1489results about "Hand actuated initiations" patented technology

A fluid-pressure brake system for a vehicle having a parking brake function in which, in response to actuation of an electrical parking brake signal transmitter, and without actuation of a brake pedal, at least one wheel brake of the brake system is actuated via an actuator to which the fluid is admitted. A parking brake module is provided in which there is integrated an electronic control unit as well as valve devices that are electrically actuatable by the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit actuates the parking brake function upon receiving from the parking brake signal transmitter an electrical actuating signal demanding actuation of the parking brake function and, as part of the parking brake function, the electronic control unit controls the admission of fluid to the actuator by means of the electrically actuatable valve devices.

A trailer brake controller 10 for use in a passenger vehicle 12 is provided, including a control element 11 positioned within the passenger vehicle 12, a vehicle speed input 16 and a vehicle brake pressure input 14 providing speed and brake pressure data to the control element 11, and a trailer brake output 18 sending a signal to the trailer in response to the vehicle speed input 16 and the vehicle brake pressure input 14.

Described herein are various embodiments of trolleys usable for traversing cables such as zip lines. Various embodiments have been particularly adapted to perform better under different circumstances or in different applications using braking including impact braking.

A brake controller, for controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle, having a control module and a power module is provided. The control module is mounted in the cab of a vehicle used for towing, in such a manner that it can be easily seen and accessed by the driver. The control module is provided with an accelerometer, which can read acceleration forces in at least two axes, and a microprocessor which polls the accelerometer and sends braking information to the power module. The control module is also provided with a gain control, to adjust the amount of brake force information, a manual braking lever and a display panel. The power module, which may be mounted in a convenient location, preferably on the towed vehicle, receives the braking information from the control module and secures power from the towed vehicle to engage its brakes.

A steering system applied to motor vehicles comprising a body (10) arranged on the dashboard (200) of the vehicle, wherein the internal portion of the body (10) has a guide rail (1121) that guides the upward and downward movement of a trigger (112) pushed by a counter spring (1122) when the driver pushes or pulls the control portion (101) of the steering wheel (100) for braking or accelerating, respectively, wherein a first electronic sensor (401) is arranged on the upper portion of said trigger (112), and a second electronic sensor (402) is arranged on the upper portion of the guide rail (1121), wherein said sensors (401) and (402) are interconnected with the acceleration system of the vehicle, and a steering wheel (100) arranged in the internal portion of the body (10), wherein said steering wheel (100) has a bearing in the lower portion of an axle (111) which is interconnected with the steering shaft (300) or an electronic control unit (500), and has a control portion (101) arranged on the front and a pressing area on the rear in order to move a trigger (112) of the accelerator.

A friction member driven by a motor is pressed against a rotating element that rotates integrally with a wheel to give a pressing force to the rotating element, thereby applying braking force to the wheel. Control means controls the control circuit that controls the motor. In order to apply braking force to the wheel, the control means commands the control circuit to drive the motor once or a plurality of times at a predetermined time interval. Determining means determines a temperature of the friction member at the time when the parking brake starts braking the wheel. Setting means sets at least one of the number of driving of the motor, the time interval, and the target value of the pressing force. Therefore, a steady braking force with high efficiency is generated.

The present invention relates to ambulance cots, cot systems and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides an ambulance cot comprising a hydraulic system and a tip angle monitoring, recording and alert system, and methods of using the same (e.g., to transport subjects and / or to detect and / or record operational data related to cot usage).

A process for operating the brake arrangement of a vehicle is presented, which comprises an electrically controllable service brake system, which is set to generate brake forces independently of driver actuation, andwhich comprises an electrically controllable parking brake system, which is set to generate brake forces and maintain these forces. So that the parking brake system or its electromechanical actuating unit only needs to cope with relatively small load situations, it is proposed that, when, for certain operating conditions, the parking brake system has to maintain brake forces which are greater than the brake forces it is able to generate itself, the service brake system generates the additionally required brake forces.

An cable drive device (10) having a motor (M), a speed reducer (G), a nut member (26) connected to the speed reducer, a rod (32) screwed to the nut member (26) and guided by a guide member (34) so as not to rotate, a control cable (15) composed of an inner cable (45) connected to the rod and a guide tube (49) for guiding the inner cable, a sensor for detecting the amount of operation of the cable based on the amount of rotation of the speed reducer (G), and a load sensor (17) for detecting a load applied to the cable. An electric brake device can be obtained by connecting the control cable and a brake mechanism of the cable drive device (10).

A hydraulic brake lever includes a body having a bladder chamber, a cavity and a flexible separator mounted between the bladder chamber and the cavity. The flexible separator holds hydraulic oil in a front section of the body and prevents a rear section of the body from contacting with the pressurized hydraulic oil. A cylinder is mounted in the cavity of the body and accommodates a piston set. Thus, a high pressure is kept in the cylinder and is not applied directly on the body. Due to the separating design, the hydraulic oil applied a low pressure on the body. Thus, manufacturing the body is less limited and a manufacturing cost is reduced.

The invention relates to an electronic control device for a brake system of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one interface for an operating element, in particular a parking brake operating switch, and at least two actuating circuits for electrical actuators, in particular electrical parking brake actuators. According to the invention, the electronic control device comprises two or more independent processors, which are directly connected to each other via a data bus. A motor vehicle equipped with a control device or brake system according to the invention requires no transmission lock in an automatic transmission.

A lever assembly and a master cylinder are provided. The lever assembly includes a lever and an adjuster mechanism that changes the mechanical advantage of the lever. The reach of the lever relative to a handlebar can be adjusted. Both the mechanical advantage and reach of the lever can be adjusted without tools and while a vehicle including the same is operated. The master cylinder includes a reservoir in a clamp area. A reservoir bladder fits into the reservoir. A cover encloses the bladder and includes a vent opening making the bladder at atmospheric pressure such that air can move into the bladder and out of the bladder. The master cylinder can be bled without reorienting the master cylinder. A method of adjusting a mechanical advantage of a lever and a method of bleeding a braking system without reorienting the master cylinder are also provided.

A brake or clutch lever comprises a lever that pivots about an axis, a lever mounting structure from which the lever extends, and a thumbwheel having a cam thereon. The cam is disposed directly between the lever and the lever mounting structure. The thumbwheel rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to the axis of lever pivoting. Also provided is a method of adjusting a height of a brake or clutch lever. A grip portion of a brake or clutch lever is lifted away from a handlebar. A thumbwheel having a cam thereon is rotated about an axis that is perpendicular to a pivot axis of the brake or clutch lever. The brake or clutch lever is lowered toward the handlebar. A method of assembling a brake or clutch lever height adjuster is also provided.

An electromechanical braking system is disclosed that includes a brake rotor, a brake stator, an EMA (52) having a rotor shaft (36), a ram (42) operably connected to the EMA (52) having a first end movable between a first position urging the brake stator against the brake rotor and a second position, a clamp device (32) shiftable between a first clamping position in clamping engagement with the rotor shaft (36) and a second clamping position and a clamp controller (46) for shifting the clamping device (32) between the first and second clamping positions. A method of using the braking system as a parking brake is also disclosed.

A parking brake actuating device includes a rotary lever arrangement in operative connection with a compensation device providing an idle path and a restoring element for controlling the rotary lever arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement controls the engagement of a blocking member with a counter-blocking member of the parking brake arrangement. The rotary lever arrangement has a rotary lever input part and a rotary lever output part and the idle path of the compensation device can be constructed so as to be in an operative connection between the rotary lever input part and the rotary lever output part.

An electrically controlled brake system 10 for a tractor is provided that is equipped with an anti-jackknifing brake that can be actuated by means of a manual operating element and that acts only on the brakes of a trailer coupled to the tractor. The operating element is an electrical element which generates an electrical signal to control a valve device by means of which the braking force of the anti-jackknifing brake can be increased.

A control method and apparatus for the electronic braking controller of train and locomotive features that such functions as automatic braking, individual braking, individual buffering and exchanging the terminal by electric key are provided, its electro-pneumatic braking controller has intelligent node to provide bus communication function to the controller, and the switch value or analog value is used for the controller.

A parking brake monitor and adjustment control system controls parking brake operation of an electromechanically actuated brake system which applies a parking brake force to a wheel. The system includes a monitor circuit for producing an output signal which intermittently causes the brake system to readjust the parking brake force applied to the wheel.

The invention discloses a vehicle parking braking system, which comprises a signal acquisition unit for acquiring a vehicle state signal and a signal input unit for inputting a driver operation instruction, wherein the signal acquisition unit and the signal input unit output signals to a control unit; the control unit analyzes and processes the signals, and controls an execution unit to enable a vehicle brake caliper to clamp or release a brake disc. According to the system, required optimal braking force can be provided for parking, and the mechanical abrasion of the brake caliper is effectively reduced; in addition, the system can function in emergency braking after a travel braking system fails, so that a vehicle can be safety parked, and the safety of the vehicle is ensured.

The invention relates to a system for vehicle driver support, carrying out assist functions to support the driver for stopping and starting procedures, activated depending on a first comparison between at least one vehicle state parameter and a threshold value and / or based on first operating signals from an operating means operated by the driver. The system is characterised in that a control unit (SSM) determines at least one vehicle state by means of a further comparison of a vehicle state parameter with a given threshold value and / or by means of a further operating signals from the operating means, the control unit checks whether an assist function is activated and the control unit operates the brake system of the vehicle, depending on the determined vehicle state when at least one assist function is activated.

The invention relates to a brake device for a vehicle comprising a hydraulic service brake system with a power supply unit, which builds up a brake pressure inside a brake master cylinder of the service brake system according to a pressure demand, this brake pressure being transferred to at least one wheel brake, and comprising an electric parking brake system. The inventive brake device is characterized in that during the operation of the service brake system, a control unit verifies whether a defect exists in the service brake system on the basis of a comparison of the pressure demand with the brake pressure in at least one wheel brake and / or on the basis of a comparison between a recorded vehicle acceleration and an acceleration of the vehicle expected due to the pressure demand, and that the control unit activates the electric parking brake system when the existence of a defect is established. The invention also relates to a method for controlling the brake system of a vehicle.

In a lever device for a hydraulic operation where hydraulic pressure is generated in a master cylinder by rotation of a lever, to make invariable an operation of a pushrod, which operates a piston of the master cylinder by being pushed at one end thereof by an adjuster of the lever, irrespectively of an adjustment of the adjuster. The lever is supported by a rotational shaft to be rotatable around the rotational shaft relative to the master cylinder, while a knocker member separate from the lever is supported to be coaxially rotatable. A knocker portion of the knocker member receives an end of the pushrod, which operates the piston. A positional relationship between the pushrod and the knocker portion is made invariable irrespectively of a change in a distance between the adjuster and the knocker portion by an adjustment of the adjuster.

When a driver operates an activation switch, an electric parking brake apparatus performs a parking brake activation control in order to operate an electric motor until the tension of a base wire reaches a predetermined target tension to thereby bring parking brakes into an activated state. After that, the apparatus again performs the parking brake activation control when a re-activation time, which is set in accordance with the difference between an estimated temperature of a service brake and an ambient temperature, has elapsed; when the position of a shift lever has been changed; when the height of the vehicle has changed by an amount greater than a predetermined amount; or when the driver releases a brake pedal which has been continuously operated after completion of the parking brake activation control.

The present invention provides a design method and apparatus for a handle providing a shape and structure that fills various regions of the hand except a region in an area over the underlying carpal tunnel. Such design method and apparatus provides for various handles for use by a hand. In particular, the apparatus includes a generally Y-shaped configuration, such as for a forceps / tweezers handle with a working end. The handle can include a radial section, an ulnar section and middle section. The handle also can have a radial arm, an ulnar arm and distal leg, with an ulnar end and a radial end for engaging a portion of the hand.

A brake-by-wire vehicle braking system is augmented with “squeeze” sensors placed in the steering wheel of the vehicle enabling a vehicle operator to stop the vehicle more quickly in an emergency situation by eliminating the significant times that it takes to move a driver's foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal and then depress the brake pedal. An important objective is to achieve a faster vehicle stop by allowing the driver to optionally eliminate foot movement from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal and also the depression of the brake pedal. This invention also potentially allows a driver to squeeze a steering wheel to slow a vehicle, perhaps to comply with a lower speed limit, or accomplish the fastest possible “hard-stop” in an emergency situation.

The invention relates to an automobile-line-control-system-based control lever device integrating steering, braking and speed change. The steering, speed change and braking of an automobile can be controlled simultaneously by a control lever. The conventional complex control mechanism on the automobile can be replaced by the control lever device, a comfortable driving space is provided for drivers, and the automobile is easy to drive and control. According to the control lever device, a cross shaft 6 and a longitudinal shaft 8 which are orthogonalized are arranged in a box body 1; two straight plates are arranged on the cross shaft 6; small cross grooves 4 are formed in small holes of the straight plates; a torsional spring 18 and an angular transducer 5 are arranged at the outer end of the cross shaft 6; a rectangular through groove is formed on the longitudinal shaft 8; and an angular transducer 3, a coupler 14, a speed reducer 15 and a road feel motor 2 are arranged at the outer end of the longitudinal shaft; a control lever sliding sleeve 11 can slide along a control lever 9 in a vertical direction and is locked by a locking nut 10; a button is arranged on the top of the control lever sliding sleeve 11, and two buttons are arranged on the lateral surface of the control lever sliding sleeve 11; and the control lever 9 and the control lever sliding sleeve 11 have a hollow structure.