An indoor exercise bicycle is disclosed having a magnetic brake. The magnetic brake system has a pair of parallel arms that moves along a track in a radial direction relative to the axis of the flywheel.

A rotational coupling includes a rotor configured for rotation about a rotational axis. The rotor includes a hub disposed about the axis and configured to receive a shaft and a disc extending radially outwardly from the hub. An armature and electromagnet are disposed on opposite axial sides of the disc. The electromagnet is fixed against rotation. A bearing is disposed between the hub and the electromagnet. The hub and electromagnet engage the inner and outer races, respectively of the bearing on opposite axial sides of the bearing. A spacer is disposed radially inwardly of the electromagnet and engages the inner race of the bearing on the same axial side of the bearing as the electromagnet. An air gap separates the spacer from the electromagnet. A shield is supported by the spacer and extends radially outwardly therefrom such that a portion of the shield is axially aligned with the air gap.

A parking lock having a locking pawl engageable into a parking interlock gear, a connecting rod with an interlocking element to prevent the parking lock from disengaging when in the locked condition, a spring for engaging the parking lock, a hydraulically actuatable actuator for disengaging the parking lock, and an emergency release device for emergency disengagement of the parking lock. The piston is articulatedly connected to a first disk rotatably mounted on a selector shaft, a second disk connected to the selector shaft in a torsion-proof manner is articulatedly connected to the connecting rod, the spring is tensioned between the transmission housing and the second disk, and the emergency release device is connected to the selector shaft in a torsion-proof manner. The first disk is operatively connected to the second disk such that rotation of the second disk by the emergency release device does not rotate the first disk.

A brake assembly comprising: (a) a caliper including: (i) one or more pistons, (b) one or more rotary to linear actuators that provides an axial force to move the one or more pistons, (c) a motor gear unit in communication with the one or more rotary to linear actuators, the motor gear unit including: (i) a motor, and (ii) a motor brake that prevents movement of the motor gear unit, the pistons, or both when the motor is turned off so that the brake apply is maintained, the motor brake including: (1) a rotor that is in communication with the motor, (2) a contact pad that is movable into contact with the rotor to prevent movement of the rotor and the motor, and (3) an electromagnet that is in communication with the contact pad and creates a brake retract.

Provided is a non-excitation operable electromagnetic brake that includes a manually operable rotary cam for switching over a rotor to a brake releasing state, but that allows easy recognition of switchover to the brake released state via an operation reaction force and that also allows reliable keeping of the rotary cam under its acting state. Even when an electromagnet is under a non-excited state, when a rotary cam is rotatably operated to an acting position, an acting portion of the rotary cam slidably operates a rotor via a releasing plate to a brake releasing state against springs. The acting portion of the rotary cam is formed linear along a tangent at a center of the acting portion with respect to a rotary cam rotational direction.

An electric brake device installed on a vehicle, including: a rotary body to rotate with a wheel; a friction member to be pushed onto the rotary body; an actuator including an electric motor as a drive source to cause the friction member to be pushed onto the rotary body; and a controller to control a braking force generated by the electric brake device by controlling a supply current supplied to the electric motor, wherein the controller determines, by mutually different methods, a plurality of target supply current components each of which is a component of a target supply current as a target of the supply current, determines the target supply current by adding up the target supply current components, and changes contribution degrees of the respective target supply current components in the determination of the target supply current in accordance with a characteristic of the braking force to be generated.

An electromagnetic brake is provided in which short duration current pulses move the brake between engaged and disengaged states. A first current pulse having a first polarity is delivered to a conductor within a field shell when the brake is engaged and establishes an electromagnetic circuit including the field shell and an armature plate that urges the armature plate away from a rotating friction plate and towards the field shell to disengage the brake. A magnetic circuit is maintained after termination of the first current pulse due to a remanence in at least one of the armature plate and the field shell. A second current pulse having a second polarity opposite the first polarity delivered to the conductor when the brake is disengaged weakens the magnetic circuit thereby allowing a spring to move the armature plate away from the field shell and towards the friction plate to engage the brake.

A brake actuator (1) for a vehicle includes a housing (5) and a piston (7) movably mounted inside the housing (5) and configured to reciprocate along a stroke axis (S) between a retracted position and an extended position for applying and releasing a braking force to and from a brake mechanism (101) of the vehicle. An electric motor (3) is operatively coupled to the piston (7) and configured to move the piston (7) rod between the retracted and extended positions such as to apply and release the braking force.

A rotary park lock mechanism includes a flange, a first spring, and a gear. The flange has a park pawl arranged to selectively engage a mating tooth in a transmission gear, and a locking bar pocket. The first spring is arranged to rotate the flange in a first rotational direction to engage the park pawl with the mating tooth. The gear is arranged receive a motor torque to rotate the flange in a second rotational direction, opposite the first direction, to disengage the park pawl from the mating tooth. In an example embodiment, the first spring is a clock spring. In an example embodiment, the gear is a cycloidal drive.

Electromechanical actuator mechanisms for storm brakes are provided. The actuator mechanisms generally comprise an electro-mechanical release system and a permanent magnet eddy current brake system with adjustable air gap for varying brake setting time, and for energy dissipation of the storm brake main spring force or weight.