Itt Automotive, Inc.

Itt Corporation

Itt Automotive Electrical Systems, Inc.

Joerg L Scheibel

Bernhard W Kullmann

Werner Gottschalk

Toki Nestorovski

Daniel Keck

Larry Masserant

A fault controller for a brake system includes a control display having a plurality of identifying labels displayed thereon corresponding to predetermined brake system fault mode options. A plurality of switches corresponding to the identifying labels and selectively setable to activate and deactivate conditions are on the control display. Fluid control valves are disposed along brake lines between the master cylinder and the wheel brakes. There are electrical connections between the switches and fluid control valves wherein setting one of the switches to the activate condition activates a corresponding fault mode of the brake system. An enable switch on the controller, if included, must be set to an 'enable' condition for the fault controller to affect brake operation.

Brake system fault mode generator

A fault controller for a brake system has a control display with a plurality of identifying labels displayed thereon which correspond to predetermined brake system fault options. A plurality of switches corresponding to the identifying labels and selectively setable to activate and deactivate conditions are on the control display. Fluid control valves are disposed along brake lines between the master cylinder and the wheel brakes. There are electrical connections between the switches and the fluid control valves wherein setting one of the switches to the activate condition activates a corresponding fault mode of the anti-lock brake system.

A vacuum booster assembly having first and second walls defining a vacuum chamber and a diaphragm disposed within said vacuum chamber. The diaphragm includes a beaded peripheral portion which is sealingly engaged between the walls and the beaded portion is adhesively secured to at least one of the walls to prevent movement during assembly.

Vacuum booster assembly

A disc brake for the wheel of a motor vehicle includes a rotor mounted to the wheel, and a caliper straddling the rotor and supporting a brake pad on either side thereof. In order to accommodate packaging constraints within the wheel's rim, the outboard pad and the rotor's outboard friction surface are both positioned radially inwardly of the inboard pad and inboard rotor friction surface. A hydraulic piston located in the inboard portion of the caliper first urges the inboard pad along the piston's longitudinal axis into initial engagement with the rotor's inboard friction surface, whereupon the piston acts through the caliper's bridge and finger area to urge the outboard pad into engagement with the rotor's outboard friction surface. The effective radius of each pad is less than the radial offset of the piston's longitudinal axis from the rotational axis of the wheel and rotor so as to reduce the bending moment applied to the rotor upon braking.

Caliper-type disc brake with stepped rotor

A slanted brake rotor for use in a disc brake assembly includes a flange portion for mounting a wheel wherein the wheel includes an axis of rotation associated therewith, a cylindrical, axially oriented barrel portion extending from said flange, and an annular member extending from the barrel portion. The annular member includes a central axis and two opposing friction faces for engaging a respective friction element during braking. The annular member is slanted or angled from the conventional upright position so that the central axis of the annular member forms an acute angle with the wheel axis of rotation. Each face of the annular member has a free first end, and a respective second end positioned radially inwardly of the first free end, taken with respect to the wheel axis of rotation. Each face is substantially planar between the free first end and the second end. Further, each friction face is substantially parallel to the central axis.

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Auburn Hills, MI, United States of America

Joerg L Scheibel