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7452038 |
A system and method of remotely controlling the parking brake of a disabled vehicle to be towed by a towing vehicle includes using the hydraulic fluid of towing vehicle to control the parking brake operation of the disabled vehicle. The ...
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7273260 |
A breakaway device ( 10 ) to detect when a towed vehicle ( 14 ) separates from a towing vehicle ( 16 ) in order to engage the towed vehicle's brakes broadly comprises a sensor operable to detect when a signal from the towing vehicle ( 16...
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7111912 |
A control handle for electro-mechanical devices, such as the brakes of a train or other vehicle, is disclosed. The control handle incorporates elements for electrical switching as well as elements for measuring the angle of rotation betw...
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7059455 |
A brake actuator is mounted on a towed vehicle. The towed vehicle's own brake pedal actuates the brakes of the towed vehicle and the brake pedal is actuated by a cable mechanically and releasably attached to the brake pedal. The cable is...
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6918466 |
An improved brake pedal fastener adapted for use with a tandem-type braking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the brake pedal fastener can be selectively locked against and removed from varying sized brake pedals in a quick and eas...
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6854570 |
An automatic parking brake for a rail vehicle can lock the rail vehicle brakes in an applied position, such as by blocking the brake cylinder piston push rod from moving from an applied position to a release position. A control mechanism...
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6752474 |
A system ( 10 ) and method for managing an electric brake ( 12 ) in a towed vehicle ( 14 ) during a breakaway event by managing current delivery to the electric brake ( 12 ) so as to maximize both effectiveness and efficiency. A power ma...
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6749043 |
A cooling apparatus ( 27 ) for a locomotive dynamic brake resistor grid stack ( 22 ) including a flow directing diffuser ( 24 ). The flow directing diffuser includes at least one turning vane member ( 26 ) disposed at an angle to the flo...
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6634466 |
An improved brake pedal fastener adapted for use with a tandem-type braking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the brake pedal fastener is expandable and biased toward a closed position so that the fastener can be securely applied t...
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6619759 |
An electronic brake controller operates in both an automatic and manual mode. In the automatic mode, the electronic brake controller applies a pre-specified percentage of braking for the brakes of a towed vehicle. In the manual mode, the...
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6609766 |
The present invention provides a new braking system for a first vehicle towing a second vehicle on its own four wheels. The system exhibits a process by which the towing vehicle's brake system send an electronic relay to the towed vehicl...
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6378668 |
A spring applied parking brake assembly for a railroad vehicle braking system is provided for an automatic application of the parking brake in the absence of an air source. The spring applied parking brake assembly comprises a cylindrica...
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6280004 |
A brake control system has a power source electronically connectable through a brake switch and a microswitch to a towed brake actuation mechanism that actuates a towed brake of the towed vehicle. The brake control system is designed for...
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6179390 |
An electronic brake controller for controlling electric brakes of a towed vehicle, such as a trailer, wherein the controller includes a resistive braking force sensor that senses the braking force applied by the driver of the towing vehi...
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6059075 |
A fully protective multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles on two or three levels with the lowest level being in a cargo well between a pair of deep side sills. A pair of vehicle-carrying decks are adjustable in heigh...
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6039410 |
An electronic controller for actuating electric wheel brakes on a towed vehicle which includes a device for sensing the electric current flowing to the towed vehicle wheel brakes. The device is operative to interrupt the flow of electric...
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6039158 |
A power-actuated parking brake is provided that produces sufficient force to set a parking brake for a locomotive. A powered drive train rotates a sheave over which a brake chain is positioned. Rotation of the sheave draws up the brake c...
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5915797 |
A braking apparatus engages the brakes of a towed vehicle and is actuated by the engaging the brake of the towing vehicle. A pivotally mounted foot pedal engaging member attaches to the floor of the towed vehicle and depresses the brake ...
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5762167 |
Disclosed is an improved connection between the forwardly-positioned towing-vehicle and the tow-bar (for a towed-vehicle behind a rearward-mount of the towing-vehicle) such connection can for certain purposes can eliminate a "ball"-type ...
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5516200 |
A controller of the invention is used for tractor trailer braking devices having a service brake, an exhaust brake and a retarder brake for a tractor, and a retarder brake for a trailer. The controller includes a main operating switch si...
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5477941 |
In railroad applications, an improved method and apparatus for optimizing on-board rail lubrication for both curved and tangent track. The lubricants are applied by an apparatus directly to the rails behind the last axle of the last loco...
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5443131 |
A trailer brake system including a releasably latching hand lever, a series of cables interconnecting the lever and mechanically energized brakes capable of locking an opposing road wheel pair. The trailer brake system attaches to an exi...
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5416707 |
In a method and a device for eliminating an inclination of a wheel-block bogie of a rail vehicle having a plurality of individual wheels, the determined wheel speeds of the wheel-block bogie may be added in a crosswise manner. Sum speeds...
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5415466 |
A large articulated vehicle, such as a tractor semi-trailer truck often has a number of braking locations each having a number of brake sites. To properly balance the work performed at the various brake sites in decelerating the vehicle,...
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5403073 |
A process and apparatus for the braking with optimized stability of a vehicle train is disclosed. The vehicle train comprises at least two individual vehicles, one of the individual vehicles supporting the individual vehicle. The process...
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5368135 |
A disc member is arranged for mounting to a differential housing portion of a vehicle in tow, wherein the vehicle in tow further includes a bracket arrangement mounted to the differential housing for supporting a solenoid actuated brake ...
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5333948 |
An electronic controller for outputting pulses of current to actuate towed vehicle brakes includes a trigger point inertial sensor for varying the gain thereof. The trigger point inertial sensor includes a switch connected to the control...
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5312168 |
Brake wear between braking sites of a vehicle is equalized by measuring work performed at the braking sites, comparing the amount of work performed at each braking site with an average calculated for all braking sites, and increasing bra...
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5295736 |
A trailer braking control system which is adapted to modify trailer braking from a towing vehicle by regulating the coupling head service braking pressure signal generated on the towing vehicle in response to driver's demand pressure and...
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5251966 |
A method for the braking of a vehicle train with pressure-actuated brakes and arrangements for performing this method are disclosed. The prior art shows that, because of a different rapid build-up of a braking pressure in the various rig...
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5029948 |
A brake control system/method for preventing or arresting and minimizing trailer-swing in an articulated vehicle (10) is provided. The control system/method senses or calculates values indicative of articulation angle (AA) and time deriv...
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5002343 |
An electronic braking system for a towing vehicle for towing a standard semi-trailer without such a braking system has a separate pressure control channel for the generation of trailer brake pressure whenever the towing vehicle is braked...
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5000519 |
Emergency brake control system for towed vehicles comprising brake regulation device and a plurality of switches whereby a discrete braking force may be selected and applied to the towed vehicle brakes upon actuation by the user of one o...
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4984852 |
A tractor-(28) trailer (30) vehicle (24) brake system control for distributing the brake effort to obtain inter-tractor-trailer proportional braking (H 1 /V 1 =H 2 /V 2 ) by use of sensors (80, 170, 172) mounted to the trailer only is...
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4818036 |
The present invention is a braking value transmitter with a pedal to modulate the braking pressure. The pedal is braced against a spring. The force exerted by the pedal or the position of the pedal is sensed by an electronic sensor. The ...
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4804237 |
A tractor (28) semi-trailer (30) brake system control for distributing brake effort to obtain inter-tractor-trailer balanced and proportional braking, depending upon the magnitude of operator demand for braking effort, is provided. The c...
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4804234 |
A tractor (28)-semi-trailer (30) brake system control for distributing brake effort to obtain inter-tractor-trailer balanced and proportional braking (H 1 /V 1 =H 2 /V 2 ), depending upon the magnitude of operator demand for braking e...
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4768840 |
A vehicle braking control system is provided for sensing (76) the magnitude of the vehicle operator's demand for braking effort and for distributing the braking effort between the individually controllable vehicle (22) brake sites to ach...
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4763958 |
Apparatus for matching the brake pressure of vehicle combinations to the actual load comprising tranducers (36, 41) for adjusting the brake pressure of the units (10, 13) included in the vehicle combination, in dependence on pulling and ...
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4756390 |
An improved remote braking system (10, 100) is provided which allows simultaneous actuation of the braking system of a motor home (12) and an automobile (14) towed behind the motor home. An advantage of the present invention is the incor...
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4721192 |
An anti-theft hydraulic brake device is provided and consists of a valve placed in hydraulic fluid conduit going from a master cylinder to wheel brake cylinders that will keep the brakes locked when the valve is activated from the dashbo...
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4697853 |
A multiple-circuit pressure-medium braking system for vehicle and trailer combinations that increases safety by allowing the front-wheel brake, the rear-wheel brake and the trailer brake to respond simultaneously. The system comprises el...
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4402553 |
A braking system for towed vehicles is disclosed which provides for controlled application of hydraulic brakes in a towed vehicle in response to the application of the brakes by the driver of the towing vehicle. An electromagnetic variab...
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4398771 |
A braking system for automatically braking a towed vehicle coupled to a towing vehicle having an electrical brake control circuit and a vacuum line wherein the towed vehicle is provided with a normally closed solenoid valve for connectin...
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4398252 |
An electronic control for electrically operated brakes utilizing solid state electronic components to control the braking mechanism in a towed vehicle. A transducer develops a control signal corresponding to the braking effort desired, a...
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4313616 |
A trailer stabilizer is comprised of a hydraulic assembly having a pair of hydraulic units for providing viscous fluid resistance to relative turning movements between a trailer and a towing vehicle. The assembly includes flow controls f...
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4295687 |
The control system for electrically operated brakes utilizes solid state electronic components to control the braking mechanism in a towed vehicle. Energy is provided by a pulsating voltage, the pulse width of which is varied by a pulse ...
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4163586 |
A brake control system comprising an electric brake or the like having first and second electrically-operated brake actuators adapted for separate actuation, an operator-responsive controller for applying a first braking signal to the fi...
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4099790 |
A brake actuating system especially useful for applying the brakes of a towed vehicle concurrently with application of braking pressure in the towing vehicle is provided which includes a variable valve means interconnected to the towed v...
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4084859 |
A braking system for towed vehicles adapted for mounting on the towed vehicle which comprises, electrical slave apparatus to apply the brakes proportionally to applied current, and actuated under control of a speed sensing device which g...
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