F16D2125/06

Piston cap

In some examples, a brake system includes a piston configured to cause a compression of a disc stack. The piston includes a piston body configured to compress a cap face of a piston cap against a pressure plate to cause the compression of the disc stack. The cap face may define a convex surface. The piston cap may be configured such that the convex surface reduces it curvature when the cap face is compressed against the pressure plate. In examples, the piston cap is configured to elastically deform to cause the cap face to reduce the curvature when the cap face is compressed against the pressure plate.

TRANSMISSION MODULE PROVIDED WITH A HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR

A transmission module for a hybrid drive vehicle configured to be interposed between an internal combustion engine and a transmission of the vehicle has a tray-like support structure configured to be secured to the engine and defines a housing for a clutch to be interposed between a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and the module. An actuator controls the clutch. The actuator includes an annular chamber provided in the support structure and opens toward the housing, and an annular piston housed in the annular chamber is axially sliding but angularly fixed. A thrust member is coupled in a rotationally free manner to the annular piston, coaxial thereto and operable to cooperate with a control member of the clutch under the thrust of the piston.

Cold-worked brake piston

The invention relates to a brake piston 1 for a brake caliper 9 of a disk brake, which is produced using working processes from a metallic material, in particular from a flat metal sheet, and is formed in one piece as a unilaterally open pot with a piston longitudinal axis A, with a piston wall 2 and with a piston head 3. There is a need for robust and light as well as alternatively constructed, efficiently producible and well guided brake pistons. The object is achieved firstly in principle on the basis of a cup-shapedly worked brake piston blank 19, in that at least one locally defined, i.e. partially cold-upset or partially ironed, cylindrical piston wall portion is present with a partially deformed piston wall 2 which is configured in adaptively modified manner by plastic material deformation by means of material redistribution (flow) including strain-hardening of its piston wall thickness of sl−x.

ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
20230044940 · 2023-02-09 · ·

According to at least one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an electromechanical brake comprising: a motor for generating driving force; a piston coupled to the motor and configured to be movable; a brake pad connected to the piston; a wheel disk configured to come into contact with the brake pad to generate a braking force; a sensor unit including a position sensor for measuring a position of the piston and a current sensor for measuring a current value flowing through the motor; and a control unit (ECU: Electronic Control Unit) which determines a limit current value of the motor according to the position of the piston, generates a braking force based on the position sensor within the limit current value, and generates a braking force based on the current sensor when out of the limit current value.

Disc brake and piston boot

A piston boot has an annular fixing part that is formed on one end side of a stretchable part and abuts against an inner peripheral side of the cylinder. An outer peripheral surface of the annular fixing part is provided with a first region that abuts against an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and a second region that is disposed closer to a bottom side of the cylinder than the first region in a piston axial direction. The outer diameter of the first region is larger than the inner diameter of the region of the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder that faces the second region.

DISC BRAKE
20230080487 · 2023-03-16 ·

Provided is a disc brake including: a piston, which has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is configured to press inner and outer brake pads against a disc rotor; a nut member (thrust member) configured to thrust the piston through rotation of a spindle driven by an electric motor; a rotation stopping member configured to restrict rotation of the nut member relative to the piston; a flat surface portion, which is formed on an inner side of the piston, and is configured to restrict rotation of the rotation stopping member and stop the rotation stopping member through engagement; and a fixing member configured to restrict movement of the rotation stopping member in an axial direction relative to the piston. This configuration allows easy manufacture of the nut member.

BRAKE CALIPER
20230082629 · 2023-03-16 ·

A brake caliper has a fixed seat. The fixed seat has a first brake lining and a second brake lining. The fixed seat further has a first piston and a second piston that can be pushed by hydraulic oil. A movable seat is slidably disposed on the fixed seat. The movable seat has a link portion that can link the first brake lining and a drive unit that can push the second piston mechanically. The first piston and the second piston can be pushed hydraulically to drive the first brake lining and the second brake lining for braking. The drive unit pushes the second piston to drive the second brake lining, and pushes the movable seat to drive the first brake lining for braking.

ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
20230076793 · 2023-03-09 · ·

An electronic parking brake system including: an electronic parking brake (EPB) including a piston that moves by a hydraulic pressure to press brake pads onto a brake disc, a cylinder in which the piston is provided movably forward and backward, and an EPB actuator that moves the piston by a motor to press the brake pads onto the brake disc; a pressure sensor configured to detect a hydraulic pressure of the cylinder; an electronic stability control (ESC) actuator configured to generate and supply a hydraulic pressure to the cylinder; and a controller configured to control the EPB actuator and the ESC actuator, wherein the controller is configured to detect an actual hydraulic pressure of the cylinder through the pressure sensor in an EPB disengagement, and when the detected actual hydraulic pressure is higher than a required hydraulic pressure, control the EPB actuator to start an EPB disengagement control.

Side-by-side utility vehicle

A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame assembly extends generally along a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle further includes a front seating section coupled to the frame. The front seating section is configured to support an operator and a first passenger. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes a rear seating section coupled to the frame. The rear seating section is configured to support a second passenger and a third passenger. The rear seating section has an angled panel configured as a dead pedal for the second and third passengers, and a portion of the rear seating section extends forwardly into the front seating section.

NORMALLY CLOSED DISC CLAMP SYSTEM AND ROTARY TABLE USING THE SAME
20230068977 · 2023-03-02 ·

A normally closed disc clamp system includes a housing with a rotating disc, a brake ring and a pressure-enhancing ring arranged therein. When only a first chamber is supplied with fluid, the fluid pushes the brake ring to release the rotating disc. When only a second chamber is fed with fluid, the fluid pushes the brake ring to keep the rotating disc in the braking state, and pushes the pressure-enhancing ring to compress an elastic unit. The energy generated by the compression of the elastic unit acts on the brake ring through the fluid, so that the brake ring achieves a double pressurization effect. If the action of the fluid fails, the brake ring can still provide a braking effect to the rotating disc through the elastic unit to improve operational safety. Further, the present invention further provides a rotating table using the normally closed disc clamp system.