Disclosed herein an electric parking brake (EPB) system includes a first EPB provided on a left wheel of a vehicle; a second EPB provided on a right wheel of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine an EPB that is to be operated alone from among the first and second EPBs in response to a gear being shifted to a P-stage, and operate the determined EPB alone.

A piston assembly for a disc brake assembly having a housing with a passage includes a piston provided in the passage and axially movable therein in response to hydraulic pressure. A rotatable spindle extends into the piston. A nut is threadably connected to the spindle such that rotation of the spindle results in axial movement of the nut within the passage to thereby axially move the piston. A damping member encircles the nut and has one of a sliding and rolling interface with the piston in response to relative axial movement between the nut and the piston to prevent rattling of the nut against the piston.

An electro-mechanical brake and a vehicle including the same are provided. As an electro-mechanical brake according to one embodiment of the present invention, an electro-mechanical brake including a drum, a first brake shoe, and a second brake shoe, may include a motor that provides a rotational driving force; a rotating member that rotates about a second rotating shaft perpendicular to a first rotating shaft of the motor; a power transmission member that transmits the rotational driving force of the motor to the rotating member; and a rotating screw that is coupled to the rotating member so that the first brake shoe is able to move forward and backward toward one inner peripheral surface of the drum.

A method of servicing a brake system, comprising: (a) moving an actuator of the brake system from a first position to a second position; (b) conducting a manual operation on the brake system when or after the actuator reaches the second position; and (c) after completing the manual operation, moving the actuator to a third position.

A disk brake includes a brake mechanism configured to apply a braking force by advancing a piston in a cylinder portion based on driving of an electric motor to thus press inner and outer brake pads against a disk rotor, and an elastic member configured to bias the inner and outer brake pads in an axial direction of the disk rotor and in a direction away from the disk rotor. A biasing force of the elastic member is greater than sliding resistance of the piston on the cylinder portion. Due to this configuration, the disk brake can effectively prevent or reduce the drags of the inner and outer brake pads.

An electric disc brake system for a trailer. The brake system employs a caliper assembly that is attached to the trailer with floating fasteners, wherein the caliper assembly straddles an axle mounted rotor positioning an inner and outer brake pad adjacent to the rotor. A screw drive assembly is attached to the caliper. The assembly includes an electric motor coupled to a piston by a threaded shaft. The screw drive assembly converts rotation of the electric motor into linear motion to movement of the piston, wherein the inner and outer brake pads engage the rotor based upon the amount of pressure applied by the piston. A controller reacts to the pressure applied to a brake pedal to cause the electric motor to rotate in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.

A hydraulic vehicle brake includes a housing and first and second brake pistons at least partially located within the housing. The brake pistons are configured to cooperatively press a common friction pad against a rotor of the vehicle brake. Each of the pistons is a hollow piston including a substantially solid piston bottom. A clamp beam laterally spans the piston bottoms of the first and second pistons within the housing. The clamp beam is configured to selectively apply longitudinally directed clamping force upon the pistons. A spindle is selectively driven for rotational motion by an electric motor. The spindle is interposed laterally between the first and second brake pistons within the housing. The spindle is configured to reciprocate the clamp beam longitudinally within the housing responsive to a direction of the rotational motion.

A method for controlling movement of an elevator car includes driving the car vertically to a landing; activating a park brake; and holding the car immovable with the park brake. The holding includes compressing a guide rail by compression members with a first compression force; opening a door for allowing loading and/or unloading the car; maintaining the door open for allowing loading and/or unloading the car while the car is held immovable; and starting closing movement of the door. After the starting closing movement of the door, relieving the brake for allowing the elevator car to start to move vertically. The relieving includes reducing the compression force of the brake, to be smaller than the first compression force, such that the compression members start sliding vertically against the guide rail; maintaining compression with a smaller compression force than the first compression force, allowing the compression members to continue to slide vertically against the guide rail; and thereafter removing the compression.

A ball screw device includes a screw shaft that has a first helical groove on an outer circumference, a nut that has a second helical groove on an inner circumference, a plurality of balls, a stopper provided at an end portion of the second helical groove, and a spring body that is placed between an end portion ball closest to the stopper and the stopper. The spring body is configured of a plurality of coil springs arrayed along the first helical groove and the second helical groove. The coil springs that are adjacent each have a spring end portion of which rigidity is higher than rigidity of a spring middle portion.

A disk brake with lower cost and improved maintainability is provided. The brake caliper includes at least one actuating device for actuating the disc brake using a moveably guided bridge. The bridge has at least one threaded hole into which an actuating spindle is displaceably located. A brake disk end of the actuating spindle penetrates a caliper closing plate facing the brake disk. The positioning spindle carries a rotatably-mounted pressure piece which presses a brake pad against the brake disc. The opening is sealed by a bellows retained on the brake caliper on one side and on the pressure piece on the other side. A securing ring non-rotatably located on the actuating spindle and rotatably connected to the thrust piece interacts with the bellows during brake application and/or release to maintain a desired air gap between the brake disk and brake pad.