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8172338 Method for shutdown of vehicle brakes  
At vehicle startup and vehicle shutdown, the driver modulates the brake pressure directly by depressing the brake pedal and the driver feels pedal resistance. During normal conditions of vehicle...
8141959 Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control unit  
A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control unit including a base body including a brake fluid flow path and a mounting hole portion having a bottom sealing surface and an inner circumferential...
8123304 Hydraulic system and method for operating a brake of a wind turbine  
A hydraulic system and method for controlling the brake of a wind turbine are provided. During operation of the wind turbine, pressurized working fluid in the hydraulic system is blocked from being...
8120291 Drive system for electrically operated vehicle  
A drive system is provided for a utility vehicle and includes an alternating-current (AC) motor for providing a drive torque. An AC motor controller receives a battery voltage signal, throttle...
8118373 Method and system to increase electric brake clamping force accuracy  
The method and system for increasing accuracy of clamping force of electric aircraft carbon brakes, once braking has been commenced, provides a first pair of electric brake actuators with a range...
8098145 Trailer detection apparatus and method  
Apparatus and method for detecting the connection of a trailer to a vehicle. The apparatus is connected to a pneumatic pressure line of the trailer's service braking system, and measures the...
8050836 Method and system for determining initiation of a panic braking maneuver  
A method for determining whether a panic braking maneuver has been initiated in a vehicle with a brake pedal includes the steps of receiving brake pedal travel data, receiving brake pedal force...
8042887 Brake control apparatus  
A brake control apparatus for controlling brakes of a vehicle having wheels, the apparatus including a stopped-state detecting portion which detects, based on a speed of at least one of the wheels...
8038226 Electropneumatic braking device of a rail vehicle comprising a continuous regulating range  
The invention relates to an electropneumatic braking system of a rail vehicle, containing a direct-action electropneumatic braking device and an indirect-action compressed-air braking device. The...
8038232 Pneumatic brake system with safe drainage circuit and method of operating the same  
A pneumatic brake system for a motor vehicle includes a compressed air system including a plurality of compressed air reservoirs containing compressed air. A service brake system in fluid...
8007054 Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus  
A control unit 20 includes an initial current value calculation unit 22 for calculating an initial current value when a caliper pressure shifts to a pressure increasing state, a target current...
8000870 Active brake pulsation control  
A brake system is provided for minimizing brake pulsation feedback caused by surface variations of a brake system corner component. The brake system includes at least one sensing device configured...
7980637 Brake control valve with AAV stability  
A vent valve made from a standard emergency brake valve portion. It includes an emergency portion body with an interface to be mated with the emergency portion interface of the pipe bracket. The...
7976109 Failsafe operation of a hybrid brake system for a vehicle  
A hybrid brake apparatus for a vehicle includes a front hydraulically actuated brake circuit, a rear electrically actuated brake circuit, and a controller. The front hydraulically actuated brake...
7954907 Supplemental brake system of zero turn vehicle  
A supplemental brake system of a zero turn vehicle has a prime mover, a brake pedal, a pair of axles, and a pair of transaxles driven by the prime mover so as to drive the respective axles. The...
7946660 Electronic compressed-air system  
An electronic compressed-air system includes a compressed-air supply part having a compressor and a consumer part having load circuits. The load circuits are supplied with compressed-air via...
7925411 Method for controlling a brake system of a motor vehicle with all-wheel drive  
A method of controlling a brake system of an all-wheel driven motor vehicle, which includes an electro-regenerative brake and a number of friction brakes such that a total brake torque comprises...
7890240 Brake system fault pedal gain change method and system  
A brake system fault pedal gain change method and system for brake pedal simulator equipped vehicles such as hybrid electric vehicles is provided. In the event of a brake system booster fault, the...
7878602 Method and system to increase electric brake clamping force accuracy  
The method and system for increasing accuracy of clamping force of electric aircraft carbon brakes, once braking has been commenced, provides a first pair of electric brake actuators with a range...
7866760 Method and system for refilling brake circuits after a large consumption of compressed air  
A method and system is provided for refilling vehicle operational brake circuits after a large consumption of compressed air. The operational brake circuits are compressed air consumer circuits of...
7845737 Braking control apparatus and braking control method for electric vehicle  
A braking device that calculates an electric braking force command according to the braking command and generates a mechanical braking command, and a control circuit that calculates an electric...
7841672 Electronic brake controller with selectable display  
An electronic brake controller for an electropneumatic brake system includes a housing; at least one brake operator mounted to said housing and whose position defines desired brake action; a...
7841673 Vehicle braking system  
A vehicle braking system is responsive to vehicle conditions to alter the response of the braking system for a given driver input. In one mode, the vehicle conditions are conditions that are...
7813859 Automatic braking device for controlling movement of vehicle in unintended direction of the driver with target brake decreasing control  
When a vehicle stops, a brake control unit maintains a braking force applied on a wheel by a braking-force application unit for maintaining a halted state. In this state, if a driver depresses the...
7798577 Apparatus including a brake control assembly having a brake fluid accumulator assembly  
Apparatus including a brake control assembly having a brake fluid accumulator assembly. The brake fluid accumulator assembly includes a brake fluid orifice, at least one brake-fluid-accumulating...
7789469 Method and system to increase electric brake clamping force accuracy  
The method and system for increasing accuracy of clamping force of electric aircraft carbon brakes, once braking has been commenced, provides a first pair of electric brake actuators with a range...
7784879 Electronic control air management with parking brake and trailer supply control  
A brake system assembly for a motor vehicle is provided comprising an air compressor operably engaged to the motor vehicle engine; a compressed air control device; at least one supply circuit for...
7753455 Working machine  
A working machine, such as an industrial truck, has working hydraulics, a hydraulic steering device, and a spring-loaded brake. The brake has a braking position and a release position and can be...
7731303 Push button two side operation hand brake release  
An apparatus to enable the automatic release of a railway vehicle hand brake system from either side of the vehicle comprises a source of fluid pressure engageable with the vehicle. A release...
7677371 Mower with automatic parking brake  
A normally engaged parking brake system for a mower that automatically disengages a parking brake when a steering arm is moved from a park position. Accordingly, the operator does not need to act...
7628458 Adaptive brake flow masking at remote locomotives of a distributed power train  
In a transportation system comprising a fluid carrying brake pipe (14) connecting controlling member of the system and a controlled member (e.g., 12) a method of adaptively disabling an ability of...
7604302 Parking brake system  
The parking brake system that restricts or releases a parking gear by using an operational force by hydraulic pressure that is generated or removed according to whether the engine works and an...
7600825 Hydraulic release system with manually operated hydraulic lock valve for spring-applied, hydraulically-released parking brake system  
A hydraulic manifold assembly for use in a hydraulic release system operable to control a spring applied, hydraulically released parking brake assembly, includes a manifold block and a manually...
7597409 Control unit of brake apparatus for vehicle  
A control unit of a brake apparatus for a vehicle comprises target braking force determining means determining a target value corresponding to a target braking force that is a target value of a...
7571967 Brake control apparatus for vehicle  
A brake apparatus for a vehicle controls braking force acting on front wheels by hydraulic braking force (front-wheel-side vacuum-booster hydraulic pressure fraction+linear-valve differential...
7568772 Wind energy plant with a hydraulically actuated rotor brake and method for the hydraulic control of a rotor brake  
A method for controlling a hydraulically actuated rotor brake for a drive train of a wind energy plant, wherein the rotor brake is realized as an active rotor brake, which exerts a braking moment...
7559613 Automatic brake control unit  
The automatic brake control unit can be applied to an automatic braking device including a reservoir that can suck a brake fluid discharged from a master cylinder, and a cut valve that can permit...
7552978 Brake device and controller for the same  
A brake system that provides a good pedal feel, that assists stepping force of a driver by a small motor, and that can control braking force of wheels individually. The brake system comprises a...
7527338 Hydrodynamic retarder control apparatus  
A hydrodynamic retarder control apparatus includes two valve spools, one, a retarder control valve, functions as a relay valve to control the on/off operation of a hydrodynamic retarder and the...
7523812 Method of managing an electromechanical brake actuator in particular for aircraft  
The invention relates to a method of managing an electromechanical brake actuator comprising an electric motor adapted to move a pusher against a stack of disks to apply a braking force to the...
7520572 Use of ECU to control brake valve actuator  
A brake valve actuator (BVA) of a vehicle is controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) to provide automatic traction control (ATC), roll stability (RS) and yaw stability (YS) functions for the...
7517026 Control circuit for trailer brakes in a by-wire brake system  
The invention relates to a by-wire brake system. There is a need for a trailer brake control circuit for a by-wire brake system. A brake control circuit for trailer brakes in a by-wire brake system...
7497524 System for signaling potential unintended application of park air brake in a vehicle having a lift platform  
A method for warning a driver of a moving vehicle of potential imminent unintended application of a park brake because of an indication that a motorized lift (12) is out-of-stow. A processor (68)...
7497523 Pressure locking master cylinder  
A pressure locking master cylinder including a fluid reservoir for storing a hydraulic fluid, a housing, a piston slidably received within the housing and defining a working chamber and a blocking...
7490913 Trailer and semi-trailer brake valve with an integrated control of the air suspension  
An axle arrangement of a trailer or semi-trailer comprises an axle modulator having an axle control unit in which one valve, respectively, is arranged for the service brake and for the air...
7484814 Hydraulic system with engine anti-stall control  
A hydraulic system has first and second functions in which separate control valves govern the flow of fluid between actuators and both a supply conduit and a return conduit. The second function is...
7455369 Spring-actuated parking brake for a vehicle having a power-operated braking system  
A spring-actuated parking brake includes a spring brake actuator communicating with a fluid source via a supply line. In brake released condition, the actuator is pressurized via a supply valve; in...
7455370 Brake pipe control system with remote radio car  
A remote radio railroad car located within or at the end of the train that charges or exhausts the brake pipe in response to radio commands from the lead unit. The brake pipe control system...
7452038 System and method for remotely releasing a parking brake on a disabled vehicle  
A system and method of remotely controlling the parking brake of a disabled vehicle to be towed by a towing vehicle includes using the hydraulic fluid of towing vehicle to control the parking brake...
7434893 Device for controlling or regulating auxiliary brake torque in a motor vehicle  
Method and arrangement for controlling or regulating total auxiliary brake torque in a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one first auxiliary brake (4) of a first type and at least one...