A locking arrangement for a patient lift configured to selectively lock the vertical movement of a patient support mounting device connected to a lifting device of the patient lift via a load bearing member. The locking arrangement including a shape memory alloy element and a locking device. The shape memory alloy element is connected to the locking device and arranged to selectively actuate the locking device to control a locking force on an engagement member mechanically connected to a motor and the load bearing member of the patient lift. The present invention further relates to a patient lift including the locking arrangement.

Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including a piston provided to press a pair of brake pads disposed on opposite sides of a brake disk rotating together with a wheel of a vehicle, a nut member provided to press the piston, a spindle member provided to move the nut member, an electric motor provided to rotate the spindle member, an H-bridge having a pair of high-side switching elements and a pair of low-side switching elements to rotate the electric motor in a forward or backward direction, and a controller electrically connected to the H-bridge, wherein the controller is configured to detect a back electromotive force of the electric motor in a motor lock inspection mode for inspecting a lock failure of the electric motor and determine the lock failure of the electric motor based on a change in the detected back electromotive force.

A brake actuator for an aircraft braking system, comprising a housing, a sleeve, an annular member mounted to the housing extending radially inwardly for engagement with the ratchet teeth of the sleeve, a piston slidable along an axis (X), a piston head disposed at a first end of the pin portion, a cap disposed at a second end of the pin portion for operative engagement with a brake element of the housing, and a second position in which the piston head is drivingly disengaged from the sleeve.

An electronic brake system is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there may be provided an electronic brake system including a piston provided in a caliper housing to press a pad plate, a nut coupled to the inside of the piston to move the piston forward or backward, a spindle configured to move the nut forward or backward by rotation and including a stepped portion formed on an outer surface thereof, a rotation limit unit connected to or disconnected from the spindle to allow or block the rotation of the spindle, and a drive unit configured to move the rotation limit unit to a position at which the rotation of the spindle is allowed or blocked, wherein the rotation limit unit includes a body surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the spindle, a binder provided on the body and provided to come into close contact with the stepped portion, and a connector provided on the body and configured to receive a driving force from the drive unit.

A disc brake (1) includes an electromechanical actuator (2), in particular an electromechanical parking brake actuator. The electromechanical actuator (2) includes a driveshaft (6), an electric motor (7) arranged on the driveshaft (6), a cam disc (5) arranged on an output shaft (49), and a transmission (8) arranged on the driveshaft (6) configured for transmitting the torque of the electric motor (7) to a force-transmission device (3). A magnetic brake (20) is disposed on the driveshaft (6) between the electric motor (7) and the cam disc (5) for arresting the driveshaft (6).

Disclosed is an actuator for a brake device. An actuator for a brake device according to embodiment of the disclosure includes a housing accommodating a motor, a power transmission unit connected to the motor, and a reduction gear unit connected to the power transmission unit; and a cover covering an open top of the housing and having a shaft support portion; wherein the reduction gear unit includes a worm wheel including a concave receiving groove on an upper surface thereof and a locking rib provided in the receiving groove, a sun gear supported rotatably on a bottom of the receiving groove and having a support rib contactable with the locking rib during rotation, and a clutch spring provided in a state of being slidably wound around an outer circumferential surface of the shaft support portion, and configured to tighten or loosen selectively an outer circumferential surface of the shaft support portion according to a rotation direction when the worm wheel and the sun gear are rotated relative to each other.

A brake handle structure for a bicycle contains: at least one body, at least one rotatory arm, at least one brake lever, at least one angle signal sensor, and at least one power failure sensor. The at least one body includes a connection portion, an extension, and an engagement portion. The at least one rotatory arm includes a pulling segment, a coupling orifice, and a receiving orifice. The at least one brake lever includes a fixing segment connected with at least one electromagnetic clutch which includes a bolt attracted electromagnetically by the at least one electromagnetic clutch after conducting a power, and a defining orifice is defined adjacent to the at least one electromagnetic clutch. The at least one angle signal sensor is configured to sense and send a rotating angle of the rotatable column. The at least one power failure sensor has a movable sensing head.

Provided in a device for activating a wheel brake of a vehicle, having a tensioning installation which has a spindle drive, are two electric motors, the first electric motor by way of a first gear mechanism acting bi-directionally on the spindle drive. In order for the position of the tensioning installation, once attained, to be fixed in a parking brake, a second electric motor by way of a second gear mechanism, which has a self-locking worm gear mechanism and by way of at least one releasable coupling that acts uni-directionally in the activating direction, is coupled to the spindle drive. The coupling is composed of a cam on an output shaft of the first gear mechanism, and a pin on an output element of the worm gear mechanism. Since the cam cannot be reversed beyond the pin, a latching position of the tensioning installation is defined in this way.

A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a drive unit configured to generate driving power; a transmission gear configured to be rotated by the driving power transmitted from the drive unit; a piston configured to move forward or rearward in conjunction with the rotation of the transmission gear and press or release a pad in a direction in which the piston moves forward or rearward; a parking gear configured to engage with the transmission gear and rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the transmission gear; and a restriction unit installed to be movable toward the parking gear and configured to restrict the rotation of the parking gear by being inserted into the parking gear during parking braking.

An actuator assembly for an electromechanical vehicle brake is disclosed, having a carrier assembly with a frame part, and a guide part in which an actuating slide for a brake pad is mounted so as to be linearly displaceable. The guide part has a rotational locking geometry by which the guide part is rotationally fixedly received in the frame part by form fit. An electromechanical brake is also proposed.