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https://drivepatents.com/patents/969330 · 1 Oct 2014
The method involves actuating an actuator to cause a pusher to come into contact with a stack of disks, and deducing a stroke of the actuator and a current level of wear for the stack of disks by taking difference with a nominal stroke stored in a memory c...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/972751 · 9 Jul 2014
Support control is provided which can further suppress an uncomfortable feeling given to a driver when performing driving support for an obstacle rearward and sideward of a vehicle. A braking/driving force control unit (8) detects a road shape ahead of a v...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/973579 · 18 Jun 2014
A ring-shaped thrust bearing extending in an axial direction has an inner surface (50) which includes a first axial groove (54a) in the inner surface (50). The groove (54a) has a first flat wall (70) and a second flat wall (72); and a first principal strai...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/973555 · 18 Jun 2014
A method includes measuring a brake temperature of an aircraft brake using a sensor, 20; determining a brake heat sink mass of the aircraft brake using a wear measuring device, 22; and calculating a turnaround threshold based upon the measured brake temper...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/974315 · 28 May 2014
The method involves determining whether a fluid pressure loss in the brake circuit is present. The fluid connection to a hydraulic unit and to the inlet valves (60,70) of to-be braked wheels of the vehicle are closed upon detection of a pressure loss so th...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981515 · 27 Nov 2013
The shell (1) has a pair of fixed electrical conductors (11,12) that are enclosed within a plug assembly (10). An electro-mechanical assembly (3) is positioned and sealed inside a socket (35) in the plastic housing. The idle contact end (23) of one of the ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/984145 · 4 Sep 2013
The brake (1) has an electromechanical actuator (8) carried by an actuator-carrier. The actuator comprises an electric motor adapted to move a pusher facing a stack of carbon disks (7) to apply braking force selectively to the stack. A temperature measurem...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/984440 · 28 Aug 2013
A normality detector includes a steering angle yaw rate calculator, a first difference calculator, a lateral G yaw rate calculator, a second difference calculator, and a normality determination section. The steering angle yaw rate calculator calculates a s...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/992534 · 6 Mar 2013
An elevator brake (10), comprising a first braking member (14), said first braking member being biased by a first spring means (28a, 28b, 28c, 28d) into engagement with a braking surface, said first braking member (14) comprising a first armature (20) bein...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1000975 · 27 Jun 2012
A brake performance monitoring system operates by an energy differential calculated from brake demand energy and energy absorbed during a braking operation. A significant differential would be reported as a possible problem with the braking system.