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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4923661 | Method and apparatus for making brake pads An apparatus and a method of making brake pads (60) having the step of heat preforming a plurality of dosages (39) of a friction material for brake pads (60) to obtain a plurality of blanks (61) on which respective metal holders (53) are then placed, and ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4856896 | Optical guidance system and apparatus A unitary optical guidance system and apparatus directs operators of vehicles such as airplanes, watercraft, trucks, and automobiles along a path or to a predetermined location (e.g., parking an aircraft at a terminal gate or landing an aircraft on a runw... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4824260 | Brake block temperature and wear measuring device A thermocouple for use with a brake block outputs a signal indicative alternatively of the steady state temperature of the brake block friction element and of the transient temperature of the friction element brake drum interface.... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4715788 | Servo control variable displacement pressure compensated pump A variable displacement, pressure compensated, axial piston pump has an electrohydraulic servo valve connected to the pressure compensator mechanism to enable the pressure setting of the mechanism to be changed from a remote location.... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4636720 | Phase detector A phase detector for monitoring the presence, sequence and polarity of each phase line for a three-phase power input and indicating when a phase is missing or out of sequence.... | 01/13/1987 |
