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WO/1999/054184A1
The invention relates to a method for controlling and/or regulating an eddy-current brake, especially on a rail vehicle, comprising the following steps: determining the speed (V) of the vehicle; setting a limit temperature (GBB) for serv...  
WO/1999/041519A1
An air disc brake capable of being reduced in size, weight, and cost, and also easily increasing responsiveness, comprising a pair of leg parts (15a) which are installed on a caliper body (15) fixed to a carriage frame (7) opposedly to e...  
WO/1999/001324A1
The present invention relates to an air distributor intended for use in the braking systems of railway vehicles that travel on the railway network of member states of the International Union of Railways (IUR) and on the railway network o...  
WO/1998/032643A2
The brake system comprises a compressed air control valve (1), brake cylinders (4 and 5), an air brake reservoir (3) and a change-over switch (6). The compressed air control valve (1) is connected to the main air duct (2). The change-ove...  
WO/1998/026969A1
The cylinder of the combined service and spring brake comprises a service brake piston rod capable of being connected to a brake linkage by means of a clearance adjuster. It combines the releasing pistons (26, 50) of the spring brake and...  
WO/1998/007607A1
A braking system for vehicles which are adapted for use on a rail or rails. Such vehicles are preferably a light rail vehicle. The braking system comprises means which can be lowered onto the rail or rails thereby cutting a piece such as...  
WO/1997/049935A1
The invention relates to pneumatic actuation means, in particular for rail vehicle brakes, said means having a pressure chamber which is bounded by a substantially cylindrical wall and end components moving axially in relation to each ot...  
WO/1997/046434A1
A trolley system (10) is provided which includes a powered tow trolley (14) that travels along a rail (12), an end trolley (16) that is fixed to an end (12a) of the rail (12), and several intermediate trolleys (20, 22, 24) that travel al...  
WO/1997/043161A1
A magnetic brake, in particular a linear eddy current brake (1) for railway vehicles with a magnet yoke extending almost over the entire eddy current brake, featuring, when installed, a concave shape against a flat rail (2).  
WO/1997/043160A1
The invention concerns a system for suspending an eddy-current brake on a rail vehicle bogie, longitudinal frame girders being provided on both longitudinal sides of the bogie and extending therefrom. Lifting devices, which each move bra...  
WO/1997/035757A1
The present invention relates to a Personal Rapid Transit system for transporting passengers along a pre-set guideway, and more particularly relates to a future Personal Rapid Transit vehicle braking system. A conventional braking system...  
WO/1997/025233A2
An apparatus for slowing a vehicle comprising a body member having a plurality of wheels. The wheels are adapted to ride along a surface, and a brake extends downwardly from the body member. The body member is movable to frictionally eng...  
WO/1997/012795A1
A rail brake device (1) having permanent magnetic energization, comprising a housing (3) of magnetizable material, which housing is mounted for up and down movement and has at least one permanent magnetic element (5) which in an operatin...  
WO/1996/038330A1
The object of the invention is a braking device for a railway vehicle, comprising traction means (1, 2) adapted for engaging a brake shoe with a braking surface integral with the vehicle wheel. The device has a reaction unit (11, 20), on...  
WO/1996/037397A1
The invention concerns driven running gear, in particular a bogie, for railway vehicles with a gauge-adjusting arrangement. Single-wheel running gear (70) accommodates a wheel unit (90) consisting of a wheel (94), axle journals (92, 96),...  
WO/1996/032172A1
The invention concerns an amusement device (1) having one or a plurality of passenger carriers (2) and a frame (3). The device preferably takes the form of a dropping framework. An eddy current brake (4) is provided for braking the movab...  
WO/1996/032309A1
Braking apparatus for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels (7, 8, 9, 10) and brakes shoes (12a, 12b) engageable with the wheels (7, 8, 9, 10) which apparatus includes a cylinder and piston assembly (16) including at least two pistons (...  
WO/1996/028332A1
A rail vehicle brake unit, consisting of primary (16) and secondary (17) hydraulic parts, multiplies the piston force by means of hydraulic transmission of the piston force to the adjusting mechanism (10). The change of the multiplicatio...  
WO/1996/026854A1
The invention relates to a combined parking brake cylinder (8) and service brake cylinder (19) with slack adjuster (17) for railway vehicles. It comprises a service brake piston (4, 4') and a parking brake piston (9, 9'), applied by a sp...  
WO/1996/019372A1
A rail vehicle brake device including drive means (1, 2) for applying a brake pad onto a braking surface secured to a vehicle wheel. The device includes a reaction member (11, 20), at least one lever (6; 6', 6"; 33, 33') engageable there...  
WO/1996/013419A1
An electro or permanent-magnetic rail brake, especially an eddy current brake (1) for rail vehicles, has at least one pole coil (4) comprising a coil (6) wound around a pole core (5) and a device (10) for holding the coil and/or for prot...  
WO/1996/012634A1
A brake actuator for delivering a brake force through a brake block or brake pad to a wheel or disc to be braked comprises in a housing (1) a service brake arrangement (3, 5). The actuator also comprises a safety brake arrangement (4, 9)...  
WO/1996/007576A2
The brake caliper unit has two levers (1; 2) with one end linked to brake pads (3; 4) and the other to a pressure rod actuator (6) extending between them. The central regions of the levers (1; 2) are coupled to a housing (8) whereby the ...  
WO/1995/021085A1
A shoe-type braking device for railway rolling stock designed for travel over networks with differing track gauges. Said braking device includes two shoes (7a, 7b) supported by each holder (8) and shaped to fit the outline of a wheel (4)...  
WO/1995/018032A1
Associated with at least one wheelset (4, 5, 6, 7) of the rail vehicle described is a brake system (15) including a hydrostatic pump (17) with a closed pressure-medium circuit (34) and with at least one rotary piston (20, 21) coupled by ...  
WO/1994/022703A1
An adaptable braking system for goods wagons, in particular for four-axle tank wagons used in transfrontier traffic, should be suitable for two different braking pressures and leverages. For that purpose, a control valve (41, 51) with au...  
WO/1994/020348A1
An end piece or barrel head (1) for a rail vehicle axial slack adjuster is at its outer periphery connected to a barrel (2) of the adjuster and is arranged around a rotatably and axially movable tube (3). The end piece is provided with a...  
WO/1994/018046A1
A power line trolley has a foam sandwich construction bucket (1, 2, 3) with trolley wheels (13) supported by support arms (10) from the top edge (5) of the bucket (1). The bucket (1) includes fixing plates (18) for a brake mechanism adap...  
WO/1994/013522A1
In a shoe brake for rail vehicles, a brake linkage actuated by a braking cylinder by means of brake blocks (14) consisting of brake shoes (13) and brake shoe inserts (12) radially acts on at least one wheelset (1) of the running gear of ...  
WO/1994/008806A1
A vehicle suspension arrangement comprising an axle (14) which rotatably supports a wheel (23); a leaf-spring (17) which is supported at opposite ends (17c, 17d) and is connected to the axle (14) at an intermediate point (20) to flex lat...  
WO/1993/018998A1
Safety gear for a lift car is disclosed which includes a gib (10) which moves into contact with a lift guide rail for retarding and stopping the lift car in an emergency situation. The gib (10) has a recess (12) and an insert (20) is pro...  
WO/1993/014965A1
An end piece or barrel head (1) for an axial slack adjuster is at its outer periphery connected to a barrel (2) of the adjuster and is arranged around a rotatably and axially movable tube (3). The end piece is provided with an internal, ...  
WO/1993/005358A1
An apparatus for automatically measuring the thickness of a brake block of a car during running or automatically detecting the existence of damage. The apparatus comprises an imaging unit which includes a monitor camera for imaging a bra...  
WO/1992/022453A1
In the shoe-brake unit proposed, a push-rod designed as the threaded spindle of a clearance-adjustment device, is mounted by its ball end (3) in a matching bearing cavity (4) in the brake-shoe holder (6). This makes it possible for the p...  
WO/1992/021543A1
A braking unit, useful in particular as a shoe brake unit, has a brake cylinder (8), a lead-screw (4) actuated lift regulator (5) and at least one nut. The brake cylinder (8) is excentrically arranged to the axis (6) of the lift regulato...  
WO/1992/017714A1
An electromechanical brake unit in a housing (1) is provided with a drive sleeve (8) subjected to a torque of a prestressed coil spring (6), a locking spring (16) between the drive sleeve and the housing for permitting rotation of the fo...  
WO/1991/016222A2
An electronic brake control simulates by electronic means various real marches of the pneumatic pressures in a braking system, in particular the pressure in the main air pipe of the train, the pressure in the R-containers of the individu...  
WO/1991/013789A1
To obtain a weather-resistant mechanical brake device in which one or both frictional partners are exposed to the weather, the brake lining is heated.  
WO/1991/010083A1
A force actuator arrangement comprises a force generating member performing an oscillating movement, preferably a rod (7) of magnetostrictive material, force transmitting means -in a disc brake arrangement a caliper (4, 5)-, and a device...  
WO/1991/010082A1
An oscillating axial movement of a drive member (18) in a force actuator is generated by a prestressed rod (17) of Terfenol material being exposed to a pulsating magnetic field. This oscillating movement is transformed to an axial moveme...  
WO/1991/004178A1
The invention concerns a controlled mechanical clasp brake in which the required braking effect is achieved by virtue of the fact that a vehicle-mounted computer compares the actual deceleration on braking with the required deceleration ...  
WO/1990/014979A1
In an actuator or electro-mechanical brake unit, preferably for rail vehicles, a roller (25), which is connected to a member for transmitting a resulting force from the actuator, is acted on by constant forces from two directions forming...  
WO/1985/001923A1
A brake block holder and brake block assembly for holding brake blocks for a railway wheel. The holder is characterised by the fact that it is not bifurcated having a single flange portion (54) which is frictionally restrained against ro...  
WO/1984/000932A1
To produce artificial gravity on the surface of the earth, an open space is formed, and the artificial gravity is realized in a tunnel with the shape of a regular circle. That is, shafts which are coaxial with the center of the circle an...  
WO/1983/000669A1
A method and means for braking a vehicle relative to a stationary rail. A rolling wheel (2) attached to the vehicle and able to be lowered onto a stationary rail (1) to laterally grip the head of said rail (3). The friction between the w...  
WO/1982/001691A1
An electromagnetic track brake for a railway vehicle comprises an elongate brake energizing coil (1), a rigid frame (21, 43), and a plurality of U-shaped braking shoes (23, 24) mounted in a row in the frame. In order to improve the trans...  
WO/1982/001355A1
Suspension means for a rail vehicle disc brake unit (1) comprises a suspension console (11) to be attached to a vehicle bogie or underframe, a cradle (13) movably attached to the console, and suspension links (17, 18) pivotally connectin...  
WO/1982/000619A1
A rail vehicle disc brake arrangement includes a yoke (1) with a brake cylinder (11) and a slack adjuster (16). In order to obtain advantages as regards design, function and space requirements the yoke (1) comprises two telescoping yoke ...  
WO/1981/000835A1
The device comprises a braking lever (3) arranged at a side of a vehicle wheel (2) and of which the lower end is coupled to the lower end of another braking lever (17) through a cross-bar (10) and two tie rods (13, 14) arranged on both s...  
WO/1980/000682A1
An Arrangement on a railway vehicle for enabling a block brake actuator (1) to coact with the tread of a corresponding wheel (2) irrespective of lateral movements thereof. The actuator (1) is suspended (by members 3-6) so as only to be l...  

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