US4860859A
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Brake device
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-04-18
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2008-04-18
Abstract
Abstract A brake device comprising an ultrasonic motor having a rotor rotatable by an elastic traveling wave generated by a piezoelectric vibrator on a stator of the motor, and torque converting means for converting a rotating torque produced by said ultrasonic motor into a pressing force for pressing a friction member against a member to be braked, which pressing force is transmitted to said friction member.
Inventors
- 👤 Kouhei Yamatoh
- 👤 Masami Ogura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 16:47
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D65/00; F16D65/14; F16D65/16; F16D65/22; B; B60; B60T; B60T13/00; B60T13/74; B60T13/741; B60T8/00; B60T8/32; B60T8/321; B60T8/3255; B60T8/326; B60T8/34; B60T8/36; B60T8/3615; B60T8/369; B60T8/42; B60T8/4208; B60T8/4266; B60T8/54; F16D51/00; F16D51/16; F16D51/18; F16D51/20; F16D65/18; F16D65/38; F16D65/40; F16D65/52; F16D65/56; F16D65/561; F16D65/565; F16D2121/00; F16D2121/18; F16D2121/24; F16D2121/28; F16D2125/00; F16D2125/18; F16D2125/20; F16D2125/34; F16D2125/40; F16D2125/44; F16D2125/46; F16D2125/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A brake device arranged to press a friction member against a member to be braked, thereby applying a braking action to said member to be braked, said brake device comprising; an ultrasonic motor including a stator, a rotor and a piezoelectric vibrator mounted on the stator to generate an elastic travelling wave to drive said rotor; and torque converting means for converting a rotating torque produced by said ultrasonic motor into a pressing force for pressing the friction member against the member to be braked, said pressing force being transmitted to said friction member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A brake device arranged to press a friction member against a member to be braked, thereby applying a braking action to said member to be braked, said brake device comprising; an ultrasonic motor including a stator, a rotor and a piezoelectric vibrator mounted on the stator to generate an elastic travelling wave to drive said rotor; and torque converting means for converting a rotating torque produced by said ultrasonic motor into a pressing force for pressing the friction member against the member to be braked, said pressing force being transmitted to said friction member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A brake device according to claim 1, in which said torque converting means includes a speed reducing gearing for increasing the rotating torque produced by the motor and a linear converting the increased rotating torque to a linear propulsion force, which is used to press a brake pad against a disk rotor of a disk-type brake device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
A brake device according to claim 1 in which said torque converting means includes a speed reducing gearing for increasing the rotating torque produced by the motor and an eccentric camshaft driven by the increased rotating torque of the speed reducing gearing, said eccentric camshaft having a cam thereon which is arranged to spread out lining plates of a drum-type brake device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
A brake device comprising: an ultrasonic motor including a stator having a pieozelectric vibrator mounted thereon and a rotor driven by an elastic traveling wave generated from said piezoelectric vibrator; torque converting means having a speed reducing gearing for increasing a torque, in which a rotating torque produced by said ultrasonic motor is converted by said torque converting means into a pressing force for pressing a friction member against a member to be braked, said pressing force being transmitted to said friction member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
83 words
A brake device comprising: an ultrasonic motor including a stator having a pieozelectric vibrator mounted thereon and a rotor driven by an elastic traveling wave generated from said piezoelectric vibrator; torque converting means having a speed reducing gearing for increasing a torque, in which a rotating torque produced by said ultrasonic motor is converted by said torque converting means into a pressing force for pressing a friction member against a member to be braked, said pressing force being transmitted to said friction member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
A brake device according to claim 4, in which said torque converting means includes a linear converting mechanism for converting the rotating torque increased by said speed reducing gearing into a linear propulsion force, and the linear propulsion force produced by the linear converting mechanism is used to press a brake pad of a disk-type brake device against a disk rotor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
A brake device according to claim 4, in which said torque converting means includes an eccentric camshaft arranged to be rotated by the rotating torque which is increased by the speed reducing gearing, and a cam of said camshaft is used to expand a lining plate of a drum-type brake device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A brake device according to claim 5 or 6, in which the speed reducing gearing is planetary gear mechanism.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
A brake device according to claim 5, in which said linear converting mechanism includes a hollow ball nut rotatably mounted in a caliper of the brake device by means of a bearing and a ball screw threadedly engaged in said ball nut for axial movement by rotation of said ball nut.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
61 words
A brake device according to claim 1, 4, 5, 6 or 8 including means for detecting an amount of depression of a brake pedal to produce a signal indicating the amount of depression, and a controller for controlling the ultrasonic motor to produce a braking force dependent upon the amount of depression of the brake pedal in accordance with said signal.
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