Abstract:
A vehicle braking system is disclosed in which the brakes are hydraulically actuated by the conventional master cylinder and optionally may be mechanically actuated by the usual lever arrangement. A valve is disposed in the fluid conduit interconnecting the master cylinder and the brake and the master cylinder reservoir. The valve is responsive to actuation of the mechanical actuator to shift from a first position preventing communication to the reservoir to a second position preventing communication from the master cylinder into the valve and venting the brakes to the reservoir.
Abstract:
In an emergency and parking mechanical control braking system there is inserted a heavy resilient means between the control lever or pedal and the mechanical braking mechanism of the brakes. Such resilient means is used to store energy restituted to apply the brakes when they are no longer hydraulically applied. The invention applies notably to braking systems comprising tilting caliper disc brakes.
Abstract:
The following relates to an antirattle system for use in a caliper-type disc brake which restraint movement of the friction pad assemblies with respect to and in the plane of the brake disc to limit the vibrational freedom of the pads and thereby reduce or eliminate undesirable noises. The antirattel mechanism includes at least one radially resilient tubing squeezed between the fixed support and the respective pad and having at least one projection extending toward said pad parallel to the plane of the disc to affix said tubing on a bare of lining portion of the backing plate of the pads.
Abstract:
A fluid vortex includes: a cylindrical chamber; a first inlet for the main fluid into the chamber; a control inlet for the tangential introduction of a control fluid into the chamber in order to impart to the main fluid travelling inside the chamber a rotary motion; and an axial outlet for the fluid escaping from the chamber. According to the present invention, a body having substantially a revolution shape and without any rigid mechanical connection with the vortex is placed in the vortex outlet as a load therefor.
Abstract:
A combination stop warning switch and brake system failure indicator switch is disclosed for use on automotive vehicles having split braking systems. When the brakes function normally, the switch actuates the vehicle''s stop warning system when the vehicle''s brakes are applied. However, if a malfunction causes the pressure in one of the brake systems to exceed the pressure in the other system by more than a predetermined amount during a brake application, the switch actuates both the stop warning system and a warning device in the vehicle''s operator''s compartment.
Abstract:
An antiskid device for a vehicle braking system utilizing an electronic sensing unit for sensing the vehicle wheel speed and elaborating therefrom a control signal which is applied to an actuating unit responding thereto by decreasing or cancelling the pressure in the vehicle braking system so as to prevent the wheel to lock up and the resulting skidding of the vehicle.