes a backing plate and a friction pad. The friction pad includes a lengthwise axis of symmetry. The brake pad is adapted to align a friction pad area centroid relative to a piston applied pressure centroid to reduce friction pad tangential taper wear. The force centroid axis and the area centroid axis further define an offset such that the offset diminishes during a braking event.

Abstract: A disk brake, especially for a commercial vehicle, comprising a brake caliper (2) which is fixed on a brake carrier (3) of the commercial vehicle by means of two fixing elements such that it is axially displaceable in relation to the disk brake (1) whereby one fixing element is embodied as a fixed bearing (4) and the other fixing element is embodied as a loose bearing (5) with a sliding bushing (6) inserted into a bore of the brake caliper (2), whereby the inner or outer contour thereof deviates from that of a circle, whereby a guide bar (8), having for example a round cross-section, is guided in the sliding bushing (6). The sliding bushing (6) of the loose bearing (5) is provided with at least one securing element (10) which, when the sliding bushing (6) is mounted in a precise position, fixes the sliding bushing and is inserted into a recess (11) of the bore.

Abstract: A motor driven brake apparatus is provided for braking a wheel mounted on a knuckle, and includes a brake member rotated integrally with the wheel, a friction member mounted on the knuckle to be capable of being in contact with the brake member, and an electric motor for driving the friction member toward the brake member to be in contact therewith. The motor is adapted to press the friction member onto the brake member to restrain the wheel from rotating. And, a motion converter is accommodated in an opening portion of the knuckle for converting rotating force of the motor into pressing force applied by the friction member onto the brake member. The motion converter is connected to the motor at a side thereof facing the vehicle body, and the motor is mounted on the knuckle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a brake pad comprising a backing plate and a friction member carried on the backing plate. The friction member includes a single mass of material with a thickness, and having a first end and a second end, an upper edge, a lower edge, and an exposed braking surface for engaging a brake disc rotor, the exposed breaking surface being subdivided into at least two regions that are spaced apart by at least one slot having a longitudinal axis, which has a width of at least about 10 mm and which extends from the upper edge to the lower edge.

Abstract: A commercial vehicle disc brake has a caliper that straddles a brake disc that can be functionally connected to brake pads having a brake lining supporting plate and a friction lining secured thereto. At least one closure cover encloses and hermetically seals a chamber for housing functional parts of the brake. The disc brake is designed such that the closure cover is form-fittingly connected to the brake caliper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disk brake having a brake dirk (22) with a rotational axis (A) and a preferred running direction (1), having an application device, having a brake caliper (12) with a first caliper limb (32) which is arranged on a first side of the brake disk and with a second caliper limb (30) which is arranged on a second side, situated opposite the first side, of the brake disk and is offset relative to the first caliper limb by a predetermined distance (V) in the direction of the brake disk run-out side, having a first brake lining (14) which, during braking, bears by means of a first rear face against a first contact face on the application device, and by means of a first friction face (20) against the brake disk, and having a second brake lining (16) which, during braking, bears by means of a second rear face (26) against a second contact face (28) on the second caliper limb, and by means of a second friction face (24) against the brake disk, and is supported on the second caliper limb in the

Abstract: A disk brake includes a brake disk with a preferred rotational direction, with a first brake pad with a first center of gravity on a first side of the brake disk, a second brake pad with a second center of gravity on a second side of the brake disk, and a caliper for transmitting the braking forces produced by the second brake pad to the first side of the brake disk. The second center of gravity is offset from the first center of gravity by a predetermined distance in the direction toward the side of the brake disk that trails when the disk is rotating in its preferred direction.

Abstract: A brake caliper support structure and a brake caliper structure for a saddle-ride type all terrain vehicle can attain a reduction in size and weight of a disc brake and can scrape off mud and snow accumulated within a wheel. A distance from a point which represents the center of a front wheel to each of points which represent the axes of bolts located at the same positions as the caliper support portions or the first and second mounting portions of the caliper bracket is set longer than the distance from the point to a point which represents the center of a piston. A brake hose is to be prevented from undergoing an excessively large deflection during steering or during vehicular vibration.

Abstract: An aircraft brake rotor includes a circular rotor disk (10) having first and second walls (12) and a peripheral wall (14) connecting the first and second walls (12), the peripheral wall (14) including at least one notch (16) having a bottom wall (18) and first and second side walls (20) extending away from the bottom wall (18), an insert (22, 50, 60) having a first portion (24, 62) mounted against the first side wall (20) and a retainer (30, 74) connected to the rotor disk (10) and having at least one projection (38, 82), a portion of the at least one insert (22, 50, 60) extending between the at least projection (38, 82) and the first side wall (20), thus limiting movement of the insert (22, 50, 60) in a direction perpendicular to the first side wall (20).

Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, has a brake caliper, which overlaps a brake disc, and brake pads, which each consist of a friction lining and of a pad supporting plate and which, when in an operational position, contact the brake disc on both sides. Each pad supporting plate rests against a pressure plate, which is supported in the brake caliper, or against a brake caliper supporting surface. The disc brake is designed such that at least one of the pad supporting plates and the associated pressure plate or the supporting surface are provided for transferring loads occurring during braking to its facing contact surfaces with positive locking structures, which correspond with one another and which are provided in the manner of a coding.

Abstract: Frictional pairing in motor vehicles, including a carbon-ceramic brake disk or a grey cast iron brake disk and a brake pad for the brake caliper of the parking brake, characterised in that the brake pad comprises a fiber-reinforced ceramic composite material, which has a matrix with phases of silicon carbide and reinforcement fibers of carbon, graphite, silicon carbide or whiskers of high-melting metals with a melting temperature of over 1500° C., and a parking brake comprising these material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake for a vehicle, comprising a disc and a shoe device. The disc comprises a braking band of a first material and a support bell of a second material. The braking band e comprises a radially inner track and two opposing friction surfaces which are planar and suitable to interact with a brake caliper. The support bell is suitable to be structurally connected to the braking band. The shoe device is suitable to radially act on the inner track.

Abstract: This invention is about disc brake for an automobile installed in a carrier. The disc brake has a special feature which reduces temperature and noise in the automobile when braking. The special feature is a coated pad spring.

Abstract: A torque transfer mechanism connects an input shaft to an output shaft to transmit rotation and torque in either direction from the input shaft to the output shaft. The torque transfer mechanism also inhibits the transmission of rotation and torque in at least one direction from the output shaft to the input shaft. In alternate embodiments, the torque transfer mechanism may transmit rotation and torque in one direction from the output shaft to the input shaft. In still further embodiments, the torque transfer mechanism may inhibit the transmission of rotation and torque in either direction from the output shaft to the input shaft.

Abstract: An actuator 23d for pushing a plurality of friction plates 44, 44 to a plurality of plates 37, 37 to be braked is composed of members including electroactive polymer, the shape of the elastomer of which is changed by electric energy.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to connect a brake disc to a brake are disclosed. A brake disc torque pad is received in a complementary shaped opening in the brake disc and the torque pad engages a tab of the brake to connect the brake disc to the brake.

Abstract: A disc brake for a commercial vehicle, operated pneumatically or by electric motor, comprising a brake caliper, an application device and at least one adjuster device arranged with the brake caliper, is characterized in that both adjuster elements of the at least one adjuster device are fixed in a non-rotating manner to a common connector plate in the region thereof facing the brake lining and/or a single- or multi-piece thermal insulation layer is at least partly applied to the connector plate or parts connected thereto on the side thereof facing the relevant braking lining to form a region like a pressure piece.

Abstract: A disk brake has a support member, an inner pad, and an outer pad. The support member is mounted on a car body member at a side near a car body with respect to a disk rotor and straddles the disk rotor in a cantilever manner in a rotor axis direction. The inner pad is movably supported in the rotor axis direction by the support member at a side near the car body with respect to the disk rotor. The outer pad is movably supported in the rotor axis direction by the support member at an outer side of the car body with respect to the disk rotor. The outer pad has a smaller friction coefficient than that of the inner pad, and the braking torque generated between the outer pad and the disk rotor is smaller than the braking torque generated between the inner pad and the disk rotor.

Abstract: A piston assembly for use in a brake assembly has a piston sleeve having a first end, a second end, an external radius, an internal radius, and a cap on the piston sleeve second end. The cap has a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The cap first end has an external radius and the cap second end has an external radius, wherein the cap first end external radius is smaller than the cap second end external radius. The middle portion is stepped to transition from the cap first end external radius to the cap second end external radius. The cap first end external radius is such that the cap first end slides into the piston sleeve. The cap middle portion has a conical mating surface, and the piston sleeve second end has a corresponding conical mating surface. Further, the cap second end external radius is larger than the piston sleeve external radius.